The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-10-01

SOUL.
Look at me!' he commanded. She
made no answer; only stood downcast
before him, tremulous, longing, fear
fully reluctant. "Look at me-" Again
the command smote her, moved her
strangely to obedience. despite every
thing.
"Lucene" Once again, his voice was
wholly masterful. LOOK at mel"
Then, at last, she yielded her eyes to
his, and the piteous sacrifice in those
depths taught him something Of the
! CHASTITY truth that lay beneath her sur
face reluctance.
He went to the door leading into the
hall and called sharply:
Marshall, Marshall!' There came
an indeterminate sound that he trans
lated into an answer. Bring Creegan
here" was his command.
A moment later the detective ap-
peared with a manacled thief at his
side.
Take off the handouts" Vain
wright directed briskly.
After one glance at the set face
Marshall obeyed the order. Then
Wainwright spoke again, to the pris-
oner:
"Creegan, my wife tells me that she
and you had planned to go away to-
gether."
"That's right, gov'nor."
Wainwright turned his eyes full on
his wife, and spoke easily, almost lack
adaisically:
well, here she is, Creegan. Take
her-and co."
The thief stared wonderingly.
"Sure-sure!" he exclaimed.
Wainwright nodded toward Creegan
and then looked toward his wife.
"Come, come" he exhorted. "There's
your man. Take him and be off," He
went to her. took her hand, drew her
forward, and placed her hand in that
of the thief, holding the two together.
The touch of the ruffian's hand on hers
broke the bonds of her self control.
She drew away with a shrill cry OF
horror.
"No, no., no"!' she repeated fiercely.
II can't, I can't, l can't"
AuCclIc. " ulu NA4SuIS \OlCc was
| surcharged with tenderness.
But the woman was become gen
uine now-self sacrifice forgotten un-
der the driving of natural repulsion.
"Oh," she cried despairingly. "Tll
60; yes, 1 will go! But not with him
not with him! Oh, l couldn't; no, l
couldn't! Td-I'd kill myself first"
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Wainwright.
II thought So" Without any haste
he turned to Marshall. Take him
away!' he directed, with a curt nod
toward the thief.
''Ill keep him safe. no fearr' the de-
tective joined.
But Wainwright shook his head.
"No, not that" he commanded. Turn
him loose-let him go!"
As the two disappeared Lucene ut
tered a broken cry and sank to the
floor, budding in helpless weakness.
AS she fell Wainwright leaped to her,
caught her in his arms, drew her to
his breast.
"Oh, my dear-my DEAR" be said
tlculuIOuSly. hucW IL. LES,
knew it,"
Then presently there came a whisper
from the wife. a merest breath of
sound, which told him loudly of her
truth:
ooh, Cortland. but 1 meant to go!'
For the time being Wainwright felt
himself the %conqueror. He understood
in some measure the device by which
the Master Mind had plotted to make
Lucene the instrument of his venge-
ance He turned to Andrew with a
smile Of exultation at the utter dis
comfiture, as he deemed it, of his in
genious foe.
II shall dismiss you now, Andrew
he said, rather superciliously.
The Master Mind, however, showed
no trace Of the humility of defeat.
"You are to learn, Mr.. Wainwright.
that l am not quite so easily dis
missed"
Wainwright frowned disdainfully.
what do you mean?' he demanded.
what has passed." Andrew remark
ed, lis merely an incident. Now we
COulc at ldSI " luc real ISSUE Uc-
tween u.s."
Wainwright was plainly p%erplexed.
"The real issue?' he repeated.
Andrews eyes flashed ominously and
in his utterance had a new toxic quail
ity.
"Do you suppose that, after four
years of careful planning, I would
place the issue in the hands of a mere
child?"
yet it would seem that you did
commit just that folly"
Not sol" Andrews denial was
| spoken with angry vehemence. II
have my chief resource against you
still in readiness. and l shall employ it.
Listen, sir! You aspire to high office.
Mr.. wainwright. The opposition to
you Is strong. and it is INSCRIPTIONS.
You have threatened the corporations.
They know what to expect from you.