The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-09-22
cIIAPTER XLV.--pOISON.

CHAPTER NLV.--POISON.
For chance had conspircd with her
Insomnia TO station judith in the re
cess OF hcr dartencd window idly
viewing the gaunt framework of the
unfinished building from AN angie
which, when Alau edged out along the
Eirdcr showed him plainly in silhouette
against the sky.
In Judith's eyes his identity was un-
mistakab:c. She had hardly needed
The night glasses which presently she
brought TO bear upon him At the mo
mcnt when he was laboriousIy inditing
his message While grim death stalkcd
him from behind.
She had seen him throw the watch
and had heard the double thump Of its
impact with the wall and floor Of
Itcse's bcdchamber.
And .he had witnessed with wildly
heating heart that duel in the air
attic TO surniSc is outcome only from
tho fact that tho victor spared tho life
OF tho vanquished
The infatuate chi>alry of tina,
So. then. she had hno%n ina; mes;
sage had been delivered 20 Eos"--aud
had taken no steps To learn It's import
or illustrate Whatever plan Of rescue
il proposed
That was not like her. but then shc
MAS 80 unlike herself that night that
shc scarcely recognized amy thing In
nor but only tho counterfeit Judith Of
her d-oqstuv.tablc mirror
dozen emotions tore At bcr heart
and mind She was cstranc.d from the
father 10 whom She had heretofore
artpricl =: passionate and unswcryinr
devotion Size Was at odds via his
creature. Marrophnt. because she had
ropniSod his oV"rturcs at love making.
Ma mo ola not unlsindlv but rather
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES ,nniainnt i'm which she
l-. -
81 hcr iu;tbilitv to comnrch.nd tho rc.-
iicuo.s and sweetness Of that alien
nature iJ,d boon transmitted INTO VIC
len, narred
NuI aii bccaupc III had been her dcs-
AIMS To irtrr A., 'l,,o M, man Who loved
her sister ANA VAS loved Nv nor IN turn.
Tho bitterness OF thai ate like an acid
bon her heart
f,.. n., 10 hi. nrcscr, stare nf rc.Il
rcss ana t,er,nj,v ~ n,irposo
Eut ihat .hc could no longer suffer
mis- sts,c ~ a0.,,rs Ia endure Was the
ono cloar f.er ON m horizon Of hcr
Nud t,ltfnatci 4. hrough, her 10 her
trrt sr "a .c.nrd .cizurc or desperate
Determination.
rho ..Iock va. striking as She lcf;
rcr rouin. across the street working
m,u Wctc streaming into the building
t., begin tho iabors OF the day
Irurhing unccrcrnouiously past the
drov is and Indifferent guests in the
cerridor outside the door to Roses
tocn judith turned the key that re
nl.inrd in tho lock on tho outside,
moved 81 entered. and locked the door
bc!iud hcr.
without any surprise she found her
4ietcr already dressed 20 the point Of
cunning her outer garments.
Rendered half frantic by this uncx-
pc-tcd interruption. threatening as II
dH tlc pcrllous scheme that Alan had
plcpo~cd. Rose greeted her sister with
d coUutouancc AZ once aghast ana
vlathful
what do YOU want she demanded
tenscly.
10 como 20 an understanding WIN
\ volt, Judith told her cooiiy
I There Is no understanding possible
Y hetwccu us, YOU know that AS well as
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81 one inerc mus DC
II insist that you iea\c th's room "'
once.
'innist by an mcahs--'ah" ne ualnhen
J may leave inns rooIn--""i MAJ no,,
dear niue sister: h"' one VI us VIII
never leave II awe
win start ot terror Nos' sh,anN
hack from ,his strange. via 'hihS
mat wore 'nc t''! s'''o anu
MA nce OF hcrsciI'
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