The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-14
ClI3AiPrER I-Continued.

CI{ArTER CONTINUED.
q. YOU can assist mo by telling mo 9, az a.
you know OF your cousins rarrioa ' shn
5nnd moro especially, the messase I, e'o
.connded to you. s, 4. u.
4, doing this shall brea a1 ~ IN 81 ~ II
III sl, % break the ' Spirit thereof there here
fore listen !: Sal ,a 4. ". ]. !,
YOU have, suppose, already lea e,r,,1i,
from the statement Of Darroiw o mn
what occurred nths nst mi ier sact lii
throwing th0Evet,omo,ls serpe,n aa h IT. 10 ~
face was ono which doubtless led MN ~
believe she wished to kill him, ai.nous,
1t must have puzzled nm 70 ns1 TN
Ter tins incident my cousin married t s,,a ~
bnh, d. man for whom sho had always 70
cherished an il-oonceaied hatred i say 2
but little Of her atths time. sot ta l9r sho
WAS ynn!' greatly au changed hanged But ono solution
suggested itself to- iile, and mat was y. tha at
she had discovered fhor lover iaise ~ ,, az
and had. out Of spite as lt,,ss o. .1ti In
hastily married Ragobai. eu . soif home e
upon mo, 1 felt mich tissatlsieu WI -,
Iona. for I thought such course IN
worthy or her. AS IL saw more OF ,nsarl
noted still greater changes II, net Hli,i
n nnd he her 'cot,duot:A now all this was
CHANGED. TO day. perhaps. she would 20
like her old self-only weaker anu. ioIw
aneW, ee', Rvtt de.
moniao light in her eyes, and g., sort h a.
feverish malignancy dominating ~, neI
whole pcrsonalit When ! notlceos I InIn
studied to avoid her II the Iona I NC 20
actual prototype existed, wished to !, DC s,
nllo wed to cherish that ideal rather lnan
10 have it cruelty shattered TO make room .a,
for the real iLona.EsI had not seen NV =, =
for many weeks,fSwhen, one , ons ,,er LIT
wns short, and SO Impressed me ilat !
can remember every word OF OF T. y. a
$"My Dear Cousin i. 40
send this note to You by knhn' ! ti tar
you may get II before i + an IN Gagged
Bird in my husbands house. MY i, sVu ~,
movements watched, and they Woui -, ~
let you come to me We're my n,,ns
home, So beseech you, come a ~, IA i
tine to intrustS tosyou my last ,reau I.es,,
7 am diving. Moro,3and 1t IS 3Wltnin y, ~
rover to say whetherlmy spirit shall re =.
in peace. or be torn forever ana 3eHni
the fangsa Of n Horrible regret. w IA, onlv
can i tell it, Come--come at once nc
You can imagine the, effect Of this Irev Z,
Slation upon me better than ! can desc Ilgs
lit. / did NOT evenHknoW she was serious
Aiv III. and With herlurgent request for an
interview came 4 no sad tidings tllat she
was dying, and the confirmation of my
gfear-th;lt She had adopted the relislo IN
OF her English lover. lost no llln ", =.
Fieverish expectation, fearful lest should
either not be able to- GONE It all, Or n, her
husband would return before my arrival.
She was worn to n shadow Of her former
self, and Il realized With a pang that shte
ii knew / could depend upon you
Moro she aaid.5aas, I entered, even
though YOU think 7 i5have lost all claim AZ
upon 6your regard, ia said to 3rnysGll
VII come beea use sirbt Sic
continued, noticing my ns,tonisl1nenIt at
the change III her condition. am almost
gone. should not have lasted 80 iGng;
we're It not that 7 could not die ~ nag nag
spoken. Now shall be free to go anu
the horrible struggle will ho over.1tfY 9,
have n been {tmuch 'amongSs-th l1ngslsh,
Moro, both here and #ins. England alio
know they believe they will meet again
in heaven those they have loNed + on
earth Fs5 Jl.8 "a, Isl 81 ,E{ i .
sba sank back exhausted Il from excite
ment and effort, as she said this, ana !
feared for a moment she would pc unapie
to proceed. IS i told her what ! knew about
the CHRISTIANS hope ofAhenNen, anu SUE s.it'
Eestcd to her that, as her hns1a test t cn.
fide to me at once any trust with "Nlch
she wished to charge mes for I, lllvi.'etiSS
She made no reply but said at leng1n ,o 4,
HYes. you are right It is not Z, very
long story, and suppose Anau p ss,,.er
we'll my being rescued by an 5EngIish gem n,
LEHMAN, d Mr.. ] Ohm DArroW. ! q ter"arn
| became we'll acqualnted--in TACT We W Wei ),
| n >ha married. 10 this union my parents 8
strongly objected. They had prot1li .s,
nc to Rama Ragobal, ana weth W No " d. !
n or % g. ste 'by bestowng my hand not only
a., and Christian as well. his had only
! tl,e effect OF causing me 70 NEE. ny
I Snhib secretly. We chose lors ou 1, n.y. ~,
lng-place the. great banyan on in. inc Z, ao q
piest moments have ever N I. k XIV ~
FEvervthinr went we'll until the night :, on on
| witch we had planned TO run away. w
we're to meet at the usual place ah !. n .Jor
| take the night train for Mathero'i ''tAs'o''
! and there be married. 5 a,,,,,,,
',N,y heart Bounded with JOY as clli n
ed Malabar Hill on that fatal eyenlhs 8, ~ ,,
\ nv delight was Of short duratlo1l, ~ a ~
fear lest should keep my lover w;I,,n e
| i must have arrived fully 4hfteen m.husaS
before the appointed tlme.l ~. Mts h ANA,
! Ing with my back against the p,Lliyh'
/ tree. awaiting the first sound OF MS " y
/ proach, when my attention was a,lrmcle.
i bv what seemed to be two luis p'.l1s -
/ IRE shining from clumb 9, e, pushes -
most directly In front OF sIa o ~
l "a 10 burn with a lurid6 and WICKED s1a,e
4 and. as my gaze BECAME entanglen ps
them. a tremor ran through by fram'
4 md n cold sweat hathed my entlIe pouS
overcome by nm iinspeaKanle q uI ore t y,
made one last frnnticEeffort 70 Wl,,y, *, =;
! my eyes, but could not, Then grauuaitS
VI ~, ,,i,,,, nv terror was SuCCceutt