CAAPTER XI. (CONTINUED.)

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 273, 16 June 1888, Page 6

CAAPTER XI. (CONTINUED.)

Mic CA-ismY left the house iii a oiivious iramo ut mind. He had not dreamed ot any .such condition being 1 attached ; ho had cvpeotod to compel hu 1 to mairy him uj)on tho simple pioini&o ot his caring ioi* i\ci' family, lint ho had promised her thi-* great ioitnno 1 What did she ask ib tor? Llo could not t.ithom hei purpose. Should ho withdiuw now? lie could not. ThosU'ugglo ior tho possession oi tho prize had enhanced Us value to him a thousand-fold, and hs must ha\e it. 'What do J caie'' thought ho. 'To make her my wile tor a single day, ii 1 * ot iiiwc value to mo than a thousand JiKuy L<\n ins. 1 would do it." Maiy Klsey, tho momLiit ho left, sent ior Mi Hopkins and ga\o him full nnd explicit ducctiuns. a » to the panels she wished c\eeutut. 'Ideshc,' said she to him, ' thai, gioat caie shall he exercised in (he (hawing ot tin -c papers, that eveiy ju.ssiblo precautions be laken against openings ior evasions and -' ' 1 know tlu* paity,' lotunied the lawyer, ' ami appicomtr tho necessity ioi can;. But lea) nol/hui 1 ;. 1 will draw up tliorie papo/^ so that it .John (,'a^-idy's name is e\er on them, .John Ca-^idy him -ell will novel It ml a Haw in thrill. Nou must have paid a huge pii(i io^etbaek thu old laini.' ' A toaihil ptice,' was hei tepl\, a.- .she k'il. llk ol.ice That atlomoon she met John Ca-sidy at (Ik; l.tuyui s olhi c. and 1 lie papeis woio e\errted, Cassidy signing then, with eomped nt w itne-^c^. \s ho held the pen in hi-, hand betoic wining his name, he Ix'M^atod. Could thue uo any tuck ahout this ' Would she poitotm hei p.ut ol Mir contract in laiih' The attaching or hi^ name to that papct put milhoMs out of hiseonliol. He looked.it hui, and hits teeth, signed it. 'Mi llopkm-, will •, ou sec that thi-5 deed i-. placed u|)cn recoi d nninedi itely V 1 pick, that sou .should no with it poison'(»nc mouth tiom Lo-dav, to ( 'a-^idy, and left lh(> oli'k c. Ca-Niily \\cnt out wil h hei, a> i! he would |.ucoinp.in> lit l to hei home. ! ' No,' she* -,ud to him iicuil), ' not a i -tt'ii with nu. One mouth, and \ouwill I ha\c it in yom powti lo command me. ' Till then 1 w il! be lice ot \ou. J -.ball not mc \ou till then. Lea\c jm to mysili till ! pi i>mi>.L- lo obt>> > ou.' And ->lie w alked a\\a> , !l,i\ mi ; him -Landing on i he -ii!( wall, alone k ln one nionih ! -hall be k -_ml nw-ki, he mut leied in an undei tone, 'and \ c j l l '-hall uiici fui this in^olLiK c. ' ( a— idy went to his ol!ie( , foi he wanted quiet. He wanted to icikot. He loved 1 money moie than anj otlu-i tiling on t.'ith. lull lv li.id hict Maiy ili.scv. And the [ moment In was away iiom hei, tho old I ',i;ispuiu -}Hiit. ot a\.uice took po^ession ot him, and he halt icpented himsLltwh.it he had done. .Kil-i\ i'.u mw as woi Hi millions, .nu] >et, uudei the mthu-iii t ot ,i jm^ioii loi a woman, Ik. had patted with it, and p'uied with it on a meie M'lii.d pionu«>e. >Mich a piojni-e she nn^hl not ic^atd an instant. \\ ould sho ? That wa- what, toimeuted him. He got tin lai m b\ tiaud ; w. is not Ma>) l']lso> |Ustitictl in getting it. back b\ hand ' Would -he many him as she had pi on used '' These thouuht-- wete ji.is^ing Ihioiiirh his ' mind as hi -at \\ Uli his litad bowed upon | his desk I A touch upon hN shouldei aion-ed him. j He looked up, and then, -loud by iiis sidt tlie List man m all the wmld that he wanted to sec John Mos-. 'Moinim:, fasuh,' was M L) --, halt m- ( -olent, snutiiiioii [ ' You heic a'^.iui ' c i fanned C a-s'dv, .m-iii>. '1 sii[,,io-(d i n.i.t muiJ (ho i.t'-t (| l un. Oin agi^'iMi-t v,,i\ wiiuu 1 ga\o ij'in die l.is(, iionr\, Hud i -hould see' you i ho luoi c. i "I have (Jiauued niv mind, ( a-sid\ [ had KiHt \ou <iik l Mioic. | " i'\n w hat ' ' L''oi ukiiicn ' 'Moies ' W hai i. i\e > ow done with the I la^i li\c tlio'isa.m dollais 1 gavi^ you.' i Wh.ii uk! sum >\> wilh t In- nist h\e i Ihousind oolkiis u>n !ia\c had tiom me'' and ; sou (ouio to u\l ior n.oie. 1 \>iU not give j t , ou anot hei cent. ' r L\ n thousand dollar is\ei\ little tin kill'n^ a man, L'a~- ul^ .' | ' It. i- h\e thousand dollais mine than 1 piomised _> ou ■ That doe-'ft lrattu. ! killed the man tm viii, .iim must lia\e moie nionej . i I must, have moie money. j 'N ou will not get it hum me, .lohn Mos^,^ ; s.iki (tissHiv,, bla/.ing with cxcittmcnt" |'\ ou kilkii l'aiil kites. Yciy good, i did | not Nou -hall not. blaekmaii'iiK. 1 dety I )ou to -.how thai ! had my connei turn wall jhisdtath. Do som wois(. o t anothei j cent 111 1 om me." ! '\ on will not ad\anee me an> moie money, eh .' ' \ot a cenl 1 \ny well, .Mr I'.i^idj, 1 did not kill I 'aid I-ialcs. 1 ' What' '1 dm not kill I'aul Hates. I'aul Hales is. alne this lmtnite, and in toleiable btatc ot health. ' W Int. do you mean '*' asked C'aHsi(ly } his tace judo as death. ' 1 mean w hat- 1 say. I'aul Hates it not dead. 1 will coniess to you, that it is no fault ot mine thai he is not dead. When I le\ellod my nhe at him he was as aood as <i dead man, hut the instant I pulled the tuggei he moved, and that movement saved his lite. The ball cnteicd him just ] two mehe> aside liom w here i intended it. He leeched an ugly wound, bat- not enough to kill a Aigoi ous man. Tho Fedetuls, with whom ! h.ive been acting, fell back, and jthe lebels, whom i .subsequently joined, | picked linn up, and- | '\\ hei c i he now . ; ' ' In airbe! hospital, ie f 'ovcuug trom his wound. ( s i\\ him aliveaiid in uood health. 1 had su-Miniul the (Joniedeiato uniiorm ! alter I shot him, and I uauirally took an inteiest in his fate, lie will be out ot the hospital in three weeks, and will be o\ changed immediately .' 'it what- 3 on t.tale is tine, I owe you nothing, and hase no icason to give you an\thu)g. ft was to kill Paul jlatea Lhat 1 oui[>loyed yon. It he is not dead, why should I gi\o you more monov '!' j ' BCcau.so it ib your intciest to do so, Mr Cas&idy -^Jjccau^e you can't, help yourself. The laufr- is, fiho man who Ufeos unlawhil weapons is in danger ot being cut with them. J acknowledge that, had !';iul Bates been actually dead, 1 should have come to you so lonsj as I supposed I could got a dollar, as the pneo ot keeping' the .secret. Now that he is not dead, 1 come with even more confidence. In fact, it is, Xam certain ot getting what J want.' ' [f ho is not dead,' replied Ua&suly, '1 ha\e committed no crime. Who would belicvo your .statement, that J employed you to kill him V

' All this is well enough,' &aid Moss, with a mo&t malicious jjdn ; ' but when J found ho waa alive and beyond my attentions, it occurred to me to invontigate and discover why you wanted him out of the way. H didn't take a man of an inquisitive mind a groat v> hile Co do it. 1 learned all that I wanted to know on my last visit here. I discovered that you wore in lovo with a woman who wan not in lovo with you, but who was in love with Haul Bales. 1 learned of the purchase ol Elsey Fai m, and the eoimnuniealne people heroaboulb all insist that it was tin infamous swindle, which, knowing .something ot you, I had no dilliculty in believing, and, putting all these torrelhei , 1 l>ad no diiheulty in determining w hat yom motives were. It was as plain as a pane of print.' ' Well, sir,' returned Casskly, '>\ hat use do you suppose you can make of yoiu discoveries v ' Moss -hitfced his ci^ar to the othei side of his mouth, and, chanjnn^ his position so (hat ho could note every feature of (Jossidy's 1 face, ausweiod : ' J cm do a many tiling with it. Ca'^idy, I know that you aic detei mined to many Mary KKoy at all ha/aid-andat any eosi. L think you aio idiotic, hut that's> nothing to inc. 1 know tlvifc oho has consented to do it within a month, believing th.iL i'.iul i'.a'je^, tliu man she lo\ e~, i-> dead. l>id she not -v) be!ie\o, you never could ha\o <4<<t that piomiso. Now. I mudr to Ahuy Eisoy any day botoio the Unto li\ed tor yoiu wedding, and f-ay to he) : 1 MRs fCI-ey, \ou need nol man v John (';issid\ : Paul IJ'ilcs i.- alive and v.ill lie heie, doubtless, in a month ot two. Then she would tlnuu (he deed ot Kkcy F.nni at \oui In ,u\ < 1 1 1< t<k ( hi) u tlie match oil. \l')\v would that do you '" Ca^iiilN niittul hi- leol'l) and icmaiutd silent,. * I>o you pi opo^c to^i\c itio.in .I'lidiicc' a>keil Moss, aftui a momuntV dc'tiy. Ca-^idy hful, m the meantime, inn tlie situation <»\<'i in h\> mind. lie louud lie ay.!-, in the pouei ot tin- man. it w<i^ .is he sud H Maiy EUey knew tint i'aul liate-^ \ui^ living, -^lie would -oonci die than consent to many am one cl-,e ; and that inlormalion Moss could <_;ne hui am uiiMutc. Theic u.i-) onl\ one way to -top his inotuh --money. 'Do you hoMlaU. 1 ' 1 a>ked Mo-s with a saidonir laufdi. 'l!I he hLtle tiouble J can make \ou w ltli (he J]ke» <4itl i^ not hcient, how would you hkomolo join handwith l'olknd' 1 know .Inn vo y well, and J know \viuie \\c l- lln- vci\ nninile. He don t lo\c )ou \ei v much, doe-- he ' Do you want me to '40 to Poll. ml '' '\N hat do you wat.t ' How much ' How n.uui -will it take lo i id moot }ou ioi csei v ' ' FOl c\ii i*> a loii'^ woid. A man ou^ht to do the v> 01 k i li.i\e doni itn \un him--cll, then he wouldn't be hoiheicd. lam wdhnu lo pionn-c iievei (o -ci \ on a>j;ain, a-> 1 did beioie, but 1 -lull pu-hably bieak 1 lie pi omi-e a- f did he 1 010, a- -00 >i a-^ J c^et nd ot (In moiiLV sou aii s;oiiin to « c me now 011 ma\ piobabl) <4l! me h' d^od m-o.^ 10 kti-p me at l>a>, but jon cant do that now "* oil am t h loi )iit ]u-t now . C'a— id> jcah-ed lh.it e\eiy woid the -eou'iuiel -aid \\«i- ti U( v . ' How miu'h ' w.i-^ the mi'j an-^wei lo 1)1- malicioii- moi<il]-in;_c. ' ! ( 'i\l l hou-.ind dolla! -.' w,i- theieply. j \\ithonl .iwoni, ( a--id\ diew ,1 cheijuc I ha the aniounL, which .Mo-> at ccptcd with a t huekh • 'fin.- 1- a- I -uppo*ed it \\ouhl !>c. How pka-.ml tiling- .ie when we undeit uul one anoLliei (!oodb\c — till 1 come ;iuai;i, he -aid, as he went out ot the dooi. '\ on -hall not Imd me tiupieji.acd ,i».iiii '' -ai<l t a— id} to inm-olt. a- he \>atf lird the iclKMtini; li-^uie. 'lllbomoic eLil;ti!i wiili > 011 than were with j l -ate-.'