The Washington times., 1922-12-16
Copvytokt, 1853. 6v
The Whsstsv Sysdtcots, Ins.

SW~ """ SUp
(Ceatinued from Yesterday
rF only he were worthy OF
her. although all last night he
Il kad not slept. sleep was far
enough away from him now;
there seemed to be q fiery
wheel of thought revolving in
his head which would give him
no rest.
What was the end Of It all to
be? He could see nothing in the
future but separation and heart.
break for them both.
He cursed the day that had
brought him to Somerton. and yet
hs knew that It had given him the
greatest happiness OF his life.
Whatever happened. there would
never be another woman for him;
no one could ever take Anne's
place in his heart. I
He took off his coat and waist-
coat and slipped into q dressing
gown. 1t was useless goink to
bed, useless trying to sleep.
He paced LIP ana down the room
rsstlessly half 4 dozen times. his
thoughts oil on tho future; II one
could only see into it--if one could
only know what was going to
happen! 1t would have been such
q simple solution to his life II he
and John Smith could have
changed places that autumn after
in the woods. and II he had bssn
left lying there with the braoksn
bending above him.
And even now the whole story
was not known. There were many
paperS Belonging to the dead man
he had not yet found the courage
to examine. and. with . sudden
impulse. he took his keys from .
coat pocket and unlocked one Of
the drawers in the chest.
II ives an untidy drawer: he had
thrust half the contents from one
Of the boxes upstairs into II. and
for the first time nav the Fortune
Hunter went carefully and method
ically through the heap Of papers.
Bills. many OF them-letters Of no
Importance. many Of them from
women, other documents which
seemed to have been kept for no
reason whatever. and. last Of all.
a folssd parchment tied with pink
tape.
ANNE THE HEIR.
The Fortune Hunter. opened It
apprshsnsivsly a. With queer
irrelsvAnce 1fenis Clavsr's half
moclsing words came back to his
mind: ''If . things worth doing.
IT, worth doing wsii-even being
. criminal"
He smiled bitterly at the MEM
ory; she, too. had taken II for
brsnteA that he was . black.
suard. 80
He glanced down at the docu-
msnt In his hand--it was a will
roughly made and altered here
and there in pencil.
There wsS a s1ft Of $1,000 to
Irenie Clavsr. and another small
bequsst TO some man whose name
the Fortune Hunter had never
heard. but It was the last para
grsph Of all that struck homo to
him:
"Ths remainder Of my money.
ana ail othsr properties, I leave
absolutely ana entirely to Anne
Hsrding, Of Cherry Lodge. Somer-
ton. Ensiand, the one woman whs
stood for me. and believed in me.
whSn I did not deserve IT,"
90 by usins this mans money.
he vas rohbins Anne! Al every
turn. wA9tsvsr hs did. II was
Anns who must suffer. II no
left her now-if he walked out
Of the house tonight and never
rsturnsd, he would hrsak her
hsest. and II hs stayed, Il could
but tnA IN the ssms way. too!
He stood for long time iost In
thought: the open window ana
: the night and the long. winding
rsad bsyond SEEMED to ~ wait.
Ing fer him, calling 70 him.
He thrust the VIM hack into
the drawer ana locked the desr,
without another glance, then ne
crcsstd the room; and pulled
Aown the window. shutting out
the night ana ths winding road.
II viii not 80, I viii btayr' he
tsid himself fiercely. ''she loves
me. ana because she loves me
things viii have TO como right"
But when the Fortune Hunter
at lAst fell asleep II was to dream
that hf VA walking miles and
miles through dark wood. search.
ink hdpsIessly for Anne; sops-
times he could hear her voice, but
always II sut fAintsr and further
away, shd he woke shaking and
trembling like I Woman. to lind