The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-11-10

Ing night. but. moved by n strange Impulse
TO her own rooms.
You may sleep late have many
things TO do and you will no, be dis
tnrhcd. Come. take OFT your clothes
and get into my bed. Tomorrow wa
VIII plan further--"
But madam" cried tho girl. u
cannot take your bed. Where are you
to-
II feel like lying down, shall
lie there beside you"
The girl stared. Lie beside mc?o
Yes OH, am not afraid Of YOU.
child. You arc not u monster You
are jus, poor. tired"
"oh. please don't Please" cried tho
other. tears rushing 10 her eyes She
raised Mrs. Wrandalls hand TO hcr
lips and covered IT with kisses.
Long after she went TO sleep. sara
Wrandall stood beside the bed. look
ing down at the pain-strlcken face
and tried to solve tho problem that
suddenly had become a part or her
very existence.
1T Is not friendship" she argued
fierceiy. 1T is not charity, il ia not
humanity. It's the debt / owe, that's
all. She did tho thing for iue that |
could not have done myself because I
loved him. l owe her something FOR
that"
Later on she turned her attention to
the trunks. Her decision was made.
With ruthless hands she dragged gown
after gown from the Innovations
and cast them over chairs, ON the floor
across the foot OF the bed-smart
things from Paris ana Vienna; ban
gowns. street gowns, tea gowns. lin
serie. blouscs, hats. gloves and all OF
the countless things that a woman OF
fashion and means INDUCES herself In
wien she goes abroad Tor that pur-
pose and no other to speak of. From
tho closets shc drew forth New YORK
tailored suits and other garments.
i'ntl long after six O'Clock she bus
iea herself over this huge pile OF cost
/ ~ rament, portions Of which She had
worn pu, once or twice, some not At
/ all. selecting certain dresses hats.
stockings etc. each OF which She laid
carelessly asidc-an imposing pile Of
many huos, all bright and ray ana
Shttering. In another heap shc laid
tile sonhre things OF black--a mearre
assortment as compared 10 the other.
Then she stood back and surveyed
, the two heaps with tired eyes. a GU
4 nous. almost scornful smile on her
lips. THERE" she said with sigh.
The black pile Is mine. tho gay nj.
is yours" she Went on, turning to-
ward the sleeping girl What ira
Ycsty"
Then she gathered up the soiled gar
nents he: charge had worn and east
them into tho bottom OF 4 trunks. which
she locked. Laying out a carefully
selected assortment OF her own gar
Acnts for thc girls Use when she
arose, Mrs. Wran1ull sat down beside
/ the bed ana waited. knowing that
sleep would not come 10 her.
CHAPTER III.
;ictty Custleton.
~ halt past six size went 10 the
( telephone and called Tor the morning
ncw4pap crs At the same time she
asked that n couple Or district mes
scncer boys be sent TO her room with
l the least possible delay. The hushcd.
scared voice OF the telephone girl
downstairs convinced her that news
4 Of the tragedy Mas abroad. she could
imagine the girl looking At the head
limos with awed eyes even as she rc-
sponded to the call from room i.G. and
4 her s!uddcr IN She realized that II was
the wife Of tile dead man speaking.
| one OF the night clerks pale and
agitated, came up with the papers ltu
inquired if there was anything he
/ could do. He tried to tell her that IL
was n dreadful. sickening thing, but
the words stuck in his throat. She
stood before him, holding tho door
open; the light III the hall feel upon
her white, haggard face lie began
! to trcmblc all over. rs il with the aeuc.
"Wll you bc good enough 10 come
| in?" she inquired. quite steadily. The
newspapcrs-hav they printed the
| the details?
| He entered and she closed tho door.
I Just the-just the news that IL was
| Mr.. Wrandall." he replied jcrliily. La
/ ter on they'll have"
| She interrupted him. Let me have
4 them, please" Without SO much as
{, glance II the headlines. She tossed
/ the papers on the table. II have sent
! for two messenger boys. IT is too
early To accomplish much by tclc-
| phone. fear. viii you be 50 Kind as
I to telephone at o'clock or Il little
( after To my Experimentation viii ma
4 the number under Mr.. Wrandall' 5
name Please inform the butler or his
4 wife that they may expect me by 10
/ o'clock, and that | shall bring a friend
! with mc--a young lady. Kindly have
my motor sent TO IIafincr's garage. and
4 looked after. When the reporters
come. as they Will, please say to them
that | will see them at nay own home
at II o'clock"
Cant we--I should say. don't
your friends. Mrs. Wrandall--the fam
lily. mean? No trouble 10 do it.
! and"
.rhank YOU, no. Tho messengers
/ will attend to all that is necessary.
| When my lawyer arrives please send
| him hero to me. Mr. Carroll. Thank
| you"
The clerk. considerably relieved. took
his departure in some haste, and she
was left with the morning papers,
each Of which she scanned rapidly. The
details. Of course. were mcagrc. There
was Il douhlelcaded account Of her
visit TO the inn and her extraordinary
return to the city. Her chief inter-
est, however, did not rest in these
particulars. hut in the speculatons Of
the authorities as 10 the Identity Of
the mysterious woman--and her
whereabouts. There was tho lilleH-
hood that She was not the only one
who had encountered the girl on the
highway or In the neighborhood OF the
inn. So far as she could CLEAN from
the reports, however, no one had seen
the girl. nor was there the slightest
limit offered ms to her identity. The
papers OF the previous afternoon had
published lurid accounts OF tho muir
dor. with NIL Of tho known details, the
name of tho Victim at that time still
being mystery. She remembered
reading the story with no little inter-
est The only new feature in tho case,
therefore, was tho Identification OF