The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-11

! .Judg, iIarc.llris and Mr. Mayne toIled
up the bare stairs Of the dingy httl" house
! in the rear Of the art gallery to the top
/ story They entered the front room
singularly clean and neat On the bed
Law the motionless form of "A woman.
still slight and pretty For an instant
Mnyn- stood staring: then he dropped
on his knees beside u
Dead he crird
-Ycr. uncle. YES. father. she i. dead;
my wild hearted. d.spairing, dHsperl,"
mother said slight and pretty young
woman entering the room. i can't
griev. SINCE she is glad
Mayne stag ger.ti TO his feet still staring.
Ruth. Ruth'- he s;amm.red, oh.
trying to tell mes'
What YOUR own dear wife. who be-
friendsd and adopted me when the poor
little child Of nobody, knew all about,
answered the girl My mother brought
me to her just before your marriage
She persuaded her TO pass me OF To YOU
as her niece you know how easy II was
TO do so would never have known,
you would not know now. had you not
bought tine Botticelh.-
Wait a moment must feel that
have got something straight before
you go on Was ii you that made that
wonderful copy Of my Aurora
Yes. mad it IN London while it was
still in our rooms Don't you remember
what pride you always took IN my shill''
But you never showed 1t Ia me, you
must have made il secretly. Why, why
L did IL for dear Elise She was so
indignant. so reckless because you would
not hear Of her marriage with Paul. She
planned to take the Bottic-lli and sell II.
having substituted my copy In it, place.
Singularly enough. because she grew
faint from excitement and l opened III"
window for her. the picture was stolen
tn. first night; and 40 my copy has been
in the lowest drawer Of her dresser ever
since up to
Up TO this morning. when you brought
il to me in the guIse OF "A boy, you mad
creature Why. why
1t was To protect my poor mother.
who now lies dead before you. Let her
plead. father, for me. for Elise for Paul
II was she who stoi. the Bottic-llI, creeping
along tbs. ledge. think Of II. from this /
house where she had taken this room To ,
he. near YOU To- work her poor revenge.
4 came INTO the gallery that night |
ahead Of Elise. She was just getting out |
OF III. window when | caught her and she .
told me all. all. or course l let her 90. |
of course | never told any one. not even |
Elise Of course | came back TO her when |
Ellis. and Paul Were married in the south |
to see II | couldn't be OF some help or !
hop. to- her Will. they were away until
should ioin them again and We three
should join IN asking your forgiveness
she was wilder than | had ever seen
her: ! could do nothing with her. She
sent youananonymo,is note " Inch didn Z
see One night when | was out she
tried to cross over To your HOUSE again
ON that ledge and fell
on my return | found her suffering
from tho injury which finally killed her
She would Tell III. nothing | feared She
mi ght b.tray herself 80 got IN. copy.
took " 10 you. thinking that Then You
" oud b+- SAT SIZED.
When | got back this morning sh., VAS
diving 4 strange man had h..cn here 10
49,. her II. had persuaded her 10 give
Ia" original 10 him - he used for my
i-.netit
IN was Cronkite.- explained Judge
,Inrc..IhIs lie saw thls BRAY. girl enter
IN. HOUSE and GET the copy from the
irossar lie knew " couldn "a b~ th.
original l-caus.. the = shaped strip had
not been rut from It. so he watched while
he. returned here over that same awful
\ ay and until she left this HOUSE a. day
break for the club Then h" came up
her.
He was a. good a. b. was clever.
nt"rpos.d tn. girl He had REASONED
{ all out XhO mother vas. that -h" must
ray,. h" orr glnal and why sh" had taken
Z aud " hat she gong - do with u
\ them -h" fell In ~" k'nd"~t way ~ TIN
\ Grid H. convinced her that ~hr ould
l.. serving IN" best by s,rr"nd"rtng thu
J,CiIr,. - hirn Tor Won l think ~ her
l.arI -h" wanted TO send II - Won Sh'
'pOk. yoIr nam. after -h" had bless. Il
ne. aud that vas all
/ too. bless you. my child SAID NIayn-
I am too conscious 81 my -in - blsrn"
". Inu-t All Try 10 b.. happy together
'Ou and J. and Ills. and Paul