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1vT was a hard situation" said
- witho4tS tempting to answer
her qdestlpn. kAE agE
..And then Once more she
faltered for momenS .'Then, two days
later, 4 received a .cablegram that my
father had passed the crisis.
-SHe is aliye2c exclaimed
He is nearly WELL" she answered.
eAnd;he thinks am yinfon's wife"
you have never told him otherwise
i :-Ndared not; L was ashamed. 1 was
xffaid,s at first, that 1t might Kill MN;
after that IL was too late.
And yinton : knew. Of TINS message
"nfa ederses: he suggested IT. And then
i began to know the true Vinton. Never
sayink q Werd to me, he had announce
ment cards printed and he sent them to
all ny frisnds IN the East whose ad-
..Ohi no; he was too clever for that.
They would have known that n-was a
falsehood But he ssent them East and
abroad He wanted to put me In a posi-
hon. where i could not retreat without
shame and humiliation; and he succeed
ed; It was after that he began to domi-
nate. me, to frighten me, to make me
understand that he had placed me in his
power. i was afraid to send word TO
my father that / had lied to him. Vim
ton told me that only one course re-
maiped-f must marry him or be for
ever disgraced.. And he was right! He
had ne trapped-, But I would not marry
hiintheN # eyaded il. n had nobody
to advtss me. WIS ashamed to tell my
friends So came East. just to get
away from him / had no hope of es-
Gaping. him always; but l wanted time.
went to Washington and hid there in
Asss efss ssss ia t1Wh without Then esstlns an
other thing happened. 1t seems as if
everything has been tragedy of late. I
read, in a paper that my uncle was
cytne-Rufus Jennings
s;sfSis Is bis hensssg I,asked quickly.
'sYes. $50 1 came-te Baltimore; but
he had died before Iyarrived. And then
/; Vintsn-he had followed me to Wash
siHgton-read of it and knew where l
must be, and followed me here"
I, but where did Purvis come Inland
Lezareo" / broke in.
''Vfn.on knew Ppryis,z it seems.
don't know just where ,he is. he lives
IN Washington, and seeHis to be mixed
up IN goysHainent- -xsatters in some way.
Laxare Is a-fOreigner; I think he is
French. but 1dc not really know. Vim
ton brought them here first; he made
this place his headquarters. 1 could not
help oykrhearing much of their talk
Gradually i. found out that they were
trying to get hold of your compass"
., Ysts-yss'--- --I-exclafraed exeftedly.
&c e iisnli is,ss foreign government
sss .xsBf a5s shs nm.ss ssiq t. pS4 Sqt
Wis, Gn6 Pufvis enlisted yinton. They
talked a great seal about the money
there WAS in it. They We're. trying to
find out where the compass was; they
knew itowas somewhere in Washington;
thai you had been trying to interest the
Government In the matter. Then Vim
ton began to work on me- Steadily he
had been trying TO break down my will.
to make me aGbeeryieut tebhim. had
nobody + dared go to. J was afraid to
go home and confess to my father that
I had lied to him. ! was all alone in
this house; even the servants left soon
after my uncle's death. Vinton was
staying in Washington. He saw Pur-
Wis any Lazase every day. AS I said.
he o4ens Brought them here. And
what happehed inAthe capitois
nodded.
"Oh, / was ashamed she cried pitt
fully@.But=T was so afraid / did not
dare disobey. By that time Vinton was
beginning to succeed. He had robbed
was a woman shhd anadEr TSHNt
you did the only thing sS You sSiRn eSuid
But What did You think Of me2"
%. efdf't know what to think at
first" ! said frankly; But I knew
from the beginning that you We're re-
luctant, doing something against your
will. .fwhs. of course. didn't know"
Il ran away from you at the, White
House." she went on, partly because
In n l< rIaf -s,,,z
wanted me TO do and partly because l
was ashamed to look you in the face !
after what happened there."{
II was going to ask about that"
broke In sMrs McCutcheon-
vfntdn sent wedding cards" she sup |
plied--@It was she who, supposing !
was staying at my uncle's house in
Baltimore procured the White House |
invita- tjopa II had, not the least idea |
him, Sezauss hi fhoasit il would. Give
him an additional grip on me; but / was !
stubborn about that. When failed to |
get 10 the point with you this after
noon was afraid to go back and tell |
vinfon so. Ahd then / thought of the
thinking perhaps something might hap
pen there which would give me the fn- |
formation But always / despised the |
task. and Ioathed myself for being SO
weak! can you peueVe mat! .sL ~
'T do believe" ] answered.
when Mrs. McCutcheon pet us there |
wasn't anything eise tosdo but pass you
of as vi1top FL couldn't explain to
her. ET X "a
"And 1 hslSeds % make the affair bar
ticularIy difficult for you ] added.
She szniIed faintly. but rather rue
fully.
what an amusing liar you must |
think amky she; went on.aR But, e had |
to do 1t aftAt Ehat you said. &There |
was no otheA way"
But LieufeAanh Ferris?" IL
flehd VINO Knew nothing Of the sup
posed marriage. The moment he ad- |
5dresse& ne NJ A&issz Denaideon,. = knew |
that. .3f peeg3e,3 a relief mol to have 20 |
go through the same old lie for him. q
"But you oaliei me Mr.. Larned, II |
you remember"