The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1913-04-03

fioated before him-sleeping and wax
1ng-yet 1t never occurred to him to
ment he had refused. More, far more
than that was necessary to assuage
the fury that ragged in his breast.
She nae made him suffer, had
humbled his pride, befooled him an6
made him ridiculous in his own eyes.
must be dragged in the dust, and she
who had made sport of hearts and rep
utationS must find her w in the pill
lory of public derision.
The wife Of a highwayman-a male
factor who had been sentenced to die
capped the gallows! Married In New
gate prison by a drunken fleet-parson
Lady Prudence ~Freemantle!" It was
1ncredible! He laughed at the mere
1dea, a harsh. %croaking laugh more evil
than a curse. 1t would certainly be
enough to publish such a mad freak.
10 cover the perpetrator with undying
shame. But many considerations re-
strained him from taking a prominent
part In her exposure. Someone else
must be employed, someone whom his
money could buy, and yet who would
not be suspected of too base a motive.
Goodridge was too mean a tool. The
lndomitable Lady Prudence Brooke
would surely n weapons to defend
herself triumphantly from so paltry q
foe, even could he be brought to at
tack her. which was far from certain.
Aaron's thoughts reverted time and
against to Sir Godfrey Beaudesert. A
~spendthrift at his last gasp for a
guinea. no doubt he a a price. though
1T might be a high one. The money
lender was no miser. Money he wor-
SHIPPED less for itself than for Its in
fuence, and n factor in his success
full accumulation Of vast wealth, was
his intuitiye knowledge of when to
spend and how. But this was probably
the first occasion in his life on which
he contemplated an outlay, without
counting the cost or di%scounting here
turn.
How could he buy Sir Godfrey. and
how could he use him? And in the first
place, how could he reach him without
arouSing suspicion as to his own mo
tive.
Aarons threw down his pen, and
leaving word that he would be back in
about an hour, went on Change. in
hopes of diverting his mind by the ex-
citing scenes of Bubble" speculation,
then at it's frenzied height. But his
mind was out of tune to its ordinary
interests. and within the appointed
time he returned. At his office door
stood a handsome chariot, and with
GdliolaGllOtl llS IGCORulZ0u
Sir Geoffrey's liveries.
Within, impatiently pacing the mar
row office, he found the man he was SO
anxious to see.
During the few minutes he con-
sumed in slowly mounting the stairs,
Aarons had resumed complete mastery
of himself. He was again the smooth,
willy, impenetrable man of affairs,
equally prepared to battle the craft Of
ms clients or profit by heir lack OF 1t.
Sir Godfrey Beaudesert! This Is
an unexpected honor" he said. IT
trust l have not kept you waiting
long?"
Time is always long when one is
waiting for SO dear a friend, MI.
Aarons." replied Sir Godfrey, in his
jauntiest manner.
Pray be seated" said Aarons, m
dlcating the only easy chair and tax
Ing his usual place at the desk. You
goes the wooing of the fair Wis
countess? 2"
The wooing speeds g~loriously," said
Sir Godfrey. but the wheels Of Hy-
mems chariot do not III fast enough
to satisfy an impatient lover. Truth
quickly. Women are proverbially
tickle and I would fain secure my lady
while h is in a yielding mood"
Aarons with difficulty repressed a
sneer. This faulty at the same time
gratifed him and excited his contemp-
tuous amusement.
The Lady Prudence has great temp
tations," he said, suavely. IT under
stand that there are several rivals In
your honor's way. With high titles
and vast fortunes at her feet, I do not
wonder at your eagerness to secure the
prize before it is snatched from you.
Yet without ready money"
ne shook his head regretfully as he
met Sir Geoffrey,s clouded eyes.
You will not believe In the wealth
OF old Lady Drumloch without positive
proof, / suppose?" the, baronet limited.
yet I give you my word Of honor that
my information is from a source i'm
possible to discredit. And further
more, / shall receive 5000 glineas on
the day I marry Lady Prudence-en-
tirely Independent Of the fortune she
will inherit from her grandmother"
Is 1t possible 2" exclaimed Aarons.
Five thousand guineas on her we'd
ding dayl I was not aware Of this
change In her fortunes, and yet" an
Idea struck him suddenly, ito tell you
1.-The truth-this is in sacred confidence
between us, Sir Goenrey-yesterday !
returned her ladyship's necklace which
I have held as security for moneys adj
reason to know that, although she
tried to borrow from me last week,
she now has money to redeem her
dimonds, and tossed hundred-pound
notes about like curl papers!"
CONTINUED Next Week.
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