The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-11


my mother clearly cannot afford suc, u
a thihg." s ., s43j.g
Really Know nothing about that;
nor has 1t anything to do with u.s. and u
both doctors rose, II sincerely wish we
could have made different report" 81
II warn you gentlemen, that this
| Is merely a scheme to prevent me from
carrying on the inquiries mentioned
said Olive, with some excitement.
4 Il beg you to keep calm Nothing
us worse than excitement Of any sort
70, you under the circumstances" and 81
with that the specia.:st walked to the
door and called to the rest to return. Il
he announced their decision: the law
Yer added that the other formalities
would Be completed that day, or at n
! the latest on the following, and once "
4 more Olive and Mrs, Merrdew were
left aloha BIZ
The latter professcd the strongest
sympathy, but Olive stopped her
i I'VE need not pretend any longer
4 Mrs. Merridew. This Is your doing.
i i am not under any Misrepresentation
las to that. Lam paying the price for #
my folly in having accepted your help
lay the station yesterday"
Il "Is you ask the rest you vii, hear
that ! have never ceased to protest
against this being done" declared the
elder woman,
,
Olive Parmenter, and you have in some
way schemed that that false telegram
, should come in Mr., Easements name to
hoodwink these doctors Where do you
intend to place mer"
1T Is nothing at all: TO do with me,
! ] have no voice at all In the matter.
i Will even now do anything to helplyou
!, that you please. / believe they have
!. selected the establishment of DR..
: selwyn. In North Wales"
II am powerless to resist OF course:
7 but my friends Will find me, and then
Y some one Will have to pay a heavy \
! reckoning"
Your suspicious are cruelty unjust.
$ II declare on my honor said Mrs. Mer-
ridew. land the moment know where
t you are to go will let Mr.. Easement
G know, or DR.. Gregory, or any one you
I lrlease."
+ THAT is all I ask" replied olive.
/. not believing a WORD she said.
it She fully realized the danger which
Threatened her, and for the rest Of
Q the day occupied herself In trying to
q think of some plan by which she might
.lyct escape.
II Taking advantage of Mrs. Merridew's
! offer to communicate with her friends,
Ii lOliye said she would write letters which
q could be posted, and Mrs. Merridew,
Z" thinking in this way to keep her quiet,
II lagreed. But while writing them Olive
IS corltrived to write and secrete two
others-one to Jack and one to Mr.
10 Easement. Just sentence of urgent
is appeal for help, with the names Of the
two doctors who had certified her in
st sanity. These she hoped to find a
chance OF posting while on the way
to wherever they were going to take
IN her.
:. A night Of narrowing strain and
sleepless anxiety followed, and the
" morning found her feverish and desper-
: ately troubled. She had been locked
! again into her room, Mrs Merridew act
-, ing as q jailer, while still maintaining
81 the pretense of solicitude on Olives
-. account.
~ ~ The day passed In the same condition
~ of wearing suspense, and in the eve
= ming DR.. Larkall and a couple of women
- nurses arrived to take olive away.
y In vain she made another appeal to
M the young doctor. He shook his head
lsympathetically, but declared that the
~ great London specialist and himself
IN were entirely agreed that they were
taking the only course possible In the
s circumstances, and that he had beer
II left to carry out the arrangements. Sh,
me was to go to the place Mrs. Merridew
Ply had mentioned
With that they started. Olive wa.
ger taken to cab, and the doctors pres
ence and that of the nurse made Il
i impossible for her to attempt to ap
ID peal to any one they met with chance
ge OF success.
She tried it twice--to the man who
oW drove the cab and once to policeman
err But word from tie doctor was sufh
1e- Gent. The men shrugged their shoul
ders. and with a glance Of pity de-
Of c!ared they could do nothing.
1t AT the station she made an effort to
post her letters. Ileenly on the alert
nd she caught sight OF a letter. box and,
ed rs they left the waiting room where
i've Olive had been taken, she slipped
u . ~ d ~,
md But just as she reached 1t and had
err the letters almost into the box. they
ley caught her hand and took the letters
away.
ere God have mercy upon me-" she
.ck cried with groan Of despair; and
An- cried out for help in loud piercing
voice But the doctor explained eve
atlrything, and a the mere mention OF
Ing insanity the people fell back as though
ING. she We're n criminal.
The train was already In the station
he and as she was being hurried to the
VS. special compartment which had beer
are reserved she caught sight of Mrs
nix. Merrdew standing in the background
on watching the proceedings with {
our smile of satisfaction,
But even as Olive looked she saw
err the expression change to one OF sur.
ave prise and fear. This nerved her t.
ce.' make a last effort at escape. Dragging
n a her hands suddenly out, of the nurse,
grasp, she sprang back, sent up a las
AM appealing cry for help, ran to Mrs
Or. Merridew and clung to her with
ed piteous appeal for mercy.
lind
ply. CHAPTER XIII.
her jack to the Rescue.
OF ANY one with a heart less hard thai
'uld a stone would have been affected b.
of the sight of Olives distracted misery
but Mrs Merrdew was utterly un
paid moved. She seized and held he
tightly until the nurses came up.
ute, II dare not Interfere with the Law
Miss Parmenter," she declared, cold
are ~
dear But Olive cIrlng to her and q strug
We Gle followed olives hands wer