The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-04-19
GYNOPStS.

CHAPTER l-Challis Wran6all Is found
murdered In a road house near New
York Mrs. Wra ndall is summoned from
the city and Identifies the body. A young
woman who accompanied Nrandau TO the
inn and subsequently disappeared is sus-
pected. Wrandal. II appears, had led .
gay life and neglected his wife. Mrs.
Wrandall starts back for New York In an
auto during binding snow storm.
CHAPTER XvII-Sara spends some
time alone in the room where her hus-
! band was killed end then decides 10 tell
al She summons Booth to the room
, and relates, the truth about the tragedy
as she had learned il from lIetty. The
girl had come to the inn with Wrandall
believing she was TO be married there
WrandaIl revealed his real purpose and in
shame and desperation she killed him
Sara also relates her own vindictve
schemes involving Hetty and the Wran.
DALI family and expresses her joy that
they failed. Booth decides to go TO
..e WOMAN was--Eetty?" came
hoarecly from his stir-cning lips. My
+, God, Sara!"
She came close 70 him and spoke
in half whisper. "Ncw you know the
secret. Is il safe with you?"
He Opened his lips to speak. but no
wor;s c.m, forth. Paralysis seemed
10 have Grin2ed not only his throat
but his senses. lie reeled She
erlcrcd his arm IN : tense, fierce way,
and whispered:
lie careful! 70 ore must hear
what we are saying She shot a
! glance down the deserted hail. "No
ono is near. made sure OF that.
Don't speak! Think lrst-think we'll,
! Brandon Booth. 1t is what you have
been seeking for months-the truth.
! You share the secret with us now.
| Again | ask Is 1t safe with you?"
My God!" he muttered again, and
passed his hand over his eyes. His
brow was wet. He looked at his fin-
gers dumbly az If expecting to find
them covered with blood.
rs it safe with your" for the third
time.
Safe? Safer" he whispered. follow
ing her example without knowing that
he did so. II can't believe you,
Sara. 1t cant be true"
1T is true
You have known-all this timer"
From that night when stood where
we are standing now"
"And--and--she?'
Il had never seen her until that
night. !, saved her"
He dropped suddenly upon the trunk
| that stood behind him. and buried his
| face in his hands. For a long time
| she stood over him, her interest divid-
| ed between him and the hall, wherein
| lay their present peril
Come" she said at last. Pull your.
| place. If you are not careful they
| will suspect something downstairs"
He looked up with haggard eyes,
| studying her face with curious intent
/, ness.
| What manner Of woman are you,
Sara p he questioned slowly. won
deringly.
| Il have just discovered that | am
very much like other women, after
| ALL" she said. For awhile | thought
was different, that | was stronger
! than my sex But | am just as weak,
| just as much to be pitied. just as
much to be scorned as any one of my
| sisters. | have spoiled q great act
! by stopping to do mean one. God
| will bear witness that my thoughts
were noble at the outset; my heart
was soft But come! There is much
more TO tell that cannot be told here.
You shall know everything"
They went downstairs and out into
the crisp autumn air. She gave direc-
tons to her chauffeur They were
to traverse for some distance the same
road she had taken on that Inflated
night a year and a half before. In
course of time the motor approached
a well.remembered railway crossing.
"Slow down, Cole, she said This
is mean place--a very mean place.
! Turning to Booth. who had been sit
ting grim and silent beside her for
miles, she said, lowering her voice: Il
remember that crossing yonder There
is sharp curve beyond. This Is the
place. Midway between the two
crossings, should say. Please re-
| member this part OF the road Bran
don, when come to the telling of
that nights ride to town. Try to pic
ture this spot--this smooth, straight
road as it might be on dark, freezing
night in the very thick of screaming
blizzard, with all the world abed save
two women"
In his mind he began to draw the
picture, and to place the two women
in the center of it, without knowing
the circumstances. There was some
thing fascinating in the study he was
making, something gruesome and full
of sinister possibilities for the hand
of a virile painter. He wondered how
near his imagination was to placing
the central figures in the picture as
fhay Actually aupearpd IN that aaorat