The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-10-20
CHAPTER xxx.
"There Is One Way"

AVE you doner Hazen was
on his feet and. rigid still,
but oscillating from side to
- side. a. though his strength
- not sufiice to hold him quite erect,
4 yno surveying them with eyes sunk 20
<0Uooly In his head that they looked
- dying sparks terminated for An
1GnAt By some passing breath.
3hs half-fAinting woman he address
- lid not answer. She was looking
- q Ransom for the sympathy and
k0on he was 90 yet too da1ed -
J1Dw. Hazen made . move. II was
0n& Of physical suffering stsrnly en-
0wod.
~Ist me speak," he urged. II have
. weston to ask. I must ask Il now.
~ was the woman who came up
00m New York with you? There were
- Of you then"
without turning her head Georgian
11Oliod:
That was Bella. my maid; the same
- who personated me on the after.
0Dsn Of my wedding"
That accounts for the coarseness
- her neck" Hazen explained with
0urtain grim humor to the lawyer, whe
- givsn q blight start of surprise or
4nniliation. Then quietly to Georg-
-:
WAS Il she who threw the comb
- dropped your bag where my man
'0Bumd itf"
J threw the comb: threw II from
nv window before uttered that loud
Nnriok. II did not 60 very far; but
~ 10 be satisfied with the fact that
Rhy In tine direction Of the waterfall.
II Il was TO Bella entrusted the
Wnging of the bag. gave It to her
rU4sn she loft the coach. had ex-
1Dn1nsd 20 her long before Just what .
Uoneo she would fnd herself In whom
- was set down at the foot OF the
1ne: how she was to make her way
- sks darkness till she came to whore
0Awo we're no more trees, when she
voD TO strike across the stream, led
~ The noise of the waterfall. was
UuEy particular In my, directions, be-
Unnss knew the danger she incurred
- stippins into the chasm. II was her
H1nR Of this and the more than ordi-
10y darkness. presume. which made
~ throw the bag hap-hazard." =
~ cav the GIRL" Mr.. Harper broke
a. ~She wore black skirt like the
une you now wear. black blouse and
= red-checked handkerchief knotted
11Dat her throat But the young won.
- who was seen leaving these parts
- next morning had on some kind of
- red dress and wore hat. Bella
1nA thrown away ner hat; 1t was pick
- mp where the coach stopped and
oxtsrwards brought here"
Il know. My plans went deep; I
orosaw the possibility of her being
socognixed by her clothes. To guard
ouainst this. had her skirt and blouse
11ade double. the one side black,
o. other q bright color. She had
uonDly to turn them. The extra hat
- carried with her; II was small
ND easily concealed. Her necker-
>GAief she probably tucked away.
1nd its mate In my pocket, and when
Ioft my room by the window, as
~ the moment after had locked the
ewo rooms. II was with my hair pulled
'ooWn and this neckerchief about my
sAoulders. How did dare the risk.
] wonder now; but II was life, life
Wos after; life and love; nothing else
Uould have made me so fearless:
zDothing else would have given me
sUoch confidence In myself or lent such
Upeed to my feet. running as I did In
fhe darkness"
You ran around the house to the
me. and entered Il by the turnstile." {"
Yes, and so quickly that had
tlne to splash myself with mud and
Dse all my natural characteristics
oetore any one came to hnd me. Il
vss Anitra they met, painting and dis
hsveied. at the head Of the lane; AMI
1a In appearance, Ahitra In heart. I
90 not act part; was Anitra; AMI.
IRA as l had conceived her. To no
ne was and Is an active, living per.
eonality. Whenever I faced you 10
her character. thought with her half.
educated mind; felt with her half-dis.
ciplined heart. l even shut my ears
% sounds; would not hear; half the
time 1 did not. Nor did / fall back
INTO my old ways when I was alone.
from the minute Georgian closed her
door upon you for the last time, and
u ldarkened my skin In preparation for
q permanent assumption OF Anitra's
Individuality. became the imaginary
twin. In thought. feeling. and action.
II was my only safeguard. Alas had
Il only gone one step further and made
myself really deaf"
The cry was bitterness itself. but
II passed unheeded. Mr. Ransom
could not speak and Hazen had other
cares In mind.
where is this woman Bella now ?"
ne asked.
Georgian was too absorbed or too