The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-12-09

LIS suspense was destined to be short. While he was straining
ms rs to see what might be going on down the road, a small crowd
a woman with a shawl or cape over her head fierce and wiIfnI
figure which shook off the hand kind Mrs. Dec laid on her arm.
M shrunk as the great front door fell open. sending forth a flood
OF lght which, to one less welded to wild ways and outdoor living
promised a hosptabe cheer. '
"Georgians fOrmr" muttered Ransom involuntarilv to himself
AND Georgian's facet he felt obliged to add, as the light fell
broadly across her. But not Georgian's wavs and not Ceorniaoi
nature, he impetuOusly finished as She slipped out of sipbf
Then the mystery of the brother came rushing over him and he
ylelde9 himself again to the wonder of the situation till he was
reawakened to realities by the shufning of feet on the stair-u,av and
me raised tones OF Mrs. Dec as she tried to make herself understood
y "ei He" M somewhat difficult guest A maid followed in their
Wake and from some as yet unexPored region below there rose the
II was a trying moment for him. He longed for another glimpse
OF the GIRL but feared to betray his own curiosity to the two Wo-
eF F nI Ioom unseen Might he not better run some small risk
OF detection? He had escaped discovery before wasn't if possible
fst iihngng his door wide open and then retreating to the other
end Of the room where the shadows appeared heavy enough to hide
Greet line from his present standpoint, and was fortunate enough to
catch a glimpse of the girl with her face turned in his direction.
Her companions, on the contrary, were standing with their backs
TO him, one beside the door she had just thrown open, the other at
his wifes door on which she had just given a significant rap.
Such was the picture.
The girl absorbed all his attention. The shawd-a gay one with
colors in it-had fallen from her head and was trailing wet and
bedraggled, over an equally bedraggled skirt. Soused with wet. her
hair disheveled, and all her garments awry with the passion of her
movements, she yet made his heart stand still, as, with a sulIen look
at those about her, she rushed into the room prepared for her use
and slammed the door behind her with a quick cry OF mingled rage
and relief. For with all these drawbacks of manner and appearance
she was the living picture of Georgian; so like her, indeed, that he
could well understand now the shock which his darling received
when, IN the Inconsistencies of possessing a living sister, she had
encountered in street or store, or wherever they had first met, this
living reproduction Of herself.
"No wonder she became confused as to her duty" he muttercd
Il even feel myself becoming confused as to mine"
Bring me up something to eat" he now heard this latest conner
ShoW from hr doorway. i don't want tea and I don't want soup;
I want meat, meat. And I shant go down afterward. either. I'm
going to stay right here. I've seen enough Of people don't know.
And of my sister. too. She was cross to me because I hated the
coach and wanted to walk, and she shant come into my room till
thing sweet. Puddnqss good"
All shocking to Mr. Ransoms taste. but more so to his heart
was Georgan's and laden with a hundred memories. WIZ
lie was still STRUGGLING with the agitation Of this discovery when