Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-08
CopyriEht. 1919. Mrs. Wilson woodrow
SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTER.


SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHATTER
Duncan billiard ncEicc,s his unhappy
friendly with Bruce Kingston rising young
play wright She goes To a house party. OF
10 snub Reggie cadIeigh. who would press
his attentions on her. Cadleigh sends an
anonymous telegram to billiard. telling him
that his wife has eloped with Kingston
iiiiiiard Is in the midst OF a drunken bout
and asks for the congratulations of his COM
panions. Eunicc starts home and offers TO
bring Kingston Into town in her motor car.
They enter her house together and stumble
upon drunken dcbauch. billiard insults
his wife; and he and Kingston nsh, vic-
mother and plans divorce proceedings. I'M
Hard writes her that he has obtained ID
their daughter. After waiting year. she
marrics Kingston. and shortly Afterwards
billiard demands money from her. telling
her he had no, obtained divorce and that
"hc Ia guilty OF biGamy. With note OF
years Of loneliness. Kingston finds himself
In low" with Evelyn Eden. young actress.
CONTINUED From Wednesday,
In short. Evelyn Eden presently dis
covered that she was tremendously in
love with Bruce.
Before they had known each other Il
month they were engaged
They kept the engagement secret.
They resolved on an early marriage,
and decided 10 keep that secret. too.
For the public feels much more inter
est IN Il young actress If it does not
know she Is also a wife And Bruce
was not minded to rob his sweetheart
OF any Of her dawninE popularity.
RehehrsalS were drawing to an end.
Bruce and Evelyn planned TO marry on
the morning of the day scheduled for
the plays first performance. To-
Gcther. the afternoon before, they went
10 select the wedding ring. Evelyn
had an errand Of her own which she
was explaining 10 Kingston as they
walked thithcr, side by side. through
the sunlit morning streets.
In the plays last act. the heroine.
cast off by the man she loved was
! supposed TO kill herself by sucking
poison from an antique ring she wore.
IT was Eruesome. but effective. bit
of staEecraft. And II had to do with
Eveiyn's visit 10 the jewelry shop.
You sec" she was saying to Bruce
the property man has dug up ring
for me that would he an insult to the
intelligence II "a blind kindergarten
child II looks no more like an an
'Ique pntson-rinc than | look like Julia
Marlowc. ] hate it"
The audience won't know the diff
ference, Bruce assured her.
NO. she aSsented, but / will How
can | throw myself into the spirit OF
the thing when I'm wearing that tinsei
hoop? Now here is my great idea
When stopped ut Ehling & Sons yes
terday to nave my brooch mended. |
saw the most wonderful collection OF
antiques And what do you suppose
was among them: a genuine poison
ring, dating from the sixteenth CEN
tury. Think Of that. BY pressing a
o!t OF the gold tracery around the ba Sc
Of the stone--it's a topaz-the stone
!ifts on hinge. Inside the hollow
under tho topaz is place for poison.
And-here is the Quecrest part of the
whole story-the hollow is still full OF
poison"
Nonsense" laughed Bruce "EbIing
was Joking with you
No" she declared, II saw il my
self. Its dark, greenish paste Eb-
ing says i; is the same mysterious
poison that the BorgiaS used The
kind that means instant painless death
ne says chemist examined it. in the
ring. and told him ii is as potent, TO.
day. as it was 400 years ago. Isn't
that interestingly
It's Grisly curio. shouldn't care
TO have it,"
But l should" she protested. And
I'm going to- That the grand idea
spoke of, just now. I'm going to buy
the poison ring. And I'm going "a
wear il in the last act. II will give a
touch OF realism. and I'll act more
realistically, too. If l know the ring
I'm pressing to my lips is full OF dea,lis
| lCiSon."
"But-Good Lord. sweetheart" he
objected. suppose you should touch
the poison Itself TO your lips. by mis-
take? Don't buy the gruesome thing
Please DON'T
But ! want II So" she pleaded
| And. rs for the poison touching my
lips. why, II can't. It's locked up safe
under the stone. until the spring Is
pressed. And I'm certainly not going
10 h" foolish enough TO press II. Dom,
YOU see her voice softeninE, IT have
too muth TO live for. beloved. to take
any risks didn't know any one
could be as happy as ! ann
And the upshot of their brief arcu.
ment was that Bruce not only bought
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