The Washington times., 1912-11-22

<<A Ow, II she Ia, q criminai Aho
an immoral woman, you
VI ms, admit that she has
must a''I' ,,. n,..or-
shown extraordinary cieVeI
ness inasmuch as she sncceeueua nos o
~, eiun,ns ,ne p o she made on
you For the impressIoh, s n,a w,a. H.
ny, "ss very so Vol, un,is,,aiiy In
noc.,. one seeineu " sbso,utely frank.
a,Sr',t as wen as "o''
We. - a.,ov,edsed the doctor,
.Na,,, a. NV sc able 10 dune .so
trained an nbs.rver ms Yourself she
nust he a rama rLahie woman, and can
NOT he ths heinjess creature you picture
her "a "e nponantiv would be in no
danger NJ ha,ny forced to submit to
abuse fror, anv one =.
True murmured the doctor.
But / think 1 can prove to you that
you were not mistaken in your first es-
hers~was n real or could II have been
feigned?".
1T was real. There Is no doubt about
that"
you saw her when she was only
semi-conscious. when she was physical-
ly incapable OF acting II part-did she.
during that time; either oy wo'o vi
look, betray moral perVersltyE
She did not" The doctors anger mad
abated and he was listening '" S'"h
in.e so than can vou doubt her? And
IL she Is what she seems sne e
tainly neither my mistress Ior LIZ
and II she Is not the one OF .ne o.he.
sne must pc my wiz hs,ra snsntcions
v ne p wdI, on T' Succeed in making your
seM ridiculous s,r,ng which tho
There was a pause, our r,, '''o
TWO men eyed eacn a o'" nnint Of the faet
that my wife had In her possession
number OF valuable ornames, con
tinued Cyril. But why shouio snS 10.
Ny wife insisted on having al her
Jewelry with her at Charieroi. ana wheIl
she escaped from there they weIe ai' 1.,i. q
the few things she took win ner. Inc
excitement of meeting her 80 unexpect-
eddy, and her sudden illness made me
forget all about them, otherwise would
have taken them out OF the bag, which.
iocied
STs,,t the verv fact that I did forget
all ahout them and allowed them to pass
ahroweh tbs hands of nurses and serv-
anus a!one ousm' ,hom a;shonestly. You
Slo my coiiie " n your nossession.
nao tnenn Ior oass havinp preyented
Yet you ACCUSE niu Them That n
you from onr whole case
really ridiculous; a' tho w,ISes. con.
against me ID puilt ." c, nrnceeded N
lectures, from When references
draw pertectiy uh.e ,or her aye
MY "ic iouNS s'N,e 80 ,,an-
grant you, but even you would not ven,
ture to swear positively Una. sne ~
twenty-eight. You tancleu mat ! nes'
lected her, consequently l am prute,
She is sane now-so you peleVe sne nas
never been otherwise. You lmagineo
that I did not wish you to examine inc
contents OF my wife's bag. therefore the
Wilmersley Jewels must have been In
IT,"
''..Uhat you say sounds plausible
hn .cEnowIedped the doctor "an(
A seems Impossible to associate yo'
with anything cruel-mean. or even un
derhanded, and yet-and yeti have al
unnccountable feeling that you are no
telling me the truth.
"When try to analyze my impress
s,ons, I find that l distrust not you, bu
your story. You have. however, con
WINGED me that ! have no logical basi
for my suspicious. That being the cas-.
I shall do nothing for the present. Bu'
II at the end of fortnight do no
hear that Lady Wilmersley mas arrives
in England, and has taken her place u
he xunrld I