Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-03
Ethical
alks
WHO'S GUILTY?
5rd Story, The Tangled Web
Ey Mrs. w iIson Woodrow

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Copyright. 1919, AIRS. Wilson woodrow
siNOrsIs OF. PRECEDING CHAPTERS
Mrs; Alden had made n failure OF her
To- make she OF Ssr srssy re-
Isa Mr+ To A msth en y, ssSfsss
| ioNe. And not love alone, but love per-
sonined by Fleetwood Bisir Young Blair
house party at the Nldens :" The :" young sH,s
people go coastins. They declare their love
hous" I" ,cll Mrs Alder OF their engage.
mcni Mcanwh'!c. E"ndri"k tolls Mira. Al
! l'Iei dash In with ,iieir news. just as Mrs
AiIen has given her consent 10 Kendrick's
but kendriek rersuadcs her not to protest.
aud outlines plo: her. Fleet gets
him to soccn, an offer that Eendrick viii
mare mn N+ndrick offers 20 employ Elm
on ~. mission TO Japan at si:o" month.
, during that time. Thinking Ruth mn,sr.
stands .,' Flee; accepts, rh" noe was forged
she hIamcs kendrick for having tcm,,.d
b hares, % % married konhrick TO revenge
and cruelty maiiss him miserable rlrc;
rotnrnS not knowing Ruth is married Ken
n ~ ~, 'm>'tcs him 10 dinner. without word
of Mrs Alden's trcachcry. Blu, RUN 'sh han
H "T the +" E9mIr {" love and deyoi4s hersclf
weaken in his battle in Wall Street
CONTINUED from Friday.1
II was on the afternoon of the last
gay OF the memorable copper raid
that Fleetwood Blair received this bric,
telephone message from Ruth:
Com" here at once
Blair obeycd the summons. He found
in, i,o
HENDRICKS great home. She had grown
thinner this past month. Her beuuti
iui face was deadly pale. And her big
eyes Elowed like live Goals.
nave done it, she cried exult-
antlN' rs Blair came into the room
I've done it. Fleet He is punished
at last our debt is paid In fulI
ou-you surely haven't killed
him Whispered Blair, frightened ~
hcr strange cXultation.
az me" MN she lnuehed scornfully |
Not J. That would have been TOO |
mild lie has no especial fear. of |
death. What he most breads is nov.
erty 1t is nightmare TO him. He
has said hundred times that lA
would rather lost his life than to lose
MS mnney and the power his money
gives M" We'll, have stripped him
OF that money and that power. The |
iHea came to mo that night YOU were
here--the nieht he struck me I'm IN
mat time ! had always yawncd i'm his
lace "hen no had tried To talk business
70 me, rs nc was forever trying To
tics"
'You-?'
Tie came home late and very hum
piN asked my forgiveness for striking
me I forcave' hm-as if any woman
would forgive such = thiny,-and we
had sweet reconciliation scene
told MINI I'd Try to he more OF holm !
mate Tor him. and I encouraged him
TO talk over his business plans with |
me ne Was only too glad to. lie
was starting this copper Campaign. aud
he was delighted to have some ono 70
praI 10 about the wonderful moves
nc was gong 10 make. | listened I /
wrote down. secretly. everything he
told ne. Md sent II 10 the syndicate
That was fighting him"
No exclaimed Blair, in amazement. /
fcS' EVER move, every plan /
every trick. sent news of them all
TO ms enemies And so they were able
- n!ock him at one turn after another.
Nall street campaigns are Just n
great game of ciIds told Ratson
Hendricks opponents every card he
had in his hand No wonder ,hev have |
peeh able To beat him. For he is
ocateh' The final crash came half an
h"ur ag" They sent me word o! il.
Md te!cphoncd to YOU. as had
promised He played his last desper-
ate caro- to-day told them last night
VIVA, ma card was To be. They acted
on my Information. And as n result
hes beaten TO oartn. Their teeth arc
III his throat. II" is ruined. Ruined
past all chance Of recovery. And |
have done it, ,vEom lie cheated and
tfiuked and struck, T. He"
me library door was flung wide. On
the threshold swaycd kcndrick. dis
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