The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-01-09
CHAPTER IL.
The New Judith.


/ shaustod diver from the black depths
u TO the starSmitten surface Of a night
4 bound pool
HI And fer n little she lay unstirring,
/ !her half-nunb wits fumbling with
Sstheir business Of renewing aequant-
lance with the world
IA At first she could by no means rec
s5oenize her surroundings This rude
#*chanher Of rough plank walls and
sprmtiye furnishings. this wide. hard
4 couch she shared with her still slHm-
Sbering sister, Rose; the view revealed
1by an open window at the bedside;
a fair perspective of tree-clad noun
Mains through which 4 wide-bosomed
.Scanyon rolled down to an emerald
sriajn. conveyed nothing to her intel
] 1igence.
y formless sense OF some epochal
schange in the habits and mental proc
ssesses Of young lifetime, added TO
I her confusion.
s. Who was she herself. this strange
scraatnre who rested here SO calmly
ID The side Of Rose2 II she were
Judith Urine, how came she To be-
there? Trreeoncilabla opposites in
every phase Of character, the sisters
had sedHlously avoided association
E with each ether ever since childhood:
they had not shared the shelter Of
-four walls overnight since time be-
You'd the bounds OF judith's memory.
What then hal SO changed them both
sfthat they should be found i'll such
Close company
II What indeed. had become of the
wild thing, Judtca Urine al yesterday
Surely she had .ut1e enough III com
& mon With this Judith of today. in
3#wboae heart vas no more room for
#Renvy, hatred malice or any uucharit-
##ahlenesa. so full VI as il Of love which
Though il vas focused upon the person
of enc man, none The less embraced
saal the weFld-epen her sister and
4sueeessfHl rival I'll that one man $ at
/ fections
d This change had not come upon her
stmozt inaeHsibly aware Of its advent
ssthrouEh the gradual sefzeuing Of that
sold IHdiths hard and yeneeful nature
In the course OF the last few days.
But row that the revolution was &C.
&complished. site hardly kue# herself
sshe hardly knew the world, indie d.
$50 differently did she regard it--not
without something OF the wide-eyed
EwonderfHent of Il child to find all
Bthlngs SO new and strange and bcauti-
sful,
And this Was the work Of Lovet
Now the chain Of memories was
slGnite complete, no link lacking in It's
CONTINUITY. She recalled clearly every
Incident that had marked the slow
growth Of this great love she had for
#RAlan Law, from that first day, not yet
"a month old when he had ESCAPED the
4 fiery deathtrap she had set for him
sand repaid her only by risking his life
ssanew 10 save, her from destruction,
adoNn 10 this very morning y hen the
3stfeam from hydraulic nozzle had
5Bswept over the brink of a three hun
sEdred.foot preeipiec a crimson racing
5sautoluobile containing two desperate
sfmen bent upon comprising the death
icf her beloved
N i}y that act Of sheer seif-defense
ssthe world Was richer for the loss OF
stvo black hearted hlaekguards, and
ALAN Law might now be considered
slsale from further persecution since
there now remained not one soul loyal
ssenough to Seneca Urine 10 prosecute
Efhis private war of vengeance against
s&Alan. And though that aged mono
ssmaniac had means whereby he might
s8purcilase other seouudrels and cor
#Tupt them to his hideoas purposes,
SsJuaith MAS determined that he should
Sneyer again have any opportunity SO
Ito dc. Though Alan she knew, would
AtneEer Lift his hand to hinder her
Ssfathcr's freedom of action, she. Judith,
ssmeant TO take such steps as his perse-
3cutiea called for, If there were any
ssjustice in the laud--H there were any
Nalienists capable of discriminating be-
ssts9 cen Triaa's apparent sanity and his
Esdeep-rooted mania-then surely not
samany days moro should pass into his
Ntory without witnessing his consign-
ssment to an institution for the crimi-
$1nal insane
u She, Judith, would sec to that. and
sathen -.
n The woman signed once more.
Then Rose and Alan would marry
ssand live happily ever after.
But what OF JUDITH
II She made small gesture OF resig-
2lnation to her destiny What became
Vol her no longer mattered. SO that
6AIan were made happy in such hap
4piness as he coveted
And now the thought stirred her
@sharply that what was TO be done
Amust be tene' quickly. II at all.
Il And the almost level rays OF the
Ndeclining sun. striking in through the
Sopen window. eounseled haste II Judith
Were to accomplish her intention q
Sleaying this place and finding her