The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1915-03-12

CHAPTER xvli.-ce NtinssA.
He did not once Interrupt her. Al
The time she was speaking he waa
studying the proals Of her face % II
fascinated By It, strange immobiiity.
For the matter Of Q full half-hour he
ct on the rail, hi back against . post,
bic arms folded across the breast Of
he thick ulster he wore. staring q
her. drinking In every word OF the
story she told. A look Of surprise
crspt into bis faes when she came 10
Tie point where the thought Of marry.
ing Mstty 10 the brother Of her victim
nTut began % naaifsst itself In her
designs. FOR . tlns the look Of IN.
ersdulity remained. 70 b. succeeded
By sitter seorn - she wsat On with
the recital. Her reasons. her EXCUSES.
her explanations for this master stroke
In the way Of compensation for all
that she had endured at the hands Of
the scornful wrandAlls. all Of whom
were hateful to her without exception.
stirred HIN deeply. He began to un-
Asrstand The forces that compelled her
- resort 70 this Aachiaveilian plan
for rsvenes on then. She admitted
everything: her readiness to blight
Hstty's life forever: her utter callous-
ness In laying down thsss ugly plans;
her SURPRISING vinalotivsness; her ~
sessions On ths triumph she was -
enjoy whsn her aims we're fully A.
tanned. she e0nfasssd to . genuine
Daty for Hstty Castlston from the b.
ginning. but It ves oatwsighsd By that
thins she could Only describe - an
sbssssionl How she hated the
wranAallsi Then came the
real awaksniAs: whsa the truth came
70 her = . rsvslatioa from God. Hetty
had mot bssa 10 blame The girl was
Innocent Of he one sin that called
for vengeance % fAr - she was con-
csrned. The staying Of Challis Wran-
dali was justified! All these months
she had bssn harboring . woman she
believed to have bssn his mistress ~
veil - his murderess. II was not 20
much the murdersss that she would
have foistsd upon the Wrandalls -
daughter. but the mistress! Z.
She loved the girl. she had loved her
from that arst night. Back Of II all,
therefore. lay the stern. unsupported
truth: from the very beginning she In
stinctively had known this girl to b
innocent Of guile. Her house
q cards ten Down. There was moth
iAg LETT Of The plans on which II had
bssn Constructed. II had all bssn
sweDt avay. even % she strovs %
Dsoeoet Il against obstruction. and the
ground was strswn with the ashes Of
1rss burnt oat. She was
SHOCKED - Cad that she had even
built upoa TIE evil spot! :. Al
most word for word she repeated Hst-
Tvs ovn story Of her meeting with
Chaliis WrNnaall. and how she went.
step By Sep end blindly. to the last
sesas b he tragedy. when his vile
nsss. he tue nature was revealed TO
her. The CHI bad told her everything.
She had thought hsssslf to BE- In love
Win wran1Au. ne was carried away
b Ais psoesseakioas. She vas infatu-
atea. (oafa smiled 10 herself - she
spoke Of tAis. 0hs knew Challis Wraa-
dall's chasmiD The girl believed In
him Implicitly. When he took her to
Burtoh's INN Il vas 70 make her his
wife. - she supposed. He had A.
ranged everything. Then came the
truth. She defended herself. 4.
Il came upoa her In the road on
hat Wild night. Brandon. at the place
! pointed out. Can you picture her -
] have described hart Can you pic
tsrs her despair. her hopslessness. her
aissryi ] have told you everything.
nom beginning TO end. You know how
che came TO me. bow ] prepared her
ios the sacFincs. bow she lsft me. ]
have not written 70 her. ! cannot. She
nsst hate me with ell her soul. just ~
] have hated the wrandalls. but with
Sseatsr reason, ! confess. She would
have given herself % 10 the Law long
$50. n II had not bssn for exposing
ne 70 the world - her defender. her
protsctor. She knsv shs was not NOR.
ally guilty Of the crime Of murder. In
the beginning she was afraid. She
ga not know our land. our laws. In
time she oans 10 understand that she
vas " - real psril. but then Il vas
TOO lAte. 4 confession would have
placed me IN IN Impossible position.
voa see. she thought OF me oil this
time. She loved ne % NO woman ever
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