Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1910-09-24
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ure OF the dead woman was revealed
She was more the image OF Mrs. Har-
court than Mrs. Harcourt herself For
Mrs. Harcourt. when they left her. was
sunk in a deadly coma, and the livor
of death seemed reflected on her coun-
tenance. Cerisse Wayne lay there,
calm. quiet and all at ease. like sleep
ing marble.
Wonderful, wonderful The like
ness" commented Mr.. Franz He
scrutinized the face and hands OF the
corpse closely end said slowly: Il
Il am positive that this is the worn-
an that our firm knew as Cerisse
Wayne. Who the woman at the d.
rectory Hotel may be, the woman who
so closely resembles ser. cannot say.
IAN I know OF Mrs. Wayne is that her
deposits with us have been coming
as l wrote you, for some time When
we had notice OF her death we delay
ed opening her safety deposit box TIL
we had court order. Within we found
the most gorgeous collections of jewels
imaginable-here are photographs OF
them-necklaces, stomachers, all OF
them trinkets for the adjoining OF
woman. Also copies concerning trans
fers of various property interests In
Central Africa, particularly in the re-
gions mapped as UNEMPLOYED. Several
OF these make mention, indefinitely. OF
diamond mines OF great value, appar-
emily. One typewriter letter was In
the box. addressed to Mrs. Wayne and
signed, Your Fond Father Here Ii .
copy OF It"
MY Dear Daughter-It IL with
great despair that l urge upon you
again. the necessity for finding your
brother Francis. and securing from
him the route to tho Tiougaley Mines.
He is the only living soul who has this
knowledge. His refusal to divulge the
information to me is but another
proof of his unnatural and unfilia at
titude / must insist that you ind
Francis and make him tell you the To-
cation OF the lost fields. Cease seeking
your will o. the wisp ideal-your fool
ish love. Find Francis instead and
| having found him return home to
Hackleye as soon as possible. He is
growing uncontrollably jealous of you,
and not only threatening your life. but
mine, and that of the children, too
They are both we'll, but Paula has had
much trouble with her throat since the
| rains began I'm afraid she will never
be we'll in this climate. Do not mis-
understand me- Hackleye is where
you cannot trife with him any longer
and the demands on our moneys have
been SO great that unless we get hold
of the new fields, we will be poverty
stricken at the end of the year. l wish
you would quit your gaming. I do not
mean less wealthy mind you. but prac-
tically poor Reflect what this means
Cerisse, seek out Francis. find him Il
possible. and by all means make hin
draw you a chart or map of those IA
nous and almost forgotten fields. TAKE
care of yourself my daughter. With
much love,
your Fond Old Father" Z.
THAT straightens It all out for III
nicely now" chartered Hank Smith
voice on the air. 'Hamley Hackiey
is Cerisse Wayne's husband, an,
Wayne must have been her maidel
name. Evidently she didn't love Hack
leye, and she ran away to love some
body else and to find her brother Fran
| els, and TO learn ABOUT tnOSe uldfnOh
mines. Now II the whole bunch OF then
lived in Africa, I'd believe that tn
Mana perilla is a trained ape, a sort O
body servant that followed along afte
the husband. He traced her here I
the Desterle house, leased the Flander
home, and then called on her surrepti
tiously. l don't believe Hubby eve
went to murder his little wife. but the
| got into q family row because Win
| didn't want to go home with HUBBY
t and in the fracas that followed vic
got the worst of 1t, and, by tho way
here Hanks voice sank to whisper
. Il wonder II she really was dead c
, | only druggedf And have any OF yo
, noticed the similarity between tn
, names Hamley Hackley' and 'Harol
, | Harcourt?"
You reason like a woman. Hank
growled Larry Morris. You're cor
Trajectory from the start"
Perhaps"
;. Ito be continued.)