The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-12-08
CHAPTER XVII.
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UO ONE, pater," said Morris IN
stantly, speaking before
Chapman was fairly out OF
the room Wen do or
talking while on the way When they
were seated II the carriage, he added:
That man Chapman is my evil genius.
verify believe I had almost forgot
ten his existence, and now II appears
that ne has been spying upon me al
the time III tell you whatever there
Is 10 tell Rita came TO my room one
day to see me CARA heard Of it Later,
she heard other things. and she asked
me TO explain. Because I would not tell
'Rlta's history, she broke the engage
nent- Last night, after we left Rita,
she called at the Wilmington she was
there when I returned Il seems that
she met Chapman as she went away
- but why did she go TO see RITA?
InOSe two together the financier eX-
claimed All II they had only known -
Inc younger man placed one hand on
MS cOmpanlOn's knee, and, gazing earn
estly into his face said sternly-
Pater, neither CARA nor Edna shall
ever know. Promise me THAR
NY Norris, why2 Why must they
never Know Rita Is their siSter-they
ere all my children It is not CARA OF
EuIa WhOm / fear 70 tell, IL Is Rita
God only knows how I can ind the
strength 10 tell her How shall I ever
tel her about her mOther?'
You cannOt-yOu must nOt-yOu shall
not eel any Of them" LathrOp insisted
''Pater listen to me. There Is a chapter
OF that history connected with your past
which you even, do not know Silence
IS your only safeguard You must not
Not yet-uot vet, perhaps the brok-
e. agreed But Morris, you must sure
y come 10 me tonight"
Yes" Lath-Op said, I shall come 10
You tonight"
On their arrival at the house. Edna
met them IN the hall and. while Trevor
hurried TO the bedside Of his daughter
she told the details Of the accident 10
LathrOp- II appeared that the injury
vas not, after all. very serious CarIa 8
LETT arm had been broken, and she was
suffering from shock, mental as well as
physical. bus the physicians predicted a
speedy recovery When he had received
this information, IsaIETOD hurried away
and went directly to tsco Offices Of the
Herald, where ne wrote an advertise
menr for insertion in the personal col
umn. 10 this effect
" Rita-It Is most important that you
should return home at once IF YOU con-
sider my happiness. you VIII do this"
he did not sign the notice. inasmuch
as he knew that the girl would instantly
know him as the writer Of IL. He was
enGeaFOT1ng now 10 analyZe the effect
that the rupture with CarIa and the
flight Of Clarita had had upon him He
carried his memory back 10 the moment
when Cara returned the rims to him,
and he was moved 10 wonder that her
dismissal Of him should have affected
nm so strongly n this moment, he
perceived that the disappearance OF
rita was a lar greater Erief 70 him.
Something Of the truth began TO reveal
itself to his heart 4 have Worshiped a
masterpiece Of sculpture he uused
and 1 have seen II step down from its
pedestal and become human clay.
That transform ration has changed every
thing for me- He recalled, too, Chap
man $ statement as to CarIa-s Tnedi-
taJed departure for Europe. and Won
oered over this fact Trevor had inter
TUpted the fellow ere the explanation
had been completed, but Lathrop read
Ky guessed the truth as TO the girls
takes, after leaving the presence Of the
one whom she had bitterly and so IN
Justly attacked. she had impulsively de-
teTn1ueQ on Q far fight OutWaTgllv
calm and self-pOSseSsed as always she
had permitted Chapman to observe no
sign Of her excitement On the spur Of
the moment when she encountered him
she had invented her explanation con-
corning the tickets, and had accepted
the readily prOnered aid Of this chance
Conner IN consequence, Chapman, know
ing her intention and commissioned BY
her TO aid il its <ulhllIlent, had met her
at the pier TO deliver the tickets to her,
and had been present when the acct
dent occurred But there remained the
CHANGED TO be at the door Of the Milling
ton when she ISIS Ied from the apart
ment house Lathrop bel eyed that the
answer to this was simplicity itself. The
fellow had been spying on the man who
had shamed him Nevertheless, the III
innate purpose Of such espionage re-
NAMED a matter OF mystery
The restraints that had been imposed
upon him. his constant worries and sus-
tanned exCitements Dr. duced their inev-
table results on the young man who
was their victim At once on his return
TO his apartment IlarflrOu drODDed down
on a sofa and fell sound asleep
When ne aWOke il was with a start OF
dtSmaT. Tor he realized instantly that he
had slept for q long time A glance at
MS watch showed him that he was al
ready late for his enCa cement at the
house Of Trevor He sDrang to the tel
ephOne, and attempted 10 get the fnan-