The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-15

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SGro,i,cr rails desperately In love With Miss
; c ~. on, and proposes to her. but is re-
poets Mrs. Wrandnli OF having committed
me murder. hut offers to drop IN. matter for
! p price. NJ. Wrandall. the elder dl.conc.rta
M Sieuth ny declaring falsely that. ho had
,nIhsu WIN Mrs. Wtandall at her own apart
Wrandau. however. agrees to nav Tho man
because he HAD given her chance" Bran
n lnc n2oth; friend Of Lesiies. also falls in
,unc Mlth ,hc girl aud his love IS returned
put she refuses 10 marry him. telling him
mn, tho VIII explain Why some day. she
titnc- that she once posed. as Hot,y Glynn.
an an, AG s1Is for n"c,hsr artist, Though he
went In Innocence to the Inn with ChaIils
Mhsaha aS She VIII not listen. but Insists
como again TO urge his suit. Miss Cas,lcton
sun refuses ana goes 10 inform Leslie OF
Not fair?' he said, In honest amaze.
mcnt But. ms dear. ="
Please, Mr.. Wrandall." she excla!,n-
cd with pleading little smile that
would have touched the heart Of any
one but Leslie. Please don't 20 on
1t is quite as impossible now az it was
before. have not changed"
lie could only say, mochanicaly:
''N on haven'tr"
NO. l am sorry If YOU have though,
that might come to-"
Think, for Heavens sake. think
what you are doing he cried. feeling
for the edge OF the table with "A sun
port-scekinS hand. IL had Sara's
word that you were not"
unfortunately Sara cannot speak
for mo in 4 matter Of this Kind. Thank
you for the honor YOU would"
Honor be hangcdI he blurtcd out
losing his temper. Il love you, It's
purely selfish thing with inc. and
I'm blowcd II consider il an honor
10 he. r.f 80
MIR. Wrandall!" she cried. nying him
with her flashing. indignant eyes.
~ gu are forgetting yourself She was
standing very straight and slim ana
inperious before him
Ho Quaited. il beg your pardon.
-
There is nothing more to be said"
she went on Jelly. "Good-hy"
Would YOU mind telling me whcth-
or there is any one else 2" he asked. as
lac turned toward the door
do YOU really feel that you have
tho night 10 ask that question. Nj
Wrandall?'
He VET his lips with his tongue.
Then. there is somo one" he cticd.
rapplne The table with his knuckles'
lie didn't realize Till afterward how
Vigorously he raped. Some confound-
ed English nobody. suppose"
she smiled not unkindly There is
no Ensiish nobody, If that answers
your question"
offer a reason for not giving INC a
fair chance In a clear neld: thnR irs
due"
Cant YOU see how YOU are distress
ing me Must again so through that
horrid scene in the garden? Can't you
take plain no Tor an answer"
Good Lord lie gasped. and in those
TWO words he revealed the complete
overturning OF lifelong estimate OF
himself. 1t seemed TO take moro than
his breath away.
Good by" she said with fnalty.
lie stared at tho door through which
she disappeared. his hopes. his con-
cc!t. his seif-rcsard trailing after her
with shameless disioyalty TO the stand
ards he had set for them, and then.
with n rather CHASTITY smile OF self
commiscration on his lips. he slippcd
out of the house. jumped into the mo-
tor-car, and gave a brief but explicit
command 10 the chauffeur who lost
no time in assisting his master 10 turn
tail IN iEnouiinious flight
Hetty was gloomily but resoluteiy
employed In laying out certain of her
personal belongings. preparatory 10
packing them for departure, when Sara
entered her room.
They regarded each other steadily.
Guestioningly for n short space OF time
Leslie has just called up to- ask
what the devil ! meant by letting him
make fool Of himself" said sara, with
peculiar little twisted smile on her
lips
Iletty offered no comment. but after
n moment gravciy and rather wistfuIlv
called attention To her present occuDa.
ton by significant Haunt OF her hand
and saddcncd smile
i see said Sara, without emotion.
If you choose 10 go, Hctty, l shall not
oppose YOU"
My position here is false one.
sara. prefer to go"
This morning should have held =
sword over your head"
1T is very difficult for me TO real
ize all that has happened"
You are free to depart You are
free in every sense OF the word. Your
future rests with yourself. my dear
III hurts me more than I can tell
all these months"
1T hurts mc-now"
Iietty walked to the window and
looked out
What are Your plansc" Sara In
quircd. after an interval
i shall seek cmploymcnt--and wait
for YOU to act"
Il shall not run away Sara. Nor
40 ! intend to reveal myself TO the au.
thorties. am not morally guilty OF
CRIME. ~ year ago | feared the con
sequences Of my deed, but have learn
ed much since then. was n stranger
III new world. III England we have
been led 10 believe that you lynch wom
en- here as readily as you lynch men.
now know better than that. From
you alone learned my greatest lesson.
on revealed to me the true meaning
OF human kindness. You shielded me
who should not. Even now / believe
that your first impulse was Il tender
one. shall not forget ii, Sara. You
VIII live TO regret the baser thourht
that came later on. | have loved Won
yes, almost as a good doi; loves his
master. II is not for mo to tell the
story OF that night and all these months
to the world. | would not be bctray
ing myself. but you. You would bo
called upon to explain. not /. And Won
would be tho one to suffer. When Won
met me on the road that night was
on my way back to the inn to give nv
self into custody. You have made n
impossible for me to do so now NJ