Atlanta Georgian., 1914-02-22
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ktT ONLY know that did what
have said and did It calmly
More than that, that | had
mind and Judgment left to give to my
own appearance. Observing that
the dress | had put on was of a con-
spicuous plaid. | exchanged the skirt
portion with the brown petticoat un-
der 1t, and when ! observed that II
hung below the other as, of course, T.
would, went through the house tin
came upon some pins. with which
pinned Il up out of sight Thus
equipped, ! was still a person to at
tract attention, especially as | had no
hat to put on; my own having fallen
from my head and been covered by
the dead woman's body. which moth
ing would induce me to move aeain.
But ! had confidence in my own
powers to escape question, toned %
as | was in every nerve by the dread
fulness of my situation, and as soon
as l was in decent shape for flight
opened the front door and prepared
to slip out
''But here the intense dread | felt
of my husband dread which had
actuated all my movements and sus-
tained me in as narrowing task as
ever woman performed, seized me
y
the prospect OF entering the streets
alone. Supposin&he should Je on tins
stoopl Supposing he should be In
an opposite winoow even. could |
encounter him again and live? He
was not far away, or so | felt. A
murderer, II is said. can not help
haunting the scefe of his crime, and
II he should see me alive and we'll,
what might | not expect from his
establishment and alarm did not
dare go out. But neither did dare
remain, SO after qualing fpr II good
five minutes on the threshold. | made
one dash through the door
There was no one in sight, and l
reached Broadway before | ran
across manior woman. Even then
got by without anyone speaking to
me and. favored bg Providence. found
a nook at the end of an alleyway
where / remained undiscovered till it
was late enough in the morning Cor
me TO enter a shop and buy hat
The rest of my movements are
known. / found my way TO Mrs. Des-
berger's. this time without interrupt
ton: and from that hiding place
sought and found situation with
Miss Althorpe.
That her fate was in any way
connected with mine or that the RAN
dolph Stone she was engaged to mar
ry was the John Randolph from
whose clutches | had just escaped,
was, of course, unsuspected by me,
and, incredible as it may seem, con-
tinued to be unsuspected a long
remained in the house There was
reason for this. My duties were
such as / could we'll attend to i'm my
own room, and feeling a horror of the
| world ana everything in II, | Kept my
| room as much as possible. and never
went out of 1t when | knew thai he
was in the house. The very thought
of love awakened intolerable emotions
in me. and much as ! admired and
revered Miss Althorpe. / could not
| bring myself to meet or even talk of
| the man to whom she was I'M eXpeeta-
| tion of being so soon united There
was another thing of which | was ig-
| norant, and that was the circum-
stances which had invested me with
| SO much interest in the crime OF which
! ] had been \ witness. ] did not know
| that the victim had been recogni led.
or that an innocent man had been ar
rested for the murder. In fact, knew