Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-01-09

is II you can spare tho time Just
now"
II have been anxious for this op-
portunity. Miss Meade" Odell assured
her. 81 want TO know great many
things which only you can tell me.
II you feel strong enough 1t viii be
painful to you. I'm afraid. for / must
touch on your double sorrow OF the
last month. but my only motive is to
discover the truth"
Come In and be seated, please"
She led the way Into the drawing
room and motioned toward chair.
Tell me FIRST OF all. Sergeant oden.
Is 1t true that attempts were actually
made upon the Itves OF my nephew
ana my brOtherin-lnw7 II saw
where tho stairs had been deliberately
cut through. OF course ana vet
cannot seem 10 realize IT, IT IL the
total absence OF motive which makes
tall seem like some frightful dream"
Nevcrihciess IL IL stern reality
Miss Meade"
Ter face quivered. and she bowed
Hcr hcau tor "a moment.
You spoke ar touching upon nv
grief. Does that mean that Won mini
my sister and her oldest son--,b,,
they could have becn killed? Thc,r
deaths were so plainly the result of
what worldly people call accident ,ba.
believe our trial was the Lords VII
ana was cndcavorinE to resign mvseIr
10 IL. although no one will ever kno,v
what my sister was TO me. Ia ,b.r.
possibility that their deaths w.r.
the result or some evil human DE-.
Sign"
Ihnt Is what must determine,
odeil drew. h!s chair closer. "wh.,
hid Mrs. Lorn. run the ncedl. i,,o
her flngcr?"
ittie over hve weeks ago. som,
Time during the first par, OF August.
Dii 1t occur here in this house,
Was any one present at the time"
Yes, ! was" Miss Meade shua-
dered. III ! had only known VIM,
IL was TO bring about, But sb.
thought nothing OF It az the ,,,ne
and wouldn't even trouble Ia rs, H..
witchhazel which brouSh, from my
bathroom. Christine was alwnv.
rather dominant person and disllk.,
advice"
her voice traIlcd on vaguely. and
odell gently urged her on.
VIII you tell me about II. please.
every detail you remembers"
VIII Try, Sergeant odc!l; but Won
must forgive me IL give yo,, r,,hor
IA rambling account. am M,
.usto'ned to telling things; usu,II,,
listen" "'uaii|
mic she paused II came 10 OderI
'ha' her last sentence epj,omf,o,
WHAT 'her years must have hrnr.L,
ner. l.s wa. =, = ezs,sf SO
a'@'hs "VS. o!u aid.ds but n. fo;ya,.
himself all at once ,rcmendou.I, -,
'erested In this middie-aSed sntns,a
eoior'ess and negative as she was
IN the hrst place. you mus, nm
aersthmd that we were u,,sri,.
''He' my sister and /. pcrh,ns ~,
VAS why We were SO devoted IN go;
o'her' cannot describe her In.
She was beautiful. brilliant salt
seF'ive; while ] have alwavs hoe,
you see me now" Her voice ,ra,
o'ed al hrst' but steadled as she wen,
on She loved youth and cou,, n,.
endure the thought OF comIngy 49,
iHat Is why we have all ,,av,d a.
town this summer: she was .aLi
4 special beauty treatment wh,cn no
i"'rtd some weeks for It's comn,.
'.oh. was the only one WIN l,,.v,
us we told the rest OF tho fomitr
'hat l. was III health AMI 49,.
remain In the city for e,e,,-,..,
'rea tihehts. You can see how clos.
we were to each other. scrra,nt
odcli. There is a little dror.i.
room off her bcdroom-I vii s,o, :,
70 You Prcsentiy-wh.ch che had mr.
hished as sor. OF boujoir. ana ,,o
ior hours together, mend
."s ana shc cmbroiderin5. Christina
vas always fond OF bright colors-
-Meade's voice died away In
'e.'ospcction. but she recovered ba--
self ard continued
ii'r embroidery basket va. o
'"ncn out OF that room, and IN III.
''"' ocen chatting and working for
o"t an hour wien suddenly rhc
.''erea sharp exclamation and
cropped the embroidery frame In nor
zap l supposed she had merely he.
one imEatient, and I lid not even
.ooh UP until she spoke. oh, I've
'tucK my finger" I can almost hear
mer say 1t now! AS told you. I got
me ~itchhazcl for her; but She
wouldn't use 1t. and the incident
passed
me next day her finger was main.
i"i and inhamed: but she wou,J RI,
near OF doctor until three DAYS
i''er' when her whole hand and arm
commence" IL swell.
Ihere-there isn't very. very much
more 10 tell" Her voice faltered and
'hen went on: The day after tho doc.
'or was called In he sent for a spe-
'i"hst' Then another, and n third. hut
days" !" ""
who attended her, Miss Meade?Y
odeli spoke quietly.
CUR family physician, Doctor
,u"ms' who came to Richard this
morning He called in Doctor xcI-
ana and Doctor Day and finally Doc
.or Mccutchcn. Then there were the
Two nurses, of course. Miss Bisby and
MISS Brown; but I scarcely left her
bedside for. an hour until the end"
Miss Meade. who had access to the
houdoir?" " '"'
why, all the household. Richard
ana the children were in and ont con n
| stantiy. and Jane every day to dusA