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THE MYSTERY OF A STRANGE LOVE.
By GRACE D’CHMIEV.
(Copyright by W. D. Boyce Co.)
CHAPTEP. T.
AWAITING SENTENCE I-‘OR liicrioizrt.
N we“, mm": vmage at siiverinlte, Arizona, a town
waters re ect the
CHICAGO. ILL.. SATURDAY, JUNE 7, 1902.
ONE WOMIII‘I’S SACRIFICE;
ul some 13,000 inhabitants,
is situated near an; orlves its name mm, a clear, deep, though small mountain lake
Single Copies 5 cents. ‘
"Hold on. young one; 1 know an that. but I also know Ihut
-fool them BII. “'6 “III yet Walk away from [HERE IN’ on “all ree
by 2 e law, not by the verdict or men: but“-hen we are tree we WIII seen and nnd the
real culprit, and the time will Come when our good name wlil be restored, and we can
(ace the world and:"
‘ rent heavens. Ed Gordon, what do you mt-an? Have you gone crazy?"
. “No wns never aant-r in nil in . He a she content. 1 h
She gIItIt‘u like a. VEIVet-fooled Cal,
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u woman’: wit mu
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steps in ihe corridor.
she Is at the dour. Hush!
watch, but lmike n -
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Th in the cell door wns pusllt-vi] asidr, and for a moment a race i!)"i1t=arod at,
the openln t was the race or the jailer: the slide closed, a ey grated 1,, U“. ruck.
d om
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n came Int cell; She was the jailer‘:
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e Whole was sl)rt'- d
80, glanced quickly bnvk at
Well she knew that outside, and just before
Slnffelt lh
ar
The “'0nd“’r“I 9385 of the woman Svbke in llnshes, like sparks from an alert
wire, Eiilvard felt their power and thrilled as if drawn 1 W3
magriellc iorre, Iorgettli-lg for one brl t instant th s riaun
her dlrecllon, but she rxllnted a Warillntt finger at thy sllde
ed them Again, ner eyes seemed nut
AS for the Illizhl of years, the
,uiier's wire might have seen
for!
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to iak (11:59
1, a ,hutoentot eso
‘ frfiwe south wind and tin:
‘ -arm hiss c tninsun. o
the mountain i e skirted 0"
tiva des fla s.'tndYibe.a.ch.
strenn with no vnehhies,'1lk 3
.“:]-tit fringe on t edge 0! -the
' 1 (ha
igarlf:'l‘ieIzai‘nEItn hnit sheltered moun-
it a narrow valley still ver-
I those lavored.
233:" :...:$:“‘:,L.i"re untllsturbstl
l K lung vines
“"“‘ W‘ ‘’ I335” 0 m here and -
on, and on tiheaintt
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“‘“"e r"; If n cl massive
f"“;f‘k d,.nse or shad in the sum-
rer ya it throws its is shad-
givs an-o'ss th sto u ll or H
am“, ms man is sm
the pale t
,‘.’r‘i?3‘ners in the cells ‘ .
or silvcrinkei l- ‘ ' '
E.
I) Kiln to bf?-Bk Iml out
the read, mollonlng John to eat
also.
And while thvir eyes-were bvnt!
upon lhslr food they Could [eel that
e the had been
opened and that the
5 of JAIIEI‘ Slolfel were
(hem. ,
The two nrisonrrs ate their bread
and meat and drank their at-k
cnifee Im
‘ iiins as ht? Dace:
‘:;iee"IImI‘:se0lIslfl': cell, and after a time his smile breaks into 3 low, musical laugh.
‘Wl:iIt'h muses his companion wh: has been sitting on the ride or the narrow iron
resting on is ‘not-
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ht-n kept in n c'eiinr. ahn was hunt
h, Ed, whenmw on we are zoiniz to be hung
ood reason to laugh, John, llntl will ymt bet against the prison
never hesentenced to he hull 7"
-i h. ‘an '1 talk non.-at-nse, Ed. I'm too nenr klngdom come to speculate on the Im-
We are in prlson‘ good and rust: see those uteri hnrs at the wilnlnw, and on
inside there is a guard, to shy homing oi Jaiier Swift-i with his pistols in his belt,
, .
She draw out a Ioldzd paper:
. reie tleas ene . at i the
i -my hu. nd-suspect that
you have any hope; he thinks you guilty. when he visits your cell appear to be do n.
hearted and hni
hienntlrne: you wilihear from yuur friend a a
note at once. Hhvc courage and trust all to a woman's wit - man w ". in
1-zdwarci Gordon. and would sacririce her tits, it need be, to set you free.
meet again, Adieu." , l .
When the two men had read and comprehemlmi all the long letter contained, they
could scarcely n-nlize their altered expmtdilons. Nor comprehend o the
killer‘! wlfe. min, in order to assist the-m.tnust nureiy irnperii her own gocd name '
nmi her own ran-ty, ed, as she had said. her very lite might pay the penalty or
2411': tat June. On the '28!!! they were to be (liken before Judge
to rec ve sentence. the Jury heroreu-hum they hrid been tried. having round
them guilty of [ha murder of Oh! nlztn Mills. who had lived alone inn rambling nit] house.
Almost 9. ninnsion, it had once been, when he had built it years Also. tar up on the
yes you.
Until we
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ear ht.-r root-
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it caught the a swertng intelligence in the dark eyes or the
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