The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-02
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since then, and vet the thought OF that
sweet gsl sends thr,1 s] Gy9fr That
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you will SEQ that couldn't be ex Pc cted
sy Matlan pad
nothing Of Interest occ.irred-,,i g. nothing
oflnterest to- hlor q, thn :
Interest 70 me ted my opsiiif ,dea
lh ieth saiti he should not ivulge even tome
lSuntll8 tho proper time ca me. Y. =, 81, III
The Episode of the Tell Tale ';5l'. 4
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S3sss ~ CHAPTER X. B, n
when Disaster Is bigger than its victim tim,
So IT'S bolt o.erlnps the innocent. |, U
iii wns some time fter Gwen had fal-
len before lice had succeeded n I, GET
ting her upon the loung ana III -, -
her forts 70 aeylve y i anie
ftpor as as aSaI ' she R Rs WY
this announcement had produced such ta {.
question With, a. look ct san,azement.s9 s3.AS
ii'"Have you forgotten Gwen, !, promise , IS
to her father inif this mat Ell she b re.
|3pied. Has she not already to y y. ., yon
| that she should keep that promls &c. " nat
ever the sacrifice cost her. She rs, U ere
fore, entirely at the mercy Of this n.
Godln and she Is also obliged e nd WISE 81
ssnSdt tas Sls
a sensitive nature like hers iB!gI II shc
has any love Tor anyone else she must =
eruai OF hea y sho = Is ~
so stupid as your uestion would tn IND =
CATE n " q, !. \,
i've won't discuss that g Re 1oin rs N
go t. Gwen, and ges her 20 psn
for the night, 81 glanced at the article
which had SO upset her, and read its.
sensational Scare head full II ran N
us Is ollows: ~
M +, 4 DARRow MYSTERY soLyED!.
JOHN Nd ARROtv az WAS s3SNiURDERED.ss
The a ssass mi Inability to Pay y Gam ~
bling Debt tho NJ tive for he Crime
~ itsAl TnpNc ri DETEcTIvlsl
The Net 4 so Completely Woven . a bout
Y + houRht II sss1 Wil Confess. s
SIS sisted Efforts. &c M. LOUIS &c DlN:!Ess.
i did not stop to read the article. buts
= "A copy OF the Herald lay upon his sta-8
ble,s advising me that he was AREA dy
acquainted With The strange tnrn afthrs
heard It he@newsboys& in the stree !. calling
out ,.'The Darro " Mystery Sol we'd and nd
he at once rushed out and bought a pa pa
M L informed him OF g wen's condition
and he wished to so to her at once but
" told him no mus wal until, the NOR
row. as she had already retired, and
AZ. IN I'd a n q
i reassured him with tho information,
that nights sleep and the med oine l.
had givenfih her would probably put Gwen
lin ful q II er q aT
Zig thus sa tisncd This fears, thought Il
fitting he should satisfy mine. asked
him what had become Q 4 the young wo-
man in t he next room. IIe did not re-
o DISC. that that / might see for myself.
! She was sitting at the table lin the cen-s
u tire of the room, wltha her face buried IN
her hands. 4. watches Il her for. 81 long
time. and the only movement Il could
discern was ii that occasioned ever and
anon by q conyulsive catching OF her
breath. The pet monkey was n oRhere5
to be seem q II, < y! ss
38iaS''They took her father away early this
. morning. - Maitland said: land. after the
Z first shock. she sank into this. condi tion.s
+ She has not moved since. When sec
tho despair her fathers arrest has oc-$
,casoncd I, am almost tempted to- rejoice
that II had no hand In Il, and yet--well,$
there's no, great n harm II without some
small good--;no one Will say now thatJolln
do You think our friends. 4 Osborne and
Allen, will say now7 3S IT. hey we re 50
sure the theory was the only tenable5
/ one. All. well 1--we should ever hold ours
selves in readiness for surprises.
81 And for emergcnc lies, II 90, II con-
tinued and this strikes me as being
very ike one.- That young, womqn needs
attention, II, i am any. tud sc OF. appear
and I'm gong In use
locked. and she either cannot Of >wills
NOT open 1t. u + knocked there for an
hour, hoping to be able to. comfort her.
IT, no use for you to try she
fthrough.if!" exclaimed, In a tone that
SO amazed Maitland thnts he seized mo
by the shoulders and gnzed fixedly into
my face. % all right. George. said,
aawf1lng hls ro S9s s9RS hsrs
about my entrance either ~ 5as
IS He looked at me a little doubtfully, hut:
I could see that on the Whole, he was
pleased with my decision. il went into
There was no response. I kicked 1t until
] must have been heard5sal over the
house, but ST ~ there was no response. (
It was now clear should not enter by
Invitation SO I went IL four OF Ave
stairs Of the flight opposite the door and
from that position sprang against itl
| am not, Il you remember, heavy man,
hut momentum is NV and l made aub;
! the W what / lacked IN the NJ The
door opened wardly, and I tore IT from
| It's hinges and eprecpitated both myself
and 1t Into the centre Of the apartment.
| AS I look back upon this incident i res,
ever did In the way Ola pro fessonal visit.
81 ITO be Continued To-morrow,)
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