The Washington times., 1912-12-01

i:what 10 the matter nowr' he de-.
She's ere. my lord" replied Peter.
d ppins his voice tin II was almost n
vi lsper.
Cyril sp~ns from his seat.
"MhO?' he cried. Speak up. .,an't
"1he-the young lady. my lord. a. you
took charge OF Ola the train. 1 was Just
HERE" exclaimed Cyril. "why
dtdn you show her UP al once7''
But; my lord" ob1eatsd Peter. ~
"Mina your own business. you fool
But Peter had already. scuttied ou,
Of the room.
s',s sxs.t w ssn Sy:r' w:. H::ss :, 'sSSs .s..
be disappointed? Yet II his visitor was
rea ~ Anita, some new misfortune.
must have occurred.
II seemed 10 him ages before the door
cloakec, figure. whose features were
practically concealed by Q heavy veil.
A. glance. however. sufficed to assure
him that 1t was indeed Anita who stood
before him: While Cyril was :;russling
veil. The desperation Of her eyes .ap.
palled him.
my God, what 10 the natter" cried
Cyrii. striding forward and seisins hcr
She gently disengagsd herself.
he had been shot. Yes" she con.
,inusd, |! ~ y know who you are. 1 also
SS. RS. seS sS, told .s. 'SSi quietly ;'ss; rssss Cyril
II? What do you mean?"
For the first time the ghost Of
smile hoveIed around her lips. ,,
.naH YSI ,bs; s:li:S "a yss ,ns Anita You didn't
A"GS "pia '"f'' / 'rsaa,Sy' f wha. a s,unde ,,ns
fool / have bsen from nrst to iast!" ex.
claimed Cyril remorsefuliy.
You need not reproach yourself For
some days ! had been haunted by con.
iu:sa :sa Vision yos e ss ss.
certain that you were not my husband.
oh! II was not without struggle that
I finsliy made up my mind that you had
deceived me. I told myself again ana
man who would take ADVANTAGE OF an
unprotected girl: yet the more thought
about It the more convinced l became
that my suspicious were correct:
Then =! trisd TO imagine what reason a..n
you could have for posing as my nus
band, but could think Of none. I was
In despair. I didn't know what to 90.
Who to turn to. For II I could not trust
you, whom could trust? Mhen M hsard aIi
denly flooded my brain. ! knew who l
was. / remembered leaving Geralton.
But. little by little. realised with dis.
may that l was still completely in the
dark as to who you were-why you mad
1T seemed to me that II could no!
| discover the truth I should 60 mad
| de eci6ed to appeal to Miss Trevor. Sne
was q woman. She looked kind She
I snt A0HnRhnw
vinccd that she did not know who !
was, but ! said to myself that she must
certainly have heard Of my disappear
ance. for could not believe that Ar. Ar
life withou, moving heaven and eartr
to find me-"
Anita shook her head.
NO !, WAS & i:' denG,sss Treyor Sse fo.o Ss hnt
been murdered" She .huddered con con
pathetic humility, there are still 81
many things ! do not rememoer, Ever
ali people--killed nv husband"
Great tears coursed slowly down he
ryrii ached for pity Of her. Ain. 80,
dlds~ "I he S sTgse.ted. partly for de-
sire to comfort her. but also becaus'
| there really fingered q doubt In hi
% "Do you suspect any one else'" sh'
MOT at present. but"
ture of despair.
NO: OF course not. I must hav
You viii believe that. won't you
| Those doctors were right. must hav
~ AM sure you were not Arthu
only Intended 70 f!rishten you by send
"But II was not cra.y. why can
remember 30 little Of what took plac
On tina, = dreadt%! DIRE, 4, night and for som
" II am told that a severe shock ofte
has that effect replied Cyril. "Bu
oh, how 7 visi, YOU could answer fe,
questions! ] don't want to raise you
hopes. but there Is one thing sht. ha
plSined ! Tor one shall always douf
whether Il was YOU who killed Arthur.
Again the eager light leaped into he
eyes.
, makes you think that ] may no, hav
Cyril contemplated her a moment !
silence He longed to pursue the topi'
fut was rcarcul OF the effect It migf
"Yet. nov. that she knows the wors
it." ne said TO himself. "Yes. l wi
I risk it," he finally decided.
DO you remember that you put
drug in Arthur's coffee?' he askt
aloud.
:. yves. perfectly"
"Thcn YOU must have expected
make your eacape before he regain'
= consciousness"
y "Yes--ycs"'
= "Thcn why did yo" arm yourself wi
a pistolo"
!. II didn't, had no pistol"
u Put. II YOU shot Arthur. you mu
have Rad pistol"
9 She stared Mt Cyril in evident bew
II u could have sworn I had no pi
tol."
It Cvril tried to contro, his rising y
p element. "Yoi knew. however, tn
Arthur owned one?'
n ives: but ] never knew where
e You are sure you have not forge
% "No-nor she intcrrupted him. N
g memory II perfectly clear up to Z
" time when Arthur seized me and thrt
me on the floor"
ID "Aftcr that you remember nothing
"Oh. yes: have a vague recoilecti
u. Of a lonG long walk through the lar
IN Of . train; Of YOU: Of policemen. I
p everything is SO confused that ! G
~ be sure ot nothins."
10 Cvrti paced the room deep