The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-03-31
SYNOPSIS.
Copy right. 1915. hy =. l.. Goldberg.


CHAPTER I-Challls Wrandau is found
murdered in a road house near New
York, Mrs Wrandall Is summoned from
the city and identities the body, young
woman who accompanied Wrandall to the
inn and subsequently disappeared is sus-
pected Wrandall it appears, had led q
gay life and neglected his wife. Mrs.
Wran6all starts back for New York In an
auto during binding snow storm.
CHAPTER lion the way she meets a
young woman in the road who proves to
be the woman who killed Wrandall. Feel
Ing that the girl had done her service
In Kidding her of the man who, though
she loved him deeply, had caused her
great sorrow, Mrs Wrandall determines
to shield her and takes her to her own
home.
CHAPTER IIT-Mrs. Wrandall hears
the story Of Hetty Castletou's life, eX-
cept that portion that relates to Wran-
dali The story Of the tragedy she for
bids the girl ever to tell her. She offers
Hetty a home. friendship and security
from peril on account of the tragedy.
CHAPTER " Mrs Sara wrandal and
Hotty attend the funeral Of Challis Wran-
dan Mt the home Of his parents Sara
had always been treated as an iuterlupcr
by the suobhish Wrandall family, but
the tragedy seems TO draw them closer
together.
DdId w ldi!idti ItIAA lttu W ANIN
York at the end OF the month, and
Leslie met her at the dock, as he did
on an occasion fourteen months ear
lier. Then she came in on fierce
gale from the wintry Atlantic; this
time the air was soft and balmy and
sweet with the kindness of spring. 1t
was May and the sea was blue, the
land was green.
Again she went to the small, exclu-
sive hotel near the park. Her apart
ment was closed the butte: and his
wife and all of their hastily recruited
company being in the country, await
ing her arrival from town. Leslie at
tended to everything. He lent his re-
sourceful man servant and his motor
to his lovely sister-in-law, and saw to
it that his mother and Vivian sent
flowers to the ship. Redmond Wran-
dali called at the hotel Immediately
after banking hours, kissed his daugh-
ter-in.laW, and delivered an ultimatum
secondhand from the power at home:
she was to come to dinner and bring
Miss Castleton. A little quiet family
dinner, you know, because they We're
all In mourning, he said in conclusion,
vaguely realizing all the while that 1t
really wasn't necessary to supply the
information, but, for the life Of him,
unable to think of anything else to
say under the circumstances. Some
| how It seemed to him that while Sara
was in black she was not in mourning
| in the same sense that the rest OF
them we're. It seemed only right to
| acquaint her with the conditions in his
| household And he knew that he de-
served the scowl that Leslie bestowed
| upon him.
| Sara accepted. much to his surprise
| and qualification. He had been rather
| dubious about 1t. 1t would not have
| surprised him in the least if she had
| declined the invitation, feeling, as he
| did. that he had in a way come TO her
with white flag or an olive branch
or whatever it is that a combatiye
force utilizes when it ints to sur
| render in the cause of humanity.
AS soon as they were alone Hetty
turned to her friend.
"Oh, Sara, can't you go without me
Tell them that | am ill-suddenly Ill
IL don't think it right or honorable
of me to accept" -z-.eA- -. -