Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-28

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But he Will leave tomorrow He said
tonight that to remain away from his
patients for single day was very diff
| cult
rs he down here in pursuance OF his
inquiries. do You Think" suggested her
husband.
| lie may be. Mother evidently knew Of
| his impending arrival. but told me no.
thing. was annoyed for he was the
very last person / wished to meet
We'll. he'll go In the morning, SO we
have nothing to fear. He's safe enough
! in bed and sleeping soundly-confound
| him!''
The temptation was great to respond
| aloud to the complaint; but I refrained,
! laughing within myself at the valuable
! Information I was obtaining.
| CHAPTER xvIII-WoRDs OF THE
DEAD.
Justice is always v.gilant-it stops not
TO weigh causes, or motives, but over
I takes the criminal, no matter whether
his deeds be the suggestion Of malice or
| the consequence OF provoked revenge.
! was all eagerness to face the pair in
| the full light and demand an explana-
! ton, we: 1 hesltated fearing lest pre-
cipitation might prevent me gaining
| knowledge Of the truth.
That they had no inclination to walk
| further was evident, for they still stood
| there in conversation. facing each other
/! and speaking earnestly. / listened at
tentively to every word, my heart thump-
| ing 50 loudly that I wondered they did
| not hear its excited pulsations.
| You've seen nothing of Sir Bernardo"
| she was saying:
| "Sir Bernardo he echoed, why. Of
| course, not. To him I am dead and
| buried, just as l am to the rest of the
! world. Ny executors have proved my
will at Somerset House, I've learnt, and
very soon you will receive it's benefits.
| To meet the old doctor would be to re-
! veal the whole thing
| ut is all SO strange" she said with a
| low sigh, that sometimes. when am
! alone. can't believe it to be true. We
! have deceived the world SO completely"
cot course. That was my intention"
'But could it not have been done
| without the sacrifice OF that mans life?"
she queried Remember! The crime Of
murder was committed"
1T was imperative!" he replied, in a
| hard voice. "A mystery was necessary
| for our success
And it is mystery which has entire
| ~ bat1ied the police in every particular"
| las intended 1t should laid my
| plans with care. so that there should be
no hitch or point by which Scotland Yard
could obtain q clue"
| But our future ife?" she murmured.
when may l return to you? AT present
| am compelled to feign mourning ana
| present a perfect picture of interesting
widowhood: but-but / hate this playing
| at death
| Have patience, dear he urged in a
| sympathetic tone. For the moment we
| must remain entirely apart, holding no
| communication with each other save
! in secret, on the first and fifteenth
/ day OF every month as we arranged. as
/ soon as ! find myself in position OF
| safety we will disappear together, and
| you will leave the world wondering at
the second mystery following upon the
! first
in how long tinle do you antici-
| pate?" she asked looking earnestly into
| his eyes.
! "a few months at most" was his an
| sver. 'If it were possible you should re-
/ turn to me at once: but you kno" no"
| strange and romantic is my NE COM
| PEELED to disguise my personality ana
! forever moving about from place to place
| lite the Wandering Jew. To return to
| mo at present is quite impossible. Be
! sides-you are in the hands OF the eXecu-
! tors: and before long must be IN eVioence
| in order to receive my money:
Money is useless to me without happi-
| ness,' she declared, in vo1ee OF com
| plant. MY pOSltloL c. ~ Ss-A' ~
! Of constant dread.
! whom and what do you fear?"
| ~ believe that Or. Boyd has some
| vague suspicion Of the truth" she re-
| sponded after pause
"What.r he cried in quick surprise.
| "rel me why Explain it all to me.
| There is nothing to explain-save that
! tonight he seemed to regard my eseiS
| movement with suspicion.
tears
| qroundless.'' he laughed. What can the
| fellow POSSIBLY know? He is assured that
| am dead for he signed my cert1hcate
| and followed me to my grave at Wohlhs,
| man who attends his friends funeral
| has no suspicion that the dead Is SUI!
F.! living. depend upon 1t: II there Is any
| object in this Worlo lila 10 So'i' i-o'''s
| it is a corpse.
| Il merely tell you the result Of my oo-
F! ea,!,ationss:, she said ON my opinion he
| has come here to learn what ne can,
"He can learn nothing" answered the
| dead, man. IF it were his COMPOUNDED
| friend Jevons now. we might nave SONS
| apprehension; for the ingenuity or tha1
! man is. I've heard. absolutely astounding
| E,-an Scotland Yard seeks his aid in the
| .o,,-ine of the more difficult criminal
~ tell you plainly that fear Ethel
| r,vnn may expose U.S. his wife went on
slowly. a distinctly anxious look upon hel
| countenance. "!As you know. theie -
| coo:ness between u.s. and rather than
risk losing the doctor altogether shs
nav make a clean breast of the AFFAIR
..No. my dear; rest assured that she
! ,v;1, never betray u.s." answered Courte-
| nav. with light. reassurlaS laugn
True, you are not very trlenoiy, se,
/; vol, must recollect that she ana sre
| friends. Her interests are ldentlcai VII.
! orr own; therefore to expose US "oulc
| be to expose herself at the same tlne
"a woman sometimes acts WITHOUT
forethought." :. -. o,e
..Ouite true. But Ethelwynn Is not one
~ those She's careful to preserve mel
avn position in the eyes OF hcf 1oNst
lnorine cutie we'll that to tell the t1uti
,o1,ld he to expose her own baseness. =
n,ar may overlook many offences III tht
woman he loves but the particular QUE
Of which she is guilty man never los'
| His words went deep into my near
| wac NOT this further PROOF .-lat LIS
| crime-for undoubtedly crime nao oeet
accomplished in that house at hsM--ll su
| heer committed by the hand OF lhe W.
nan SO fondly loved? All was 8
.a-aaz,,e so utterly bewildering, that
s+,od there concealed by the oio stree
ssot;a,,ess as though turned TO stone. ;,
1-l,ere was a motive wanting IN II al
vet 7 ask YOU who read this haIlatlvs
~ mine, if, like myself. you wouiu no
have been staggered into ouniptles: