Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-06-22
CHATTER V.

WT WILL find out--I must find out every
i thing" she muttered to herself as she
closed the street door behind her. Her
mother had not yet returned. Huron,
she found, had also gone out-probably
back to his rooms or his club. In any
case he had no power to interfere with
her movements She wanted to be in full
possession of all the facts relating to
her fathers death before she confronted
him or her mother again.
She felt deeply resentful against Huron.
She hardly knew why He had done what
every one would consider his duty; he
had even spared her probably a more
painful surprise later on But It was evil
dent that he believed in Martins guilt,
and she had already constituted herself
advocate for the defense.
1t was sunny afternoon in May, and
Kensington and Knightsbridge seemed
mostly peopled with pretty women and
charming children. Maud's sense of
strangeness grew fainter as she walked
briskly toward the British Museum. After
all, she was in her own country, among
her own people. over there, separated
from her by nine or ten miles of London
streets, lay Martin in his ship. Unless
she otherwise willed, she need never see
him or hear from him again The last
two months would be blotted out of her
life. How easy and safe a course it might
seem to let him go. The next moment.
staring at the bright world around her.
she realized that she wanted Martin more
\ than she had ever wanted any one or
Rnythlng in her life. He was the one
Rerson in the world she cared about, who
cAred about her Why should she lose
hfm because an unjust. an Infamous sus-
pieion had not yet been completely dis
pelled?
She turned into the park, relishing the
walk after her long confinement on ship
board, and resolving not to take a cab TIL
she reached the Marble Arch. AS she
swung along with the freedom and swift
ness of movement characteristic of The
girl used to sports from her childhood
her mind was as busy as her limbs, She |
was trying to discover exactly how much
the revelation of Huron's meant to her.
She remembered her father very family |
"a broad-shouldered man with a SQUARE. |
cut gray beard, a loud laugh, and noisy, |
cheerful ways. She had been very fond |
OF him, as little children generally are
OF fathers whom they see rarely and
whose tempers they are not allowed TO
try like those of their mothers and gov
ernesses. Well her father had
been killed and his murderer presumably
was still az large. As the dead mans
only child, the duty of avenging hin,
might be supposed to fall on her Look
ing into her heart and mind, she found
she was not conscious of any such duty.
She wondered II the modern civiIIzSd
Englishman had, not lost that capacity
ior revenge which was once a force
stronger than love or self-interest.
Nowadays she rejected more perhaDs
than formerly each generation has emo.
tions enough for itself We are NOT AT
all ready to admit a liability for orr
fathers debts. A Corsican, she suppose1
would know no peace or ease of mind
lll the price Of blood had been paid
she knew, on the contrary. that, wers
lhe murderer discovered, she would pc
OF handing him to the hang
man. Like most uniYersity-taught girls
Dc the present day. she did not err bv
Excessive reverence for law and tradi-
ion. The past weighed. she thought. Ike
N incubus on the present. She was ex-
isperated az It's Intrusion at this juncture
IN her private and personal concerns.
Thirteen years seemed TO her a very
ons lime Ut is long time for those
lnder a0) II had transformed her from
child IN the nursery to Miss Plessev
4, A. tHonors English) She would GER
ainly resent being held responsible for
ne deeds OF her childhood So she had
o thousht or tracking down the SLAYER
Z her father. He, whoever he was, must
ave become different man by this time
H TACT PROBABLY two different men,
NEE we are told that the human bodv
J completely renewed every eight wears !
'ht II she was not concerned with bring !
ne home his guilt TO the guilty. she was I
eenly interested IN establishing the in !
oeenee OF the innocent To be quite /
rank with herself she desired only to I
lear away the barrier between herself !
nd the man she loved /
She sprang into a taxleab as she Is
led from the park and was driven 10 ]
ne British Museum, She had spent some I
me Ia study there, and knew exactly
here TO look for any Information OF 9
mich she happened 70 be IN need. In 2
cad OF crossing the vestibule into the /,
'aaing room she turned 70 the right ana :
tered the news room. Her fingers trem- =
ea little as she filled Up the form: a
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