The Washington times., 1918-04-04
Read Right On in Foday's
Installment. ,
Part One-(Continued)

"Yes, your Wichita Simpson.
She was making frantic efforts to
reach the window. She saw you.
and cried, Save me. Charlie" You
could have done so. You could
have lifted her to the window and
followed yourself. But you would
not do SO. 1t was not fear prevent
ed you: no, TO: II was the knowl-
edge OF your fathers threat. Here
was your chance OF being rid of
her forever. She saw that you were
about to desert her: she caught
hold of you. struggled with you.
And then
MY God; my God"
You struck her. You tore her
arms from your neck; you thrust
her back into the smoke, and you
made your own escape, but just
in time. Speak / the truthz'
1T is the truth. but you who
know this-you are a devil"
Why Epstone Stunned Theaters.
Pietro laughed. There was no
insult 10 him in the comparison. at
was well for you, was 1t not?" he
continued. There was none to &C
,euse you OF being the author of
the great calamity. Your friends
the two who survived-they would
not speak for fear OF committing
themselves. All New York thought
that the cry OF Fire gave the
alarm at the outbreak; there was
NO one TO say otherwise. You were
freed, too. of the woman who was
an incumbrance to you; you had
only to tell your father that your
llason was at an end. You took ad-
vantage OF it all, and as time went
by you felt yourself quite safe.
But Senator Epstone never went
into a theater again, though he
told the world that it was because
he had scruples OF conscience
ecruples OF conscience - pshaw."
The flow OF words ceased with a
violent intersection.
For a few moments there was
silence. Then Epstone lifted his
head. You have tortured me-" he
said with a faint return OF dig
nifty, land it has seemed hardly
necessary to do so, as / told YOU
some time ago that was prepared
to pay for your silence. 1t stands
to reason that though all this is a
story of so many years back II
would kill me were It made public
yes, II would kill me. Even IL
denied it-as l could do-for IL IS
not possible that you have
proof"
Il Have the Proof"
Il have proof" Interrupted the
italian quietly.
You have proof? ImpossIbIe!"
mo. What 1 shall tell you now
will cause you surprise-perhaps
not pleasant, perhaps pleasant. 1t
will explain to you how Mrs. Will
oughby knew OF these things. You
were q murderer. but by intention
only. When / called you SO / lied.
for you are not a murderer in fact"
Senator Epstone gasped. "What
DO you mean?
81 mean that your wife, NIta
Simpson. did not die. l know not
quite how she was sayed-but
that she was drawn alive from the
burning theater is certain. For a
long, long while she was very I'll,
and none recognized her as Nita
Simpson. They bury a dead woman
In her name. She was for a while
mad. When she recovered she for
get her real name. They-the good
people who look after her-send
her at last to England. After
many years she remember all. She
ask herself where Is her husband.
She make many inquiries, and learn
that he Is married. So she say
nothing. and Senator Epstone never
know that he was committed big
amy"
rIs Ny Wife Dead?" Asked Epstons
And is she dead now?" Epstone
put the question with trembling
voice.
Yes. But before she die she tell
her story to Signora Willoughby.
who was then in England. The
story was written out and siEnorR