Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1913-08-07

ana SelI-rellanC. Adversely mas never
killed her hopes of making her own
way. She loves the stage better than
me, and she will live for art. Art will
save her, she says"
Poor girl!'
She may be raving, but she may
not be; she is not like other women"
well, what next, George?" l
asked.
This. I have rented a theater.'
'You have never been so mad?'
For one year-for the one great
chance for her. I have paid the
years rent. I leave at my bankers,
in your name, enough, I hope, with
common prudence, to keep it going"
Eyes, you are mad" I said, quiet
ly. do you think l am going to turn
lessee of theater, and engage Della
Nash. Do you think / am as mad as
you are?"
"You will have nothing to do but
to keep my secret. 1t is arranged,
l tell you
"How?"
81 have found out that man Kench,
the manager you met at Breymouth.
I have told him what my wishes are;
he will be lessee, manager-every-
thing but actor-and he will engage
Della Nash. When have gone away
when she will not suspect me-he
will take her into his company"
''It is the widest of schemes"
'FIt is all I can do"
"You will lose all your money"
cit is there to lose. I don't want
it, and it will give Della her chance"
"And you leave this money in
Kench's hands?"
"No-honest as he is. He will
draw upon you as he wishes-once a
month-till it is all gone. Arthur" he
said, you will not fail me in this. 1t
is the last favor / shall ever ask of
you"
But
every we'll. Till we can arrange
some better scheme, then"
Eyes; till then. I shall say very
little more to-n1ght-and nothing
about yourself; OF you would be as
stubborn and as Independent as De-
lia."
About the man upstairs, a word;
and then I will say good-by."
What of him."
'He must be bribed heavily to go
abroad. He must pass out of her
life altogether. There will be money
enough at your bankers to drive a
bargain with him, TOTO pay him
a certain sum yearly to keep away
from her-to keep him, If he be
wise enough, out of the clutches of
the police. Will you do all this for
me, old Arthur"
II will do my best"
God bless you! I did not think
you would be the man to fail me,
though l have been very much afraid
Of you"
Afraid"
ooh! it would have been all so diff
ferent," he cried, restlessly, ''if she
had come abroad with mel"
THANK God, for both your sakes,
she had the courage to say No. You
will be glad of that some day."
perhaps l shall. Who can tell of
what man may be glad-or what
he may regret-before the end comes
to him. Good-by."
He wrung my right hand hard in
his own, then was gone, and | was
left alone again, with the pocketbook
upon the table.
hn n
there were further instructions
therein. 1t was large pOcketboOk
and bulky, and there were various pa
pers crammed in one compartment
one folded and sealed with black and
Endorsed, "The last will and tesla
ment of George Fairfax" There was
on another sheet Of paper the name
and address of my friends banker,
together with a memorandum of the
amount of money left there in my
name-where my first passbOOk
awaited me-a sum of money that
was astounding in its amount and
took my breath away to read. 'P1ty
me, I am so terribly rich!" rang In
my ears again that night.
"Yes-jn trust" ] muttered: "but
in trust for George Fairfax as we'll as
for the actress and Kench."
Eyes, George; surely little mad"
was my last soliloquy-my last
words for many long day. For sud-
denly two hot hands, like the
claws of an imp of hell, clutched at
my throat, and as I staggered to my
feet I knew at once that this was a
fight for life and death with Herbert
Aston. 1t was like a nightmare
dream without waking to it-a mo-
mentary consciousness that there
was an open razor lying on the car
| pet, and that it had fallen from his
| hands before his grip of me, and
| that we were both struggling for pos
| session of it, with the papers OF
| George Fairfax and two hundred five
| pound notes scattered about the
| room. I remember falling with AS
ton to the ground, and hearing Nan
| Waterways shrill scream from the
| breakfast room below, and then all
was chaos, and after thai forgetful-