The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-10-06
Synopsis 81 Preceding Chapters.


y Olive pnrmenter, heiress to Gregory
parnenter's millions, Is; engaged to6the
future Lord Belborougli, OF Oxfordshlre,
Eng. Her father, after receiving q myB-
terious cabicgram from America, insists
that tho marriage DO fastened. No OBJ
lection Is mnde, but Lady BclborouBh
takes occasion to Insult tho girl and 10
rcbuked by her husband, Lord Belbor.
ougi. Tho wedding ls Interrupted drn.
mntlcally by q strange woman In blnck.
who cries: II forbid tho bnnnsv Old
Mr. Parnlcnter falls dead from ne
) VIII has been stolen, thus leaving olive
pennlless. Tho woman In black sub.
stimulates her claim to be tho WIDOW OF
Gregory 5Parmenter, and with her son.
Gilbert Merridew. takes possession OF
The Pnrmenter estate. Merrtdew calls on
Mr.. pnrmenter's old lawyer. Mr.. Case
ment who suspects Merridew OF having
stolen the will.
Olive writes to her lover. saying that
they must not meet again. but he Sc
Office. in which he valnly urges her to
marry him In spite OF all. Finally she
agrees to come to him when tho, myS-
terry Is cleared up, and startS on q Jour
ney OF Investigation. On the train she
IL attacked and robbed by n man dis
guised az woman. and only by ruse
prevents him from throwing her out Of
their compartment. The police and
railroad officials discredit her story, and
when about to be taken to prison Mrs.
Merridew tnterposeg as friend OF hu.
manity and takes her to her rooms.
Here Olive Is kept prisoner. denied the
privilege OF communicating with friends,
and finally sent to an asylum. Her
lover. Jack Belborough, arrives Just In
time to SEQ her at the station and RESI-
cues her from the young physician who
is taking her - the asylum. She next
goes to London and there by accident
learns TO know Selma Hammond. an init.
mate Acquaintance OF Gilbert Merridew.
who proves 70 be q member OF noted
band OF crooks. Olive lays plans to get
into tho secrets OF the band. ind has
many exciting experiences. She becomes
member of the band and attends .
meeting. Where she finds Gilbert Merri-
dew and the man who attempted her life
III the train. Confronted with Merri-
dew she tells q false story Of her lifo,
but being finally recognized Olive boldly
faces her enemy and tells her true story.
Merridew, alarmed, begs for mercy. but
agrees to go to Mrs. Taunton's for three
days, but Is made prisoner there by
tbs womanEwho turns out to be Madame
Boncourt. and Merridew. who tried TO
force her TO marry him. She throWs
motto out Of her window to clerk next
door. who Gnds II. but when next she
attempts TO throw note htrs. Taunton
SEXES It. Olive IL drugged and carried
OF In motor car, from which she es-
rapes. but is again captured and taken TO
Il lonely homo on the moor. where Mrs.
rlslcy kept watch over her. Merridew
brings In drunken minister, who.
against her will. performs the marriage
ceremony. and Merrtdew tells her she
must Sign the wedding contract or die.
& II II planned TO drug Olive and throw
her In the mine pit. but Olive overpow-
ers the hag. changes d.esyes. and when
Merridew arrives makes him think that
n n \ o NJ a n he'd
Is Olive. Olive helped to carry the wo-t
man outside. and then while Merridew
was In drunken super she escaped,
and through the kindness OF county peo-
pie made her way back to her home.
On the train she reads in the papers that
the Foreign Office had been robbed. and
that Jack was suspected. She determine
ed to make UP as an Irish servant girl
and gain admittaIce to. Silverbreech IN
order TO trap Mersidew and his mother.
She tries her disguise on Mr.. Easement,
who ct firsr taken In. iEc1oices that she is
safe. - N