The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-07-02

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upon his, end IN them was always thGt
luve.
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When Edward Grant returned from
bis journey be was q changed man. He
could not return the embrace Of BIZ
wife and son a. when he had lsft them.
That something vas on bis mind was
plain 10 Ars. Grant, but she could not
tell what It was. On the evening Of
bis return after dinner be lit q cigar,
and the comfort Of being at homo
seemed to have dispelled what had
rome between him and It when there
was a ring at the telephone. He look
to the instrument, but he mpt1oned her
to be seated and vent himself.
When he returned to her he said that
he was sorry not to be able to pass the
frst night Of his return at home, but
that q matter connected With the bust
ness upon which be had gone TO the
west called him out. His wife knew
that be VA deceiving her, but pretend
ed to believe him. In a few minutes
after leaving his home he was with
the woman who had bsen bis travelling
companion.
It was not long before Mrs. Grant
learned that her husband had fallen
into the hands Of q vampire. Spring
was coming on, and rooms were en-
gagged for the Grant family for July
and August at the hotel where they
usually spent the summer. Grant made
no objection to going there, and his
wife hoped that II she could get him
where she could keep him continually
under her surveillance she might break
the spell that held him. Alas. when
she reached the summer resort anon
the guests at the hotel where h Grant
family stopped was a woman who. II
soon became evident, was the cause OF
her husbands trouble.
1t was there that l first heard Of this
case and saw Grant INC the vampire
promenading the piazza Of the hotel
after dinner. What became Of him and
the nm at other times ! did not
know. for l seldom saw either Of them
at any other hour than evening. Mrs.
Grant ! did not see at all. ! was old
that she kept her room. not caring to
face those who were witnesses Of the
shame that had been put upon her.
But l saw Harry Grant frequently
with other boys Of his age playing ten
mis- and bathing. He was n fine. manly
boy, and it seemed to me that he was
what his father had been at his age.
When the end OF the season came
Mrs. Grant and Harry returned to the
city together, while his father bowled
along the turnpike In an automobile
with the vampire. Every one sympa-
thized with the wife, but no one was
in a position to do anything FOR her.
Every n despised the man. Yet not
every one, for I had a different view
concerning the matter. There are vari-
Gus influences that will undermine a
mans will power, and once II IL under
mined 1t is very difficult for him to re-
cover 1t. Nevertheless nothing IL I'M
possible.
The trouble fl tie Grant family vent
on till Harry Grant had passed fifteen
years Of age. He had understood the
family trouble from the first and the
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grown, and the skeleton in the family
closet and his love for his parents had
made a man OF him. He dissuaded
his mother from applying for a divorce
until he had made an effort to save
his father from the vampire.
One day he had a talk with his IA
ther, who cOnfded to his son that the
only way he could throw of the thrnll
Of the vampire was to escape from her
long enough to regain his will power,
but ne was not able to make an at
tempt to escape. Soon after this Har-
~ one day asked his father TO take a
ride with him in his car. Grant CON
scented, and Harry 0 the wheel, with
his father beside him. They had
scarcely left the city when the car stop
ped and two strong men entered and
took the back seat. Grant looked sus-
picious and asked what It meant. Then
Harry told him that he was his prison
er and would remain 80 until he was
restored to his family. Realizing that
the two men in the rear seat had been
hired to Overpower him in case he re-
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ing to escape. Harry took him to n
house he had prepared for him. where
no one would he able to each him, and
kept him there.
At the end OF a month Grant begged
for his wife to come to him.. and Harry
persuaded her to do 20. The family
continued to live In their secret abode,
NJ m dreading being discovered more
than the husband and father. He was
/ like a convalescent who has suffered
| from delirium, but who now every day
feels his strength returning to him.
The vampire meanwhile found anoth,
er victim. Nevertheless she made ev.
cry effort to find Grant, rather from
the deviltry there was in her and q re.
z pugnance to having him spirited away
from her than any desire to continue
E In possession Of him. Three months
elapsed before she succeeding In fDd'
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