Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1915-02-06
CHAPTER LIZ
The New Judith.

oACOp dS lIOIu OTuBReQ SCuDO
Judith Urine awakened, struggling
back to consciousness Ike some ez
hausted diver from the black depths
10 the star-smitten surface of a night
bound pool.
AT nrst she could by no means rec
ognlze her surroundings This rude
chamber of rough plank walls ant
primitive furnishings: this wide, hard
couch she shared with her still slum
Dering sister. Rose; the view revealed
oy an open window at the bedside:
ialr perspective Of tree-clad noun
tains through which wide-bosomed
canyon rolled down to an emerald
pam, conveyed nothing to her intel
ligence.
formless sense of some epochal
change in the habits and mental proc
esses Of a young lifetime, added to
her confusion.
what, indeed, had become of the
wild thing, Judith Urine 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
Oh one man, none the less embraced
all the world-even her sister and
successful rival in that one mans af-
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 &C
complished, she hardly knew herself
sne hardly knew the world. indeed.
so Inherently did she regard it-not
without something of the wide-eyed
wonderment of a child 10 find all
things SO new and strange and beauti-
full.
And this was the work of Love,
NOW 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 {
Aian Law, from that first day. not yet l
a month old, when he had escaped the g
merry deathtrap she had set for him
ana repaid her only by risking his life
anew TO save her from destruction. Y
doWn 70 this very morning when the y
stream from a hydraulic nozzle had [
swept over the brink of a three hun. h
dredfoot precipice a crimson racing II
automobile containing two desperate
men bent upon comprising the death
If her beloved. 81
by that act of sheer self-defense D
ne world was richer for the loss of h
wo black-hearted blackguards. and r,
Nan Law might now be considered Il
afe from further persecution-since NJ
mere now remained not one soul IovaI b,
nougn to Seneca Urine to prosecute to
Is private war of vengeance against al
ian. And though that aged mono
lanlac mad means whereby he might 10
urcnase other scoundrels and cor.
1pt them to his hideous purposes. hi
Judith was determined that he should al
ever again have any opportunity go
do. Though Alan, she knew. would yo
ever LIT his hand to hinder her
thers freedom Of action, she. Judith. ini
cant to take such steps as his perse- 10,
ltion called for. II there were any yo
suce In the land-if there were anv ste
ienists capable OF discriminating be- wa
'een Trine's apparent sanity and his Of
mania-then surely NOT hir
any days more should pass into his.
~ without witnessing his consign. tor
ent 70 an institution for the crimi. off,
j insane. rev
she, Judith, would see to that, and A
en- Tho
me woman sighed once more. pun
men hose and Alan would marry und
q live happily ever after the
But what of Judith? thr,
Sne made small gesture NJ res,o- her
Iion TO her destiny. What became bos
her no longer mattered, SO that B
In were made happy in such han TO
ess as he coveted. tabl
mo now the thought stirred her sour
rpiy that what was to be done his
st De done quickly, II at all clat,
md the almost level rays of the self
inning sun. striking in through the pris,
u window, counseled haste II Judith with
e 70 accomplish her intention q, the
ving this place and finding ho- INA,
Ter again before niKhtfall 80
eitn the utmost care she rose from this
oeo' crept to the door of the room DR.
" recognized as the quarters Of the toge,