The Madison journal., 1914-04-11

mean it? You will take me with you?
Yes. Don't be afraid. Come! Get
in," said the woman in the car rapidly.
"You-you are real?"
The girl did not hear the strange
question. She was hurrying around
to the opposite side of the car. AS
she crossed before the lamps, Mrs.
Wrandall noticed with dulled inter
est that her garments were covered
with mud; her small. comely hat was
in sad disorder; loose wisps of hair
fluttered with the unsightly veil. Her
hands. she recalled, were clad In thin
suede gloves. She would be halI-
frozen. She had been out in all this
terrible weather-perhaps since the
hour of her fight from the inn.
The odd feeling of pity grew strong
er within her. She made no enort 10
analyze it, nor to account for 1t. why
should she pity the slayer of her hus-
! band? 1t was question unasked, un-
| considered. Afterwards she was 10
| recall this hour and its strange I'M
/ pulses, and to realize that it was not
|
the extraordinary thing that followed
Trembling all over, her teeth chat
| tering, her breath coming in short III
tie means, the girl struggled up be-
side her and fell back in the seat
Without a word. Sara Wrandall drew
the great buffalo robe over her and
tucked it in about her feet and legs
far up about her body, which had
slumped down in the seat.
You are very. very good" chartered
the girl, almost inaudibly. 81 shall new
| er forget" She did not complete the
sentence, but sat upright and fixed her
gaze on her companions face. you
YOU are not doing this just to turn
me over to-to the police? They must
be searching for me. You are not
going to give me up to them, are you!
There will be a reward i
There is no reward" said sara
Wrandall sharply. II do not mean 10
give you up. ! am simply giving you
a chance to get away. | have always
felt sorry for the fox when the time
for the kill drew near. That's the
way | feel"
"Oh. thank you! Thank you! But
what am saying? Why should per-
NIT you to do this for me? l meant to
go back there and have 1t over with
know | can't escape. 1t will have to
come, II is bound to come. Why pu'
1t of? Let them take me. let them
do what they will with me. i"
Hush, Well see. First of all, un
derstand me: I shall not turn you
over to the police. / will give you the
chance. will help you. ! can dc
no more than that.
But why should you help me? /
I-oh, | can't let you do it! You dt
not understand. I-have-committet
-a-terrible-" she broke on with
groan.
T understand" said the other. some
thing like grimness in her level tones
J Il have been tempted more than onc'
myself" The enigmatic remark mad'
. no impression on the listener.
T wonder how long ago 1t was tina
= it all happened" muttered the girl. a
III TO nerSelI. IL bSeiuo ago oh
such ages"
Where have you been hiding sine
! last night?" asked Mrs. Wrandali
throwing in the clutch. The car star,
: ed forward with jerk, kicking up tn
: snow behind it.
. "Was 1t only last night? Oh, ~
r been" The thought Of her suffeI
t ings from exposure and dread was to
I much for the wretched creature. Sh
e broke out in a soft wall.
q You've been out in all this weatf
err" demanded the other.
l. Il lost my way. In the hills bac
q there. / don't know where l was"
Had you no place Of shelter"
e Where could l seek shelter?
e spent the day in the cellar Of farm
l er's house. He didn't know / wa
there. / have had no food"
l why did you kill that MANI"
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