Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-04-05

nc aroINs THE STORY

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AND HERE IT CONTINUES
nmHEN why-pardon me-why did
/ you Gomez" she questioned.
"Because there is an aspect OF the
=. which you can present to her,
ysSv Gloucester. and which Is bound to
1anse her attitude. -,
lWf. What do you mean?'
"During my twenty years imprison.
..,tV went on Jarroman with com.
- eomposure, II became possessed Of
ks"vledee which determined to use to
.s,sSiish my innocence. My daughter
"a I have been occupying ourselves
= Rriehton by making record of these
Hets and supplying them to the private
ISsctiye who Is at work upon my
T Interesting" murmured Lady Dou-
sster. "but I don't quite SEE
"The man against whom we have
brn amassing this evidence contin.
md Jarroman laboriously. "is a kins.
nan Of yours. Nadia knows his name,
mi II you wish 1t she will not pass
E,r knowledge on to your son."
lady Gloucester had started violently
and checked an exclamation.
"A kinsman!" she whispered.
tNot-"
"A kinsman who died nineteen years
mo-" went on Jarroman. "but whose
memory you wish to keep unsullied."
Lady Gloucester regarded him steadily
hr moment. Then:
"IAt me see whether I understand
your-orders." she said dryly.. 1T was
your intention to apply for a retrial.
Your daughter knows that. and refuses
b let you forgo 1t, though If you were
10 mike that sacrifice there would be
little likelihood Of your past ever being
nked up. Now I. so gather. am to
have discovered that you can only es-
ablish your innocence by proving the
rilt Of a man who was dear to u.s.
She met the sarcasm in Jarroman's eyes
without fnching-"and therefore have
persuaded you. for my own sake, to
tve mp your hope Of being reinstated. "
Exactly. So II Nadia still refused
your son 1t will be OH the score Of n
possibility of discovery which the lapse
of twenty years makes hazy."
u think ! will 20 and get It over.
then. )" said Lady Gloucester. rising. She
moved reluctantly toward the door. Jar.
roman followed her.
You will permit me to say, Mr.. Jar
roman, that ] must resent your meth
ods," abe flashed at him in sudden ex.
ssperation.
Jarroman shrugged his shoulders.
They are at any rate successful,
LADY Doucester--as you perceive"
He opened the door for her. and as II
efven BY the force of his words, she
passed out to do his bidding.
!irroman dressed for dinner slowly.
Win every deliberate movement his
sGen"fh came creeping back.
he went down to the small drawing
room where he had been given to under
stand the family was wont to assemble.
he vent In. First he thought it empty:
h@ in small conservatory at the far
I sud be saw Nadia.
M was standing. as he had pictured
81, with Stranack's arms about her.
if nf mce against his, her hands resting
aLe white butterflies against his shoul.
Jaroman turned and left the room
enooserved. He walked blindly down a
eorfidor, feeling on his face the soft
l9nt breeze. He pushed at a door.
.unoled down a fight Of steps. and
NJ. NJ IN the garden. He stood still and
nl!ed his face to the stars.
Standing there in the scented dark
new, Jarroman told himself that now.
tnplaiy and joyously. he could begin to
Oulla MS house of hatred. The corner
lone was wei and truly laid. Give
IVmsh love and she will dance down
~ Me rose strewn ways which in hcr
SuMefe youth her soul has half dis
~lnee' .Ne Give her love and Immediately
sHtn and ease and all the softnesses
Me become her birthright, shed Il
ias'er around her that can no more dim
a.l oii lance than pearls can steal
circle. ' '"' "'"''''''' '"ey en-
,,..1!n sa1rrGman drew ghsping breath. The
\ W's,snue s OF these last days. what had
S,.he aohe to him? 1t had hidden his
hsS hSST ior q whi'c under its cloak; it
n ,ha ,unea hlm and cmptied his mind
snd dtaVusht, and lot him take his rest.
A." now It had vanished. leaving him
ss'm w. with that hatred without which
~. % NE was empty and the hatred was
~! ABSOLUTE, as of old.
ne no9gcd It. tortured II. beeuiIcJ n
tT minutes that seemed cons of time
~ sought for some elixir 10 give II life
a. last iast he found 1t. ''
,,d .ae. . Pride swept down on him
VIA. 'M'A M possession of him. He flung
\Sims.IIta IIae gates of his spirit and filled
issnsdl WITH its strength. New vieor
mrsa u,. ss 10 his every fiber, his bent fig.
sraIn n'A'sh'ened itself, his eyes were Ii,
nd kra, saw himself again in the hell he
saown for twenty years. He saw
lanS th nee' with every weapon in his
Isatu tuat revenge would need.
som az ~ last he entered the drawing
bal. ihe little group by the hearth
tcss,ap t w at sight of him. Nadia came
tooi y nm hands ontstretched. He
Str,ns"osLi,h IN his, looking past her at
s1t.s's deep content. Lord Dou-
Doue.ss..e Conventional benevolence, Lady
y 1,ets 1ss,unt smile Of defeat.
h,mS,ins' MS arm Nadia was
Il tbe ms;. ~" looked down on her now
upr,I,s.h,r .,r'est looks ~ the sacrifice, knife
ISSed, ..Sed lie smiled and kissed her
own onca %"a knew his hatred was his
NJ. % and Wllfred BetrotI,ed