The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-12-23

Impulse 20 seize him by hls twisted
throat and drag from him the secret
which his impassive features refused 70
give UP. But Ransom was no fool. and,
stepping back out OF the way Of tompta-
ton, he allowed him to escape without
further parloy.
Then no went % his room But aflor
an hour or two spent with hts own
thoughts. his restleasnoEs become go great
that he sought the gossips below for re-
lief He found thorn oil clustered about
IIazen. who was Keeling or stories by
the mile. This was uncomfortable 20 him
and be was stridirg on. when Hazen
burst away from his Usteno~s ord. ioin-
Ing Ransom. whispered IN his car.
II saw her IN by fNo ~~i~r--- zee. TOW
on her way I'D street Wro c-n ere
find there 20 interest herr Where IS She
goine2'
ct don't know. She doesn't consult mo
as 20 her movements. Probably sho has
gone for walk. She looks ms r. che
needs st."
so do Won" was the unevnecfo1 70
tort given hv Hazen. as ne stepped back
10 refoin his associates
Ransom paused. watching him asla0ce
in doubt OF fhe suggestion. in 6o--hf %
tho man IN Doubt ~ himsoif Thon 10
yielded TO an in1uuiso stror @er than any
Doubt and slinned out into The hirhway.
whore he turned. as she had turned. uD-
street
PIT not without - v.r7,crie To hated
bir,saic Tor his nuruet-lrko accentance of
II, hint Given ht-1 nv man no both
diefr-letad ars dieIfteH rTo Ta1t bic "iy-
nftv irnnairod end his eelf-0orNioroo
shaken vet he went on. f"ll0winV 80
hioh road o. e-orfv and watching with
vrorv eve FOR enc first r'i~nneo ~ che
silent ne-lrc which was he~inn'nc 20
ali 80 , %
To nod rained Neaviiv and nersiefrntiv
the last time ~ cam, fhie wav hut t0-
dav Tho errn WAS =Nirin0 With wv radi-
ance an7 tro trees etretcii0~ away on
oftho~ ei7o % fra roa7 we've ~~oor with
the for3or fraro~v ~ oa~1v len fa-a. a fov-
cornrelfn0 efght vhioh nav have ar
counted For tfo elaefioitv ~ hfs st"- ms
he assembled ore sroaU hV after another
In tho wake OF n rlutterine skirt
II was The ~erneterv ro4d and OIL 7r
the fancy was he felt that 10 ehofl1
overtal-o her AZ the old gate hahind which
Law 80 MANY ~ her name Wore ho lad
seen her name hofora SIS -, ser-,eri from
the family monument. and here he
SHOULD see-coula ne saw Anitra n he
fourd her hendi-~- over those ~ravas. the
woman who coulS MT hAar who could not
reai-whose cNfldish memory. ~ she had
anv in connection with f4,fs s-,ot rorria not
be dIetiuct enoueF, o- sufi~lentlv fnfeiU~ant
TO Guide he- 20 this one n'ot7 No HUI
man creS"litv ran Ro Gar but mo- 80
FAR Nat TIE tnow that ai1 his oif
Doubts would -etfrrn - ~ ENTERING fhc
ce-na'erv Ne Fornd her under the brown
SHAFT carved with tho narna ~ rFa7an
The test was onN n had not sourht
and ~ not welcome vet he fait hound.
now that he RECOGNIZED u as sneh % soc
II through and accent fts teaching for
what e. surely would 10 worth only
- A.
and studied moro 70 hide his apuroach
than to Give anv warning ~ II.
The close ranks 81 the eIderfNArry
bushes lining the fences on the f1al Hill
ton lent themselves to thu concAalment
he so'7Oht A. soon as he was SUR
Of her havfng lsTt the road he drew ND
close N thesA bushes and walked rnder
them fiil he was almost ~ che gate
Then he allowed himself % Through
their close branches and received an nm
esverted sho~ie - seeing her 6e7Ire stand
ing very near him posed IN an unrer-
taintv which. Cor ~orne reaaon. 10 had
not evnected nut which restored hin, 20
himself though whv he had not the
courage. the time. nor the inclination 70
ask.
She was hahNlinc IN 4 low tone 70 her
self. an Omen Sesame TO her mind. which
Ransom hailed with sense 81 avs II
onlv he miO4,t dissin enish the wordai Put
thts was diNF~''lt- not onlv wae her head
tDrne] narttv awav bnt she smoke IN a
lpUrrnur which was far from, distiort.
Yet-ves that one sentence was Main
enoueh. She had nnutterAd vnusine'v.
anwiousIv. and With a searching look
among tho graves.
at was one this side. know It was
os, this side"
Watching her closely lest sonna chance
Glance ~ bAre shoni1 strav his wav he
listened sim moro intN~tiv and was pres
er''v rewarded bv catching another ser