The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-10-08
CHAPTER IL.-continued.

M U.-ContInued.
There was nothing left for me to
So but that"
And why did you rob him?"
"Ah, | had ample time to think OF all
that. You may tell the officers they
wtl dnd everything hidden in that
farmhouse cellar. God knows do not
want them. | am not a thief. I'm not
80 bad as that"
Mrs. Wrandall marveled. mot so
tad as that" And she was a murder
eas, a wanton!
You are hungry. You must be fam
tshed."
mo, l am not hungry. | have not
Thought OF food" She said 1t in such
O way that the other knew what her
whole mind had been given over to
since the night before.
A fresh impulse seized her. "You
shall have food and q place where you
CAR sleep-and rest" she said. Nov
please don't say anything more. / do
DOT want to know too much. The least
Yor say tonight, the better for-for
10th OF u.s."
With that she devoted all of her at
tention to the car, increasing the
speed considerably. Far ahead she
could see twinkling. will-o,the-wisp
lights, the first signs Of thickly popu-
lated districts. They were still eight
ar ten mites from the outskirts of the
sfty and the way was arduous. She
vas conscious of a sudden feeling of
fatigue. The chill of the night seemed
20 have made itself felt with abrupt,
almost Supplying force. She won
aered IL she could keep her strength,
aer courage-her nerves.
The girl was English. Mrs. Wran-
Call was convinced Of the fact, almost
Immediately. Enthusiastically English
sud apparently OF the cultivated type.
Gn fact, the peculiarities of speech
that determines tho London show-girl
pr music-hall character were wholly
lacking. Her voice, her manner, even
tuder such trying conditions, were
characteristic of the English woman
VI cultivation. Despite the dreadful
strain under which she labored, there
were evidences of that curious Sc
renity which marks the English WON
en- of the better classes; an Unborn
eomposure, a calm orderliness Of the
emotions. Mrs. Wrandall was con
sctous OF a sense OF surprise, of a
wonder that increased as her thoughts
resolved themselves into something
less chaotic than they were at the time
d contact with this visible condition.
For a mile or more she sent the car
ayong with reckless disregard for com
fort or safety. Her mind was cropping
Tor something tangible In the way of
Intentions. What was she to do with
chls creature? What was to become
az her? At what street corner should
she turn her adrift? The idea of
banding her over to the police did
not enter her thoughts for an instant.
Somehow she felt that the girl was
q stranger to the city. She could not
explain the feeling. yet 1t was with
her and very persistent. or course,
there vas a home of some sort, or
lodgings. or friends, but would he girl
aare show herself In familiar haunts?
e ii u httcrif ny ~ WHY
me poor wretch had not made way
with herself. Escape seemed out of
The question. That must have been
clear TO her from the beginning, else
why was she going back there to give
herself up? What better way out of
1t than self-destruction. She would
advise the girl to leave the car when
they reached the center OF a certain
sridge that spanned the river! No n
would find her. .
Even as the thought took shape In
her mind, she experienced q great
sense of awe. so overwhelming that
he cried out with the horror of it.
Ihe turned her head for a quick glance
II the mute. wretched face showing
Nhfte above the robe, and her heart
tehed with sudden pity for her. The
ESought of that slender, alive thing
going down to the icy waters-her
asul turned sick with the dread of It!
In that instant, Sara Wrandall-no
philanthropist, nc sentimentalist-
zade up her mind to give this erring
d more than an even chance for sal
cation. She would see her safely
Gross that bridge and many others.
bod had directed the footsteps of this
0irs SO that she should fall In with
&ee one best qualified to pass judg-
1ent on her. 1t vas In that persons
sower to ave her or destroy her. The
acmmanSnent. Thou shalt not KILL"
look on q broader meaning as she con-
ssAored the power that was hers; the
yQwsr to kill.
A great relaxation came over Sara
WSandali. 1t was as IL every nerve.
sxery muscle In her body had reached
ia Swapping point and suddenly had
EVEN wsy. For q moment her hands
Hese weak and powerless; her head
fatl forward. In an instant she
~snqua-ed - but ONLY partially-the
ssra-ge Keeling Of lassituda. Then she
MAJ -sst she was. how fierce
xnah - ree Indy ~