Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-11-05
Copyright. Star Company. 1915; all
foreign rights rcserved)
EPISODE TWELVE.
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EPISODE TWELVE.
CmrfusitS.
Fear il grim and terrible thing. l
know have been afraid.
loneliness. darkness, shame each
has its victims. Each soul knows IT,,
own fear. | thought l was above ter
ror-but il gr!pped me once This is
the story:
Il have come in 10 help you with
il June. Then he pcrchcd upon my
o"ak--to the difference Of my work
i';;lIc" than it's assistance.
S;ii. III spite Of my uninvitcd guest.
nnnGGed TO give my attention to the
mail. wedding out ;he chaT OF those
who wan; 10 know whether Il gentle
man shall wall. on the outside or be-
tween two ladies'. from the whea, OF
LIES TRACE crop OF real problems.
Presently came to a letter which
dccpi" impressed me. It read
Dear Miss F,irfax,-l have jus,
learned that my husband is Il convict.
f! still love him. What shall do?
Yours III despair.
"GLADTS HANSON,
''Ncrvenca Road and Elm street. Bronx. -
Here is a letter that ought 10 shame
you out OF your Qu!zzical attitude. -
said J. handing /; 10 j. Il. But that
:hamc.""s one handed it back with :.
laugh
That's easy. Tell her to call a cop"
said he.
:" gave him n f'airf;,N lecture. And
rs Jimmy took It very amiably, re-.
Tented ~ the end and issued an !nvt.
triton.
"ifn going 10 see her now DO Won
want 10 come with me and See that III.
:Nan gets fair play: Some OF my cor.
'rSr' ~ cnts say I'm a little harder on
Tour sex than minc--as .r somebody I'm
authority ought not try to give woine,,
just "A little squarcr deal.,han men re,
for a change"
Votes for women" shouted Jimmy.
TN with you--we'.e of for the
iirrnN."
hut we weren't. FOR jus, then i'm
walked Howard Barnes. city editor.
"ith AN assignment FOR jimmy. So |
started out alone. |, might have mad.
all the difference IN the world II ,.i,y
Editor Barnes had not JUS, tina, morn
ing hecoH" interested in a certui,,
bankers views on the Wall street sill
uaiion. However, alone Wen, and
no." or less alone faced-,ny fear
The subway and parted company "a,
l3'ih street. and then the elevated car
RED ne on into the mos. distnn, re-
r!ons OF tho Bronx. when leu Tho
station which | had discovered was
nearest Ia Ncrvcnca Road. | found N.Y.
self in strange part Of the world. 4
dusty road. with pcbbi.d walks on
either side Of 1t. wandered alon: ahcoc
or me with an air OF Indifference as TO
whether or not followed IT,
Al last two men came into tn" almost
rTincval solitude was travelling. !
asked one "f them if he could tell M.
Aher, Mrs. Hanson lived He was ,D
unusual looking man To he in the com.
r"n% OF the brutal, sulleu-fnced eros,
turc at his side. The most no,ab,,
characteristic OF the man To whom |
hnd spoken WAS strength His was nm
appearance OF dauntic.sncss and In
domitahlc determination, mingled viii
tho clcan-cut sinewy appearance of :,
man who keeps in good athletic train
ing
The Hanson house is just down yon
der. said he But VIVA, do you yam.
OF Mrs Hanson
lancicd the man watched me with
actual miseivinGs when I turned into
the roadway leading to the Hanson
cottage. wondered what difference :,
could make 10 Them. but dismissed that
matte" few moments later when a
gi:! who was charningly pretty i'm spite
OF rcd eyes and pailor opened the door
or course this was Mrs. Hanson. and
her relief and JOY at seeing me were
so great that at least FIVE minutes wa,
wasted before could get her TO star,
telling her story.
Those five minutes We paid for very
dearly later on.
We've only been married two
months sobhcd the girl at last "ano
though George is devotion itself wben
he remembers me--he seems to forge;
me most of the time. When ! ask him
what he's thinking about he aIway.
says us bus!ness--hut he never tells
me what that business is"
oh. Miss Fairfax. I just cant bear
H. Yesterday he sent me out Of the
room when dreadful locking man
named Doyle came TO see him. was
suspicious peeped over the banisters
ana listened 10 what they were say
ing.
love George. ! adore him. but !
can; face what's threatening now.
This is what heard him tell Doyle :
Fo" needn't fear me. did two year.
IN Atlanta prison and escaped
oh. Miss Fairfax. what would YOU,
d" If YOU found that the man yon
iovcd--the man you had married-was
an escaped convict
I would forgive my husband for
what lie did before we met---but how
can endure il if he goes back 10 the
criminal world from which he has
risen" cried Gladys Hanson.
Have you right TO think he IS re-
turning to the underworli?' ! asked
severely.
And then the unhappy woman told
me OF her fears.
On the previous morning, when her
husband had sent her out Of the way in
"'de" that he might discuss matters of
grave impor; with the man whom he
called Doyle. the eavesdropping young
wiic had controlled herself and her hor-
ror OF what she had overheard and had
gone OF quietly To face no cftuntinn