The Hayti herald. (Hayti, Mo.) 1908-1922, 1915-03-11
cHAPrE II.

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CHAPTER II.
The New Judith.
From sleep a. from drugsed stupor
Judith Trine awakened, struggling
Sack 10 consciousness like some ex-
!hausted diver from the black depths
70 The starsmitten surface OF night
bound pool
At first she could BY no means rec
.ognize her surroundings. This rude
chamber OF rough plank walls and
primitive furnishings; this wide. hard
loouoh she shared with her still slum-
Ibering sister. Rose: the view revealed
by an open window ut the bedside;
= fair perspective OF tree-olad noun.
,tains through which . widebosomed
canyon rolled down to an emerald
plain, conveyed nothing to her intel.
:lisence.
A formless sense of some epochal
change In the habits and mental proc.
..ssses Of . young lifetime. added to
her confusion.
What, indeed, had become Of the
wild thing. Judith Trine Of yesterday?
Surely she had little enough In com.
mon with this Judith Of today. in
whose heart was no more room for
envy, hatred, malice or any uncharit-
ableness, so full was It Of love which,
though 1t was focused upon the person
OF one man. mono the less embraced
all the world-even her sister and
successful rival in that one mans at
fections.
This change had not come upon her
without warning. She had been al.
most insensibly aware Of its advent
through the gradual softening Of that
old Judith's hard and vengeful nature
In the course of the last few days.
But now that the revolution was ac-
oomplished. she hardly knew herself
she hardly knew the world, indeed.
90 differently did she regard it-not
without something OF the wide-eyed
wonderment Of child to find all
things so new and strange and beauti-
ful.
And this was the work of Love!
New the chain Of memories was
quite complete. no link lacking In its
continuity. She recalled clearly every
incident that had marked the slow
growth Of this great love she had for
Alan Law. from that first day, not yet
. month old. when he had escaped the
nsry deathtrap she had set for him
and repaid her only by risking his life
anew to save her from destruction.
down to this very morning when the
stream from a hydraulic nozzle had
swept over the brink of three hun
dred.foot precipice a crimson racing
automobile containing two desperate
men bent upon comprising the death
of her beloved.
BY that act Of sheer self-defense
the world was richer for the loss OF
two black-hearted blackguards, and
Alan Law might now be considered
safe from further persecution--since
there now remained not one soul loyal
enough to Seneca Trine to prosecute
his private war OF vengeance against
Alan. And though that aged mono
maniac had means whereby he might
purchase other scoundrels and cor
rupt them to his hideous purposes.
Judith was determined that he should
never again have any opportunity 30
to do. Though Alan. she knew. would
never lift his hand to hinder her
fathers freedom Of action. she. Judith.
meant TO take such steps az his perse-
cution called for. II there were any
Justice In the land--if there were any
alienists capable OF discriminating be-
tween Trine's apparent sanity and his
deep-rootsd mania-then surely not
many days more should pass Into his
tory without witnessing his consigp.
ment to an Institution for the crimi.
nal insane,
She. Judith. would see to that. and
The woman sighed once more.
Then Rose and Alan would marry
and live happily ever after.
But what Of Judith?
She made q small gesture of resig.
nation TO her destiny. What became
OF her no longer msttered. 90 that
Alan were made happy In such hap
pIness as he coveted.
And now the thought stirred her
sharply that what was 70 be done
must be doas quickly. n at all.
And the almost level rays OF the
declining sun. striking In through the
open window. coanselsd haste u Judith
were TO accomplish her intention Of
leaving this place and finding Der
father again before nishtfsil
With the utmost care she rose from
the bed. crept to the door OF the room
Inov recognized a. the quarters Of the