Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1914-05-21


The answer came deliberately, un-
affected both by the manner of the
accusation or by the accusation itself
Perfectly So" said he, II saw no
body. Perhaps my description would
have been less vivid if had. My in
tention you know. This woman had
deceived me to the point Of making
me believe that she was indeed An1tra,
the twin, and not my millionaire Sis
ter, and Georgian's fortune being nee
essary to her heir, | wished to cut
short the laws delay by an appar-
ent Identification. | never doubted
from the moment this woman faced
with such well-played ignorance the
mark of great meaning we had placed
upon her door, that Georgian was in
the river, as you all believed. Why
then not give her a positive resting
place, since this would smooth out all
difficulties and hasten the very end
for which she had apparently sacri-
feed herself"
If there was any irony III his heart,
his tongue did not show it. The dis
may with which Georgian followed his
words grew as she listened, and
reached it's height as he added in
final explanation:
"The bag l did draw out of the pool,
but only because had taken it down
there in my blouse front. Did you
think a man could see that or any
thing else indeed in that maddening
swirl of water?"
"But it was Mrs. Ransom's bag"
cane from Harper in ill-disguiscd
amaZement. Even his sang-froid was
plot so deep as to awaken awe.
Where did you get it? Not from
Mrs Ransom herself? Her own sur
prise is warranty for that"
mo, l got it from the river, an
other reason why l credited her
drowning. 1t was fshed up from the
sand, little way from the Fall. My
man found it; l had sent him there in
q vain hope that he might find evil
dence of the tragedy which others
had overlooked He did, but he told
no one but me. You flung the thing
too far" he remarked to Georgian.
you should have dropped it nearer
the bank. Only such prodder as my
man Ives would ever have discovered
It,"
Georgian shook her head, impatient
at such banalities, in the face of the
important matters they had to dis
cuss.
ITO the point" she cried, tell these
men what will clear me of everything
but a wild attempt at freedom"
81 have said what had to say" re-
turned her brother.
Georgian's head fell. For moment
her courage seemed to fail her. Mr..
Harper rose and locked the door
1--WE must have no intruders here"
said he, pausing with certain sense
of shock. as he noticed the faint smile.
full of some sinister meaning, which
for an instant twisted HaZen's lips at
these words. But the delay was but
momentary. With an odd sense Of
haste he rushed at once to the attack.
StepI ing in front Of HaZen, he OBJ
served with force and unmistakable
resolution:
Your devotion to the legatee Auch-
incloss cannot possibly be explained
by any ordinary feeling of obligation.
Your sister has mentioned Cause.
Can he by any possibility be the
treasurer of that CauSe!"
But Hazen was as impervious to di-
rect attack as he had been to a covert
one
Georgian will tell you," said he.
when a woman looks as she looks
now. and is so given over to her own
Lersonal longings that she forgets the
most serious oaths, the most binding
promises, nothing can hold back her
speech. She will talk, and since this
must be, let her talk now and in my
presence. But let it be briefly" he
admonished her, "and with discretion.
An unnecessary word will weigh heav-
lily in the end. You know in what
scales. You shall have just fifteen
minutes"
He looked about for clock, but
seeing none drew ont his watch from
his vest pocket and laio it on the Ia
bic. Then he settled himself again in
his chair, with look and gesture of
imperative command towards Georg-
ian. Struck with dismay, she hest
tated and he had time to add:
"I shall not interrupt unless you
pass the bounds where narrative ends
and disclosure begins"
And Harper and Ransom glancing
up at this, wondered at his rightly
and the almost marble-like quiet into
which his restless eye and frenz-ei
movements had now subsidized. Ceorg=
ian seemed to wonder also, for she
gave him long and piercing look be-
fore she spoke. Her first words set
tied one point w4-ich up to this mo-
ment had disturbed Ransom greatly.
you must forget Anitra's story. 1t
was suggested by facts in my own
life. but it was not true Of me or mine
in any of it's particulars. Nor must
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