Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-03

ssssovery that i was not DIE uauSn'
10y al, There had been. a mis-
sIsS .Ss .ort Of thing one reads abou,
,sies. I was the daughter o.
mden. your. mothers cousin
md the terrible part was: WI;
.h.t sii the time was with Mr.
s no was getting evidence e
1 sSst ii was John Camden. ant
vho committed that murder
SSsS,,unstcly the detective who Wal
~ MIN discovered that. after all
e.vsi 1ather---was innocent, too. and
1s.rs ~. nrobable that Mr.. Jarroman
ssH tbis before he left for the
ssss..s.rt s SO, after all, he II not hat.
=" because I am the daughter Oi
~ :.Sn who ruined his life."
u ,syA.t must be a great relief" The
.as..sS NJ Wjlfred's voice made her
.sssi at doesn't quite settle my dill. !.
H.s,ss.s though. Am / to understand
m sHsr Thee,i's revelation, you and
s..tisd that I should be told moth
anti vrii' YOU could wheedle Mr.. Jar
"a out Of the idea OF withdrawing
N beunty?"
~ a,d want 10 transfer every.
,lhs q the real Penelope 'arron'an'
Tilfrcd dashed his hand against the
"Nadia Do you mean to say that,
1. vsiI as tricking me into this damna-
situation, you've been defrauding
6rother woman
Wjhsd Quits Homo
a. knew then that it was hopeless {;
y md have the bare truth or nothing,
- the bare truth was not hers to
- Che could not say to him, II
~ bullied and badgered into sicken.
~ pretense to prevent your mother
XE,s CHARGED with theft" Even sup
ssaine she did say it. she would have
IA sdd. "But Segrove has given me
ssnecn to believe that Mr.. Jarroman
SSoWV Of my fathers innocence, and II
n hated your mother, and threatened
~. because she was John Camden's
i1cwonan, we may presume that he
1 not threaten her now." 1t was no
Sod. One couldn't talk like that. She
No had lived through each fresh COM
pje1ity could frame her defense only
q, herself: to her husband. white with
l|aust, blind with disillusionment, she
uuN say nothing, nothing.
II can't make you believe me, but I
0sldn't help anything I did"
| A sound broke from him that tore her
/ kenrt. Then he pulled himself together
| ~ strobe toward the door. 49,.
s"An you've done Is to fail me J" he
| Aung at her from between clenched
taat6. you've failed me utterly. I
mppose nothing much can be done until
| can speak to Mr.. JarrOman, but until
! csn discover his whereabouts Ill shift
| b digs Of my own."
"Wifred!"
You'll be quite all right here alone,
lad may be able to think more clearly
|ha place can afford"
II don't understand you."
"Don't you!" He laughed queerly.
y have three hundred a year of my
|wu, Nadia. You, Of course, are at
hbefty to do what you like, but I'm
|culnS to get out and live on it,
The door Slammed: he was gone.
Nadla bent down and held one hand
liter the other to the fire. 1t seemed
pportant to her that she should warm
lr hands. which were so cold, before
q thought out what she ought to do.
Dee rubbed her palms. and the backs.
~ her fingers diligently. but they re.
nalned numb and nerveless. So that
leesently she moved away from the fire
ana took up book, looked at it aim.
|'ea!y and put 1t down again.
Tnen she realized that there was
setning to think about. Unless Lady
D0ucester herself made things right,
|t.efe was nothing to be done. nothing
\ al. II Mr.. Jarroman were to re.
|0m tomorrow, he could do nothing for
M ne could assure her that he knew
~ ner fathers innocence; he could
omise that he would let that old mat.
" o. the Camden fortune rest. and
": relieve Lady Doucester's fears: he
sld comfort Nadia by relieving her
49, she told him how she had ioneed
" uve to Nell. his daughter. ali tkat
nSVsVSd nSesed 70 her. But he could not bring
NADIA crossed to the writing table
- took ren and paper.
A wired has discovered that I am
nj. Jarr0man's daughter" She
IEse. He thinks I did NOT tell him
We ! wanted to keep the money
+ me house. cannot explain WIN
~ not give everything ct once to
81. only you can do that. Nadia.
=. Wilfred has gone away"
ene sealed aud addressed the on.
e, then hesitated. Would T. not
r r sSrar, 10 see see her mother. in law?
~ ,usank from the idea. Surely It
|skuld NV W.. hhec'e,ssury--Lady Gloucester |
n W,l19soe l1oe hesitate to speak out, to 90
N"Mred ut once--t0mOrrow.
~ a,a Ina, ilked Wilfred's mother, but
~ eM y, now that she had always
afsr.ss,nn .ttle rcpclled by that almost
Id SdnH nou morldliness which had made |
All N.%nIc ND%Sncester what she was. If she |
OOue.S,ooraa were to meet tonight. Lady |
q dssnoin nrst thought would be one |
lost pa'r nnm, ior Wilfred's lost career.
treyed my wnStcyer M else could be re-
III bsor una Nadia felt that she could
m. veur TO speak about that vet.
ssat mt ~ nad h the letter sent by hand. and
aaer Sae =. aid not even try to slccn A
3 4 cS.;er ~ ncr maid had left her. She wcnf
II tSsro py thc window and. crouch.
1Iss.t tG, looked down into tbc n,,ict
Md. ~ was deserted--no, not Je.
ssasior usdcr her eyes the long nro.
a,eams do Si hcr hopes filed past. her
Iomor,aaa uanccd with them, and Mi those
Sle saw tnds the would ',mdl be hers iii death.
b out i,'vnstnened she felt She mmsf
"a n int9 1t. She dressed and cront
Tbs nauow from the house. p'
" knew eihent ,ht she was in the street
3 N vw nn mat she could never rstmrn
Slurn Ness tne she and her husband conid
Rould .ySether. cn", She believed that hc
ustHer Ssd SSs%e back to her when his
y sie S fe)t %ade ,hs her confession to him.
o. VI mn. neutral ground. ~ 'aAe
NAV vust find work, for she ' En,, ama
lilired 'Iat ha., was honestly her own m ss
pke waiEa ana ms three hundred a wear
Mi. NV, a.ked on rapidly; She boJ M
aessedu ID hon ,he exercise warmed her and nd
sther too ,e' ,ran little. Had she not been
.ensntw ~ ara Tragic In her outlook? The