The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-01-26
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rgeant Barry wdlted until the
acldngi fearless Sohs had ceased
then he asked quietly.
yhat had Miriam vane to do
Win your wife; Mr.. Grswold7r
Gdswolf raised his head and the
latecttye had tho shock OF his ca
Ger Hefhsd thought that the men.
Ion q the dogs foolish pet name
recalled tho mans dead wife.
anq thRtit was genuine grief which
lad opened tho cTusty tmancier's
ioag-cloeed heart, whatever his 10.
5tion to the other woman and his
sharet In the mystery. But Il was
hot ~tesurected sorrow which met
amazed eyes; Gfiswold's thin,
teidulous face had boen transform.
lptothatot an exultant fiend and
personal fear seemed to he wholly
fotgotten In the sundering Of the
aold which he had held over him.
sMfriam yanel" The repetition
the name camo with q raucous
laush Miriam Yane was my wife.
my lawful wife to the hour OF her
death and sho was too clever to
iye me an opportunity to free my.
SELF from her, at least without the
netortetg that she know | could not
9Affcrd II took someone cleverer
than she less cautious than /, TO fire
nat shot last night and because
of I'll owe,a debt for the first time
IN my lie q debt OF gratitude which
even my money can never repay"
Despite the astounding revela.
tion Barry did not allow his expreS!
slon % change and his tones were
'tayely persuasive as he suggest
Suppose you tell me the whole
story, Mr. Griswold. Our knowledsA
Of the truth may enable US TO pre-
vent the ~notoriety you wish TO
eToid How long wero you married
70 the woman who called herself
Miriam Yaneg
Fortwenty years, ever since she
yTas q girl oflstxteen and i a law
student Of twenty-five down in a
little town called sprlngyille, in
pelawaIe. I've given out these
many years that | was a widower
lkecause OF the disgrace Of the
whole affair, but 1t Is evident that
the ruth mustgbe known now and
yon'd findiiE out sooner or later.
Ysx years our marriage lasted
stS years that brought dIsillusiop.
ment TO me In spite Of her beauty.
She was twenty-five, in the fuIl0
tide 81 her deyilish fascination and
knowledge Of how TO use II when,i
accepted Q clerkship In Cleveland
With the law firm OF Venner e.
Scull she broke OF to add:
Nenner had a son, a cookbook.
llng weading with a delicate wife
who adored him. The chances are
thai he would never have amount.
ed to anything, anyway, but the
minute he laid eyes on Miriam It
was all up with him.
Sc paused again and his bony
hands clenehed. Bury ventured:
.Dokyou mean that she broke up
their home and yours?"
mean that they ran away to:
sether and his sickly. wife went
mad She died In a sanitarium
within a year" ..,,.'
But why didn't you divorce her,
M Griswold?" asked Barry.
The other groaned.
sBecansetI thought she was ont
ofgmy life forever, l thought she
would drift the way Of all such
women the opportunity to re-
habilitatej herself by marriage with
another infatuated fool was denied
her e
He and she were in some out-of.
hesway hole in the south, leading a
catsanddog's life, when somehow
e earned of his wife's madness
md death, and In rernorse he blew
ts brains out!"
Sosthst was the explanation, OF
the empty cartridge she'll treas
tred all these years like the symbol
q ghost that could not be- laid!
Barry &histled softly and then a
sudden question came to his mind.
Mr GrisWold, you told me "a
while ag6gthat Mrs.-Vane was too
; clever to give you an opportunity
to free yourself legally without no
fofiety which you could not afford.
Surely her elopement with young
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