The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-05-25

brain almbst refused 10 accept WHAT
hor ewes beheld:
ne apetoveh Dick: Don't hate me for
nnilink YOU to make this trip, but
eo fraltic with jealousy of Gloria,
ID r vol fail me I will do something
,osnerste1 Your adoring and once
usS rot LOIS"
Iloria hropped on a marble bench
,-bile h4sground seemed to be shaken
honeath Ter. So Freneau had planned
N make L. journey with Lois! It was
nlatnly Lois demand, yet he had
consente and arranged to go. The
etorv TT 3lk Mulry told her had been
. lie. ~ Freneau had had an affair
with /, ~, with the wife of Glorias
own re Per
u,bi 3sachery in her own house
hold q, Tlike a nausea; it sickened
her lurned to Royce, no longer
denoa 81, but appealing: "In heav-
ems and tell me the TRUTH
Roveg; ife't that the time was over
for yeceast 10. The truth could not
hurt C.ats,fG worse than appearances.
"YouzehnIl1 have the truth, Gloria,
or az h4H ih Of it as l know I tried
10 ken 8eiTJm you because you were
i'll and tDur were young and I was
afraid II fat. the ugly reality would kill
YOU. bile you were still very ill
with .pnaumonia I stumbled on the
fact s4,s4 ,Ereneau was CARRYING on
an atfai& With-with the woman, the
wretched WoNan who wrote that let
ter. II lRaned to overhear him tell
her To 4eeI him at midnight at the
pavilion {near the monument. I had
known pat he was a ScOundrel, and
had always been rOue. But you had
loved hln, so I had begged him to
play fai1with you. And he had prom
ised
Whef L heard him make that rem
dozvousI with-with that woman, I
went r13lt to him and told him that
/ knew his vile scheme. / demand
ed that he break off the affair. Be-
sides, ue wOman's husband was one
of my d|areSt friends and I>wanted to
protect lis home as we'll as your heart.
"Fren( au laughed at my earnest
ness an ridiculed me, resented my
interferihce, called me meddler and a
busybc !. I told him I would pre-
vent HI treachery at all costs.
took Oliver with me- didn't near
to kill i'm. The revolver was not
ever loaeth But I intended to fright
en- him With it.
81 neer dreamed, of course, thai
the binoculars I gave you to ,amuse
yourself with would give you sigh
of the Whole tragedy. I waited an(
waited for Freneau to appear. A
last [ walked down the drive expect
ing to meet him. I found his body ly
ing in he snow. I knelt down ant
lStenedtO his heart. 1t was still. III
was deld beyond all rescue.
II SAP that envelope in his pocket
I didn'A know what was in it, but wa
afraid / f what it might contain.
imaEin the police discovering hin
and 1: newspapers publishing wha
was L on his person. Before
realize what / was doing I took tn
enveloly. saw somebody coming alon
the ,ir +. / didn't know who it was
/ don't NOV now, but I ran away.
"Whdl ] got back to my Office I 60
word 1T your nurse had called me.
ran to -FOUR house You told me 70
had 81 the murder done. You ha
seen ME without recognizing me.
told you it was a delirium like tn
Other you had had. I looked throug
fB binoculars. When / went out O
tn jAAos~ Freneaus body was gone
was dumfOurded. l almost believe
thS' | had imagined the whole thin
myself
I went to the pavilion. There sa,
woman, the woman, waiting for FIR,
neau. | told her that he had bee