The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-21
CHAPTER I-Continued.


Il feel that I should remind you again ga
Of our compact, at least, that ata pa ll:
OF it which permits you to dispense WIN
my services whenever you shn EIl see :, -
Is do so, and the same time 70 le 'ii
YOU from you obi gatlon to let me oFue =.
your actions. tell you frankly az, VII !!
be necessary fortsyou to discharge me- = -
YOU would be rid OF me, for unless iaas sou
do SO, or Il find the assass = sflall neyet
cease my search 50 long as nave nay I. Ing
strength and means to conduct maj 1l'
do YOU say? Have ! not proved my use ls'R'
lessness This was said In q en I1a1
half-1esti ting tone. Gwen answered It very
seriously. IL s8Il f5ss t85 u.
..You have done FOR me-" she said. IN
the Deep vibrating tones Of her rlcn con- te
5tralto voice, Call that human intelisgence
could suggest. You have examine N 0 .tn i
evidence and conducted the whole analr
With :. thoroughness which I never could
ave Tx obtained elsewhere. That your
search has been unavailing Is due, not
to.any fault Of yours, but rather TO the
consummate skill Of the assassin, who, J.
think, we may conclude IS no a. at ~
crlnna NJ ne. e osborne and Allen
mt 'f' Understand that Nj Godln has the
Tcnutatlon Of being the cleverest ue e &c
tive In America rolrsss 1atsosver I'm the
so sol; of this Terrible mystery, =. 40 :,
no. b feel therefore. that you nave cry y
Fight TO reproach yourself such nope a. :,
ever err be brought to justice rests ". your
efforts. else II should feel bound 70 re-
iieve You Of a task 7whi CHI, though sell ~
possd rs none me o aiogesher self
ISL II i ask that you stu continue In, ha,d
search, and that hat still aPe nc q
10 my covenant am aware tha n eik'.
never July r e,f lne S''eS
Maitland did not wait for her TO- I 1n NJ
"Let us not speak OF that ne sa I'M, =
is enough knoW tha. .S1n ~ Of.
isned WIN " no my b 5u tThere IS nothing
affords me keenertplea sure. than 70 stTi ",
gle with and solve an in!r,e.et or the
mmnthelnatics :of crime, and then-Weli,.
even If succeed II shall Quit the t's !
your debtor y (, !. :, Z, Z, -, !,
j and when he l,ad finished he Temalned s.,
4 lent as il surprised and a bit nettied a,
1 Ills own failure to control himself, GW v'es
no reply net Ken ra mxors At onee
p,,sled themselves with the entirely 1. IN
called for labor OF readjusting the tldS
upon tho arm Of her char nnd A. fn,sed
she he, was Very happy and Scontented at th'
Work beneath her hands. Will. sin ,e,In q,
good sense wlthrwtnn sn1 w1s sW II.
snhiect II the Young Peoples CLUB, ant
mentioned incidentally that Gwen vas y 81, !,
hive charge OF the next meet,n,g1. - se1tppa'
s sI~s,i tended Ter" 1'' to decline this honor b
con her unon II. and renderecst
S Sers Withdrawal d,ffcnlt by ssy,ins 1,
feel that should than ns sG1n Whi n yo,
i fulall the spirit Tof your agreement !, t,
remit me to order your actions 81. = kn 11o,
! if you consulted your own desires se. c 70,
fe T unon Vol. and that In acrentinEs, g i
| Va, are influenced hy the knowledge tina
You are pursuing lust The courae 4 n,GS
o Tes Of f f9lgT a. pesfes
sinocure. I had sexpented YOU to chat
4 a''little under restra! MT. but instead.
find YOU Voluntarily yielding TO my un '1''
i pressed desires. sitg III tn $S n 2S
Gw' 3, % b.r 1sT apnsd es
sen at once To tho prenaratlonlof her Pr =
rcr .unon "AntnnYand ICnopa,tra,Ituh ~ MAN. y
Informed ed intcllectis. was an ardent al
miror OF shakesneare, found time - ca
On Gwen and todlscuss enlny Z, MID nT y
This seemed sqs t. nfsrs.i er yf e
abnnrn,al He confessed To mo that ever,
mornlne MS he awoke the first I'm IN,
which A. shed Into HIS mind ever, befor
ho Ind fun possession Of his senses, wa
these words OF AntnnVl !,
y am dying EEyp PIT, dy Y tsrlv unable |
account for this and asked ne 70 ~ WI,a ",
Thought was the, cause t Y, ne IufdIn : =
nwnn ia nrnnose his name for member
fhp 2! "a Gb next ssstlys 81 s@s I'll
resolution, for nag g !, nag5Hsa soFs
The ANTONY and Gsleopat ra 9, h re q. Y
Length arrived. We all attendsd. me ne m ,g,n
ing and listened to very ape ,,,ia le piHt
Of Owens character lls that sW hs Y
she does she does ,thoroughly, ana ~
Was fully exemPlifed on the y n ls,l J., !
pressed ny some verse Gwen had VIII
ten for the eseass9H anG eeF'X XII