Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-06-26
CHAPTER xIl.-ContInued.

mot now. Not since l have found
you out. The thing l have feared all
along has come to pass. am relieved,
now that you show me just where l
truly stand. But, / asked: what Of
you?"
1.-THE world is more likely to applaud
than to curse me, Hetty. 1t likes a
new sensation. My change Of heart
will appear quite natural"
Are you sure that the world will
applaud your real design? You hate
the Wrandalls. Will they be charitable
toward you when the truth Is given
out? VIII Leslie applaud you? Listen,
please: l am trying to save you from
yourself, Sara. You will fail in every
thing you have hoped for. You will
be more accursed than l. The world
will pity me, it may even forgive me.
1t will listen to my story, which is
more than you will do, and 1t will be-
lieve me. All, l am not afraid now.
At first was in terror. had no hope
to escape. All that is past. Today l
am ready to take my chances with the
big, generous world. Men will try me,
and men are not made of stone and
steel. They punish but they do not
avenge when they sit in jury boxes.
They are not women! Good God. Sara,
is there man living today who could
have planned this thing you have cher
ished all those months? Not one! And
all men will curse you for it, even
though they send me to prison or to
the-chair. But they will not con.
denim me. They will hear my story
and they will set me free. And then
what of your"
Sara stood perfectly rigid, regarding
this earnest reasoner with growing
wonder
MY dear" she said, you would bet
ter be thinking of yourself, not of me-
why, when l tell my story, the
world will hate you, Sara Wrandall
You have helped me, you have beer
good to me, no matter what sinister
motive you may have had in doing so
1t is my turn to help you"
ITO help mel" cried Sara, aston
ished in spite of herself.
Eyes. To save you from execra
tion-and even worse"
There is no moral wrong in mar
riage with Leslie Wrandall," sale
Sara, returning to her own project.
mo moral wrong!" cried Hetty
aghast. mo, suppose not" she wen
on, moment later. ut is something
much deeper, much blacker than mora
wrong. There is no word for it. Ant
If l marry him, what then? Wherein
lies your triumph? You can't meal
that-God in heaven! You would no
go to them with the truth when it wa
too late for him TOTO cast me off J.
Il am no such fool as that. TIL,
secret would be forever safe in tina
event. My triumph, as you call il
we will not discuss"
How you must hate me, to be will
ing to do such an infamous thing t.
mel"
Il do not hate you, Hetty."
"In heavens name, what do you cal
it?"
Justification. Listen to me now
am saying this for your good sens
to seize and appreciate. Would it b
right in me to allow you to marry an
other man, knowing all that l know
There is but one man you can in JUS
ice marry: the one who can repair tn
wreck that his own blood created. No
Brandon Booth, nor any man save lie!
lie Wrandall. He Is the man who mus
pay"
Il do not intend to marry" sal
Hetty.
But Leslie will marry some one
and | intend that 1t shall be you. II
shall marry the ex-chorus girl, tn
artists model, the-the prostitute
Wait! Don't fly at me like that
Don't assume that look of virtuou
horror! Let me say what l have t
saw This much Of YOUR story aha