The Washington times., 1918-07-05
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said Lillian hrnly. Trust me for
that. In the meanwhile pull your
sAlf together and remember that
vhatsver you may have been yes
tsrday. you are Won Geldenstein TO
day
Lillian stayed with the wretehed
man some time longer feeling that
II was unsafe 10 leave him in his
present condition. II was with the
greatest diriculty that she In
duced him 70 take her view Of the
case. A murder had been COM
mitfed, and the law demanded
blood for blood. Such had been
his training. AN eye for an eye,
a tooth for a tooth"--over and over
again he quoted the text He Who
sheds mans blood
Don't. for heavens sake. don'tE
cried Lillian At last. putting her
hands 10 her ears ITS true enough
II you are morally guilty of mur-
der. but you-you are as innocent
OF this crime as / am
And at last she had left him ST.
fenced IL not consoled --
Criae SIN Undiseovered.
A fortnight passed. and the muir
dersr of Conway Franks remained
undiscovered. The crime. indeed.
was forgotten BY the public So
cisty papers had made something
Of the return Of the millionaire.
principally in connection with the
postponed marriage: would II or
would It not take plaeea Curiosity
on this point was quickly sati1ned
by . curt notice contributed ~
Mra Barnard, which announced
shortly that her daughters engage
ment to Mr.. Won Geldenstein was
definitely At an end Commenting
on this the gossips wrote that the
millionaire was . changed man.
that he locked ten years older, and
that he was contemplating retire
ment from active business life Al
Of which was true. though the rea-
son did not lie solely In the mAtrt-
monial disappointment
Won Geldonstsin went daily to his
ofiea. and every day he was closely
followed BY Lillian She had
formed q theory that II her en-
pIoysr, In his gabeonScious state,
were suddenly confronted By per-
sons or objects which he knew In
his ordinary life he would reeolleet
then. and the dual existence might
thereby be shattered Had he not
his own identity BY the
sight Of his familiar study? Had
he not Sprang back into conscious
meas at the sight OF herr II was
an experiment worth making, but.
whether sueeessful or not. II was ,
very certain that nothing could be
- hA Il
definitely what happened.
Always Ready wIth Exelss.
She kept the matter a profound
secret Miss Rachel wondered At
their daily absenes from the house,
At her return In the evening In
variably . little later than Won
Geldenstetn, but she found some
excuse that satisfied the unsuspi-
cious old lady. Al the office she
was installed In \ small room near
the door, 30 that she might keep
q constant watch upon IL, and her
employer never went out without
her knowledge Her presence was
easily explained to the clerk.
Thompson: the Onruse OF some
copying work to. be done vas
enough to satisfy him
It was true. As the paper had
stated, that Won Gsldenstein pro-
posed TO retire from business-
EIf, we md that nothing can be
done,h he said. mournfully, to LII
ian. II shall break up my estab-
Ifshment and retire to the country
where / may live in secluston, ana
in the constant charge Of keeper.
SO much I owe TO my fellow ersa-
turesl Never again shall the nsur-
derous, thfeVing wretch that I saw
in the mirror that day be let loose
upon them"
He spoke little. bot Ehe under
stood the terrible trouble OF his
mind. In his earlier life he had
had the ambition to make money
and gain position Both Of these
he had done by sheer, honest work.
Now he longed for . son TO inherit
his wealth. but il seemed as II the
desire was to be absolutely. denied
him.
marry me now So he cried in
his despair. Il have striTen In
vain. / have lived to no end
must 20 to my grave a failure; 1
who have gained success: my hands
will never be clean for they have
robbed and murdered; the stain
clings to them, and the SCENT OF
blood Is In my nostrilA" 4
At times his rsmorsey was almost
unbearabie. At such moments
Lillian indeed feared be would 80
mad. 1t was With the very honesty
of his nAtura. that she had 70 con-
tend
4why go On-t,hs asked ever and
over again. why allow the were-
wolf TO be free, once more: Let
me cage It and myself At the same
time-7or let me destroy the lives Of
both
Makea suIeIAe Threat.
More than Onoe he had threat
ened suicide. 1t was Liilian-s great
fear that he would act upon the
threat II was for this reason that
she was particularly for the were
wolf. as he called his secondary
self, TO be, free once more. II was
only thus that II could be de-
strOysd
After three weeks Of anxieus
watching the crisis came. One aft
ernoon Won Geldsnstsin left his Of
nee unwontsdly early and made his
way into the street.
II shall be back in an hour he
called TO Thompson from the door,
and the clerk merely looked up
from his ledtsr and nodded. "a.
In the street Won Geldsnstein
Il was = cold SoSembsr
day, aud there, WaS . sprtnkling Of
snow, He turned UP the collar Of