The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-01-26
Copyright, BY Dodd Meade 8 Coz y d

$ sls III IA III
D, airrow began to sing I'm the Cleaning,
In, a deep. 3 rich contralto voice, " men
power. When r say that her Ice was
.inefrably4 sympathetlc p would not have +
sou corfound this oualit cither With TIE
Sep9srs the sspGasef
espe ciaily5ln central tokvoices. Every note I
was as distinct, rs rlliantly resonant,
as cello In ma sters hana. . 20 ceat;
plainly feel the chair beneat IN me-
B"Inl the cleaning Q my darling, q g IA
When the 5igh IS are I'm ana low 858i
ss And#the quiet shadows 10 ling. aSS
tl$J Soft com and soft lyS 60
Y fyV 11en,t he winds are so bling IA lntly
will you think Of M Band lover
AS you did once long ago
55f.1n =, the eloaming. g my darling,
T hoggl passedf aw sat va silence lien
FOR my he hea # was crushed with longing,
What had been could never b e
AN was best TO- leave you thus g, d !e q
Best for you ind bes t-- -. Il III
But the line was never finished With
Darrow spranE from his CHAIR Gentle t,.l
men, have been sta bbed was {, AZ ne Z.
said, and fell back hcayl into his seat 3.
slant ant even before I could assist him. His
right hand was pr essed TO his throat 1and
seemed starting fron thIGE gook
ne q again IL the dark!,' Maitland was
already lighting the gas. and Herne 8 ana A.
were preparing to selze tho assailant.
remembered after It was Y all over, 9
5uuick imovement5B Browne had made % ware
4 the darkest corner r. OF the room. 5
HrN1 Er1FIf
light, and ii looked for the assassin. He
wa not to be found IS The room con tanned
sonlys wer, ny four
D ddoWsfhad not no bee been touched. one could
have entered or left The ROOM,
and yet the assassin was no Y there; , ,lSl
one solution 1oieo
4 would restore him. AS she was ia boutsto
I speak i stopped back to note the erect tl
q her words upon o Io,ca not ae
laid her face against bis cheek Z y er re-
is nothing here to hurt you, !, on are rs
Mn yoa siaIa Il, ep mohaen a
asa seize i her franticaly ~ the ARM ex-
e os5ae Isavs
M: me and for1the first time he removed
Ills l,and from Ills throat, and taxing l,er
head betwsen lIS pmS eazes gan
a heiplcss expression which Y shnl ! never.
HIS w eyes pRR re
! pencil and inoto book and held them = 70.
ward hisnut he a'a f no. s dewn h
mex. naSt INST he Vas on lis feet, ana from,
the veins that stood out IKE cores sas
t unsi terrible effort he was making TO speak
NAG last tho words came came as 4 hey
1ore torn missing from his throat, 70 ia .e
them them Gwon-I wit! Good-b y;
sRemember- promise ~ and he fell
"a limp mass into his chair, B overcome. !
made. I Maitland seized a glass OF wa ter 3er
/ and threw 1T lin his face, 4 loosened = ne
clothing bout his neck nd IN q ~, so
/ turned upward toward me, Tho features
i were drawn; the eyes were azed i /, ana lilf
set, felt 90 his heart; he y, was rrov ds'ad
CHAPTER II, ys5
silence the only y tsnder pea Y Gan
Of pain and ston,Ihmfent v Wen
III tia presence Of her great attlietion We y
sto0d silent nno TI nSWe ee result
Who'll, would speedily, Tead5ust Itself, a = =,
L had OfCOuNteuPupOIl hts uhuSu = IVY
I ence as all but certain to ,inlmedia teiy
4 result III a temporary cure " mem, ineIs-
1 fore, I found him dead WITHOUT any Y. (, apr
1 parent cause, wa TOR the TINE pe!I VI
4 too dazed to think much less 70 act. ~ 9
i }IRth!nk the other, gent lemen were q W. :
i as much incapacit ted !! as. N w L,r y
thought when recovered So stnat I ~ cU ,ea
think, was OF Gwen. telt sure a noT Isa. "a
son must give way under the stra 2. an %
thought OF egolng nearer sG ms mef ,vhen
noticed that Maitland had !. nolseles "
gMSvn seemed M,Msl impossible 10 me- such &
Ife.1e "a cold, IMP death seems 70
chill the dynamiu rivers Of being intogn
T TIu,ng1s death puts allthings In the past
i tense, even we zphyslcians cannot but 10
1 81 rangely moved whom ~ tho d SOU $s nus
i hastily deserts the body without the usual
farewell OF an illness, q 2Q
i contrary to my OK ectations, Gwen did
l5haaye been more then ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ny, es
N Stances at least an our-.she .remIainetI
ccoior OF exhibited any other sign Of emo
at her fathers body as Il lls were asleep
4 and she were wa tching for. some iEdlcit,
a ton Of his ava enlng, ~ en- a. puSSls
EXPRESSION came overs her countn q "a Ilc !,
n iihere was no trace or sorro% N ~ nl!lS
tha look 81 Sperplcx ~ dec1de 81 ~ hrelk
tins gruesonle silence, W tAS tApus at V g