The diamond drill., 1921-09-10

( 10 not know ana I DO h6t hi6K n
did.' I have no memory Of Il We
| Quarreled- I drew my sword on him.
then be made an explanation and I
madly. stupidly drank drugged wine
In reconciliation with him. and then
I remember nothing more--nothing at
; ALL"
(. what was the cause OF your quar-
relr'
Dyck looked at her long before an
swertnS Il hid that from my father
even, and hid II from the world--did
| not even mention II In court at the
| trial II ! had. perhaps should not
have gone 10 jail. II / had. perhaps
should not be here In jamaica. II
I had He paused. food OF re
Election drowning his face. making his
eyes shine with black SORROW.
-Well, II you had why did
you notf Wasn't II your duty to save
yourself and save your friends. II you
couldf Wasn't that your plain dutyr'
Yes, and that was why did not
tell what the quarrel was II had.
even had killed Erris Boyne, the
jury would not have convicted me. OF
that I am sure. II. was loyalist
| Jury"
Then why did you not2-
isn't IL strange that now, after all
these years, when I have settled the
account with judge and jury, with
| Sfata and Iou-that t,ox,, faaI x,,,st
tell you the truthf Madam, your ex-
husband. Erris Boyne. was traitor.
He was an officer In the French army
and be offered 20 make me an officer
also and pay me well In French gov
ernment money. II would break ni-
legiance and serve the French cause--
All, don't start He knew / was on
had acquaintance with young rebel
leaders like Emmett and he felt
could be won. so he made his pro-
posal. Because OF your daughter I
held my pence, for she could bear 1t
less than you. I did not tell the cause
of the quarrel. II I had there would
have been for her the double shame.
That was why held my peace--a
fool, but 80 II was"
The woman seemed almost robbed
OF understanding. His story over
whelmed her. Yet what the man had
done was so quixotic. so Celtic, that
her senses were almost paralyzed.
80 mad-so mad and bad and Wild
you were," she said. Gould you not
see IL was your duty TO tell all. no
matter what the consequencesf The
man wns villain. But what madness
you were guilty of, what cruel mad
ness Only you could have done a
thing like that Erris Boyne deserved
death-I care not who killed him-you
or another. He deserved death. and
II was right he should die. But that
you should kill him. apart from all
else-why, indeed. oh, indeed. II Is a
tragedy, for you loved my daughter.
and the killing made gulf between
you There could be no marriage In
such n case. She could not bear IL.
nor coald you. But please know this,
Mr.. Calhoun. that she never believed
you killed Erris Boyne. She has said
so again and again. You are the only
man who has ever touched her mind
or her senses. though many have
sought her. Wherever she goes men
try 10 win her, but she has no thought
for any. Her mind goes back TO you.
Just when you entered the garden
learned-and only then-thnt you were
here She hid II from me, but Oar
ius Boland knew, and he had seen
your man, Michael Clones, and she
had then made him tell me. l was
incensed. l was her mother. and yet
she had hid the thing from me.
thought she came 10 this island for
the sake OF Salem. and l found thai
she came not for Salem, but for you.
\. Al, Mr.. Calhoun. she deserves
what you did TO save her, but you
should not have done it,
"She deserves oil that any better
man might do. Why don't you marry
her 20 some great man In your repub-
licf II would settle my trouble for
me and free her mind from anxiety.
Mrs. Llyn, we are not children. you
and I. You know life, and so do ].
and"
She interrupted him. BE sure of
this Mr.. Calhoun. she knows life even
better than either OF us. She Is, and
has always been, girl OF sense and
Judgment When she was a child she
was my master, even In Ireland. Yet
she was obedient and faithful. and