The Washington times., 1909-08-26
CHAPTER XVIII.
80 A sHOCK.


T STARED at my wife.
"IAzzle has disappeared? 90 repeated
after her IN accents of purest amaze
ment.
She nodded speeehlessly.
''But-but," 1 stammered, 4 thought
she was locked In the nursery2'
She was my wife answered. and
had the KEY"
Then how did she get outT' I de-
nended, impatiently.
''She climbed out the window" she
explained i opened the door and
found the room deserted. Then 1 spied
the open window and ran 10 H. And
there fastened around the awning
f.leats. was a rope she had made OK
the torn strips Of her skirt Down that
she had slid and dropped to me
ground"
II didn't give the Dutch kid credit
for so much ingenuity" / remarked
. 'Kleptomaniac that she IS, she's Ger
tainly got more sense than lot OF
people who are more honest and better
entitled to brains.
But what are you going to ,do7"
cried my wife. She's gone-and We
don't know WhsFe!
I'VE don't" L answered dryly. and
one of us-meaning your devoted hus-
band-doesn't care.
''But-but you've got TO care. Henry
she eXpostuieted, wildly D1n't you
see what her going away Ike TINS
..Of' course. - I nodded. .It seems that
she's taken the problem or how 10 get
rid Of her out of our hands and dueked
Of her own accord.
1T means more than that" she in
formed me impresslveiy. She's gone,
we don know where and yOG re still
responsible for her!'
had not thought OF that phase Of the
situation for the moment N"W the idea
Of IL was presented to me, cd not care
at all for IT'S contemplation.
Lizzie was gone-and / was response
Bile for her. no matter where she was
nor what she would do when out Of my
sight
In one respect-that just stated-it
( looked as though the situation vas more
: 7eeDerate than ever. And yets looked al
from another angle, and by man VINO
! had gone through as much as ] had IN
F fhe mast three weeks, her sudden ana
unexpected departure was not such a
bad thing after all 4..-+ 49,,
! For we were rid Of heT-and, just then
that was the only thing that counted
/ with me. 49,
well" I told my wife. II think any
body who tries II will have marc tine
pinning my responsibility oo"H Oh ''e'
Sine She stared at me blankly.
what do you mean, Henry sIls
asked Aren't you as much fesp e q,
]
..T ~" repliei. "but 7 mean that
! - F5zzfe has left me and gone 70
-erts unknown I don't think any acton
/ n ! ers can be traced 20 me. IN
1 .s-37If how dc YOU know Wnat hhe " ~
! = - chat she Is free and gone OUT
4 mo the world 10 make-that -. q
( -, ~, 1i--ing9 Suppose she commits go.
ar don't care what she comm nm rs s >,
/ r orfsd exasperatedly. Il ten you ia
- sta'- gone. And I hope che stays
49, forever and day-2Ad Lneh
some 6on.t you see that Lizzie Is IN
known on this side OF me SceaaIii,,, tha
/ Side OF ourselves ana fanny .5li en-, me
/ pogerses. and Otto Schwenkel mere
/ Ie 1o one In America who KNOWS IeI'
( - sicsorseo0ent1y, there Is no one De
sides the people / nave 1l U.s. 20
956o knows Of my responsl oillIy LOT
ber Nobody can trace TO NE anglhlhB
I OF VIII Ga she is guilty.. - ,,.+
/ "Tt riav not be exactly the most
honorable thing In the world TOT i itle
/ 10 40" I added, apologst ieally' 70
59,cl< The guardianship ] undertook TOT
( ne Girl. but ] have suffered TOO muci
ALREADY TO be martyr any longer.
..Pesides that" I finished, the re-
FsnoDsibiIltv / accepted for her was
3aiyen under the mistaken idea that /
) YES Guaranteeing the good benaNiof
? III 2 girl about whom ] knew some =
tbiug. And no fair-minded man Wouia
ever expect me 70 5aefli.l ne ,I-es ~
tEe fhlng by continuing that re-
sDonsfbilifv for the girl ] know 70 De
~ irresponsible thief"
ss7rhen you are going 70 make no at
ItaDapt to get her backT' asked my
wife "You are not going 70 try 10
bring her under your watehful eye
az am not" I assented. "She is
gone now, and I'm satisfied TO have
her stay away
ssVVeU.F she said. slowly, Il only hope
she doesn't get into any trouble that
viii drag as with her into the news
papers. that's all. / should hate 70
have the children's future spoiled bY
going through life tagged with the head
Hne Henry Norris Sentenced 70
twenty Years in Jail In Place Of Girl
for Whom He Was Responsible"
I shuddered Involuntary at her
aDon't." implored. I'm upset
enough over this thing as 1t Is. with
out having you paint me a picture Of
the dark future that may await me.
"All right" she obligingly assented
IT won't say another word about II
now. I'll wait for further Development
now that Lizzie is practically free
agsnt."