Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-22
CONTINUED FROM LAST SUNDAY
CHAPTER xxx-(continued).

CHAP TX NNN-(Conttn
kfT ONLY know that did what
have said. and did II 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 con-
spieuous plaid, | exchanged the skirt
portion with the brown petticoRt I'M
der 1t, and when | observed that II
hung below the other. as, of course, /.
would, went through the house till 1
came upon some pins. with which |
pinned it up out of sight. Thus
equipped, | was still a person to az
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 again
But l had confidence in my own
powers to escape question, toned 10
as | was in every nerve by the dread
fulness of my situation, and as soon
as ] was in decent shape for flight
| opened the front door and prepared
to slip out.
But here the intense dread | felt
of my husband, a dread which had
Eaetuated all my movements and sus-
tanned me in as narrowing task as
ever woman performed. seized me
with renewing force, and ] quailed at
the prospect of entering the streets
alone. Supposing he should ba on chs,
stoop! Surprising he should be in
an opposite winaow even Could |
encounter him again and live? He
was not far away, or so | felt A
murderer, IL is said. can not help
haunting the scene 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 quailing for a good
five minutes on the threshold. l made
one dash through the door.
There was no one in sight, and l
reached Broadway before / ran
across man'or woman. Even then /
got by without anyone speaking to
me, and, favored b. Providence, found
nook at the end of an alleyway,
where ! remained undiscovered till ii
was late enough in the morning Cor
me to enter shop and buy hat.
The rest of my movements are
known. l found my way to Mrs. Des-
bergers this time without interrupt
ton; and from that hiding place
sought and found a 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 l had just escaped,
was. of course, unsupported by me,
and, incredible as 1t may seem. con-
tinued to be unsupported as long as
remained in the house. There was
a reason for this. My duties we're
such as / could well attend to in my
own room, and feeling horror of the
world and everything in it, | kept my
room as much as possible and never
went out of it when | knew that 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 in eXpecta :
| ton 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
l had been witness. | did not knoA
that the victim had been recognii 7d
or that an innocent man had been ar
rested for the murder. In fact, knew