Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-09
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witnesses. early the following day, ~
the Little Church Around the Corner:
After which they started in taxi 10
Bruce's bachelor rooms for the little
tete-a-te;e wedding breakfast that
Bruce'S man WAS 70 have ready for
them on their arrival.
While hiaESton's Servan; was set
tins the liable Tor Bruce and The bride.
there was ring 81 the apartment )
front door. y slender, sad-Iaced NO.
man stood or me threshold a. the SER
we'll dressed. evidently we'll bred, amd
had cuce beer beautiful
is NJ Kingston al home she ask
NO, rsdar, replied the man u
expect him hacS any minute. but
Il VIII come IN and wai;. She de-
cided. entering the apartment IS she
spoke
But, madam" eNpostula;ed the SER
want. Il don't think Mr.. Kingston Nil!
l,e able 10 receive callers to-day. In
fact, I'm sure he won't"
u think he Will receive me-" MAS the
quiet answer that cut short any fur
Their discussion
The woman Went. unlimited, into The
living room and seated herself there.
The man scratched M head IN per
pleNity. Kingston hai given him strict
orders that The marriage was TO hc
kept secret. lie, could not tell ,nis
stranger tina; the bride and groom
would soon arrive at the apartment.
Nor could he order her out lie com
promised by leaving her where she
was. and going back To his own task
Of arranging the diunE-room table.
AS soon az she was alone. the woman
rose quietly from her scat and cross
I'd the room 10 the nantci where stood
a large photograph in a silver frame
nst N .tt al
Ea2ed on I, in bcwildercd terror, rack
ing her brains TO imagine how i, came
TO he in Bruce KinGston's rooms
And thus. Eunice Hiiiard. for the
first time in eight years, looked al The
pictured face OF her little daughter.
Ardath
Eirh, years OF restless and heart
broken wandcrinE had saddencd and
aged Eunicc. And all through those
years she had hattled against the crav-
ing 10 come back TO rrucc. if only
for an hour. Lately. lonE illness
had left i!er With an inourablc cardiac
malady. Knowing she might die At
any time she had no longer resisted
the yearn!nG. Surely i; could do no
harm for her ia meet him again now
she on whom death had set it's seal,
so she had returned TO New YORK And
from the train. aftcr learning his nd
dress in the Director. She had come
directly 10 kings,ouS rooms
Eunice was SUI! gazing at the pic
ture when she heard 70 key ;uru in
the outer door She locked around.
nreathiess with a. aseiHEG.s' for e sight
apartment, with i Iwoman c'insinc TO
MS arm. Tho woman Of the photo
graph-her own li;'ie girl of other
days.
"welcomc home. dearcat. she heard
him say as he a;oopcd to Kiss his
bride.
Eunice: in panic looked anou, for
way Of escape. There was none she
would have time TO reach unseen. She
slipped into n clothes closet that stood
directly behind her and softly closed
it's door to crack.
There" she heard Evelyn say IN
mock anger Just sec. sir, what YOU
did 10 my hair when YOU kissed mo.
lis WRECK Wher, can f,x IT,"
1T looks all right"
at DOESN'T She contradlcted. "I,s
coming down oh dear aud ! s2eu;
such lot Of time arraua!u. 1t. Now
~ VIII take me another ten minutes"
II YOU simply must waste PERFECTLY
good time IN hair DRESSING" ne told
her, IN the same yciu. "you can 20
into my dr"ssiuE-rpom. where there's
q glass Its right there"
She fed 10 repair the damage. And
\ Bruce. coming back into H., living
room. confronted Eunice who had
stepped from the closet,
"Eunic"'' he babhled. ID stark un-
belief; staring ~ ghost
Yes. dear she answered gently. as
If to "A frIEh;.ned child II is /
know? And how could Know II yorIl
sbe my little girl Ardath. Of ali the
women in the world
"Ardath-' he repea,ed duly. then,
Il married her THIS morning
We married 49, she echoed .,,,.,..