The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-25
SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS.

! brother faila desperately In love with her
horror. smith. detective suspccto Mra.
Wrandnil OF having committed the murder,
but offers 10 drop the trail Tor price. MIR.
WrHndall, tho cider. disconcerts the sicuth
. by clever fasehood. but Mrs. Wrandall
agrees 10 pay the man his price because lao
/ had tried 10 give her chance" Brandon
! liooth. !ricnd OF lcsies, also falls In iovo
with tho girl, who return. hats love bu, re-
fuses TO marry him. telling him that Home
day ho wil understand why. Shc coutcsscs
/ what ne has known FOR q long tiinc-that she
! once posed. IIetty Gl:nn. an actress. tor
another artist. She convinces Mrs. Wtandall
mat sho went TO the inn with Wrandali in
innocence Leslie nrEain urges hts sui, and
Mrs Nranda!l Insists that tho glr accept
arate. the gir going TO England. whittier
! Booth Immediately iollows her. she tells
( hi!n that only Mrs. Wrandall has tho rign,
to tell him her secret. and he departs Tor
America TO learn f. In l.ucerne enc meets
who tells her tina, II Is rumored tina, Booth
%nd Mrs Wrandsil arc to he married. Moan
suaaed Mrr. Wrandall to tell IN. etri' 4,
tiory.that Hetty Casteton went to the hotel
with Wrnndall believing uat they wero TO
! be married there, aud that she Killed him in
defense OF her honor
Il remember that crossing yonder.
There is a sharp curve beyond Thia
is tho place. Midway between the two
+ crossings. l should say. Please re-
/ member this part Of tho road, Bran
I don, when come to the telling Of that
! nights ride to town Try "a picture
/ this spot-this smooth. straight road
az IL might lie on dark. freezing
niEht in the very thick OF q screaming
/ blizzard. with all the world abcd save
two women"
I In his mind no began 10 draw the
/ picture, and to place the two women
IN tho centre Of H. without Knowing
tho circumstances. There was some-
/ thing fascinating Ia the study he VAS
making, something Erucsoine and full
-g--s. va
OF q vIriic painter. lie wondered how
near his Imagination was to placing
the central npurcs IN tho picture as
/ they actually appeared on that secret
night;
/ At sunset they went together 20 me
llittlc pavilion At tn. end OF the plor.
which extended far out into the SOUND.
} Here they were safe from tho cars or
4 eavcsdroppers The boats had been
slowed away cor the winter. The
wind that blew through tho open la =
I vilion, now shorn OF all its comforts
and luXurles. was cold, raw and re-
hero.
with her face set toward tho sink.
ing cast, she leaned against one OF the
thick posts. ana, IN a dull, emotion.
less voice, laid mare the whole story
OF that dreadful night ana the days tina,
/ followed. She spared 40 details, Size
spared not herself in the narration.
He did not onco interrupt her. Al
the time she WAS speaking he was
studying The profile OF her face "a ii
| fascinated b. it's strange immoblity.
/ For the matter Of Z. fun half hour
| ne sat on the rail, his back against =
post his arms folded across the
/ breast OF the thick ulster he wore,
! staring Il; her, drinking ia every word
az tor al i,.l- .fnr
prise crept into his face when she
came 10 the point where the thought
/ Of MARRYING lfctty to the brother OF
/ her victim FIRST began to manifest it
/ SELF in her designs. For a time tho
! look OF incrcdulty remained. 10 be
| succeeded by utter acorn as sho wcuJ
on with the recital. Her reasons, her
/ excuses, her cXplar atoms Tor this
: rnaster-strokc IN the way OF coinpen
sation for all that she had endured
at the hands Of the scorntui Wran-
dalls, al or whom wcre hateful 10 her
: without execution, stirred him deeply
! 10 began To understand tho forces that
] compelled hcr To resort to this Ma
/ chiaVclliuu plan FOR revenge ON them
! she admitted cVcrythiug-hcr rcadi-
mess 10 blight IIctty's life forever
FER utter callousncss In laying down
Il these ugly rians; her surpaas!ng win
II dictiNcucsS; her reflections on the trl-
uinph sh5 was 10 enjoy when her aims
We're fully attained. she confessed Ia
a genuine pity for IIctty Castictor
from tho beginning, but II was out
weighed by that thing she could only
describe as an ohsesSiUn, How
She hated tho Nrandalls.
Then came the real awak cning; when
the truth came to lcr as a revelation
from God. Hetty had not been To blame
The girl was innocent Of the one sir
that called for vengeance 50 far rs
she was concerned. Tho staying o:
Chalts Wrandall was Justified. AL
these months she had been harhorinR
a woman she believed to have haen tits
mistress rs well az his murdeross. II
was not so much the murderess that
she would have foisted upon til,
Wrandalis as II daughter, hut the mis-
tress. she loved the girl
she had loved her frorl that first night
Iack Of it all, therefore. lay the stern
unsupported truth. from tho very be
Cil,ning she Instincti' ely had know
dis girl TO DO innocent OF guile.
I Her mouse of cards FELL down. There
vas nothing left Of the plans on .hich
IL had been "onstrnctt d. II Had al
be II swept away. even - she sJroNs
10 protect il against destruction. anJ
the ground was strewn with tho ashes
OF fires burnt out she was
shocked TO find that she had even built
upon the evil spot almost
word FOR word she repeated Hctty's
own story OF her meeting with Chal-
lis Wrandali, and how she went, steT
by step and blindly. TO the last scene
in the tragedy, when his vileness, his
true nature was revealed to her. The
girl had told her everything. She had
thought herself to 10 In love
with Wrandail. She was carried
away by HIS protcstations. she
was infatuated ,Sara smiled &c
herself as she spoke OF this. She
knew Challis WrandalVs charmD The
girl believed in him implicitly. When
he took her to Burtons Inn II was
to make her his wife. as she supposed
He had arranged everything. Then
carno the truth. She defended her
, self.
81 came upon her in the road on that
wild night. Brandon, at the place
pointed out. Can you picture her as
! havo described her? Can you picture
her despair. her hopelessness. her mis-
cry? have told you everything, from
beginning to end. You know how she
came 10 mo. how | prepared her for
the sacrifice how sho left me. | have
NOT Irrittan n her | cannot. She must