Evening star., 1912-11-10

will have established identity beyond dispute Not
your kind heart and would count myself
coward indeed if allowed to inure your good
Therefore. 1 have gone New York. where shall
render myself to the law determined to avoid the
m ea .La @ ai an
appearance in court At any rate shall petition the
authorities send direct to Mexico. innocent
man; though have little hope of establishing my in
Still. the new Mexican Government may take
pens svude as weighing light n the scale the
degradation and suffering you would be called on to endure
if made useless effort to establish myself as the man
whom have pretended to be.
Of course realize that you will be panied by action;
ders Of the past II permitted shall write to you Now
goodby. and God bless you!
So that what he when he said that her trust
in him would not be faSed! To save her from position
that she to be impossible, he had gone back to
herd with Mexican convicts Her vision had suddenly
become preternaturaly clear. She had persuaded her
self that her actions dictated by gratitude to the
man who had saved her childs life, by womanly SYM
pathv with one who had endured so many buffets at
the hands of Fate But all the pretense vanished in the
strong fierce light that beat her soul she stood
dsraugh the sunshine with the letter cutched in her
nerveleSS fingers.
For she loved this mani She had loved him since the
moment when she pleaded with him mistakenly
wayward husband whom she ready to take back to
her heart And with the knowledge of her love
high resolve. She had friends influence in high places,
and she would face all rebuffs, endure every sneer
only she could win his freedom
"Faint?" she cried, awaking from trance at some
startled cry of Rices "One does not faint when one
has such duty laid ones shoulders your master
has placed mine. But he needs We must not
lose an instant. Come with me to New York. | must
have some human sympathy today, or shall go mad
She was in truth nearly dstraught; but her purpose
was nmovable as wall of brass. The valet about
to summon carriage from the stables when the vic
toria that Mrs. Waverton herself had ordered came
ambling UP the avenue.
IN it was Clancy and he leaped when the vehicle
overlook Doris she was walking unsteadlly to the
house.
"I am here good deal before the appointed time,
Ma'am, he said; "but have the best of reasons
He stopped; for Doris gazing at him with an ex-
preston he had too often IN Womans face, but
little thought to in hers that day
"Even you too late!' she said, with strange
Tilt of scornfu triumph in her voice Claude Waverton
has gone New York to himself up to the authori
ties. you want to know why read!" and she thrust
Waverton's letter before Clancys astonished eyes
It foolish thing do though it supplied last
proof of her unconquerable faith; but the detective
skinned through the document with careless rapldlty
hardly to be expected from officer of the law to whom
was being revealed extraordinary sequel to an extra
ordinary
ust the sort of mad-headed scheme he would carry
out.' he cried oyously Il liked him from the first
ment met him in Providence and the good opinion
formed of him has been borne out in the most singular
way. Even now you see this unnecessary flight re-
bounds wholly to his credit
"Unnecessary-hight! gasped Doris.
"Yes, Ma'am. That is why hurried here certain
person OF the feminine gender found me at U Oiaras,
and told such spteful yarn of events that thought
1T best to come here your victoria and thus make sure
of not missing you. Claude Waverton will be very
surprised when he arrives at the bureau, because
my friend Steingall will show him cablegram from the
Chief of Police in Mexico City which that
the hacaste who really committed the murder for which
Mr. Waverton convicted confessed his crime four
years ago. The authorities did not publish the fact
widely; and their is that it could do good,
since the Claude Waverton concerned reported to
have been drowned years earlier in English
vessel that lost with all hands off the coast of Para
quay. Now, you must bear up Maam; though good
news is often trying as bad news
But Doris felt that she wanted to her heart out and
the tears weed FORTH strive against them she might