Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-20
Synopsis of Preceding Chapters

BeautfuI Beatrice Darry IL doomed TO marry stephen
Richford against her WILL because her father requires
the financial assistance Of the younger TO him
from ruin. The girl is In love with Mark ventmore,
who has gone to Venice to study art The girl not know
ing the real distress Of her father wrote to vcntmore
week before the date fixed for the wedding and had
told Of the circumstances but she had not heard from
MIN, and IL about to submit to the wedding with Rich
tord great supper Is In the course Of preparation
At the Royal Palace Hotel and the girl wearied be.
ycnd measure Of the doleul prospect Of hera is
seated awaiting the arrival Of the guests, when a
strange woman rather elderly and dressed in grey en-
tered tered the room in bewldered manner and said ~
nave made mistake. These great corridors con
rusing SO you are Miss Darryll. | suppose may con
sratuiate you mo. Please do not. II I can help
you 10 nnd your way l will do What is your
nameF 1T does not matter. You may call the
save or the White Bond" The woman disappeared
ine wedding dinner is under way and the unhappy
n' oas managed to conhde her troubles to an old fam
ny Trend Colonel Berrington and while they talk
lug tney are interrupted by waiter who rather point
'uV thrust wine card under the girls nose.
Oh IL was written the words I'm the conservatory,
beyond the drawing room" She recognized the writ
,ns as mat OF Mark and when she found her to
@ ,, "ppolnted spot, she met by Mark him
sen' VINO had been smuggled into the place In the
sse OF walter The situation is discussed, but the
s.i says she fears It Is too late TO mend matters,
snu during the conversation 1t develops that the mystic
ous woman In grey has also been encountered by Col
,s .ns'on and by Mark. On the following day the
eee's are assembling for the wedding, but the alb
sence OF Sir Charles Darryl has attracted at
en,ion Mark has OF to investigate, when Rich
ou enters the room in which the girl is waiting. He
" e'ear'y IN disturbed frame of mind and tries to
account for his condition by sudden Illness but the
sur Ills Is sure that he is hiding something.
=. oaS anything happened to my father1" she ask
hcniord started violently at the question thus put TO
% out managed to satisfy the girl that her father
, am nsnt ana would be at the wedding the party
e,arteo Tor the church. Sir Charles was known to
ss uatcry In his engagements that the incident
u NOT seem to have much significance as 1t would
IN t,o. Ine ceremony proceeded and was completed
" idv'' win the exception of the final exhortation
anu tne signing Of the register, when there was
Vno.oh at the lower part of the church and Mark
. "ore forced his way to the altar with the state
ho Ina. a' .ne ceremony must stop. Being questioned
W states tnat Sir Charles has been found dead In his
room' Inc girl without giving Richford any consid.
u"uon Whatever takes the of Ventmore and LEFT
.ne cnurch She proceeded to her fathers and
,a, inakng an examination of the place she found
iesram directed to Rchford The actual contents Of
Tue mlssive were unimporant but Its presence in her
h'hers room showed that Richford had called on him
u Tue morning In question and in all probability had
@ uen mere after her fathers demise Rlchford then
sneW oi the death of Sir Charles at the time he
ieading the daughter to the altar As the legal inyes
usatons incident to the sudden demise of Sir Charles
peeu' hchiord seems seemed to grow anxious and 1t
a nU.ieeaole that he has sought the solace Of the
nowing bowl. Under ordinary circumstances he has
not been given to drink The mysterious woman in
gray has been under discussion among those interested
IN the case and 1t discovered that she was regis
death Of Sir Charles without leaving any word
her destination
bearice had an interview with Richford as to the
legality OF the marriage that actually completed
though the essential features of the ceremony had
peeh performed. She insisted that such a ceremony
was not binding and he rather weakly took the ground
tndt IL was Richford began to realize that he had
beaten and bafhed and in his the girl by
the shoulders rather roughly. At this junctue
arrived on the scene and Richford sending him
to the ground. 4, =