The Washington times., 1910-03-12
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George M. A. Cain

law. He was prepared to order VyaIIac,
! of his premises on sight.
! OF course. 1t was quite according T,
the natural depravity OF things in gen
eral and fate in particular, that Mir
Warren should have been overseeing TN,
trimming OF his hedge when the auto
mobile containing Mr.. and Mrs. Green
Hollis Meade. Rodney Williams an,
wallace Meade turned into the drive
| his friendship ana business relation.
Win the elder Green prevented him frOr
IeNploIn g immediately. II required Wal
| lace Ibtlant word Of Introduction [,
| set hin of like powder magazine.
| rms. said Wallace, after Warner
/ had greeted the Greens, lis my father
Mr. Hollis Meade
'What-what2'' Mr. Warren roarod
! 40 YOU mean TO say that YOUR unuiti.
gated gall-What do YOU mean by brinc.
/ ing your crazy, murderin', ScoundrelIN
father hereT What In thunderation
What in blaZeS2 Are Won Manning tC
murder the lot Of Us? Are you gonC
crazy, too:
Get out of here-Eet out before on,
| Of you does some damage-get OUT
From tone of anger Mr. Warren.
voice passed into a half wall of fear "A,
| Wallace showed no inclination to buds,
| the machine but sat smiling his amuse.
ment at the trepidation OF his future
] father-in-law.
It was Rodney williams who came
| 10 the rescue as soon as Mr.. Warner
| paused for breath.
Il think, sir. he said you are labor.
| ing under a mistake
He got no further than that befor,
the old man started again with fresf
wind.
"A mistake, a mistake, What mis-
| take can there be- Amt II been in the
! papers for a week that Hollis Meade
! the murderer Of his wife. was caught
crazy as loon. at the very scene Of hi.
bloody murdern ? Amt Wallace him
self there. introduced this man as IN,
murderer What IS the matter with al
of you? Are you All gone lOony2''
The mad murderer is now confined
/ in the insane ward OF Norrisbrrg Hos
pital. This gentleman, NailaCe's faith.
| er, is quite as sane as any Of us" Rod
F, ney put in at another Of Mr.. Warren,
! pauses for wind.
And amt Wallace Hollis Meade
| SOM Amt tbs Hollis Meade" War
! rem spoke In confused alnaZement
This is Hollis Meade, the man who
| escape lust before ne vas 20 hay
| oeen hung twenty-five years ago,
! Meade himself now answering But
! thank heaven the real murderer ha!
| from the Norrisburg courthouse wher,
! the Judge set mo free without even th'
/ hint that I was 70 be watched as
! suspicious character
And I was there TO see it done" Rod
! new put in
| At last stephen Warren was quiet foi
! a time while he let the strange news ad-
( Just itself within his brain. Then h
! put up his hand and took that Of Hollis
! Meade.
THANK God-thank Cod" he STAN.
/ mered in a choking voice, as ne held
/ his left hand up 10 grasp that of Wal
! lace 81 have beer a big fool-but I'd
I rather have YOU for a sOn-in-law thar
/ any other man in the world" Presum-
/ ably the last sentence was addressed q
/ the son rather than TO the father
! But hurry up 10 the house. Lets
/ tell the girls he shouted, lCaping upon
/ the step OF the limousine and ridinl
! there till they reached the door
Elizabeth came running out as they
! reached the porch. Perhaps she reCOE
/ nized the individual cfUg Of that par
/ ocular motor.
her father had rushed up and seized hei
They're here-they're here-au o.
EN-. It's all over. Hollis Meade didn
/ any more murder his wife than I did
/ And there 8 Wallace. And, how Guicl
/ can YOU two get ready 20 go TO z
! preaCheT'st
Wallace was out Of the machine il
| time 10 seize his sweetheart and draE
! her from her fathers embrace.
Come. come. he cried-''I want yol
/ 10 meet my father"
Il knew that old man at the hauntet
/ house could not be your father" Eliza
I beth spoke ioyfully-"He was half Span
! ish. and old enough 10 be your grand
| father
| A look OF amazement passed over al
! the faces Of the others. Elizabeth look
| ed about, wondering what she had sail
10 surprise them She understood wher
/ her father asked:
/ When did you ever see the old mar
at the haunted house,"
! Then she blushed and looked at Rod
/ ney Williams, VINO laughed good ma
| turedly at her discontinue
IT'S all in the family here" he said
| But Miss Warren was my assistant
/ the night 1 discovered the ghost"
! Wei. I guess IL doesn't make an
| difference now" her father finally de
/ Cided Il amt going 10 let anything
/ make any difference any more. Go on
have it right Off"
/ And so. dear reader. II you want you
! lOVe-Scene, you'll have to make IL I'D 70
[ yourself All I can do IS 10 give yO'
] the setting. The two young people 81
/ in the rear seat Of the big Warren auto
| mobile as they we're driven by smiling
/ chauffeur 10 the reCtOry OF the ReVeTeui
| William Fanshaw Of Norrisburg.
| BY the way Wallace said, II won
I der II you would change our plans 10
/ the honeymoon I would like NOTHING
| better than 10 take YOU 70 the home o
/ my father in Mexico.
But. of course. he had said n lot O
/ wouldn't tell me what they were. an,
| I've been married too long TO remembe
! what they were likely 20 have been
THE END.