The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-04-16
NUMBER THIRTEEN
A Powerful Serial Story.
BY F. M. WHITE.
Blind 81
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, OF course, he found II out directly
the checks came back Ito him
Though the bank. and he has held
them over me ever since. | don't
quite know why he never prosecuted
me-perhaps he was trying TO thinK
OF some peculiarly malignant re-
yeLge.
You can understand the reason
why wanted those checks back.
have a very good friend ia Colyilie 5
household In the person OF Susan. his
cook. She has an old rasca! OF nus.
band OF whom she stands in mortal
terror. All the same. the woman man
aged TO communicate with me from
time 10 time, and finally she let me
know that the checks were hidden
somewhere behind the panels in one
cf the rooms That same room Ailsd
LEROY has turned into a studio.
| only gave IA passing thought to
the girl | recollected her as very
pretty child who had been very fond
OF me and All that kind of thing
round my way into the house the
other night when Colville was away,
and began TO ransack the studio. The
first dramatic surprise | had was the
sight OF my photograph on the mantei-
piece. Heavens, | hardly recognized
1t, Dennis. 1t seemed impossible to
believe that | could ever have beer
a. clean and fresh and wholesome as
that
That photograph gave me greater
shock than | could hardly explain TO
you. A great wave OF shame came
over me; | could have cried over that
picture. Then ! turned and saw be-
fore me lovely vision. the sweetest.
prettiest girl in the whole world /
! did not need 10 ask who she vast
was my little sweetheart Ailsa grown
! into a -WomaR,---
Thank God she did not recognize
me. Dennis. She tool. me- for some vul-
Sar bufg't.; she was no. i'm the least
AFRAID As We stood there parleying,
! Archibald Colyilc came m. He seemed
lc know me by some subtle instinct.
Tor he called me 10y name | was LOOK
Ing at Aiisa at the time. and she fairly
staggered. | could see 10y the look Of
horror in her ewes mat she was con
! trasting the Old Ronald Braybrooke
with me. In that instant the whole
( plan came TO mo in a flash wou.d
? if IhhlilLt iilt Oih me. / MOlilu UtfOIlt
worthy of the Girl who still loved the
real Ronald Braybrooke So denied
lay identity, and vowed by all the gods
that BRAY brooke WAS dead
Il he ylrl believed me. but Colyilie
lid not lie told me that owing TO
the death OF a relative | was entitled
TO a fortune OF el00.O0O Fancy that
TO man who Vas literally on the
Ferge OF Staryai on tell you the
eWeat stood ont ON my forehead like
beads. Never was man face To face
with more terrible temptation. u
VAS open 10 M To take the fortune
and regain my position after. But one
further giance int Alsa Lefroys eyes
told me that | had done the right thing.
stuck 20 my story as have stuck -
my newborn resolution Ronald Bray
brooke Was drowned in the North sea.
and | am John Stern | had TO he
mYself out OF a desperate situation.
! but ! managed it all right. And with
the help OF God am gong to see the
light
And what about your fortune"
O Brien asked.
That IS already arranged for" Bray.
brooke explained Before Ronald
I Brhybrookc died he left will in ia.
Yor of Ahsa LEROY The will was
genuine enough, because ! signed IL
myself. =. looked as if Ronald Bray
brooke had not forgotten Ailsa after
iall; nobody Is hurt by the deception,
and Ailsa is placed beyond the reach
of poverty and beyond the spite u
Archibald Colyillc With my eyes wide
omen | nave Invested myself of my
property. have given everything TO
the woman | love 10 the one who Will
make tie best use OF it
1T is a noble thing to do" OBrien
said quietly But what about your.
self Ronald?
"Oh. YOU need not worry about me.
am going TO bring about my restora-
ton in M own way. In the days to
come | shall go to Ailsa and tell her
the whole truth And if she still cares
for me, If the pure fame of affection
burns as brightly as il did few days
ago"
Braybrooke paused. he found some
difficulty in speaking.
Il can quite understand your feel
ings." OBuen said Il will be as cap-
GA WITH YOU as you are VIII me. IL
YOU can do this thing there is 10
reason why / should fail
Delighted to near it," Braybrooke
cried Il was sdnguine OF touching
YOU when | came here tonight. But
you must give up That expedition ~
Paris
oh, so then yOu know Of that"
O'Brieu exclaimed. do you know
what | am after"