Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-09-26

girls lie QluVcrcd with emotion
II feeling her tirobbing, so weak,
50 utterly helpless: and he said
to her passionate..y, in a voice 100
low for amy hut hcr TO hear:
~ love .yon, love you.
All, Florence. If YOU only knew
what l feel: how i suffer and how
happy ar! Oh, Florence, love
yon. l love YOU
Weber had stood aside, a, a
sigl FROM the Frcicct, who want
cd to witnese The unexpected con
illicit bctWccu those two mystic
lous beings, Don inuis Perenna
and Florence Lcvasscur.
Don Lalis unlooscd his arms
and PLACED the girl in a cllair.
Then, putting his TWO hands ON
her shoulders, face to face with
her, he said:
Though you do not under-
stand, Florence, [ am beginning
tr understand a good deal; and l
can already almost sc. my way in
the mystery tina. tcrrifics you.
Florence, listen to inc. 1t. is not
you who arc doing all this, is itg
There is somebody else behind
you, above you-somcbody who
gives you your instructions. isn't
there, while you yourself don't
know where nc is leading your"
Nobody is instructing me.
What do you mean? Explain
Yes, you I not alone in your
Inc. There are many things
which you do because you are told
TO do them and because you think
them right. and because you do
not know their consequences or
even that they can have any con-
seqllenees. Answer my question:
are you absolutely free? Are you
not yielding to some influencc?"
The girl seemed to have come
to herself, and her face recovered
some of it's usual calmness. Never
thelcss, it seemed as If Don Luis S
question made an impression on
her.
NO." she said, "there is no
lnfluence-nonc at all--I'm sure
of it."
He insisted. with growing Gag
erncss:
mo, you are not sure: don't
say that. Some one is dominating
You without your knowing it.
Think for a moment. You are
Cosmo Mornington's heir, heir to
q fortune which you don't care
about, [ know, l swear! Well, if
you don't want that fortune, to
whom will it belong? Answer
me. Is there any n who is in
terestcd or believes himself inter
csted in seeing you rich9 The
whole question lies in that. Is
your life linked with that of some
one else7 Is he a friend of yours?
Are you engaged to him?
She gave a start Of revolt.
"Oh never! The man of whom
you speak is incapable-"
"Ah,' lie cried, overcome with
jealousy, "you confess it! So the
man of whom l speak exists! I
swear that the villain"
He turned toward M. Desmal-
ions, his face convulsed with
hatred. He made no further eff
fort to contain himself:
Monsieur lie Prefet, we are in
sight of the goal. I, know the
road that will lead us to it. The
wild, beast shall be hunted down
tonight, or tomorrow ct least.
Monsieur lie Prefety the letter that
accompanied those documents,
the unsigned letter which this
young lady handed YOU, was writ
ten by the mother superior who
manages q nursing home in the
Avenue des Terncs.
"By making immediate in
quiries at that nursing home by
questioning the superior and con-
fronting l.er with Mile. Levasseur,
we shall discover the identity Of
the erjminst himself. But -swe
nuSl not lose Z minute, or WI
shall be to- Iate md the Wild
kssst wfH hsvs fed
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