Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1910-09-02

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cisse had child, too by then, and
her one baby was as lovely as Cerisse's
TWO had been plain. What Is more,
Cerisse became violently infatuated
with Harcourt Narcisse's husband She
made herself known to him one day
as he walked beneath the trees in the
garden, while Narcisse sat in the house
and rocked her baby to sleep. After
the hrst start Harcourt became inter-
ested. l know not what wiles Cerisse
used, but this Cerisse soon had Har-
court bound hand and foot Narcisse
was ousted from her husbands heart
Cerlsse mad forgotten her home and
children.
Both Cerisse and Harcourt stopped
at actual murder. They began to play
royal game. The resemblance be-
tween Cerisse and Narcisse made this
easy. They kept Narcisse under the
influence of the loco blossoms-drugged
her poor mind almost to imbecility
When Narcisse lay stupefed from the
dearly powders Cerisse paraded before
the world as Mrs. Harcourt. Cerisse
was always jealous of their child, the
little Harold, Jr.
One day Harold. Jr., fell by acci-
uent into the lily pond. The poor drug
ged mother was watching him at the
time and sat by the window too stu
pehed to move or rescue him. Har-
court tried, but he was too far away
at distant corner of the garden. Har-
OLD dead, he decided 1t would be best
to leave India. Hackleye and father
were growing suspicious of Cerisse's
long absences, and Mrs. Harcourt's
friends In India were becoming unduly
exercised over the changes that appar-
entity had come over her, for of course
tiils strange exchange of personalities
was known to none. So Harcourt gave
out that he was to travel for his wife's
health In my pitiable shape ! could
DO little to protect my cousin, but /
tried to travel closely enough in their
wake to prevent their ever killing her.
For my affiiction Cerisse felt no pity
She loathed the sight of me. and her
evident hatred soon drove me to ally
myself in spirit with my sadly injured
brother-in-law and cousin. Harcourt
and Cerisse had planned to spend the
in lodgings till she could find home
in which to remove with his wife, and
then Cerisse would join them. and the
same old farce was to have been re-
newed To that end Harcourt leased
the Flanders house"
A distinct "Ah!" ran through the
court room and Harcourt Simultaneous
ly uttered denial.
ITO that end" continued LIE NAL
heureux. "Harcourt leased the Flanders
house For some whm or other he
took 1t under the name of Hamley
Hackleye think Harcourt had in
tended to make an end of Narcisse
there, for he knew that Hackleye was
close on the trail. Then Cerisse was
to have stepped into her cousins shoes
and Hackleye would have believed
that it was his wife who had died Ce-
| risse took rooms at the Desterle's and
almost Immediately secret doorway
was cut through. | tracked Harcourt
to the house at "a Briarsweet place the
night of the murder. / waited till |
had a chance and secreted myself in
the house. saw him remove the
anu lIllO my SlSleI
] followed, hiding in the closet.
"Cerisse and he quarreled nearly all
| evening. Cerisse in one of her petu-
liant moods was provoking him beyond
endurance. She was becoming wear
led with him. The letter that was
found on the floor urging her to live
up to the demands of womanhood and
to return to H had been recently re-
ceived by her from Harcourt, and she
made 1t the pivot on which to turn
many Joke and jest Finally she told
him she was tired of him. and thought
she would go back to her husband
They squabbled and wranged till final
ly Cerisse made ready for bed. Har-
| court started to go home, but at length,
fully dressed. threw himself down on
the bed and began to smoke, at the
same time chiding Cerisse for using so
many cigarettes. Then she asked him
for money. claiming that her losses at
the races had, as she termed it, laid
her fat He said he had no money,
and then she turned on him with re-
proaches of an over-fondness for rou-
lette. They bickered about money till
nearly daylight and till Harcourt would
not talk any more. Cerisse dropped off
into doze, but Harcourt, lay there
smoking in. moody silence. Cerisse
reused and asked him to get her
drink of water. He refused at first,
but she kept at him. Finally he got
up. went over to the stand, fumbieC
there for a moment and came back,
handing her the glass half filled with
water, and said. Never ask me for
drink again
"Cerisse lay back on her pillows. and
apparently fell into slumber again.
what have done. what have
done?' he cried over and over again.
My temper. my temper! My awful