The Advocate-Democrat. (Crawfordville, Ga.) 1893-current, April 30, 1897, Image 6

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Newspaper Page Textr j TRV/E- §TEEL /\5 -T**’’ ’ " * : > J&ZZ£&&r r -i i v .PS & 95 rnapTKK vvi. Missive' When Edna , Beano T , glanoed into th ,v, worn at tv Hopedale Hotel where th ttarriage ceremony between the mat the loved and the woman who hail to cruelly deceived her was takinj abuse, one member only of the eoteril lb ore had caught sight of her white ttrioken face. manipulation i,ured on by the deft o f>r. Hbarns and Beatrioe Mercer, Hay, tiond Marshall had agreed to solurl die dying moments of the girl wno had raved his father from financial ruin ana Itograco *fho by wedding her. brief hours, bridegroom of a f>-w iest.iiied to benefit by her fortunt Whether he so elected or not, toe trust) d over his grief to care what be lame of him, he went through the forri »f a mere mockery of marriage, urn. •poke the Words that signalized siren the cm- don toiuution of the scheming a plot. commencement oi It was just at the 4hc ceremony that he efranced to glance it the half-open door connecting with tfio adjoining apartment. the others die The others did not eee, »»t mark, the vivid start, the quick pat tar, the gasping breath, ns he stored bo tore him as if he had seen a wraith. "Edna!" lie panted; and then, foellnf that It was a delusion of the sonsos, > fwpronehful, haunting visitation from tin Woman the memory of whose love coulf sever sanctify even a mnrrioge of no tially and pity, ho (ottered through tin doorway inlo the next room. “Edna!" His voice rang out Iosb vaguely now U win no wraith—no trlok of the senses Bhewas at the threshold of that hat door now. Her fane flashed plainly, un tnlstakablv, across his vision. “Itlssho—alive!" ho gasped. 'Oh --fj | ( g truo >M * Ma<llv he rushed for the corridor. Th! •hock of the perfect recognition, how wver had ’ ' 1 e<wfn I him kb. had discs ,, ,it. .l, and in his cxeltamt'ji ho ran the wrong way, got lost In inex tricahle aide passages of the hotel, an) reached its street exit two minutes be hind the Hying fugitive. A lounger at thodoor told an oxcitabi Story of the fleeting form, and Indicate! the direction in which It had dlsap neared. Not stopping to analyze his vivli •motions nor tho strange situation 1 which his m-quleseenoo to the pleading of Beatrice had placed him, Raymon Marshall thought only of the dead com back to life with n great, feverish jo arid wonder. Vainly, however, ho sooured the vl cinity. Edna Beano had come like , phantom and had disappeared like Hush. Jaded, perplexed, an hour later Raj annul Marshall started buck for tli His brow was black with susplcioa his keenest sensibilities aroused to thi Cover-pitch of nugury and suspense. Edna was alive lie was satisfied ol tlial point. As lie looked hack over tlx events of the past hour, ami realize) hexv he hat allowed His despair ant hi Sympathy to load him Into a net, realized, too, that it might all bo part q a plot. The newspaper item was t falsehood! The siren hud again dulude| him, and now- he was chained to her Jle her illness simulation or reality, sh' was his legally wedded wife, Tin thought that Edna know and understood • II this drove him frantic. Hot witl hate and excitement, he regained tin room at the hotel. He would have in understanding with Beatrice! Sh; should, al least, tell him the truth abuu Edna, nn l the mystery of her absoncl •ud reappearance. He paused as he readied the par 1,1 of the suite. A glance into the nex apartment rooted him to the spot, liil lather, the false nurse, the strange min Is ter had departed, I ut there yet linger ed Bo tor Simms, and there, too, m longer tho Incumbent., white-faced dy Ing bride, but in all her usual regr, boldness iff beauty, sat Beatrice, ton versing animatedly with her tool an ixilleague in plotting, her cousin, tin doctor. "Marshall has probably “but gone I home, tho latter was saying, departure eanno account for Ids strange* abrupt Wo will not think that, however Beatrice. Your scheme has succeeded you are ids wife "Yes,” cried beatrioe, triumphantly "niy fondest hopes have succeeded." -*\N e had better, therefore, hasten oui other arrangements at once. As 1 un¬ derstand it, you are to to removed to my home?" "Still posing as the dying invalid, yes,* assented the crafty Beatrice. "However little Kay mond Marshall may <>Art ‘ * or m<> will call daily to inquire for um. H sympathy will cause gradually him to do that He will see me recover. M hen he finds he has married well woman instead of a dying one he will accept the situation, an l my levs will win him to forget Edna, and he will never knew the plot we have played against him." "He knows it now * The two schemers started \ ack is dismay. A towonng monumeut ol wrath* their victim suddenly sprang —' In wild, fierce denunciation he thrust the abashed doctor aside. In righteous indignation he told the appalled Be¬ atrice that she was unmasked, the ful ineasure ol her iniquity known. bitter¬ He almost cursed her in ihe ness of his rage. He toid her that if he tied to (he uttermost parts of the world, her claim upon turn a a husband should b-- the merest, mockery of forma .tv, and then unheeding her frantic appeals of tove. he dashed from the room, not even deigning to reveal to her that he hat} seen Kdna Beane, that he knew her tc be alive, realizing that any appeal U (<j (<)1! hi[n , ruly whllt K i„. Knew o’ ' persecuted child of destinj ___ rmj a crucnrui response from her false lips, That night, baffled, distracted, crushed, lieatrico sought vainly for the man she loved—at his home, in the village. Shs could not forget him. So near to suc C e»s, and careless babbling had lost her the precious prize. the retirement of the She lingered at she Doctor's home for several days; had him inquire everywhere for Mar shall, hut the latter had mysteriously disappeared from the village. *j B hnU return home," she told him with anxious, haggard face, finally, “^t tfi 0 first trace you secure of him write or telegraph mo. You got the marriage certificate from tho clergy man?" Br. Simms evaded her questioning glance. “Not yet," stammerod, “but I will, ho You see, tho village clergyman was away, and I had to arrange with e strango minister who lives in anotbei own. I will attend to it. Oh, you will win Raymond Marshall to your B d* yet.” "Life is torture olso,” sighed the dls ippolntod Beatrice. And that night sh« started back for the homo where luxury mil wealth wore a hollow mockery with her scheme for Raymond Mar¬ thall’s love a failure, Had she remained one day longer Ray at Hopedale, she would have seen mornl Marshall, for he returned twenty tour hours after her departure. faded before If ho was pale worn, his formei he was a mere shadow of handsome self now. He had sough vainly everywhere for a trace of Edm Deane. Back at the starting-point of his in restlgatlon, ere he wont to his home h. vlsita-l ' h» heUd- ~Jfce-tr»M»«’"rA, v SW’ andlonl about "Miss Leslie,” and in quirod particularly about a mysterioui visitor on the day of the marriage, "1 remember now,” spoke tho land lord, after listening to Marshall’s story ‘There was a strango woman hero. Shi sat in the ladies’ parlor, but sho dlsap P'ared mysteriously. However, wi found a little sachol there tho nex morning.’’ ” A sachol!” ejaculated Marshall eag orty, “can I see it?” The article was producod. Bisap pointedly Marshall glanced over tin few collars and handkerchiefs it con tallied. They little resembled thi dainty nookwear of his Edna. As hi noted in red Ink on the inside of thi sachol an address, howci or, ho decidei that It might have belonged to Edna m *b’bf possibly that be a clue, the address was of a farmer John Blake. The next afternoon, Ray mond Marshall knoekod at tho door o; tho humble cottage that had shelterei his lost darling tho night of the snow storm. ' To her It had been a haven of safotj and peace, to him it became tho portal of a paradise of hope and love, as withii ton minutes he knew all the truth. Yes, he hud located Edna at last Mrs. lilako had told him all she knew He could patch out all the mystery o Edna’s strange disappearance now. Oh he had found her at last. , Found her, however, to lose her again it seemed. With a sinking heart he lis toned to the concerned matron as shi told him that Edna had been mlssinj for hours. That day she had gone out for a drive, An hour previous tho horse and phaetoi had come home, Bruno jogging after but no driver. Had Edpa again fled—had she mel with an accident? “Oh! it cannot be, so near to finding her, to lose her again!" murmured Mar¬ shall, wildly. “Have you no idea when she went, Mrs. Blake?" No, the fanner’s wife could not con jo, t ire, and. about to give Marshall nu idea of Edna's usual route in driving, he Interrupted dog!” her. he exclaimed sud “Bruno, the deniy. “Come here, good fellow!" Ho took up a dainty glove Lorn the table that belonged to Edna. Hepatta: the dog, he showed him the glove, h< pointed down the road. The intelligent animal seemed to un¬ derstand what was expected of hi . "Find your mistress!” urged the solic¬ itous Marshall. With a sharp bark, Bruno dartcJ through th** cottage door. Down the w.n tiug road he ran, th« eager, hopeful Raymond Marshall at hit he ’ els. read ing u on how frail a thread hung the fate of the woman he loved. t HAI’TKH HI!. at ant SIKHCV Edna Deane shrank back to the edge of the pit as she recognized the face ol the person who had come in response tc her cries for aid. It was Beatrice Mercer; there could t>e no doubt of it, and the shock of the recognition, a realization of the perfidy of her former friend, drove Edna to sud¬ den silence. She sank to the side of the pit and looked up blankly. l? r*. j p J ■ i fA t This great remedy is indorsed by physicians, and prescribed by them all J over the world. Positively guaranteed to cure the most %! st bborn cases. The formula is published inly on every bottle. As a tonic it is Superior TO ALL Sarsaparillas For Female Complaints and building up run-down sys¬ tems it acts like magic. Try a bottle and be convinced. HEAD THE TRUTH EXTRACT FROM BOOK OF TESTIMONIALS. “ Was a rheumatic sufferer for 18 months. Derived no benefit I >m physicians, treatment, at Mineral Wells, Tex., or Hot Springs, k. My doctor declared my condition hopeless, but as a last resort vised k P. P., Lippman’s Great Iteme W. ly. TIMMINS, Through its use I am day a welt man.’’ F. of Timmins & Hines, Leading Grocers, Waxahachie, Tex. orsed by B. W. Peake.ns, Bruggist. ^pafpiLVi’oT^^ I sleep soundly in -yioHtiom^ years; now 2e ^ vorn to and subscribed before me,” Public. ~ J. M. Lambert, Notary 1 “Suffered for years with a disagreeable it. Three bottles ernpi'i<m-«a-ivyface. P. P. P.,Lipp lirious remedies failed to remove of Remedy, comedy cured Ga. I S OLD BY ALL DRUGGI STS. LIFPMAN BR0’5.proprietors. LIPPMAN’S BLOCK-SAVANNAH.GA. “Wjio is there, I say?” demanded Beatrice, peering sharply down. ~It Incredible!" Is I; Edna—Edna Beano.” - H e Jtriea recoiled as if dealt the lips. a sudden f,l ow and turned white to Edni a Deane! cruel For the of first subterfuge time in anc hei reckld deceit! 8 ®, career ihe self-reliant schemer faltered. gl,o' Lad met her Waterloo in the fail are oil I 161 ' That scheme had been to delude the first Raymond breal Marshall- Plots, and now— In her had Edna Beane here— Hovif come alive [when she deemed her dead! A; .jjjg of[ all places in the world, where a single misstep, a singlo susplcior iroug „d on the part of old Mr. Ralston, would strip the impostor of her borrowed plumage and place in her rightful posi Uon til® persecuted, deceived Edna. For come moments Beatrioe shrank back fj° m the cctge of the P u -, lost in ^K ur .y i^Tj^b'-aned the'situa hard, p ra c u a 1 ° ‘ tion. She knew that Ralston was confined lo his room, Both the steward and the housekpepc had gone to the village iml wo u W not retuin until late that nigh!. a'led down to Edna. M ord by »ord° sentence tell how by she sentence, had she forced there, her to come learned for the first time the entire truth al'° ut Edna’s peril anl Edna's ' ivorr n c°- Unheeding her appeals 'or res- uo s * 10 compelled her to relate ler s' c'T- She knew that Edna would lot falitfy- make , outcry, , „ she , said. M “ . oul'uust i|ld, steely tone no of voice, “Th:£ 11 a c for stran dace is a dangerous one any rer If I release you will you go away ind never toll know any why one X you ,aw here, me or here re mr seek to am r isit the yos!” place?" assented Edna, eagerly. ‘•ye*! tefrified the cruel, repellaut lomehow at ixpresaii?® in the face of her former ■riend “Only one question—where is Uavmon.1 Marshall, your husband?” Beatrit’ e>s teeth closed with a mcious map. between two—ne is “All is ov, -’ r you K “i“ ’ she responded ' ® ra nine no'v. return—until it is safe foi lere until 1 ne to rescue you and get you outside Then she'was supervened, gone, and and darkness Edna, and silence poor fa’e, ihrinkin-t. trembling, awaited her with a confused sense of peril, of mys terv in h^r agitated thoughts. the Beatric® had K° ne to her 700111 in mansion with a drawn brow and tightly romprees ed Kps.. £UrES c-^'C 1 ' O^Q / 'n>~^'} so DYSPEPSIA CATARRH % oj MALARIA KIDNEY— ] TROUBLES I PIMPLES i BLOTCHES & OLD SORES BLOOD = POISONING RHEUMATISM J i WONDERFUL REME&Yr^j ^ FOR m BOOKLET. She had a hard problem to study out, and it was perplexing her. Edna Deane, whom she believed dead, had come across her path again. Of late, she had begun to realize the value of wealth; she was not yet hopeless of winning Raymond Marshall to her side; but, if ho learned that Edna was alive, if old Mr. Ralston asserted that she was an impostor, what then? Barker and fiercer glowed the basilisk eyes; more somber and tragic grew the sinister face. She dared not let Edna go free; it meant ultimate disaster to all her hopes and plans. She proceeded, finally, to another room. In one corner of it was a large cabinet. Unlocking and opening its doors, she revealed row after row of phials and bottles, evidently the medi¬ cine use by the invalid Ralston. A large bottle, bearing the label “chlo¬ roform," attra-ted her attention, and she took it up, thoughtfully. for “I have onlv a short time to act, the servants will soon return,” she mur¬ mured. "I must quiet her, for I have not time to get her out of the pit betore they come back. X will empty the con¬ tents of the bottle into the pit. They will stupefy and silence her. Later, 1 will got her out, imprison her, or—I must tako timo to think. If the fumes kill her that is not my fault,” continued the heartless siren. She went out into the garden, the bot¬ tle in her hand. She reached the pit and uncorked it. “What was that?” Sho started with the ejaculation, and peered sharply at the near shrubbery, as she fancied she detected a rustling movement there. It was not repeated, however, and she leaned over the edge of the pit once more. Emptying the volatile fluid into the prison-place of her victim, the merei less plotter hastened from the spot, the desperate cruelty of murder in her wicked heart. flore Trouble For Spain. Madrid. Spain.—A dispatch to the Heraido from Manila, capital of the Phillippine Islands, says that 25,000 in¬ surgents. who have not submitted to the Spaniards, have taken up a posi¬ tion iu thee mountains and are offering a stout resistauee to the troops. The recall of Gcnerai Poiievja. it is added, has produced a bad impression in the Phillippine Islands. UNDERGROUND TRAIN WRECKED. Ten People In a Precarious Condition.— Was It a Bomb? London, Eng.—A tremendous explo¬ sion occucrred on the underground railway at 5:30 o’clock this evening as a train filled with men from the city was making its usual stop at Alders gate station. The glass roof of the sta¬ tion was blown out. Many of the gas lights in the waiting rooms and on the platform were extinguished. A gen¬ eral panic ensued. When comparative quiet had been restored it was found that a first-class ceoach had beoen completely wrecked and that its occu¬ pants were lying about moaning and, bleeding. Ten figures were found to be in a precarious condition and wer f ' removed to hospitals. A number or persons who were standing on tli^> platforms were also hurt, Much i the wreckage was hurled across tl station. The cause of the explosion is i known, but it is believed to have b> the result of an accumulation of {. which became ignited in some w Many persons, however, believe < the disaster was not due to accitj but was caused by the explosion IrL I bomb which had been placed j station with the intention of wre* - ^ | ie i Young flan Killed By Train ig i Holly Springs, j j man. evidently Jliss.—An from Birmif tiny A j a-< wag killed at Sailus Cr Lx > [.op-s east of hero, by passeng# ; No. 3. which leaves MeiupUcr c ! o’clock. He had on new <•!;_ I Stetson hat. with trade-marl I mou Klots. haberdasher. Birr * on the band; several cards or- J 6 monico restaurant, and two li*“ new e He also had five two-dollar ve< ^ watch numbered was marked 3til,a09. ’’ThePla H- Js, Ind. c and skinned and had curly hair > was terribly mangled, one severed and the top of the k tlie ed off and face split. at fice.