Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1914-04-09

GGOISldu. nave llILI0 OF uOU0 III LILY
sister Anitra. Georgian's intelligence,
goodwill, and command Of money
would be of inestimable benefit to
me. Anitra, on the contrary, could be
nothing but burden, unless" here
he cast a very sharp glance at Ran
som-"unless Georgian should have
: cen sufficiently considerate to leave
her a good share of her fortune IN the
will you say she made just before her
disappearance and supposed death. "
"That 1 can say nothing about" re-
Joined Ransom in answer to this feel
er. "The will IS in the hands of her
lawyer, but if it will help your argu-
ment any we will suppose that she
left her sister to the care OF her
friends without any especial provision
for her in the way Of money"
The steady fingers clutching the
Scared neck loosed their grip to wave
this supposition aside.
"a hardly supposable case,' was the
cold comment with which he supple
mented this disclaimer; 'but one
which would make the girl burden
indeed; burden which for many rea-
sons | could not assume" Here he
struck himself sharply on the neck,
with the first display of passion he
had shown. "My advantages are not
such as to make it easy for me to
support myself. 1t would be simply
imnossible for me to undertake the
care of any girl; least of all of one
with a manifest infirmity.'
"Anitra will prosper without your
care" replied Ransom, overlooking
the heartlessness of the man il the
mad, unaccountable sense of relief
with which he listened to his with
drawal from concerns for which he
showed so little sympathy. There
are others who will be glad to do all
that can be done for Georgian's for
saken sister,"
Eyes. That is all right, but"
Here Hazen squared himself across
the top of the table before which he
had been sitting; Il must be made sure
that the facts have been rightly repre-
scented to me and that the girl now
in this house is Georgian's deserted
sister. I'm not yet satisfied that she
is, and | must be convinced not only
on this point but on many others, be-
fore this day is over. Business of
great Importance calls me back to the
city and, it may be, out of the coun-
try. l may never be able to spend
T0nrc0no1 Of
fairs, so this one must tell. l have
a scheme lit is q very simple one)
which, if carried out as l have plan
ned, will satisfy me as nothing else
will as to the identity of the girl we
will call, from lack Of positive knowl-
edge, Anitra. Will you help me in it's
furtherance? 1t lies with you to do
So"
First, your reasons for doubling
the girl" retorted Ransom. "They
must be excellent ones for you to re-
sist the evidence of such conclusive
proofs as you have yourself been wit
ness to since entering this house.
am Georgian's husband. l have the
strongest wish in the world to see her
again at my side yet with the excep-
ton of her wonderful likeness to my
wife, | find nothing in this raw II
beautiful girl, of the polished, highly
trained woman / married. | have not
even succeeded in startling her ear
something which I should have been
able to do if she were not the totally
deaf woman she appears. Confide TO
me then your reasons for demanding
additional proofs Of her identity. II
they carry conviction with them, l
will aid you in any scheme you can
propose which will neither brighten
nor aff1ict her"
Hazen rose to his feet. Narrow as
the room was, he yielded to his rest
less desire to move about and began
pacing up and down the restricted
quarters bounded by the edge OF the
table and the door. Not until he had
made the. second turning did he
speak; then it was with seeming open
ness.
tits like putting the torch to my
last Ship" said he; "but this is no
time to hesitate. Mr.. Ransom, do
not trust my eyes, do not trust my
ears, nor your eyes, nor YOU ears, nor
those of any one here, because have
talked with man who was on the
same train with my sisters. He no.
ticed them because of their similar
appearance and close intimacy. They
were not dressed alike, but they were
yelled alike and one did not move
without the other. More than that,
they not only walked about the vari-
Gus stations where they waited, arm
in arm, but they sat thus closely join
ed in the cars all the way from New
York. This interested him especially
as be noted great anxiety and lnces-
SAINT movement in the one, and COM
pleta passiveness in the other. she
who sat in the outer seat was watch
full. busy, and ready to press the
others arm at the least provocation,
but if adther spoke it was always the
other. 1t was not till the quick rush
and shrill whistle of a passing tram
al