Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-02-07

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tnessnsAss isti. hs4w q. Chaanaa-l
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Singular p~Arversion OF language and
thought therAl re two struggled like
Wild beasts that was fighting like men.
"But let that pass,s continued the
woman. II don't deny your physical
courage. but ! am geing to appeal TO
another kind Of a courage which I be-
lieve you possess. You have showed
your evil sids here tn this room, hut
IdoA't belieEe th&ss tho only side you
have, else I couldn't have liked you In
tho past You hare made q charge
againat two women; one dead and one
living. It makes little difference what
you say about me. ! need no defense
and no Justification In the eyea OF
those hare who love me. and for the
rest Of tha world ! don't care. But you
have slain this man'g confidence IN .
woman he once loved. and who he
thought loved him. Az you are q man,
tell him that 1t Was q lie and that she
Was innocent Of anything else although
Bhe did love you"
What q singular situation. an obBer-
. who knew all might have reflect
edl Here was Enid Maitland pleading
for the good name of the woman who
had married the man she now loved,
and whom by rights she should have
tealously hated.
you ask me mere than I can-
faltered Armstrong yet greatly moved
by this touching appeal to his better
sell.
LET him speak no word. protested
Newbold q ckly. II wouldn't believe
him on his OATH"
STEADY now, steady" tnterposed
Kirkby with his frontier Instinct for
fair play. Athe mans down, Newbold.
don't hit him now"
Give him a chance" added Malt
land earnestly.
You would not believe me. chr
laughed Armstrong horribly, well
then this is what / say, whether 1t Is
true or q lie you can be the judge
What was he about to say9 They
all recognized instinctively that his
forthcoming ~deliverance would be a
hnal one. Would good Oh evil do1ain-
ate him nnw7 hid Maitland had
made her ri and 1t had been a pow
erful one: the man did truly love
the woman who urged him; there was
nothing left for him but d chance that
she should think better Of him than
he merited: he had On to the end
OF his resources. And Enid Maitland
| spoke again az he hesitated.
20, think, think before YOU speak,
| she cried.
III thought" answered Arm-
strong quickly. II should 60 mad. New
bold, your wife was as pure as the
snow; that she loved me / cannot and
viii not deny, she married you 10 q
At Of jealousy aud anger atterNa guar
rel between US In which was to
blame. and when | anne pack 10 the
camp IN your absence, l streve to
nake1t up and used every argument
that I possessed to get her to leave
you and to live With me. Although
she haa no love for you she was too
good and too true . woman for that.
Now you've got the truth. damn YOU,
believe 1t or not az you like. Miss
Maitland" he added swiftly. If ! had
met you sooner. ! might have been
q better man. Good bye
He turned suddenly and mono pre-
venting, indeed it was not possible, he
ran to the outer door; as he did so
his hand saatehed something that lay
on the chest Of drawers. There was
a fash OF light as he drew In his arm
but mons saw what It was. In q few
seconds he was outside the door The
table was bet-een old Kirkhy and the
exit Maitland and Newhosd were
nearest The old man came 10 his
senses FIRST
"After him." he cried. cha meanss
But before anybody could stir the
dull report Of a pistol come through
the open doori
They found Armstrong lying on his
back In the snewy path his face as
white aa the drift that pIiiewed his
head. Newbold,s heavy revolver still
elutehed Id his right hand and d.
bloody yelling gmudge on bis left
breast over hig heart, 1T was the We
man who broke the silence.
"oh." she sohbed, IT cant be-
Dead, aaid Maitland solemnly.
sAnd 1t might have been by my
hand. muttered Me#boia te himself
In horror.
He'll never cause no mora trouble
to melody Ia this world, Miss Enid a n
genssa said old Kirby grayeIy. We'll.
he was q damned fool an q damned
Villain In some Mays continued the
old frontiersman reaeetiseIy 10 the 81
lence brokea otnerwise only by tho
wornsn'ss sobbing bfeaths, shut be had
oaa Of the qualities thai go TO make.
a man. an sint douhtin' but what
them last verbs or hlsn was mighty
neag true. "a he had mel i girl Ike
you earlier Ia his life. ha meught have
been 3 different mana"
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