The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-24
HOLLOW OF F: HER HAND
BY GEORGE BARR McUrCHEoN
BY GEORGE BARR M'cUTCHEoN
synop.I. of Preceding CHAPTERS.

/
mouse His widow, accidentally meeting the
girl Hetty Castleton. who had accompanied
home. The two women return from a long
Zip and Leslie Wrandal the dead mans
/ go, st's'oh ana proposes TO her. but ~ ro-
/ Jec.eu WIN horror. Smith. a detective. sus,
the murder. but Oilers to drop The matte, for
| q price. Mr Wrandali. the elder disconcerts
talked with Mrs Wrandaii at her own apart,
,nent OF the night 81 tho murd-r Mrs.
! because he had ''givan7 nor p chance" Bran,
/ don booth. IA friend OF Lcsiies. also fails in
! !oNc with the girl and hts love IS returned
/ NY shs refuses TO marry him telling him
/ that she VIII explain why some day. Sin.
fDmaeSsss What nc mas known for long
l!ihe-thAt ahe once posed. as LEFTY Glynn.
an actress for another artist she con
/ again urges hts su ana Mrs NrandnII in
,lsLs upon thc GIRL accepting him and upon
| hsr retusali the TWO women separate. the
/ GIT Eo!ns tn England. whittier Booth imino-
diately follows here. She tells him that ouy
her secret and hs departs for America to
learn It. In Imcerne she meets her father
that 81 is rumored that Booth and ME-.
WI"ndaIi arc to he married Meanwhile"
persuade Mrs. Wrandai TO oivuire Miss CAS-
iieton'S secret Vivian. Leslies slater. warns
,booih nat Mr. Wrand"l has desrus on
laughs With him over tho IDEA
IN como over this afternoon snd
show you wherein YOU are wrong" he
/ began. but sho interrupted him with
Il laugh.
Il am starting for the city before
noon 10y motor, 70 be gone at least il
"Nvia, This T.. tho nr.t ~, heard
Of It,
Again shc laughed "To b. perfect
: j. frank with Won, hadut heard of IT
myself until just now think ] SHALL
/ o.. u
/ CAROLS"
"Vi,slnla." She added espllci,ly
~ say. sara. what doe. All this
mean? You"
AMI e you should follow me there
! Niviana catimate or US van not be so
FAR out OF the way rs wa Ike 10
make TT
True TO her word. sho vas gone whom
no drove over later on in tho dnv
somehow. he experienced u queer feel
inS OF relief Not that ho was op-
pressed by tic rather vtvaciouS opin-
ions OF Vivian ana her nix. but because
something told him That sara vas
waNcrins in hcr determination 10 win
hold the secret from him ana He'd for
perfectly obvious reasons
lie had t"o commissions among the
rich summer ColOuistS. one a fuII
length portrait OF Young Bcards!ey IL,
J.
Tic other was 20 be- a half length Of
Mrs Havcuscrolt. Who wanted one
just likc iiettN Castlrton's. cNcept for
the eyes, which she admitted would
lave 10 he different Nothing was said
~ the seventeen years difference In
until Lent
The Wrandails departed FOR Scot
land. and other friends az hls began
I" desert Tho country FOR the city. Tho
fortnight passed and another week be-
sides. Mrs R1vcnscroft decided 10 20
20 Europe when tho picture was half
finished.
You can rnIsh 81 whom come back
,iu December SIR Booth she said
IN lave several new gowns TO choose
from. too.
Z shan be bus2. all winter Mrs
kayenscroft' he said coldls
'liow Tnuoyins" she said calmly.
ana that was tho cud OF il all she
had made tho unpleasant discovery
that IL wasn't going 10 DO in tho least
lko Ilctty Castlcton's, so why bother
about II?
Booth waited until Sara came ont to
supcrintend tho closing of her house
for the winter He called at South
look on tho day or her arrival. lIc was
struck at once by the curious chnnpe
~ hcr appcaraucc and manner There
was something bleak ami dcsolate I'm
tn" vividly brilliant facc--thc tired.
wjstfuL harassod look OF ono who has
begin TO quail and yet fights on
VIII YOU 20 out With mo to-mor-
row Brandon, for an all-day trip in
the carr? she asked. as they stood to-
Ecther before the open fireplace OH this
late NoYembcr afternoon. Her eyes
were moody, her voice rather lifclcsa.
Certainly" he said, watching hcr
closely. Was The break about to
come?
Il Will stop for you at nine" AZ
tor short pause. sho looked up and
said II suppose YOU would like to
know where / am taking You"
1T doesn't matter, Sara"
u want you To go with mo to Fur
tons Inn"
"Burtona Inn%'
That is tho place whore my hus-
band was killed" she said, quite stead
lily.
lie started oh: Bu,--do you think
It best. sara. to open old' wounds by
u have thought 1t al out, Brandon
want to go there-just once. / want
To go into that room again"