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THE CHICAGO LEDGER,
SATURDAY,
OCTOBER 17,
1903. i
English army. fell in love with’ the sup-
posed Lady Osmond, and she returned
Hove, though she was betrothed to another—
her cousin; and upon that marriage hung
gone ey ‘exchanged ed int
fhe regiment of the nobleman, with the de-
termination mar! ady Ione Os-
mond, who, by the ousin, at
her lover's hands, had inherited: the prop-
erty left by ‘uncle.
‘Finding out how I had been seated by
a
ughter, Lord Osmond attacked
marry his da
fell by his
Captain Grey
“At
scene, and at
r me, as after a struggle Captain
overpowers me and marched me off to
the guardhouse as the ‘murderer of Lord
Osmond.
“Before my trial I had an interview with
this man, the result of-which was that, for
a*“pecuniary consideration, I should plead
murder, and he was then to
“He did set m etree, in company with a
deserter from his regiment, a
hurled me into the sea, bribed to the act
“But T wag a good swimmer and
ported myself without any hope of escape,
bnly I did not wish to die until I eould hold
out no
“Suddenly T saw before me a large ship
ady Ione, and gave them ample proof of
the truth,
“Then I went to fndia, determined to kill
tGerala ¢ Grey, but I found that he had mar-
vied Ione Osmond and left for Australia. I
went_there after him, but found, after a
long search, that he had been killed by
Bushrangers, Se I emigrated to the United
of the first men I saw was
Gerald Grey.
“I then began to track him, and followed
him into another state, where he stopped f¢
several da sma 8 ed
to take frequent walks in the country, I la:
in wait one day, and fired upon hom
I mistook at a’ glance for hii it w
this gentleman, I ‘now kn nald
‘Greene pointed to Calvert Porrester and
then continued
“Believing I had killed him I gave up the
Search until I found o1 y mistake by the
papers; then I set to w again and had a
second shot at a person I mistook for Ger-
ald Grey; but I killed the wrong nd,
range to say, Captain ey came very
near being hung for the murder of thi
young gentleman, w 3 a rival
“Well, I made several other attempts to
kill him, but he always escaped—one time
im.
by. the aid of Mr. Forrester, whom he, in re-
n for saving his life, made his business
manager.
had him in my power and Bon:
ie here saved bin, with his own aie,
for he’ 's-a very devil in a fight. Then again
i believed I had bim in a carriage and
nifed a fellow who proved to be his valet, |
hot this man tI did not despair and
w he’s rum to cover” °
neyou shall be hug for these murders,
fine fellow,” growled Gerald Grey, savagely.
Greene made no reply, and Rodney
Raymon sai
“What have you to say against this man,
madam?” and he turned to Bonnie a
“J have to say that he's
a
o ruin—entered into a mock marriage with
me, and e off for a fresher face
and fairer in ie woman spok
with a hatred, “that was intense;
pever forgive the man who had betraye
nd aren en cast her 0!
nen, we will hear your story,”
‘0
e aint got much to say, sir, but Tl
speak for bot uu how that
gentleman, Mr. Grey, come to me one day,
and axed'me if I’d do a Job for him for
“As I'm a rascal, of course I said yes; and
he told me to get a partner and meet him at
the eee depot the next day at nine
o'elor
Avall sir, We was on hand, and he took
ee
3 fnto the country, id there we laid
iene plot to seize a gal and let him rescue
a ell, sir, we succeeded to. per*-tion., I
he ga I was gisin’ inter
Id Greene here of our little game.”
swe, nk, ar commas de will
tear it your sts tatements 1 sup) a
tu i sit, every word of te ‘prom Ly
{nawered the other amateur actor in thé
‘aping and rescuing scene.
aay | Mr. Forrester, what have you. to
“That Grey,
rendered 4 him, gavi
on return for a service I
y
widow, and thereby gain a large’ fortune,
Which ‘she will inherit now in several Ww weeks,
on her twenty-first birthday anniver-
ry.
‘alvert Forrester had spoken more in
sadness than in anger, and Gerald Grey
would not once meet his
Rodney Rasimiond and his
tones Were cold and cut
rey, you have the condemning
es.
spoke
0 be immensely
wealthy, and his heir to be a
Ame!
“That old man took you into his employ,
made you his confidential clerk, and died
suddenly,’ leaving you the heir to some in-
terests in the firm of Langley & Co., of this
city, and also several thousand pounds in
oy
Z
“I believe that you poisoned that old man,
and then came to America to complete your
act 0 rime.
“We have all heard of your deep-laid plan
hotel, and
and for this I received my blood-money—a
large sum.
“But the name of Calvert Forrester was
known to. me. ad a schoolmate by that
m4 a saved my life—and I
bring
ie way, let i
surrender
rt
id
desperate struggle, was_ shot
down, and lay for weeks in my cabin be-
tween life and death; but at last he recov-
ered, and here he is, to face his intended
murderer. om Gerald Grey, what have
hi aught at last in his desperate
ame
In h, is Y aistress there came before him a
vision of that poor wife, Ione Osmon
whom he had aeserted; the face of Bonnie
Bessie, he had_ betrayed , and the
sadly beautiful eyes of aud, whom he
would have dishonored by a marriage bond
wi e was already the husband of =
other, the innocent woman who believed so
in
band. pen to whom he was illegally be-
trot
Now
care how soon
ing up, he, said, auledly:
“How am I to die
“By poison, if you will take it with your
ow hand~ -by the knife of Donald Greene if
jou ret ‘us
“T will take the poison; give it to me.”
was fe lose all, and he did not
ame. Suddenly look
“First, let us have a little writing done;
you are worth considerable, I-believe?”
ss Iam half owner in tl
Lat y & Co, and I have some fersonal
“Good! Have you made a will?”
“Then write as I dictate. There, your
hands ae ret
A wild ‘gleam came into, the eyes of Gerald
Grey, 0 nd for a moment he seemed inclined
to try his strength with all of his accusers,
vue he Ca his mind, and said, quietly:
when Weenie now: ‘As I have no anee
» Id
Gesire that my above wishes shall be car~
ried out, I sign here my name,
“Gerald Gra:
With his usual firmness the doomed man
wrote, Rodney Raymond dictating, and
signed his name without a tremor.
“Now, Mr. Grey, here is your poison; it is
swift and sure death,” and Rodney Ray-
ond poured out in a glass a colorless
liquid, and handed it to the doomed man.
Gerald Grey took it calmly, glanced
n his eyes fell
hu
upon the face of each one ‘mn “the 00)
“Curse you all; I bequ you my curse,’
he sneered; and then turning to his desk,
he took out a bun of letters and threw
them into the grate fire, t Forrester
caught glimpse of them; they were ad-
dressed to Gerla Grey and were in Maud’s
handwritin:
At sight vot, them the pity in his heart
faded away, and he ame as cold
stern as Donald ‘eens and Bonnie Bessie,
With a grin smile Gerald Grey raised the
ia
glass to his ips, lowered ft, and glanced
Jer
around the room he objects so familiar
to him, and then without the tremor of a
uscle, the quiver of a nerve, drank down
the deadly draught.
“It is done; I die as I lived—without fear,
they expect to see him cower before death,
easy chair, Gerald
Grey crossed his hands, closed his eyes and
with a grim smile hovering upon his lps,
awaited the coming of the An
‘ew_strong quivers, a clenching of the
ands, a gritting of the teeth, to keep back
cry of agony, and the d
done its work. " Gerald Grey had met his
CHAPTER XXVIII.
ome moments after Gerald Grey had
bres athed his last, none in oe room moved;
ped forward and
a
EEF
and Dona!
$s left the room an
rewarded with gold, and ur;
Raymond to give up forever tine! evil pur-
Sirhen Bonnie Bessie, while Calvert For-
rester and Rodney Raymond were talking
apart with the valet, crept to the side of
the dead
Her face was stony, her eyes dimmed with
ealized how dearly she love: im.
Stooping quickly she pressed her lips to
the cold forehead, and then, with art:
o have trusted
a will remain here until morning—the
time for you to enter your master’s
e police station with
news of his death; here is money for you,”
dni nex. Raymond gave a roll of bills
“Now, we must go, Calvert; with the
with Mrs.
n a secluded
part of the country find a home. Ere we
eee I would like you to witness our mar-
“Ghivert Forrester shuddered at the
thought. ~ Was Rodney Raymond going to
marry @ woman whose husband he had just
seen die’
But vo rhaps it was best; Mrs. Grey and
her children would have a protector, and
he
Raymond would make a good husband and
father.
Leaving the house together, they sought
their hotel, and at o'clock a pri-
vate parlor, Mrs. Gre
Ione, became ymon
little knowing what that man had been in
the
after the ceremony, Calvert For-
t the depot.
write you as
mber that the
with
Forrester to battle coming events
alone
- proper hour the morning after
the ‘saath of Gerald Grey, his worth yalet
appeared at police ‘station w
news of hii masters ea’
picers at once returned with him, and
thero sat Gerald Grey, looking most’ lte-| J iejp'a tr wend. A tablecrnon men
The, yet tifetes daily cures all those troubles. The wine
The written do ycument on his table proved
how he had die@—a suicide, so said the pa-
pers on the following day—yet for what rea-
son he had taken his lite, none could tell;
that must forever remain a mystery.
Calvert Forrester, mentioned An the docu-
at once
e no clew to
jus
tralia, and calling at
had an rs talk with him
Grey's rooms he had returned to the "hotel;
of course, he would see to the burial, and
carry out the wis!
he had con
maining partner of the firm of Langley &
That consultation | was held, Gerald Grey
as buried w 1 een .
is deceased paves
ner’s interest in the frm, “and the money
Was put to fee credit of Ione, once the wife
{Forrester left for Riverside
Cottage, whither a long letter had already
preceded him, telling Maud that he was
still alive.
‘he meeting between those t two, so cruelly
parted, so strangely moet I have no right to
dwell upon, for it is s
Bui i say that an ‘this day Calvert
one who through the best years of his life
ad been living a lie.
& ‘he end.)
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