The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-07
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ss sse il anE , 9q ss rs sss T ss
eASE dds na's ntSs came me TIC TIC roply
very soft and lows i was also firm, and
You didn't say ycs9 shrieked tho
IS" 3, a AID: I meant yes s., y. ~, n.,nh
Bryns had the impe,r,tIiincnce, the audacty,
"HG offered me !, Ralph Bryn'e.
iWI ~ Ut, The III man hasn't got pehfns
Win have l ! i've shall ali be in our
quiet graves q tile lnter. on and ai linen then
tthhsesseo , Modern fana{ies eli our ,saEih
llfe..t,I haye Finished i, with you, Made pf'
lviolet eyes upt,,rned from the low seat
or all j have done for you This IS az
tho return TINT you mako to me for a ny p.
cchiidrens future, II l hadn't denied my.
md pneheaa mysei and s'r we
when Your father was alive, you would ~ q
have g, been proper hepmateas for men l IKE
was as s wnvcr hlnap T. t}ie The sIrl vas
Very near 10 breaking down al ,.,
ksph nyrna ror Mrs. h pesm yaM Msnt
OH e wh IL going e q e0 MAKE 1nohey. j
"That kind Of man Is always going 4 70
mako money! he ney e l haSesS he ~ /. work N
e he snsse On fe Sas u ead WIZ
ono grubby little servant want o and cn naiI
dons H Sals your 's Washing tranpinE
UP and down your bedroom at niShL, VIII
a baby, and such a very small pedroto.i y
room Rom Oh y I haven't patience with you!'
.ZNni, mother mother
pV "a position. Should think his IDEAS
Of q position arc very different TO yours
or mine don't heiieye ~ cr r1ns waste Of
I the best years Of a woman HE, WaiLing
while d man achieves success. y ID =
wrong thing. a man has no right to ask *
hhimnawhich isn't at all one and the same same.
unless he can provide her q home when
is at least as good as the one mat shc ~
living In have known N more sa ,aa ror "a
maj Y and then the man married aolnepony
Younger. fairer, weather. knew one on,
girl" sho went on. speaking In her we'll s.i-
Ind a lover. She was a cousin OF mine.
She's dead now, poor thing; you never
knew her. He was q handsome man 1,;a 1 ,ist
such another as Ralph Byrne L 1awc s sat
time was nothing He was Wiling 70 70
walt seven years for Rachel; and N the
end Rachel wal ted seven years 1or r CT
JaeobAnd whe1 nae a neYe resdy 70 walt
seysn more. And he married Lea H.
~'.Wel r. said Madeline: her voice Gu y,
cred a little In spite Of herself ~ ell!,,.
ut wasn't we'll. Leah was the daughter
OF his chief. Marriage with her meant
partnership, but 1t did not mean waiting
another seven years and getting cnel
at the end Of them no sha ived
Wedding we'd day she died.
There was a long silence The smart II
dubbed merrily; tho cinders dropped one
by one on the hearth; and Of last Ma de-
limo Desmond spoke: s
story as that in your family. rnother,'
Was that Cousin Agnes 2" -.
Yes, that was my cousin 1sGi 20. S She
have killed that man ]. would nave oons
it. Can you wonder that am not glad
to welcome Ralph Byrne 70 be jacob 10
nv Rachel? You think I'm hard, you
think I'm cruel, you think I'm worldly;
Perhaps 7 am. ~ u. ~,
ell didn't say so,'' said Madeline; y
never said so: but don't think that Ralph
will ever. treat me like that"
| ''Neither did Agnes 0tConnor. And yet
lie left her. lie marrled--Leah. w
CHAPTER IL. 4 az
Il Before she changed her dress for dinner
that night, Madeline Desmond sal down
at tho little writing table In her bedroom
and wrote a note. 1t was to Ralph Byrne.
SO the following afternoon found r alhh
Byrne In possession of the quaint Dutch
simmer house when Madeline Desmond
arrived to keep the tryst,
| her