The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-07-27


sand worlds would he be balked now
after these wears OF scheming
lie must answered Leopold =
have him in my power. He knows Il,
that Is why he made terms with me.
How ,"
Because hold your bonds he an
swered You know their value now.
They are his: have sold theni =
Anne" said by prosecutor, we are
wasting words Can | never convince
YOU? Listen Give me your solemn
promise to marry me and, on the morn
ing of the ceremony will restore Gil
chy to your grandfather And the chev
after shal1 SO free"
"Wait--waitt" / cried desperately
trying 10 pierce the tangled net OF
cunning that surrounded me Give
me unuI tomorrow to make my de-
csion
suddenly he seized my hand
20 Anne. be wise, he cried y love
YOU. Worship you, YOU are The one
woman have loved out Of all Who
have come into my ife You can rc
deem mo with your goodness Marry
me and ! swear to heaven that ! will
adore You. win be your slave viii
conseerate my life 10 you love you
Anne
And falling at my feet he poured
forth a more impassoued plea 70 RE.
Il was impossible to mistake the sim
cerity OF his passion ! could not but
recognize that in this az least he was
not base turned away aud left him
kneeling IN the path
In the hallway ! met Charles
feared that he would see my agitated
face. bui bis own was SO distressed
that / feared that the greatest Of eor.
rows must have come to him
The comtel" gasped, and then !
noticed tnat in one hand he held a
can OF Kerosene
"Ny monoploue he answered wild
". - am going 80 burn her, Anne.
she shau never fall into his clutches.
She who bore as aloft that splendid
da1
II took the eau from him Wait
enai tomorrow. Charles. whispered.
Much may happen by hen"
len him standing irresoIute aud
went mp TO my room and sal down in
CHAIR did not weep Ny brain
wax Va whirl, and Q thousand
thoughts aud doubts oppressed me.
Magnl6s threats his infamous sugges-
ions as 10 the honor of my liaucc tho
imminent loss Of Clichyail this pre-
scented aspects and stroye dlmly TO
pierce 70 the heart OF the problem
which confronted me
II married MaEnit. Chchy would
NJ least be saved That seemed tho
chief consideration My happiness
that Of Charles. even, WAS nothing
compared TO the preservation Of the
old home that had withstood 80 many
viclssiudes other women Drawer
than /. had sacrificed themselves in
the past for Chateau Clichy. Then
why not ]. even though ! should XII
myself afterwards?
Then. in the midst OF these cogita-
tions there flashed into my mind, IN
the most Incongruous way the Nom
ory OF Mr. Spratt
Augrly sought TO free myself from
this recollection What had this NJ
tie Winnipeg teacher TO do with my
present troubles He was the last
the very last and least thought that
should come to me But my mind wan
defed aud again seemed to see him
bidding me a timid farewell upon the
Winnipeg platform M great work
Miss Ives" he painted. offering mo the
code. 'The work OF many years Take
a. YOU will need It in France lils
odioua little rabbitlike faco rose up so
planly in my minds eye that ! seemed
to visualize him in the room, and J
pressed my fingers hard upon my eye
lids in a frutiess effort to dismiss him
rose 81 last. still miserobly uncer-
tain. Ny suitcase lay packed upon
the bureau and opening IT idly !
caught sight Of that ~retched gift of
Mr. Spratt 10 mo ] raised II. an 81.
yelope fell from boneath tho paper
cover I opened it-and recoiled with
suppressed scream.
rive bank notes, Of the value of one
hundred pounds apiece nuttered upon
the floor Five hundred pounds. Twen-
tv 1--WE hundred dollars. twelve thou
sand 1--WE hundred francsi The inter