The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-05-23
CHAPTER XVIII (continued) &.
Carleton is Frank.

had been physically struck
What do you mean" he cried.
Yen know what | mean said
Fcssenden gently You did not love
the woman you were about TO mar
ry You do love another Can you
deny it?"
no" said Carleton. settling back
/ into his apathy And since YOU know
| that | may as well tell YOU all
admire and respected Madeleine Van
| Norman. and when | asked her to
marry me ! thought | loved her AZ
! terwards met someone else. You
know who
Yes. Miss Burt.'
Yes She came into this house as
my mothers companion. and almost
| frcm the first time | saw her
knew that she and not Madeleine
was the one woman in the world
for me- But. Fessenden. never by
word or look. did | betray this 10
Miss Burt while Madeleine lived II
she guessed II. it was only because
or her womans intuition / was al
ways loyal to Madeleine in word and
deed. If could not be in thought "
Was it not your duty to tell Mad
eleine this"
II tried several times tO do so.
hut. though | hate to sound egotistic.
al. she loved me very deeply. and |
felt that honor bound me To her. "
I'm not here to preach to you.
my affair know your nature. and
. know that you were as loyal to
Miss Van Norman as YOU would have
been had you never seen Miss Burt
and ! honor and respect you for IT,
But YOU were Jealous of Willard
. My nature is nsanely Jealous
? yes. And though he was her cousin
| knew Willard was desperately in
+, love with her, and somehow il al
Mays made me frantic TO see him
, showing affection toward the woman
! meant To make any wife
She was not in love with VII
lard?"
Not in the least Madeleine
heart beat only for me, ungratefu
wretch that | am. Her little feint-
!. AT flirting with Willard were only tC
y pique me. ! knew this. and yet I,
that demon of jealousy which | can
+ not control. Fessenden. aside from
all else, how can people think
= killed the woman who loved me "a
she did,"
2 "Of course. that argument appeals
To you, and of course il does I.
;, me. But you must see how oJher
not appreciating all This, and ever
suspecting or surmising that YOU
heart was not entirely with your in
II tended bride-you see that some az
pearances, at least. are against y-u
y Il do see; and see it so plainl
that even 10 me these appearance
seem conclusive of my guilt
5. Never mind what they seem I
YOU. old man, they don't seem so I
me, and now I'm going 10 get I
work. First as | told YOU, you ar
0. going to be frank with me. Wha
+. were you doing in the Van Norma
" house before you went into the
brary?"
Schuyler Carleton blushed Ii wa
not the shame of guilty man, bl
Ss the embarrassment Of one detecte
in some betrayal of sentiment.
al 'Of course, will tell YOU" !
said after a moment Il went the
re on an errand which | wished 10 ke,
entirely secret. There is "A FOOLS
nj superstition in our family that h
m been observed for many generation
lc' An old reliquary whirh was bless
m by some ancient Pope has be-
handed down from father to son
many generations The superstition
that unless this ancient trink
hangs over the head of a bridegroC
on he wedding day in fortune "
follow him through life. II is part
the superstition that the reliqua
must be put in place secretly. a
especially without the knowledge
the bride. else It's charm Is brok,
The whole notion is foolishness, /
II as my wedding was an ill-starl
| one, any way, | hoped To gain hap
i ness II possible by this means
j course. don't think | really i
. any faith IN the thing. but il is 81