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

WIFE," and tho sensational nnnncr a.
which II had been brought about With
/ considerable interest she noted III.
/ hour that these dispatches had been
| received from special correspondence.
I ana wondered where the shrewa lynx
/ eyed reporters mapped while sho was
~ 'ho mn All ofithe dispatches were
timed o'clock ana each uapcr char
actcrlzed It's issue as an Extra" with
Challis Wrandalrs name IN hugo type
across as many columns AZ tho dig
nifty OF the sheet permitted.
/ Not ono word OF tho girl Absolute.
mystery!
Mrs, Wrandall returned to her pos,
"cS'uc inc hcu OF the sleeper in tho
ahjoining room Deliberately sia
7 placed the newspapers on Il chair nca,
I the girls pillow. aud then raised tLc
! window shades TO let in the hard gray
/ iiSht OF early morn.
4 IT was not her present intention 10
arouse the wan stranger. who slcp. ~;
one dead. 50 gentle was her Lrn.,,n
inE that the watcher stared in some
Tear at the fair. smooth breast th;t
seemed scarcely 10 rise and fan. For
iohE tifnc she stood beside tho bed,
4 looking down at the face or tn. sleep
CT, = troubled expression Ia her cvcs
y wonder how many times YOU
\ wcro seen with him. and where. ANA
by whom" were tho questions that
ran n q single strain through her
niii'u' nero 40 YOU come from
/ Where did you meet him? Who ia
there that knows OF your acquaintanc.
/ with him.
There was no kindly light IN her
cyes nor was there the talntcat rlrn
OF luminosity Merely tho look OF ono
who calculates ~ the Interest Of !,
wcil-shaued purpose. she Mas .st
mating ,fn ,i,;,I,,,l,i,., -,
to attend tile carryi,,g our of sa
sign 49, vet half formed and oui~o,i,,
There were many things to he consid
cred. At present sha wa. vorLipg q,
utter darkness what wo,,id M III,
brirI, forth
Her lawyer came lin great haste 49,,
perturbation 1T O'Clock. IN r,s,,onsA
to tho letter delivered b,. nnn ~ ~
/ incsscngurs \ second lotter n,d c.,,.
- like means to her Husbands brotI-
-. Leslie Wr.ndall tustructtnp bi,u i,
break tho news 10 his father .,,d
mother aud to come to her apnrtm.,l
after 40 had attended 10 the removal in
the body 10 tn. farrti, bot,.. ,
Washington square. she MADE il ouita
plain that She ala not want chains
Wtandalrs body 10 lie under The roof
that ahel,ered her
His family had resented mon, 49,
riagc Father. mother and sister hs,l
objected to her from mo b.ritnln.,
not because she Was ,,nwor,bv hnr
because her tradespeoplc aitc.strv wa.
not remote rs his She found ! Ill,
+ ~. Inc,
them the thing they pr!zed so hirblt
and surrendered 10 her with such Iii,
tcrncss OF heart She Mad NOT Dn.t,
good enough for hlm-that was Their
attitude. Now she was returning hin,
10 them. as one would return An .,r,Irin
that had been tested and found - H..
worthless. She would have no moro ~
him.
Leslie. three years Younger man
Il Challis. did not hold to The views maj
actuatcd the remaining ,nernI,cr. ~
tho family III opposing her as an nd
dition to the rather close cornoratton
known far ana wide as the Nrar
dalls." He had stood out for her J.,
a rather mild but none thc-lcss s,ca,
fast MANNER blandlv informing bis
mother on more than one occa sion that
sar:, was quite TOO good for Challis.
any way YOU looked ~ it--an attitude,
Which provoked sundry caustic refer
ences 10 his own lamentablc shortcon
irss In the matter OF family urfdo
Observation-Disclosures.
lie and sara had been good friend.
after a fashion He waa Il bit OF !
snoh but no, much 81 a prig. She lad
the feeling about him that Ii he couid
be weancd away from tho family 49,.
might stand for something fno In m.
way or character But h, was AZ
adept 1T straddling fences. 20 that he
was never fully on one sido ar ma
other. no matter which way he leaned
IN
his brother. Their ways were wid,
apart. All his life he had known
Chaliia for what he was: his Heart -
not his hand was against him. From
the FIRST lie had regarded Sar;l's mar.
rage as a bad bargain for her MA
toward the last bluntly told her 40
Not once bat many times had lc talon
it upon himself to inform her that sbo
was Il fool To pat up Win all the beast
~ things Challis was doing He char
actcrized as fnfatuation the emotion
sho was prone 70 call love when tbn,-
met to discuss tho escapades az tbo
careless Challis. for she always wen,
To him with her troubles IN djroc, ~,
position 10 his counscllinc. she lnvari-
ably forgave The crring lover who vas
hcl husband once Leslie had said 10
her. in considerable heat: You ACT as
if YOU were his mistress, instead of his
wife. Mistresscs have to forgive,
Yes, but I'd much rather have him
q lover than Il husband" a remark