The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-05-08

lieve hishe would think he had taken leave Of his
He persist to the end, whatever that end
might be. After all. he knew himself guiltless OF
murder-there comfort in that
it necessary to speak, to excuse himself
his apparent forgetfulness necessary too that ne
all that there to be told His natural
shrewdness to his aid.
you must tell me what happened" he said. speak
ing as calmly as he could My memory is blurred
met with an accident yesterday morning. lit must
have been very soon after left this house was
l-roclxad down in the street and hurt my head.
forget things"
She was all solicitude She made him sit
down on low chairs while she extended
full length a couch close beside him.
nesting dark head against the yellow cushlons
pressed him with questions 10 how the accident
happened and if it not more serious than ne
represented il to be- You were excited and unherNeu'
she said. at only natural that you should be
after what had happened That's how you met with
the accident But to think forget?
TT has everything out of my head he con-
fessed. least things vague to my mind don't
know how your husband died-you must tell me-
he spoke he was struggling to piece Things
together in mind. He knew why George Hilton
had wished to his life 1t in consequence
of the trag edy whatever it have BEEN that had
been enacted that morning in the CaVenulsh SQUARE
house returned straight to his rooms and
had letter which had fallen into Georges
hands. Hilton knew that he had killed, and renorse
had seized upon him
George moistened his dry lips and put the question
the answer to which he dreaded to hear You say
killed your husband. he faltered Tell me- sara VINO
blown"
She shrugged her shoulders with of the foreign
said softly: "it such little thing-just scratch
on the wrist There was nothing rough vulgar
about it. brutality. But the knife poisoned
II know-I have read" interrupted The papers
all said accident Who used the knife?' He
spoke with certain strength The first EFFECTS s6 of
regainng something of his seIf-cOmpOsure His
@ haze done t 50 but t y0uhe 5 @a9 rees
facing him. One Of her arms folded behind her
eead anq q rde at was n at him George could not
help noGng the ef9usTe snaps ds a II a 6v the
falling perhaps unnentional-of the sleeve
Then @ yourself SELF as Ts yell s de-
parting over her white teethhat is because dc not
You did was for Of me knew that
too was unhappy that & 20 now est'eay d
joined life to that Of for whom had no love
more than half hour before And then; George.
put the idea of killing into your head That's why
ter? Why should you blame yourself since do not
Ts & He at her shs lay ire
dyan. her resting against her and the soft
showed up against the yellow From the Woman
he his eyes to the tigers head that lowered at
why did We ever quarrel. George7" she sighed.
Wonderfuliy long and black her lashss "wasn't
troubles would ever have happened. suppose it was
might have made allowances for me- know it was
was only because was foolishly jealous Of
little eh Of child hardly fo out OF the nursery whom
"a girl of 16 little bread butter miss, who
had made hero of because saved her fathers
lfe-yes, George, Jealous of that child,
sa that t' was an But
that perhaps you never really did love- me ia the way
understand love. and SO l let you GO There was
heart You went to Africa. George. and II married
Sir Arthur GervaiSe. For what did whom I
myself when L had lost you?
George made attempt to interrupt her, for she
telling him so much of what he wanted to know,
promising questions on his part.
you too proud to answer the letter wrote you
answer them in the spirit in which
they written. But 1 doubted for a moment
loved me, just had loved in the past
wanted to forgiye-oh how wanted you to
forgive! Sir Arthur very kind TO me, and went
about society q great deal and pretended to be
happy. =, 49,, -, -, ,,.os
how 1 still loved and that 1 had
of piQue. don't know if Sir Arthur
ever these whispers-I used TO think he didn't
for toward never changed but
think must have Known think he must have
known and have suffered, too"
"And yet. now that he is dead, you can laugh!
seemed unutterably horrible; This woman by her
own showing had met with nothing but kindness from
the who had made her his wife the man who even
the free that her conduct had been the
the avowal with a laugh upon her lips Had she nc
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