Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-04-28

h ~, No had written in re Camden and
srromun' on 1t. When Theed writes
u Ri.sx on cards, It means you have to
I{s.s him, So I went down and he told
-or rather, ,he let the fact emerge,
3SS. u,ed IN hundreds and hundreds Of
sss,i,--tLat Nadia was not your daugh-
but. John Camden's'
"You knew that.
Il ID : course. Mollentrave realized 1t
.,Nen first he saw her ring. Afterward
F{x .dmit | wavered when you claimed
k.,. hut when you came to Gloucester
iS.nse the first time and talked about
4 e. marriage, and virtually blackmailed
y. into consenting---'
|s''Gs.Isn't that rather strongly put?'
\ "Not a bit! The issue was clear
b ..oush-I was 70 let Wilfred marry
Xadia or give up the Camden fortune.
!, \ harmed from that little interview Of
~, that you must have known from
n ~ first who Nadia really was; also
IN you knew I knew
5.sSo far you have found the thread
|,lyturself to string your beads on Jar
ycman's tone was dry.
fS',UEo far. Let me 60 on. You will
..,nsn,ber your next visit to Gloucester
\ House with Nadia. To facilitate the
y -srr;aee YOU were willing to forgO
sSnr retrial; Nadia wouldn't hear of
ssnr sacrifice. You made me 20 to her
crself and beg her to let you have
N-ss,r wav. for my own sake as well
n hers. The reason had to give her
- that the man against whom you
VA she had been pilin9 up evidence
~ nv late cousin, John Camden. The
80 succeeded, as you know. Nadia
ssye way. But you had set me think.
IN. Mr., Jarroman-I did not know at
sis time, but you had set me think.
i 5arroman threw his cigarette into the
Il foresaw the possibility" he said.
LADY Doucester's eyes snapped.
"fou underestimated me: am bet.
tSe world. ! think badly, perhaps, but
in which Nadia and l were dashing
' ahout, busy with her trousseau and
- house, I was thinking about you.
Twas more puzzled than care to re-
nsmber. I said to myself, "A mans
| lie IL ruined because society is Of Opin.
. ion that he committed a murder. He
| pays the unjust penalty, and on his
return to life he finds himself rich.
| He tells his lawyer to find his daughter
+ for him, and there is brought to him
81 mistake the daughter Of the man
. Who, It would seem, should have served
that sentence in his stead. 1t is a
strange mistake, an extraordinary turn
Of the wheel"
"No, Theed must have known" cut
in Jarroman. II have had time for
reflection lately, and ! believe now that
he, too. must have known all along.
But what his motive could have
been-"
Don't interrupt me-" Lady Douces.
ter reproved him. She bent forward and
poked Mt the fire with an expert hand.
10 that the light of the flames danced
full upon Jarroman's face.
II told myself" she continued, that
II was possible for such man AZ your
self to adopt the daughter Of your dead
foe, to lavish luxury and affection upon
her, to give up the chance of retrial
for her sake; in the language of my
early days, to return good for evil.
Twenty years. penal servitude might
reasonably be expected to unbalance
the steadiest brain! But once having
embarked on this saintlike proceeding,
Il was not possible for such man as
Yourself to let Nadia file the reports
that were to be used in establishing
her fathers guilt"
me Whole Truth at Last
Jarroman's hand shaded his eyes.
so that when Theed announced to
me that you had discovered what YOU
chose to call Nadia's imrcrsonation--
that, in your anger. you demanded not
only full restitution on her part Of
every penny spent upon her, but ulso
the repayment by me and my husband of
the Camden fortune. my Ama2emcnt was
not so great as 1t might have been,
ior had been presented an old prob
lem In more dangerous form. Danger.
ous because 1t struck at the roots of my
existence. For l could not--I can
not. now or ever--reDay to Nadia what
stole from her years and years ago.
Lady Gloucester hoped Jarr,man
would say something, then remembered
sne had told him not to interrupt. She
made tiny grimace at his crOIching
figure, and went on:
II could not understand why you
demanded that renovmont of mo
could NOT understand whv vomr .,tt,tudo
toward Nadia was so n,Hnstrous Yo,
were nor nm excitobio fool ~ be,:evs
I Is' N"ui" was an adventures WHO
dlst Won had seen thromoh ~ Won ysye
4 man who had deliberatelv occcntcd
Bat that other man was vonr enemy
And Won had made Nadia t;,o whst
proofs Won could wot of bis ,,,,it Ana
yeu had waitoI IN tho d,v oftor hor
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