Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1915-08-19
THE GODDESS! /"

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By Charles Goddard and 6Ouverneui
Norris.
Copyrighted, 1915. by The Star Co.
NoTE-"THE GODDESS" viii bs
published as a serial story in THE
EVENING CAPITAL. The pictures
will be shown at THE PALACE THE
ATRE every Fridsy.
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installment published the preceding
week and ending Thursday. the nigh,
before.
CContiued from Yesterdays Capital }
res a trHGor, y SPY. re vas gong
10 betray u.s."
Gunsdorf crept toward her. holding
IN his outstretched hand the fateful
telegram.
we found It on him." he said.
Celestia read the telegram and flung
IL angrily from her.
as that your evideneeg"
GunsdOrl shrank from her
She stepped toward him and he had
o look her in the eyes
do you believe that he is a spy?'
Gunsdorfs chin dropped upon his
breast and he began 10 shake Is head
slowly from side to side The crowd
began 10 murmur with astonishment
Then why did you accuse him.
The" mumbled Gunsdorf
why in the name of justice?"
"He-he is a ravisher"
"A what?"
lie attacked a defenseless woman.
II was to shield her reputation that J
said he was q spy. In any case he de
served to be hanged
"He-attacked a defenseless wom-
AM" exclaimed Celestia and she
laughed with a kind of cold scorn.
Mrs. Gunsdorf crept slowly forward
1T had to come out" she cried sud.
denly, che attacked me. If you got to
know"
"He attacked your"
Il swear it by"
There was a battle of eyes
Look at me! Look at mel" ex-
claimed Celestia IF you are telling
the truth you can surely look at me- .
Mrs. Gunsdorf lifted her defeated
eyes in one last effort.
Now tell the truth" said Celestia
Speak out so that everyone can hear
you"
For a few moments the Gunsdorf
woman was silent Then suddenly she
lifted her head defantly and spoke in
a loud voice.
Il lied" she said. He didn't attack
me. loved him and he wouldn't look
at me. trapped him in my room
and locked the door and put the key
IN his pocket Then I screamed for
help That's all | did it because
loved him and he wouldn't look at me
II he wouldn't look at me, | said. he
shouldn't look at anyone-ever I'd
rather he'd be dead. And that's the
truth and the whole truth, so help me
God"
Then Gunsdorf spoke.
"Cut that man loose" he said. Then
he turned to his wife and very quietly
and methodically, but with all his
strength. struck her on the point OF
the jaw and laid her senseless at his
feet. Low murmurs of approval greet
ed the act
Meanwhile, the moose had been
withdrawn from Tommy Barclays
head and the ropes which bound him
had been cut He came slowly and
painfully down the ladder and stood
before Celestia, holding out both his
hands to her
But she did not look at his hands
and only for a moment at him. IT was
as If she had never seen him before
IN the back Of the crowd somebody
chuckled II was Professor Stilliter
"Celestia-" pleaded Tommy.
But she would not look at him, and
her dark. deep eyes began to gather
eyes in the crowd, and then che began
to speak; began right in the middle
Of a speech as WAS her wont and
spoke to them Of justice. and patience
and brotherly love. and scolded them
a little for having flown al cOncW
sions. and so nearly stained their soula
with innocent blood And when she
told them quite simply that she had
come from heaven to make the world
better place to live in. those who
succeeded in catching a glance of heI
| eyes believed her And the other
kept a dead silence and greatly won
dered
When she had finished the crowd
| opened for her. and she passed sweet
ly and quietly through, and vanished
after a while in the dusk followed
only by Freddie the Ferret and stilli
ter
stop her." somebody cried; "she'i
going to the stockade We want hei
with US"
But nobody made a move to follow
her
The Gunsdorf woman raised hersel
on her hands and moaned. Tommy
al compassion, stepped swiftly for
ward and helped her 70 her feet.
His heart ached terribly, becaus'
Celestia had not spoken TO him. H
wondered why she had been so cruel
| There were two reasons. Prcfesso