The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-26
Copyright by Mcclure, Phillips & Co.

SYNOPSIS OF PREVIOUS CHAPTERS.
BY singular chain of circumstances
Miss Betty Carewe has come to con-
fuse Tom vanrevel and Crailey Gray.
believing each to be the other Miss
Betty is the reigning belle Of Rouen,
Indiana, In the days Just preceding the
Mexican war. Tom YanfeVel IS YOUNG
lawyer of Rouen. and her fathers NOR
tai foe The two men have quarreled
over politics and also on personal
matter, and old Carewe has threatened
to shoot Tom should he ever find him
on Carewe's property. Tom has fallen
desperately in love with Miss Betty at
first sight. Craiey Gray. lazy. gener'
Gus, popular. talented, goon- lor.no'h.,, -;
and poet is Toms law partner, and
is engaged to Miss Bareaud. but he, TOO,
ms well as Tom. has fallen under tho
smell of Miss Betty's beauty.
C.railev is the first TO discover MISS
pe,tv,s mistake. Instead Of undeceiv-
ing her. he takes adroit advantage OF
the situation to make love to her IN the
person of his friend. Old CareWcs piI ~:
tor denunclations of Vanrevcl naturally
serve only further to raise in Miss
u3ettvs estimation the gentleman
whom she supposes to be the subject OF
them, Carewe leaves Rouen on ousi.
ness Mrs. Tanberry. an old frlend OIL
the family, comes to stay with MISS
Betty. For Nanrevel all this whilc,
Miss Betty has only contempt. When
no makes love to her at ball. she
nuhllcly and wltheringly rebukes him
for what seems to her his infidelity 10
his fiancee, Miss Barenud.
A. length Vanrevel discovers his
friends perfidy, by opening a letter ao.
dressed to him. but meant. as he at last
puzzles out. for Crailey. and written py
Miss Betty He leaves the letter WIN
Crailev and goes off into the country 10
s,hdne his personal grief in the task OF
recruiting n company for the war which
,s about TO be declared. On his return
Crailey confesses all to him. bur ION
refuses to interfere to enlighten MISS
Rntty. war is declared, and all the
young men OF Rouen. Crailey lflciuoeu.
p1epared to follow Tom to the lroht. on
the afternoon before the coiilpA'ls
leaves Miss Betty. walking IN Inc ,r shi
den. Is surprised by ragsed urGiiin
With a note. The note Is from Craiiey
GRAY. asking for chance TO see her
once again and say goodbye.
Miss Betty writes Yes" upon the note,
naming the time and place. The urchln
Is captured by old Carewe, VINO reans
the note, naming the time ,ann .heIi
sends him on to deliver 1t TO Cranes. =,
no Carewe also supposes, TO Vanre'ei,
1or ~ him of course Miss Betty mad
addresses her reply. Crailey appears AT
dusk at the garden hedge. as MISS bet.y
directed. and as last deception, dressed !
IN Toms uniform. From servant "
tho carewe's Tom learns or Crslley
danger, but too late.
CHAPTER xv11I-(continued)
Tom sirhed rather bitterly. He was
convinced that the harlequin wouio
800 ho,na soon. replace the UNIFORM
witch was probably extremely pecotn
| inc TO him, as they were or a he.s ~
and figure much the same\, ana ai.e,
ward. in his ordinary dress. woulu sa sat- !,
| forth to spend his last evening Nv =, ~
Iannhon. Tom wondered how Crailey
I'D reel and what he would think
about himself while he was chans,ne
he clothes; but he Remembered ms
nartner's extraordinary powers OF men.
ri ndtustment-and for tho ll!st Inv
n .g,,is Ufe Vanrevel made no allowance vance
for the others temperament; ana thei.
came to him moment when nc lei. ga
he could almost dislike Crailey o,aS, !,
crai,ev had come and left again; FOR ne
lad no desire to behold the masquera
aar.s return. So he exchanged his dresslnt
rou,n for a coat, fastened his collar, an'
had herun to arrange his craVat AT I'M
mirror. when, suddenly, the voice Oh "
old nerress seemed to sound close pcslu'
/ him in the room:
Hes settin' dah--waitin!
The cravat was never tied;tf manu-
dropped TO his sides as ne starred one'
from the staring face IN the mirror. ~
bert Carewe was waitins-ahu Ia -
Ala once there was but one vital nc
cnssitv IN the world for Tom Vanrevel
,hat was to find Crailey; no must go Q
| r,,,iev-even in Carewe's own house-h
must go to Crailey!
He dashed down the stairs and into IN
street The people were making sfeh
unroar In front of the 6ntel. esploo,h
bombs firing muskets In the ar senoih
IN rockets; and rapidly crossing the ou ".
skirt OF the crowd, he passed lH,o va
rowa street. unnoticed. Here the detona
lions ware not so deafening. though tn
little steamboat at the wharf was contri
hu,tnp TO the confusion with all IN ne
mower. screeching simultaneously aI
nrovaI NJ the celebration and her las
signals of departure.
Al the first corner Tom had no NOR
than left the sidewalk when he cam
within a foot of being ridden down b
two horsemen who rode at so desPeTa,
n gallon that (the sound OF their hool
beats being lost In the uproar from MAI
Street., they were upon nm peio'o -
was aware of them.
J He leaped back with an angry shout
, know who they were that they rode
wildly. At the same time sharp expie
7 sion at the foot of the street sent re
: fare over the scene, fash. gone VIII
J such Incredible swiftness Into renewe
, darkness that he saw the flying horse
. men almost as equestrian statues
5 lum,ned by a flicker OF lightning. but ]
! saw them with the same distinctness ths
Q lightning gives and recognized the for
9 most as Robert Carewe. And IN the VI
!, slant of that recognition, Tom knew wh'
e had happened to crailey Gray: for ne sa
: the truth in the CHASTITY face OF n
I enemy,
7 Carewe rode stifly, like a man froze
, upon his horse, and his face was III
!, that of a frozen man: his eyes CLASSY al
r not fixed upon his course, so that It WI
Il deathly thing to see. Once long as
y Tom had seen man riding for MS III
y and no wore this same look, The amin
r. bounded and swerved under Vanreve
enemy In the mad rush down the stree
Il hut he sat rigid. bolt upright In the sa
O a. IA. Coco saf IN that look OF COldneS