Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-03-12

81 '1, 1-1el1eF 1:5D'--Z,osok
His use of her name crazed me. I
stepped in front Of her and stood over
him. "You will not bring Miss West
into the conversation" / threatened,
land she will stay If she wishes
"Oh, very well,' he said with as
sumed Indifference.
Hotchkiss Just then escaped from
Rchey's grasp and crossed the room.
did you ever wear glasses?" he
asked eagerly.
Never" Sullivan glanced with
some contempt at mine.
I'D better begin by going back a
little" he went on sullenly. Il sup
pose you know I was married to Ida
Harrington about Eve years ago. She
was good girl, and thought lot
of her. But her father opposed the
marriage-he'd never liked me. and he
refused to make any sort of settle
ment
81 had thought, Of course, that there
would be money, and it was bad day
when found out I'd made q mistake
NY SAStCl Was Win Will OkS6QPOluL.
ment. We were pretty hard up. my
sister and l."
was watching Alison. Her hands
were tightly clasped in her lap, and
she was staring out Of the window at
the cherries roof below. She had
set her lips a little, but that was all.
You understand, of course, that I'm
not defending myself" went on the
sullen voice. The day came when
old Harrington put us both out of the
house at the point of a revolver, and
I threatened suppose you know
that, tool threatened to kill him.
My sister and had hard times
after that. We lived on the contin-
emit for a while. I was at Monte Car.
10 and she was in Italy. She met a
young lady. there, the granddaughter
Of steel manufacturer and an heir
ess, and she sent for me. When got
to Rome the girl was gone. Last win
ter was all in-social secretary to
with a new title. but we had row,
and came home. went out to the
Heaton boys ranch in Wyoming, and
met Bronson there. He lent me mon
ey, and I've been doing his dirty work
ever since"
Sullivan got up then and walked
slowly forward and back as he talked,
his eyes on the faded pattern of the
ONCE rug.
III you want to live in hell" he
said savagely, put yourself in anoth-
AvpI~ Svok~
trouble. forging John Gilmore's name
to those notes, and in some way he
learned that a man was bringing the
papers back to Washington on the
F1ier. He even learned the number Of
his berth. and the night before the
wreck. just as was boarding the
train. got a telegram"
Ho&chkiss stepped forward once
more importantly
which read, think: Man with
papers in lower ten, car seven. Get
them"
Sullivan looked at the little man
with sulky blue eyes.
ut was something like that, any
how. But it was a nasty business,
and it made matters worse that he
didn't care that a telegram which
must pass through half dozen hands
was more or less discriminating to me.
Then, to add to the unpleasantness
of my position, just after we boarded
the train / was accompanying my
sister and this young lady, Miss West
IA woman touched me on the sleeve.
and / turned to face-my wife!
THAT took away my last bit Of
nerve. I told my sister. and you can
understand she was In a bad way, too.
We knew what it meant. Ida had
heard that 1 was going"
He stopped and glanced uneasily ut
Alison.
go on" she said coldly. ut is too
late to shield me. The time to have
done that was when I was your
guest"
well" he vent on, his eyes turned
carefully away from my face. which
must have presented certainly any.
thing but a pleasant sight. "Miss
West was going to do me the honor to
marry me. and
"You scoundrel!" / burst forth,
thrusting past Alison Vests chair.
sYou-you Internal curl"
/ One of the detectives got up and
stood between us.
"You must remember, Mr.. Blakeley,
that you are forcing this story from
this man. These details are unpleas-
ant, but important. You were going
to marry this young lady" he said,
turning to Sullivan. although you al
ready had wife living?"
1T was my sisters plan, and was
In bad way for money. If I could
marry, secretly. wealthy girl and go
.c Europe Europe I. ~as unlikely that !de-
that is, Mrs. sullivan-would hear
Of II.
$50 it was more than a shock to see
my wife on the train, and to realize
from her face that she knew what was
going On. don't know yet, unless
some of the seryants-well, never
mind that.
ct meant that the whole thing had
gone up. Old Harrington had carried
gun for me for years, and the same
train wouldn't hold both of us. OF
course, I thought that he was in the
coach just behind ours"
Hotchlkiss was leaning forward now.