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Volrees?" asked the Negro. Mr. Volrees nodded assent, surveying the Negro from head to foot, noting the flush of excitement on his swarthy face. "I understand that you have offered a reward for information leading to the discovery of the whereabouts of your wife," said the Negro. An angry flush appeared on Mr.
"Her husband!" thundered Volrees, grabbing the Negro in the collar, fancying that he was grabbing the other husband. "The people there say that she is married," said the Negro timidly. "I will choke the liver out of the miscreant," said Volrees, tightening his hold in the Negro's collar as if in practice. "I am not the man," said the Negro, with growing determination in his voice.
Crump to live with her, and denied herself to all her former Almaville friends, Ensal included. Eunice Volrees or Seabright, had come to stay with Tiara and the latter had for the sake of Eunice shut herself out from all her friends. Alene and Ramon. Alene Daleman and Ramon Mansford stood within the vestibule of the former's home.
Volrees was handed a telegram which read as follows: "For God's sake do as the girl directs. So much is involved! I swear by every shining star that I shall probe to the bottom of this matter if it shakes the foundations of the earth, said he." The Hon. H. G. Volrees' wrath knew no bounds. "What do they take me to be, a knight errant of hell and a simpleton withal?
When he awoke the sunlight of the day following the one on which he went to sleep was falling in his face. Tied to his wrist he saw a letter. Looking about for Eunice and missing her, he concluded that she was playing some joke, and with a smile he took the note from his wrist and read: "DEAR MR. VOLREES: Pray act sensibly in this trying period that has come in your life.
Johnson's treatment, had not stopped to help care for the swooning woman, but had walked away as one in a trance. How she made her way back to Almaville, she never knew. Back in Almaville. The Hon. H. G. Volrees sat in his office room looking moodily out of the window. Since the desertion of his young bride his life had been one long day of misery to him.
H. G. Volrees had opened his mouth to begin his testimony when he noticed that his attorney, the opposing counsel, the judge and the officers of the court had turned their eyes toward the prisoner's seat. As nobody seemed to be listening to him he halted in the midst of his first sentence and turned to see what was attracting the attention of the others.
He had never held public office but was seriously considering entering the race for United States Senator. A venerable senator was to retire within about three years and the position could be his if he but indicated a willingness to accept. The Hon. H. G. Volrees had large ambitions. He was anxious to restore the old time prestige of the South in the councils of the nation.
A way was made for her through the great throng and she walked to the prisoner's seat holding to the arm of her lawyer. The case was called, a jury secured, and the examination of witnesses entered into. The first witness on the part of the State was the Hon. H. G. Volrees himself. As he took the witness chair a bustle was heard in the room.
Arabelle Seabright's net had caught its fish. And what had the fish caught? Now that is the vital question. Unusual For A Man. Never in all of human history was an ambitious woman more satisfied with the progress of her plans than was Mrs. Arabelle Seabright. In due time the Hon. H. G. Volrees had formed her acquaintance and it was not long before they had come to an understanding.
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