The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-03

| nugland and Sir Richard Pakcnham
WIN YOU give my family "A chance fol
revenge on these accursed hcathen-
these Americans? Come. do that an,
! leave this place with YOU and quiz
oIplomacy for good. Wen travel the
continent. wc'll go the world over. you
ana l. III quit my estates. my family
Tor you. Come. now, why do you dc.
still you misundcrstand, my lord"
TEL me then what you do mean
Our old bargain over this Is broken
my y,,s ,ora; roN We mus must make make another"
| more? You're trying 10 lead me on with
your damned courtczan tricks"
heard her voice rise high and shrill.
| even as ] started forward
Monsieur" she cried. back with
Pakenham. sugered as he was. seemed
half to hear my footsteps. seemed hall
| To know the swinging OF the drapcries
| even as | stepped back in obedience 10
! her gesture. Her Wit was quick as ever
My lord she said. pray close yon-
der window. The draft is bad, and
| moreover we should have secrecy lie
| obcyed her. and she led him still further
from the thought Of investigating his
| surroundings.
Now. my lord" she said. ;'tal<e bacl,
what YOU have just said"'
Under penalty?' he sneered.
''Of your life. yes
So he grunted admirlngly: well.
now. i like fire In woman. even a de-
cciylne light.o' love like YOU"
Monsieur. her voice cried again: and
once more ii restrained me In my hid
''You devn"' he resumed snccring now
In all his usliness OF wine and rage OF
tress OF the prince OF France. Toy of a
score OF mobiles Slave of that Infamous
rake your husband Much you've got
in your life to make YOU uppish now
My lord she said evenly. "retract
that II you do not. you shall not leave
this place alive.
In some way she mastered him, even In
his ugly mood.
"Well, we'll" he Growlcd. II admit We
don't get on very we'll in our little love
affair; hut I swear you drive me out Of
my mind III never find another woman
Pakenham asks you 10 begin new fu-
ture with himself
1--WE begin no future. my lord"
what do you mcan2 Have you licd
10 me? Do you mean TO break your word
your promisc?'
1T Is within the hour that l have
learned what the truth is.
God damn my soul!' l heard his curse,
growing.
Eyes, my lord" she answered. God
will damn YOUR soul In so far as ii Is
that OF a brute and not that OF a gentle
man or statesman.
/ heard him drop into chair: This
from one of your sort.' he hah whih-
pered
more OF that, ] say within the hour /
have learned what is the truth, | am
Helena Won Ritz, thief on the cross. and
at last clcani go
God Almighty Madam, How piousH
he snccred. Something behind all this
know your record. What woman OF the
court of Austria or France comes ONES I Io'
with morals? We used YOU here he
cause YOU had none. And now, when 81
comes to the settlement between YOU and
me. YOU talk Ike nun. AS though d
trIne from virtue such as yours would be
missed
'.Ah my Cod" | heard her murmur
Then again she called TO me, as he
thought to himself so that all was as II
had been. for the time.
A slence fell before she went on.
sir Richard she said at length we
do not meet again. j await now your
fun apology for these things you have
said Such secrets as I have learned OF
EngIand's, YOU know Will remain satc
with me Also your own secret VIII be
safe Retract, thena what you have said
OF my personal life,
"Oi. well. then he grumbled, II ad,
nit I've had a bit OF winc today. !
don't mean much OF anything by II. But
own invitation-your own agreement.
Being here. / find this treaty regarding
oregon torn in two and you gone nun
all a-sudden-
Eyes. my lord. II is torn in two. The tn
consideration moving to IL was not valid.
But now [ wish you 10 amend that treaty
once more and for consideration valid
in every way, My lord. | promised that
Did YOU lay hand on me now, ! should
die II YOU kissed me ! should KIN you
and myself AS you say, TOOK yon-
der price the devils shilling. DID so
on. would be cnlistng for the damna-
ton of my soul; but | Will not go on.
recanti'
But good Cod woman. what are
you asking nov? DO You ynh"s msn' 10 'ng sh5w w.
old John Calhoun? I'm no such ass as
that | apologize for what I've said
about you, I'll he your friend; because
I cant let YOU go. But as to. this paper
here III put 1t in my pocket
"My lord YOU VIII do nothing OF the
kind Before YOU leave this room there
shall be two miracles done. You shan
admi. that one has gone on, in me: !
shall see that you yourself have done
another
what guessing game do you propose,
Madam" he sneered. lie seemed 10
toss the torn paper on. the table. none
tho less ''The condition is forfeited.
NO, it is not forfeited except ,L by your your
own word, my lord rcjoined inc sane me
first miracle,
yes. them Under duress Of what
has not often come to surface IN you;
SIR Richard. l ask sou TO do truth. and and
not treason. my lord She who vas
| Helena Won Ritz Is dead-has passeo
away. There can he no question OF Tor
| felt between you and her. Look, my
! lordi'
| =! heard half sob from him l heard
| a faint rustling OF silks and laces, Stnl
| her even, icy voice went on,
Rise. now. Sir Richard" she said
'TTnfasten my girdlo, II YOU like UNDO
| my clasps. II YOU can. You say you
| know my past. Tell me. do you see me
now? Unglrd me. Sir Richard! LOOK
| az me, Covet me, Take me!'
Apparently he half rose. shuffled 10 TO-
sound half a sob. half growl.
| I dared not picture to myself what !, he .
| must have seen as she stood fronting
| him. her hands, as ] imagined. at bcl
| bosom. tearing back her robes.
| Again ! heard her voice go on, chaI
Ienging him. strip me now. SIR Rich
| ard II YOU can! Take now what yol
| bought. II YOU find II here. You car
| not? You do not? An, then tell me tina
miracle has been donc' She who wa
| Helena Won Ritz, as you know hcr. or u:
| vow thought YOU knew her, is not mere
Now fen long silence. could hea
the breathing Of them both, where $1,000
| I'm ,bc farther corner Of my room, ma,
| dropped both the derringers BACK III IA! IA!