Tombstone epitaph., 1915-10-10

It was two now-ft was three in the morning ls began to grow light. It was daylight when the sound of the automobi,s was heard. It stopped be- fore the house and Austin conducted Daisy up so the door
 Robert stood on the threshold, fac ing them
 Daisy sprang toward him. and re- coiled from the look on his face.
 You did not expect me till tomor row he said grlmly.
 Robert, dear. there was an acci. dent"
 Where are the rest?"
 We saw them home by eleven and were on the way back when the acci. dent"
 "rll talk to you. Clark" sad Rob ert. What have you to say. you thief you"
 Listen. Robert; you are mistaken. The car broke down. and.
 You lie. You planned this, think. ing would not be home have your letter to my wife. you cur,'
 Whatever you have to say can be said when We are alone. not in front of your wife"
 Daisy stared horror-stricken. at the pair. Had Robert no reason left She ran to him again. she tried to speak She clasped her arms about him He flung her, staggering. away.
 I'm ready to meet you when and where you will. but will not help you to humiliate your wife, cried Austin Meanwhile I'll take the car back to the garage"
 ''T'll be ready for you when you re- turn" cried Robert wildly.
 Daisy saw Austin driving away. She shrank from her husband in in- creasing fear. clutching the crying child Would he never believe? He was pacing the porch like a madman. oblivious of her presence. She tried to enter the house The door had been locked by Susan. ensconced grim. iy behind the curtains. her thin lips, dropping at the corners. set in a sar. donic smile
 Presently the sound of footsteps was ft Nao <iusllH Al the sight of him Robert seemed to stiffen into a statue.
 Austin came toward them.
 See here" he began more easily. If you'n only let me explain It was an
 With an inarticulate cry Robert pulled revolver from his pocket and fired, Austin staggered and dropped. The ball had pierced his heart.
 For an instant Daisy stared speech. iessly at the murderer: the next she snatched up the child and ran wildly along the road into the marshes.
 She ran. gasping and sobbing. till she had left the village far behind her. And day came up. lurid and scorching, and the sun beat down on her. She ran till she could go no farther The child. which had ceased to cry, had become a dead weight in her arms.
 At last. looking about her, she saw only the marsh and forest, and. far in the distance. a little blur against the sea. Seabury
 <hAN Sht icoiiZtu tudt dll lulS udu been prepared for her. and that it was part of the same evil thing which had entered her life that afternoon when she wrenched her foot in the elevator Nothing remained now-ex. cept death.
 She sank down by the roadside. Vaguely she was aware that the leafy curtain of trees across the way con. cealed little cottage. The pres. ence of humanity impelled her once more to rise. She would go down to the sea and end their two lives there, far from ali eyes. She rose.
 A man was coming out of the cot. tage. He was approaching her He stood before her and placed his hands on her shoulders. She looked into the face of William Wright
 At a glance he understood that the same Nemesis had followed her There was no need for questioning. He had seen Austin pass in his motor car the day before. and he had read Daisy's and Roberts names among those of the newly arrived.
 Come with me My mother is wait. ing to welcome you" he said.
 He led her into the cottage.