The Cairo bulletin., 1914-04-26


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rcsa. csli". Rot taa' hc5,d You
3 hated thc rest. tor you i7icl to
b coaeiaoratc. Tho one rrudrc held
9~ai-etycu was Tart IN seeking to sus.
tain me ycu Gcf2mcd YOUR own brother.
You ccmc 10 ne with stories of his
laisdcoGs; you said that he was n
GCoyrGrcl and that you would not
t!ane no for showing him up Do
you not remember? And so my plot
| inyclTcd yCC; you were the only one
through whcm | could strike. There
were times when filtered. could
rot bear the thought OF sacrificing
Tetty Caatleton, nor Was II easy TO
Thoroughly aTpcase ny conscience in
respect to you. Still, if | could have
had my way Il few months ago. il
coercion had been Of any avail, you
would now be the husband OF your
brothers slayer Then | cane to
know that she was not what | had
thought she was. She was honest.
My bubble burst. ! came out Of the
maze in which l had been living and
saw clearly that what | had contem-
plated was the most atrocious-s"
"Atrocious?" cried Mrs Redmond
Wrandall between her set teeth. "Dia.
bolical Diabolical! My God, Sara,
what devil YOU" She did not com
plete the sentence, but sank back in
her chair and stared with wide, horror
struck eyes at her rigid daughterin-
law
Her husband, his hand shaking as
II with palsy, pointed finger at lIet
ty. And so you are the one we have
been hunting for all these months
Miss Castleton! You are the one we
want! You who have sat at our table
you who have smiled in our faces"
stop Mr.. Wrandall," commanded
Sara, noting the ashen face of tho Tirl
Don't let tho fact escape you that
am the guilty person. Don't forget
that she owed her freedom, if not her
life to me, | alone kept her from
giving herself up to the law. All that
has traasqirod since that night in
March must he placed to my account
Hetty Castleton has been my prisoner.
She has rebellcd a thousand times and
| have conquered-not by threats but
by love! Do you understand? Be
cause of her love for me, and because
she believed that loved her, she sub.
mitted You are not to accuse her,
Mr. Wrandall. Accuse me, | am on
trial here. Hetty Castleton is a wit
ness against me, if you choose to call
upon her as such If not. shall ask
her to speak in my defense. if she can
do So"
This is lunacy!" cried Mr Wran
dali. coming TO his feet. Il dou't care
what your motives may have been.
They do not make her any less q muir
dcres8, She"
I'VE must Give her over to the 20
lice began lis wife, struggling to
her feet She staggered. 1t was
Tooth who stepped quickly to her side
to support her. Leslie was staring at
Hetty.
Vivian touched her fathers arm
| She was very pale but vastly more
composed than the others.
Father, listen to me- she said. Her
| voice trembled in spite Of her effort
to control it, we are condemning
Miss Castleton unhcard, Let US hear
everything before We"
Good God, Vivian! Do you mean
| to
How can we place any reliance oil
what she may say?" cried Mrs. Wran-
dali.
Nevertheless. saia Vivian firmly
Il for one shall not condemn her un