The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1911-03-30
CHAPTER xx1II.-econtinuedy

will have pity-speak and tell ME yor
VIII have ptty-you are DR.. Fahos %
London. oh, not her, for the love OF
God-I VIII tell you what you wish, give
me time-I am an old man, and thu
light fades from my syes-give me time
and Will tell. Liseite-yes. yes-I am
going to her at Buda, n she is wait
ing for me. You would not keep me
from Iisette-"
I poured some spirits into a glass and
put II to his lips,
Listen" l said. Your wife is arrest
ed, but ! can set her free. Write
truly the story of Miss Fordibras, and
e cable from me this night shall OBJ
tain her liberty. I viii listen to no
other terms. o Fordibras's story
that is the price you must pay-here
and now. for / VIII give You no second
1nanI-
1t would be vain to speak of the
scene that followed, the muttering, the
piteous entreaty, the hysterical out
bursts. I had never made so astound-
ing Il discovery as that which told me,
a week before / left England in my
yacht, that this old man had married
g young wife in Paris, and that-such
are the amazing contrasts Of lfe-he
| loved her with 2 devotion as passion
ate as It was lasting. The knowledge
had saved me once already at Santa
maria; tonight II nouId save my little
Joan, 7 lake from her forever the
burden Of the doubt. Not for an in
slant did my chances stand in jeop-
ardy. Every word that I spoke 10 this
abject figure brought me one step
nearer TO my goal They were as
words of fire burning deep into q do
tsrd's heart.
'Lisette." l continued, seeing him
still silent. 'Ltsette IS charged with
the possession Of certain jewels once the
property Of Lady MordanL l an the
witness who has identified those jewels
Your dupe, Harry Avenhill. who came
up 70 rob my house in Suffolk. is the
man who will charge this woman with
h crime and establish the case
against her. Whether we go 10 Vienna |
or persuade Lady Mordant 10 with
draw the charge, it is for you TO say.
VIII give yo1 Just ten minutes by +
that clock upon your chimney Use
them well, / innplore you. Think what
you are doing before il IS TOO late TO
think at aIi-the liberty this woman
Graves or the charge and punishment
Which is IL TO be, old MANI Speak
quickly. for my time IS nrecia.s
For e little while HI sat. his hands
drumming the table, his eyes halt
closed / knew that he was asking
himself what would be the gain or the
loss should he becRon some one from
the hadows TO enter the house and
kill me. One witness would thus be-
removed from his path-but who would
answer for the other Was IL possible
that his old enemy. who had outwitteG
him SO often. would be o,twff,aS m
night? This seemed 20 me his argu-
ment. 1 watched him rise suddenly
from his chair, peer out TO the dark
ness. and as suddenly sit again.
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listening for footsteps. Of quick resolu-
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