Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-03-06

her eyes steadily to meet his. hut
something slle read there made her
catch her breath sharply.
/ When he spoke II was with gentle
gravity
II want a word with you. Mrs
Gael"
You know them The woman who
had been called ''Gerda" placed both
thin hands to her breast and bowed
her head. Il do not know how you
discovered the truth. but II doesn't
matter now: the purpose for my pres-
ence here has been taken out OF my
| hands
The family have all retired" ode!l
rev her toward the library. sit
| DOWN here. please; ! shall no; dctaIn
you long. Mrs. Gael. think l know
vour motive for masquerading here,
but should like to hear it con-
frmed by your own lips. II was in
| order tina, you might be revcngcd
III some way upon Farley Drew. was
! IT not
Again size bower her head.
do you know ali that this man h.. :
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| ui'esa |" my "'S"'n"'
blame no one but myself. AMI have
paid for IL In IN. logs OF all tina,
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f''''i's'cu '"e '''.' IL were "Norce"
he would make me his wife. and 1
believed him: later n. refused to
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""'S ici"He' my one nope :" even I"
partial rehabilitation in the cst!ma-
ton of my world" Sb. lifted her
,.,., o ,, ,
''e "'''o'Ncs race '"h''' '"''
/ was desperate. tina; pleaded with
him. followed Kim. los; All sense "f
nrIde IN NY terror -, , ,u,u. y,i.r
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I'bu, an in,n,icI wbn was a. ahso.
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| >yi,h m, h.,r al, s.-,.,n, ,,.ho
w,. ,nI,bfu, IN M. co,coo,nu my.
self until I had learned Farley
D-.w's MANS npa thon cam. bnr.
,o frnstrot. ,hen ,n.n,, In val,
until his nour oi ,,omp,.,c ,riunuh.
and then .xuose hlm-nut alone In
recar, In his Treatment, of me. bu,
other things which had learned
! couccrninr him. criminal things.
felt no compunc,ion in regard to
Cissic Chalmers. My revenge on him
would save her from wrecking her
future; and she is not the type who
can suffer very deeply"
Did any one In this house suspect,
your IDENTIFY" Odell asked
only Rannie; and he also hated
FARLEY Drew lie told me only yes
tc:day that ii. would not give me
away because he wanted To see what
he called the fun She quivered.
There is something inhnman about
that boy"
Was i, lie whose eyes you adj
.yIscd ME TO watch, Mrs Gael?' lie
shot the question suddenly at her;
but she merely shook her head in a
I oncomnittai fashion.
Il cannot speak "i that again.
Sergcan; ode!l. No power can make
me; for. as told you. nave no
proof, and even you would think me
truly insane if dared 10 voice my
suspicious. swear tliat have had
nothing To do with what has been
going on in this hruse, that ] ac-
tually know nothing and my ,esti-
mony would he valueless, besides
leaving me open 20 the danger OF
being sent back 20 that awful place"
She wruhS her hands, II Will Kill
myself before they take, me again.
! Odeii saw that in the face of the
morbid fear which obscssed h"r no
argument of his would avail; but he
did not yet despair Of winning her
confidence. Abruptly he switched the
topic back 10 its original trend.
Why 10 you say that your purpose
has been taken out OF your liunds?'
She smiled fpintly.