The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-04-22
HER SON
HORACE ANNESLEY VAC1EIL
Copyright, lily II. A. vachcn

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presence OF an unsuspooung mistrosu-
when viii she be inr-
-Sho may 10 In about dinner tfmc.
f,eastways. aho IL not dining out
Crystal scrubbed an address upon
a card
7 am stopping rhe night nc an
hotel win come back after dinner.
unless Mrs Armine prefers 10 call
upon mo at tho hotel
Very good. MIN
Susan shut tho door. and glanced
at tho thin piece OF paateboard Ia her
hand.
Lori How wicked sho looked She
knows said Susan. wiping her eyes.
and seeking her mistress
Susan held out Crystals card.
"She'a como to tear your heart out.
but this time | wasn't fool enough
TO let her In
-Ahf- sighed Dorothy, as mo card
fluttered 20 tho ground Then. for
a moment mistress and servant. or
rather friend and friend. gnzcd at
each other.
You think she knows-- faf,rrod
Dorothy.
Il know she know-.-
God help us. sussp-
Amen. m'in.-
Then. Aa Susan mumbiei CRYSTALS
message. Dorothy's face frightened.
Susan. l shall so 10 tho hotel
Meantime. Crystal had returned TO
tho hotel. and had ordered pint
of champagne As the man was
leaving tho room. che told him to
show Mrs Armino UP II sho hap
pencd 10 call
Some twenty minutes later Dor.
cthy entered the room As the door
closed. Crystal broke into n Ahriii
laugh. Her first words were. How
yirtuous you lookf-
Dorothy pausrd. shocked by the
passion which convuiaed tho other
Il know have guenscd-ovcry
thing
Everything
porothy's que; volo, craAperaied
tho other beyond endurance. She
became primal. she showed her teeth
In n snariinR smile
Don't dare 20 lie IN me, There
never was an Arfninc. And l thought
you a saint You are better actress
than II"
Dorothy fruwn.si
ut viii be simpler she said
steadily. II you will tell mo exactly
what you know and what you want A"
Crystal came n step nearer. Il
know that you have been carrying
on shameful intrigue with Dick
for years. and that this boy Is his
son and yours You
She uued word to BE- found IN the
iiiblc. but unprintahlc here. Dorothy
recoilcd AZ II a terrific blo~ had
struck her. hut dominating every
other emotion. pity rose instantly to
her fine eyes. Crystal. half blind a.
she waS perceived this amazing
,ransfigurauon. and ntar~d open.
mou,hed. an Dorothy said. In a Low
voice.
My poor Crystal. may God help
you' Mn 10 Dicks son. who was
born 10 you nj Saint Asslo. left By
you In Paris. and adopted BY mr."
The whole sentence. so often
thought on, falling now 70 quietly
and yet 10 solemnly. pierced straight
10 crystAr, hcart.
She staggered forward. staring
wildly into Dorothy's eyes. reading
also tho pity. tho sympathy. tho IN
teliEcncc which. years ago, IN yaun.
hail Ridge Road. had distinguished
her from every other woman Crystal
had known.
Dorothy supported her 10 a son
and rang the bell A waltrr an
swercd II. He was dispatched for
re9torativcs and a doctor. Crys;aI
opened her cyca.
Don't speak, said Dorothy.
Crystals flps closed. not her eyes
into which came a strange express
sion. What did she secf Pcrhaps
the supreme vision was vouchaafed
her; glimpse OF that Eternal Love.
absolutely sclrcsa Pcrhaps Hhe
looked back. not forward, seeing
every inch OF the road down which
she had raced 80 rrckiessly.
You made the boy what he is
she whispered -Don't--lot-hln-
know
She never spoke another articuiate
word. but the entreaiy In her eyes
was unmistakable. Dorothy said
quickly:
You wish MIN 10 believe that 7
am his mother"
Crystal nodded and closed her ~ycs
as the housekccper appeared with
brandy and sal volatile. unavaillnEiy
applied. for long before the doctor
came Crystal had gone.