The Washington times., 1913-11-13
THE HERITAGE OF CAIN
A GREAT BIG THRILLING STORY
Copyright u. Frank 4 a4.y COMPANY BY ISABEL OSTRANDER
A GREAT BIG THRILLING STORY
BY ISABEL OSTRANDER.

boy. at all. Mr.. YarrelL hope I'm no
saying too much. He isn't a. relativ,
| Of yours. is he?"
.'oh. no." replied Yorke "I am locat
ing him In the interests of-other peo.
plef
81 haven't much love for him. sh,
admitted, because he treated Roberts
SO colby, after all she had done foI
him She had been deeply religious al
her life. a firm believer in the salvation
Of peoples souls and the redemption
OF sinners. but IL Nell had any soul,
don't believe she ever found II
She died about the time he came OF
age. and he was utterly unmoved. He
didn't show any more emotion than II
she had been a perfect stranger. Oi
course. you couldn't expect him to
grieve as II 1t had been his own
mother-he knew, of course. of his
adopt1on-but no mother could have
been kinder to him than she had been.
and his Jack Of feeling seemed positive
ly unnatural
George had loved her. whatever his
lauits were, and | think they had been
very happy together. In spite OF
Georges lack of ability to get on in the
world, and the bitterness of her fam
iIy: George died a few months after she
did. and when the estate was settled
HNpNtney had left nearly everything to
NeiEthe young man disappeared, and
no one heard Of him for years"
sne paused, and Yorke asked in a
Il nse voice:
And can you tell me nothing more
OF him? Do none OF his old acquaInt-
he Is doing?'
Yes. curiously enough, I can tell Won
a little more aboh. him, Although where
ne is now. Il haven't the slightest idea
1t was my nephew. Stewart Hender.
son-tne same boy who used to pIay
m. q nt,t
York
fhey are both men of about thirty
five now. you know. Stewart was walk
ing along one OF the downtown streets
pHa waen ne sa% man come out of an
strongly OF Neil. He hurried after him %
spoke to him, and although Neil didn't
deny his identity, in fact was quite cor
9iai-Ior him-Stewart could see that
p. ne was anxious to get away from him.
it ..r 1a.ner aroused Stewart's curiosity.
Two or three months after that
stewart was lunching in a business
mems cafe with client Of his-my
nephew IS an architeet-when Ne{l
PASSED through the restaurant. Stew
arts client recognized him, and INV
nephew learned to his amaxement that
Nell had changed his name That was
why he had been so anxious to get
away tho last time they met. Funny
Isn't It?
The name Of Hollins y good enough
Tor anybody; they're an old and re-
spected family here. and Charles is the
last of the line. Perhaps, though, Neil
discovered his own name-Roberta or
George may have told him.. for all I
know-and he preferred to take it
again."
And what name has he taken. Miss
Henderson-under what name is he
xnown?' /
Yorke leaned forward IN his chair. his
eyes burning. his whole body CULVER
ng with eagerness as he awaited her
'eply. What an issue hung upon her |
1ext utterance, The crucial moment |
lad come--the climax Of his hours and |
lays of unrelenting efforr-the end of |
he trail!
The lady noted his agitation. his in |
ense excitement. with an interest akin |
o amazement. Then she sat bolt up
light among her pillows and replied to I
him with calm matter-of-fact direct
less.
As the name fell from her lips Yorke
'ounded from his chair and stood star
ng at her with paling face. as IL she
lad taken leave of her senses.
Then slowly the look Of amazed in
redulity gave place to dawning COM
and he sank back speech
ess into his chair, the light of a stu
endous revelation breaking over his
ace.
Continuation OF This story Will
he Found In Tomorrow