The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-06-29

rest IN the house of the man l loved. {.
/. Patty does not come over. Z.
| What have not suffered in silence and
with smiles?. 1 have seen them whis-
pering; / have seen covert smiles and
| mods. and shrugs. l knew. / was an
actress. 1t seems that nothing too
bad or vile can be thought of her
who honestly throws her soul into the
greatest gift given to woman. An act
ress! They speak of her in
the same tone they would use
regarding creature OF the streets
have said nothing; have let the
poison eat into my heart in silence.
But this goes too far. / shall go mad
IL this thing can not be settled here
and now. 1t is both my love and my
honor. And you must do it, Richard;
you must do it,
You say McQuade called you up by
telephone?"
| YES"
He struck his forehead. The carbon
| sheet! He ran to his desk, pulled out
all the drawers, tumbling the papers
about till he found what he sought
From the letter to the faint imprint on
his eyes moved, searching, scrutinizing.
Look" with a cry Of triumph.
What is it?"
'Do you see that mutilated letter T?"
He indicated with his finger on the dim
carbon sheet.
Compare 1t with the letter T in this
note"
She did so. her hands shaking pitt
fully. II can't see, Richard"
| THAT carbon sheet came from Nc
Quade's office; so did that letter to
John And now, by the Lord now to
pull out Mr.. McQuades fangs, and
slowly. too" He pocketed the two
sheets. "Come!" His hat was still on
his head.
Where, Richard?"
ITO John"
"No. no! John?"
ITO him. We can not settle this mat
ter underground. We must fight in the
| open, in the light. John must know.
You must be brave. girl. This is no
time for timidity and tears"
She put forth many arguments, but
to each he shook his head.
1--WE are losing time" said Warning
ton. when John reads these two docu-
ments he will understand. Come
So she followed him. They crossed
the street without speaking. He helped
her down this curb and up that. All
this excitement lessened his own pain
temporarily. But who had written to
Patty, If not McQuade? He could
block any future move of McQuade's
| Dut tIllS otHGr anonymous
whom Patty declared she knew? He
went on doggedly. One battle at a
time. Together they entered the house,
together they passed from room to
room in search of John. They came
upon him reading in the library He
rose to greet them. There was no
beating about the bush for Warning
ton. He went straight into the heart
of things.
John, read this"
John glanced at the sheet, and his
face darkened. The look he shot his
wife was indescribable.
when did this thing Gomez" asked
John, slight tremor in his tone.
This morning"
why did you not bring it to me?"
he asked. why did you take it to
Dick? You and he should not come
to me; on the contrary, you and
should have gone to him. But never
mind now. : have carried in my
pocket letter similar to this for sew
eral weeks" simply.
Catch her. john" cried Warning
ton.
mo: no! I am not fainting. 1 am
just dizzy"
The poor woman CROPPED her way to
the lounge and lay down.
John crossed the room and put his
hand on her head.
We'll, Dick?"
1T is easy to distort truth into lie,
John"
But it is very hard to reverse the
| order again"
do you believe the lie" Warning
ton looked his friend squarely in the
eyes.
| A minute passed. The ticking of
the clock was audible.
Believe it? have had to struggle,
have had to fight hard and all alone.
do not say that don't believe 1t.
say that l will not!"
A truly noble soul always overawes
us. This generosity struck Warning
ton dumb. But the woman found life
in the words. She flung herself before
her husband and clasped his knees
with a nervous strength that provoked
a sharp cry from his lips
John, joint"
He stopped and unwound her arms,
| gently drawing her up, up, till her
head lay against his shoulder. Then
she became a dead weight. She had
| tainted. He lifted her up in his strong
arms and started for the stairs.
Were she guilty of all the crimes
chronicled in hell, still should love
| her. But between you and me, Dick
things must be explained"
Il shall wait for you, John"
| John was not gone long. When he
returned he found Warrington by the
bow window that looked out upon the
lawn.
Now, Dick, the truth, and nothing
but the truth. Don't be afraid of me;
am master of myself"
I'm not afraid Of you. There is
half a truth in that letter." began
| Warrington, facing about. Your wife
did stay night in my apartments"
John made no sign.
1T was the first week of a new play
had to be at the theater every night.
| There were many changes being made
Near midnight we started out for a
bite to eat. She had been suffering
with attacks of neuralgia of the heart.
AS we entered the carriage one of
these attacks came on. We drove to
her apartments. We could not get in.
Her maid was out, the janitor could
not be found, and unfortunately she
had left her keys at the theater. In a
moment like that l accepted the first
! thing that came into my head: my
own apartments. She was not there
a quarter Of an hour before a trained
nurse and her own physician were at
her side. l slept in chair At six
the following morning she left for her
own apartments. And that, John. is
the truth. Gods truth"
CHAPTER Xxx.