Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-07-18
CHAPTER xII-continued.

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mot now. Not since l have found
you out The thing l have feared all
along has come to pass L am relieved.
truly stand. But, asked: what of
your"
1.-The world is more likely to applaud
than to curse me, Hetty. 1t likes a
new sensation My change of heart
will appear quite natural"
Are you sure that the world will
applaud your real design? You hate
the WrandalIs VIII they be charitable
toward you when the truth is given
out? VIII Leslie applaud you? Listen.
please: l am trying to save you from
yourself, Sara You will fail in every
thing you have hoped for. You will
be more accursed than 1. The world
will pity me. it may even forgive me.
1t will listen to my story. which is
more than you will do, and it will be-
fieve me. All, l am not afraid now.
At first was In terror. had no hope
TO escape. All that Is past. Today
am ready to take my chances with the
big, generous world. Men will try me,
and men are not made of stone and
steel They punish but they do not
avenge when they sit in jury boxes.
They are not womeni Good God, Sara,
Is there man living today who could
have planned this thing you have cher
fshed all these months? Not one! And
all men will curse you for 1t, even
though they send me to prison or to
the-chair. But they will not con-
denim me- They will hear my story
and they will set me free. And then,
what of your
Sara stood perfectly rigid, regarding
this earnest reasoner with growing
wonder.
My dear" she said. you would bet
Ger be thinking of yourself. not of me- .
why, when l tell my story, the
world will hate you. Sara Wrandan
You have helped me, you have been
good TO me. no matter what sinister
motive you may have had in doing SO
1t is my turn to help you"
ITO help mel" cried Sara, aston
fshed in spite of herself.
Yes. To save you from execra
tion-and even worse
There is no moral wrong in mar
riage with Leslie Wrandan," sale
Sara, returning to her own project.
mo moral wrongi" cried Hetty
eghast- mo, I suppose not" she wen
on. a moment later. TT is something
much deeper, much blacker than mora
wrong There is no word for it Ant
If I marry him, what then? Wherein
Hes your Triumph You can't NEAR
that-God in heaveni You would no
go TO them with the truth when 1t wa.
TOO late for him TOTO cast me on
Il am no such fool as that TIL,
secret would be forever safe in tina
event My triumph, as you call II
we will not discuss"
How you must hate me- to be will
ing to do such an infamous thing t,
met"
Il do not hate you. Hetty."
I'm heavens name, what do you cal
ftf"
classification Listen % me now
am saying this for your good sens
20 seize and appreciate- Would 1t b
right In me to allow you to marry an,
other man, knowing all that / know
There is but one man you can in just
See marry: the one who can repair tn
wreck that his own blood created. No
Brandon Booth, nor any man save Les
lie Wrandall. He is the man who mus
pay
az do not intend to marry" sal
Hett5'.
"Bs7t Leslie viii marry some one
and / intend that 1t shall be you H
shall marry the ex-chorus girl, tn
Wait. Don't fly at nae like that
horror. Let me say what / have t
say This much OF your story sha-