Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-04-15

usus rdsco'Iy solicIU. V"ns ney
sss tl.,sr tsl,s, ssr IafHA ,ri.H Ike iasa o, 0c,iiag
1smSr's sr"'s fortune. for themselves. Thesd
{sn% Nodio and % Jarro',sam %",un, tooesh,r. s,.r
!sITisr,%ss issS,ss Eadia e rot ~ % daughter ;I sgt
<snSsns. He rejoioss thas @ re I StotIin'
hS,s !, ss;"sas sf"ssss .;ap yp,oan s "ess nSs
Nees. :. s~,nous settlements on the bride.
~. Tsfeciirs tells him ne o,on dauohter
orasas,,y, ors,,,rS .g1,e1it ia,IsStt M"sy aoaimsi Gi
- stm~sSCoverishin0 then, and ,creckln0
set,, ocrssG Gcmd.r "sSr: ,Sr: ssoc.n. rSos n,' IL
feNw' .iroks from the shock. and Theed
h3.ss bip, from the toorld " CluudiNe's
sss Tnssd. wno y 'rvmc ,no,,cv 20 dra n LSsv S
-: s'C Car Ses's fortune. bring the III
AND HERE IT CONTINUES
rrAyEN'T we really said all there
Ed is to say7" she questioned. 81
.sldn't ret at Mr.. Theed's real mean
~ II there was meaning beneath all
~ platitudes But II he is merely
sss;s, 10 persuade me to take advantage
my-o{ Mr.. Jarroman's generosity.
Essvs out OF the question. Everything
s,srything-must be restored to that
~ sirl whom I have been defraud-
Hw eyes-glowing deeply violet. ap-
LINZ, yet steadfast-were upon her
ssthef.in law. 49,.
:Sursly you agree?"
fsdy Gloucester did not answer for a
snsns, and Nadia, leaning forward,
m 4 hand upon hers.
"iou don't think that I knew all
,,as Who I was and defrauded that
n deliberately, do your" she asked.
iie unexpectedness Of the question
;.ki Lady Gloucester into complete
soety for q moment.
'T certainly don't. I never did"
Ai then, collecting himself: What.
eNf makes you suppose such thing.
iillaf'
Nadia had drawn back, a faint line
u beVilderment on her brow. She
ElMsrsd the question almost perfume.
tsfAI. ,,,
Iiorrive mel feel as II you haven't
bVt aid the thing you came to say"
ma then, barking back little: "What
Ia you mean just now by never
LADY Doucester was master of her
bsN aiain. She chose the truth de
]AMately now. It was one Of her max
Ins that q part Of tho truth was more
Unloading than q whole lie. She put
b,t q finger and touched the strange
N ring that still graced Nadia's right
hasd.
0"Of course!" breathed Nadia. 81
Iusmber now. Lord Gloucester was
sska~astaI In IL vphav, Qeok s,,ok Mo,
"Yes, It was John Canlden's. My
aeand recognized 1t at once, but he
nsx that John had married. Per.
yM had tea with us that afternoon
~ We listened eagerly to what you
w us Of your life? We were so an1-
ias to find out IL you really were
0nden. We determined to make in.
res before We announced that you
m Henry Jarroman's daughter To
IN pushed on with our investigations
ih1 that would have been an imperti.
snN. We came to the conclusion that
~ Camden ring was not unique, after
~, and that we had been misled by
bphea."
lAf Doucester's Counsel
The ring can't be unique" Nadia
h thoughtfully, "for when l FIRST met
~ Jarroman I asked him whether he
asfs sure I was his daughter. l think
sw something must have warned me
ne we're both being thrust into false
fotiton! showed him the ring, which
h Aunt Hannah Quest had told me
~ my fathers once. and asked him
u y had belonged to him. He said
feits positively that 1t had. That
eAcws that both he and-John Camden
I'd q ring like this"
"Of COURSE" Lady Gloucester strove
peak casually, but she was thrill
Wy aware Of the danger of the mo.
neat Another step forward and Ma
~ must draw the conclusion that Jar
ouan had recognized Camden's ring
hd OAmden's daughter and then, with
plessstandtng Of the campaign of ha.
No, would come an iron determine.
k,en to repay the uttermost farthing.
Eesmnately, Nadia did not pursue the
Eleuyht. She returned to the contcm.
patton OF her own position.
y still don't see why you don't sus.
khs Arst." '
I've met 20 many adventuresses,
Eatsst,' returned Lady Gloucester. al.
|iSs n.y. t,n. IsnFEuidly. FEdly. "You simply weren't
"Bssides." Oh. added, "if you had
esOyn you were Nadia Camden. would
~ nave been helping Mr.. Jarroman to
49, evidence against your own
E.sus!I Would you have urged a re-
|TA % strongly that I myself, because
" ~ kinship with the Camden branch,
Ica 4. 70 come and beg you to abandon the
~! 1ou need have no doubts at all
|I mat score. It no more crossed my
|cC.ua tnat you could, after all, be a
%aen w., than-than It did Mr.. Jarro.
I've been the center of a web of
%nclaence and-and general topsy -tur-
ssTs .ss and ! do detest It so !" Nadia
maaimed. ms 1T will be a relief to tear
ss., y, way ~ out into the open again, what.
aa1GSy aGSy Gloucester gathered her forces.
b" vnna "aatever the cost" she repeated.
M wonder II you realize exactly what
|'ns cost will be-"
Nadia. too. stiffened a little: hut she
|iIS~ iS~s,r aer Old weapon of silence. Lady
|DlrrSeasS,ef waited moment, then
|th, Nadia. ! told you when I arrived
|eon,. -" morning that ! had come to take
|y.rs.Sa assa with you. 1t was not u con.
M ,Id"Tqnal phrase. l meant it. You
We NJ. 4, my dear, are in league, whether
worid u or not. All the wives in the
"wiu are in lenpue -
IN ,hsaihst-T There was a coldness
n.t tus girrs voice that the elder woman
s nv, mo, hot against our husbands. That
,WhT,rking class fallacy. But against
bands''ns that is against our hus-