The Washington herald., 1922-11-09
SYNOPSIS.

ell Theed that his suffering have burned out
81 him every emotion except hate, and an
Camden. his one time friend, who stole his
wife, killed Eddis and fastened the crime
on Jarroman. Theed tells him Camden has
been dead for nineteen years. Jarreman's
hate befosged mind bids hisa make his dead
enemy's Innocent young daughter q victim
In place of her father.
Camden's daughter, who believes her name
to be Nadia ouest, is employed as typtst
~ the Hon. wilfred stranack. stranAck dis
covers that he loves her and asks her to
marry him. Lord Doucestsr. stranack's
father, Is startled when he recognizes ring
Nadia wears and identities her as John Cam
den's daughter.
claudine crayne, the wife who dishoaored
and deserted Jarroman. is the proprietor Of
smart gambling establishment
Theed and Nadia eonspire to substitute
Nadia for the real daughter, with the idea OF
getting Jarroman's fortune for themselves.
When Theed tells Nadia she Is the daughter
Of an ex-convict, she Is heartbroksn because
she fsels that Lond and Lady Doucester will
never sanction her marriage to their son.
Continued from Yesterday.
Jarroman took the ring and stared
at it. As he stared. the gloom of
twenty years was rolling away and
a white ray of memory pierced his
the room. blotting everything save a
single thought He struggled for
self control and attained it,
Excuse me a minute" came from
his lips. and his tongue was dry and
his voice rang cracked and thin.
He turned his back upon her as if
to examine the ring by the light of
the window He was not examining
the ring. He was struggling with a
passion that had fed upon his finer
instincts. absorbed his sorrows and
years. The ring he had recognized
at once. 1t was John Camden's ring.
John Camden's ring! John Cam
den's daughter. Theed had bungled.
and in bungling had given him the
means of shaking the passion of his
soul.
The flesh receded from his hand.
so that the bones and sinews. hard
ened by long years in the stone
quarries, stood out like the talons of
eyes contracted and the whites
showed bloOdshot. His breath came
in a gasp. In the act of turning to
fulfill his fell purpose he checked
himself
For twenty years he had held him
sell for this moment. He must not
try to shake that passion in a single
orgy There were better ways.
There would be days. weeks. months.
even years. in which daily he could
feast his hatred. He would have
her in his own house. perpetually in
his presence. He would give her
every luxury that money could buy.
The all consuming passion that was
the fount of his strength gave him
Instant self mastery.
He turned towards her.
Yes. it is my ring he said. "I-
should dispose of your last doubt.
Nadia. / am a broken man. In the
whole world there is no one who
cares one iOt or title whether l live
Or die. ] am selfish enough to beg
Tou to accept the stigma. and give
ne the joy of your society. even
though you cannot give ME a daugh-
ter's love"
Nadia rose and came quickly to
him She was young untred, and
that quick, pure pity was upon her,
sweeping away what judgment sne
had Of men and their motives. She
wanted. greatly. a response to her
welcome Of this stranger within the
gates of her heart. She wanted her
father to he glad he had found her
his daughter-a-ain.
.-r" held out her hands to him.
Il go l.
Irr took her unresisting in his arms
and kissed her forehead.
Ns he felt her soft weight against
his shoulder. enCe again the whites
os his ewes glowed to dull red
For a moment Henry Jarroman
stood with the victim Of his hatred
within his grasp. BY a simple move
mort Of his hand he could have
l-''i-d hcr. indeed. in a lightning
fash Of self-revcIatiOn. he knew he
would have been better man had
b. ,rUdely and brutally done her to
death there and then. But he held
to his deCisiOn-the decision he had
.UTGa in that volcanic instant when
Grst he had realized that this girl
presented TO him as his own child
was in reality John Camden's daugh-
ter
His decision could he put into n
gew words: to raise her UP to a pin
na~le uf wealth and ease and haDpI-
ness such as she never dreamt of.
and then 70 hurl her down: down to
depths in which death would be
.onCed for-and withheld
He forced himself to move away
from her. to smile and speak. and
play his part
let us discuss our immediate
plans. my child" he said
Yes" said Nadia eagerly. "hut
got here" She looked with distaste
a. the opulent furnishings of Theed's
office. shall we 90 ont into the
,psn ARP
Together thNy passed into the
utter office. Theed interrupted him
s"lf in the act Of bullying his junior
and fused around them. Jarroman
snow that he was no mean actor.
ard trusted himself to disguise from
rheed the fact that he believed the
after to have made a colossal blum
Her He even accomplished an ant
rntort to one Of Theed's paternaI
p'atitudes.
Outside the sun was glowing
through n high mist. shedding a
bright warmth without oppressive
heat Jarroman called taxi. and
the girl entered unquestioningIy.
T- could SEQ she was holding herself
1t his disposal. ready to fall in with
his whims.
Lets LOUNGE in the park until
lunch time" he said. I've done lit
tic lounEinG in the last twenty