The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-07-03
THE EUGENlC BRIDE.
By Arthur B. Reeves

started IL leave the room. uncertain
Wh"Ih"r she knew rr cared. Qulr7f had
fined his rEes silently on Craig. as II
imul"rinE hlnl Ia speak. but l knew how
unlikely that WAS until he had confirmed
his suspicion TO the last slightest detail
W.. were passing through a dressing
room in the suite when We met tall
young woman, whose face l instantly
, recognized. not because l had seen IL be-
lore but because she had the Anterior
HUcr 80 prominently Developed
My cousin. Edith" introduced Quincy.
f.alth Anterior was noticeable
wu.naII Il woman of temperament. not
beautiful exactly, but with statcliness
about her. an :IooIneSS. The more L
.tuuIcd her face. with its thin sensitive
lips and commanding. almost iinpeFlous
eyes. the NOR" there seemed to be some
Thing peculiar about her. She was dress
ed very simply in black but 1t was the
simplicity that costs. ono thing was
uui,. evidcnt--her pride in the family OF
.Alhcrlun.
She Gid not finger long. but continued
her stately way into the room where Eu-
gruia sat. And at once 1t flashed over
me. what my impression, lndcrinable, halt
formed, was. l could not help thinking.
las saw her pass. Of the lady Madeline
in The Fall Of the House OF Usher.
regarded her with utter astonish-
rurnt and yet found IT impossible TO &c
count for such feeling. Almost De
rnn to wonder whether the Atherton
house might not crumble under tho
firrccnoss of 4 sudden whirlw1nd. while
the Two women in this case. Que repre-
scnling the wasted past the other the
blasted future. dragged Atherton oo"h'
os the whole scene dissolved INTO some
uhoativ turn 1t was only for moment:
and then | saw that the more practical
Kennedy had been examining some DOT
aIcs IN the ladys dresser before which
wo had passed.
!. One was 6 plain bottle OF penets "nlcn
might have been some homeopathic rem
cdy.
kennedy said nothing. but saw that
he had clumsiiy overturned the potue
and absentiy set II up again. AS .noue |,
I4hts thoughts were far away. Yet Win
n cleverneSs that would have done cTealI
io a professor OF lcScrdemain he hau
managed 10 extract two or three Oh lhe
pellets.
81 should like to meet Burroughs Atm
erton." Craig remarked as we stocu III
tba vide hall on the first floor OIL tIle
bi,T house is he frequent visitorF .
.Sot freoucnt,- FASTENED Quincy Ath-
.r,on in n tone that showed some sat-
irfaction n saying it. However. BY a
Iucky chance he has promised 10 call
Iio-nirtt--a mere courtesy, l peHeVe' u
Edith. since she has come TO town on d
Coed" exclaimed Kennedy. Now l
leave i, to you, -Atherton. to make some
plausihle excuse for our meeting Bur
roughs here"
Il can do that easily.
Rack again in the laboratory TO which
Atherton insisted on accompanying US
in his car, Kennedy busted himself FOR
n few minutes, crushing up one OF the
tablets and trying one or two reactions
with some Of the powder dissolved
while l looked on curiously.
I must admit that l felt tho utmost
svn,pathy for the poor girl whom we
had just seen in n pittable wreck.
~ think l found out the immediate
cause of the trouble" Kennedy said,
finally.
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