The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-04-15
COMES SONS
OF A BRIDE
Doubted That the Marriage Of
chrys and certels Was 1 Fraud.
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chrys and certels Was 4 Fraud.
'chrys is an extraordinary woman
in many ways. She is more restrain
ed and better poised than most OF her
sex. But she is human enough to find
some revenge for that mock mar.
riage." / told myself. chrys had had
many incentives for falling into that
trap. certeis was famous in his pro.
fession; he was Daddy Lorimer's
business associate and best friend;
when he felt that fate was closing in,
he asked chrys, as his best friends
daughter, to wear his name and as.
sumo the right to claim his estates I'M
case of his death.
.TIe asked nothing more. When Il
reviewed the reasons why he had
persuaded her to go through the nasty
ceremony, they seemed plausible and
l was convinced that the ceremony
was legal and that Martha Palmer's
informants had lied 10 her. It was
all very confusing.
Certeis had exacted nothing from
Chrys. She had never been his wife.
knew the reason. The man had Low.
ed me for years and had. wanted no
other woman. He was an idealist, one
who had acquired his idealism after
being devotee of beauty for years.
nj ha, how - ,.A
transient romances when he first met
me. He had wooed me furiously-he
had frightened me, In the months pre-
cedtng my engagement to Bob.
And he had never stopped loving
me. He had proved that hundred
times since my marriage. More than
once he had seized some chance to
tell me SO. He desired to serve me in
any way. BY marrying Chrys, he con.
ferred his titles and castles-his most
precious possessions, upon her and
thus added his portion Of grandeur to
the family of the girl he loved.
1t all seemed quite improbable
when considered the nature Of man,
nevertheless, had to. remind myself
that when Chrys was in Mexico, Ger
tets had caused Dame Camilla to
throw her into deep sleep in order
that he might not be expected to
shower any tenderness upon her!
doubted that her marriage was a
fraud. Yet Martha had said SO, and
We had called Chrys in, order that she
might meet Certeis in Honolulu on
any basis she preferred There was
no sense in my worrying about what
Chrys was going to do in far off
Honolulu. But since we at home had
sowed the seeds OF revenge in her
heart, my own was sorely troubled
about her.
The next letter in the pile which
had come, from Hoeolulu was in
Katherine's beautiful writing.
"Chrys and certeis appear to be
good friends" she wrote. "Chrys
Is amiable, but only that. The situa.
ton is hard on her IT is my own
fault. She has told me about the
humiliation she is living under. Il
begged her not to let Certeis know
she has discovered the truth, l i'm.
plored her to keep still until we leave
this place. She has complied and l
am grateful for size is so furious! AL
volcano of emotion is smothered in
her breast, but since she has promis.
ed l feel sure that she will not take
her revenge op a sudden impulse"
"Chrys will never make scene"
said to Bob. "She will achieve her
ent-even her reyenge-in dignified
manner"
"She thinks she Is philosopher
but she isn't" Bob replied. "She
can never let consequences work out
to the end. She herself, would ad.
NIT that fate is unacceptable and in.
exorable-just what the Greeks tried
to tell in their dramas, centuries ago. /
Revenge will shape itself. Chrys
ought to know that"
But Chrys played her part in her
own strange way. And 1t was her In
satlable need to plan her own revenge |
which tangled the plot and finished
this episode suddenly. And turned It
into a tragedy for some Of the plot
tiers.
Ito Be contlnued.)
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