Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-01-15

SufeHeSS OF Il man OIL wealth.. comment
that money will salve any wound.
How much:" he asked. BADLY.
Mary smiled an inscrutable smile.
ION. l don't need money" she said.
carelessly. Inspector Burke will tell
you how easy it is for me to get it."
DO you want my son to learn what
You are?" he said.
why not? I'm ready to tell him
myself"
Then Glider showed his true heart
in which love for his boy was before
all else.
But l don't want him to know" he
stammered. why. I've spared the boy
all his life. If he really loves you-it
will"-
AT that moment, the son himself
entered hurriedly. In his eagerness
he saw no II say the woman he
loved. AT his entrance. Mary rose and
moved backward a step in%voluntarily.
in sheer surprise over his coming.
The young man went swiftly to her.
while the other three men stood silent.
Dick took Mary's hand in a warm
clasp. pressed it tenderly.
II didn't see father" he said happily,
but l left Il note on his desk at the
office"
Then, somehow. the surchurged at
mosphere penetrated his consciousness,
and he looked around. to see his father
standing grimly opposite him. But
there was no change in his expression
beyond q more radiant smile.
Hello. dad!' he cried. %joyously.
Then you got my note?"
"No. Dick. l haven't had any note"
The young man spoke with simple
pride.
Dad we're married. Mary and l
were married this morning."
Mary kept her eyes steadfast on the
father. There was triumph in her
gaze. This was the vengeance for
which she had longed. for which she
had plotted. the vengeance she had at
last achieved. Here was her fruition.
the period Of her supremacy.
Glider seemed dazed by the brief
sentence.
Say that again." he commanded.
Dad. Mary and | were married this
morning"
II married your son this morning"
Mary said in a matter of fact tone. "I
married him. Do you quite under
stand. Mr.. Glider? | married him."
In that insistence lay her ultimate
compensation for untold misery. The
father stood there wordless. unable to
find speech against this calamity that
had befallen him.
"It's a frameup!" Burke roared. he
glared at the young a Tell your
father it amt true. Why. do you
know what she is? She's done time
He paused for an instant, then spoke
in u voice that was brutally menacinS
"And she'll do it again.
The young man turned toward his
bride. There was disbelief. hope. de.
spair, in his face.
"It's a lie. Mary" he said. Say it's
a lie!" He seized her hand passion
ately.
1T is the truth" Mary said firmly
II have served three years in prison."
There was q silence Of a minute tina,
was like years.
Dick turned his tortured face to his
bride of a day. Then he spoke agar
more beseechingly.
Say there's a mistake"
Mary spoke with a simplicity that
admitted no denial.
Its all quite true"
The man who had so loved her
trusted her. stood trembling for a mo
ment, tottered and sank into a chair.
The father looked at Mary with a re
proach that vas pathetic.
"See." he said. and his heavy voice
was for once thin with p~assion-''see
what you've done to my boy!"
What is that compared to what yor
have done to meg"
What have I done to you?" he ques
toned. uncomprehending.
DO you remember what l said tt
you the day you had me sent away?"
II don't remember you at ALL"
Perhaps you remember Mary Tur
ner. who was arrested four years agt
for robbing your store, and perhaps
you remember that she asked to speal
to you before they took her to prison.
The heavy jowled man gave a start.
ooh. you begin to remember! Yes
There was a girl who swore she was
innocent-yes, she swore that she wa!
innocent. And she would have got of
only you asked the judge to make al
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