The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-10-26
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"And if it is not found on your
finger. who Will have broken itY Again
an accomplice. No, YOU must
| face the music and face 1T
boldly, for ! answer for everything.
| Believe me an
swer for everything. If !
have to tackle the Comtesse d 'Origny
bodily and thus delay the interview.
If ! had to come myself be
fore noon it is the real we'd
ding ring that shall be taken from
your fnger-thst ! swear.-and your
son shall be restored to you
Swayed and subdued, Yvonne in
stinctively held out her hands TO the
bonds. When he stood up, she was
bound as she had been before.
He looked round the room to make
sure that no trace OF his visit re-
NAMED Then he stopped over the
countess again and whispered:
Think Of your son and, whatever
happens. fear nothing. | am
| watching over You.
She heard him open and shut the
door of the boudoir and, q few min
utes later, the hall door.
At half past three, motor cab drew
up. The door downstairs was slammed
again; and, almost Immediately after,
Yvonne saw her husband hurry in,
with furious look in his eyes. He
still fastened and, sDatching her hand,
examined the ring. Yvonne tainted.
She could not tell, when she woke,
how long she had slept But the broad
light of day was filing the boudoir
and she perceived, at the first move
ment which she made, that her bonds
| 40 ba h,.
and saw her husband standing beside
her. looking at her:
"My son my son
" she moancd. ''I want my son.
He replied, in a voice of which she
felt the ieering insoenee:
"Our son is in safe place. And,
for the moment, it's a question not
of him, but of you. We are face to
face with each other, probably for
the last time. and the explanation be-
| tween us VIII be q very serious one.
[ must warn you that it will take
place before my mother. Have you
any obiection?'
Yvonne tried to hide her agitation
| and answered:
"None mt all.
''Can / send for her7'
Yes, Leave me, in the meantime.
| shah be ready when she comes. -
My mother is here
Your mother is herel' cried Wv
onne, In dlsmay, remembering Horace
Nelmont's g promise.
"What is there to astonish you in
that?'
"And is ii now is it at
once that you want to :"
Yes -
"Why? Why not this ev-
ening! Why not tomorrow !"
To-day and now" declared the
count "a rather curious incident
an incident which ] cannot account for
and which decided me to hasten the
explanation. Don't you want some
thing IN gd to eat hrst?'
Then ] will 20 and fetch my
He turned to Yvoune S bedroom.
marked twenty-five minutes to eleven.
Ah!'' she said, with a shiver of
fright.
twenty-five minutes to eleven.
| Horace Velmont would not save her
and nobody in the world and nothing
in the world would save her, for there
was no miracle that could place the
wedding ring upon her finger.
The count, returning with the Com
tesse d 'Origpy. asked her TO sit down
She was tall, lank, angular woman,
| who had always displayed hostile
| feeling to Hvonue. She did not even
bid her daughterin-law good morning,
showing that her mind was made up as
| regards the accusation,
need speak at length. In two words,
my son maintains. -
81 don't maintain, mother said
| the count, 50 / declare | declare on my
oath that. three months ago, during
the holidays, the upholstercr, when lay
| ing the carpet in this room and the
boudoir. found the wedding ring which
floor Here is the ring. The date OF
side, ;,
''Thcn,' said the countess. "the
ring which your wife carries. -
THAT is another ring, which she
ordered in exchange for the real one.
Acting on my instructions, Bernard.
by discovering in the outskirts of
Paris, where he now lives, the little
jeweler TO whom she went This man
remembers perfectly and is willing to
bear witness that his customer did not
tell him 10 engrave date, but a name.
He has forgotten the name, but thc
man who used to work with him in his
GhoD ma NC NDlt " ltsIltWbcT II. his
working ieweler has been informed bv
letter that ! required his services and
he replied yesterday, placing himself
at my disposal. Bernard went to fetch
him at 0 clock this morning. They
are both waiting in my study
lie turned to his wife,
Will you give me that ring of your
own free will?'
"fou KNOW she said. from the
other night, that it won t come off my
finger.
I'm that case, can | have the man
up? He has the necessary implements
with him, y
eyes, +" she said, in voice faint rs
a whisper.
She was resigned She eoniured up
! the future rs in vision; the scandal,
the decree OF divorce pronounced
against herself. the custody of the
child awarded TO the father; and she
accepted this, thinking that she would
carry off her son, that she would 20
with him to the ends of the earth and
that the two Of ham yould Eyn olnnn