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of Her Hand
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• tin could only dnarrlbn aa an
ml , . . Ilow aba halad (ho
lla! . . . Than cama (ho
ml awakening whan (ho (rulb rama
» bar aa a revelation from God llally
l i M l loan lo blama. Tha girl waa
#t of (ho ona aln tha( called
geance ao far aa aha waa con
Tha staying of rhallla Wran
all «aa Justified! All these months
10 ha bean harboring a woman aha
•Hotr ! o have been hta mlatr> «a aa
tU as hla murderess It »a s not so
lUCh (he murderess that she would
AM foisted upon tha Wrandalls aa a
«Ught• r. but the mistress!
ha IW'.-d tha girl, she had loved bar
DU that first night
Hark of It all.
lay tha starn. unsuspected
I from tha vary beginning she In
UMtl'nly had known this girl to be
•Meant of guile, . . . Her house
f M ria fall down There waa noth-
t| Isf of tha plans on which It had
M i constructed.
It had all been
away, even as aha strove to
It against destruction, and tha
waa alrewn with the ashes of
burnt out.
.
Hha waa
1 to find that she had even
milt Upon tha evil spot!
. . . Al-
OOOt Word for word she repealed Hat
g*i g » n story of her meeting with
'halite Wrandall. and how she want,
tup b) step and blindly, to the last
In the tragedy, when hlo vile-
fcls true nature waa revealed to
tar. The girl had told her everything
tha had thought herself to be In lovs
vltbW randall. Hhe waa carried away
Or Mu protestations Hhe was Infatu
‘ted. [ (Kara smiled to herself aa aha
ipohp of this Hha knew I'hallls Wran
UUI’U charm’ l I he girl believed In
lla Implicitly. When he took her to
BfeHto'" Inn It waa to make her hla
vlfa. as she supposed
He had a r
anged everything
Then came the
U p
Hha defended herself . . .
"I Came upon her In the road on
hat «lid night. Ilrandon, at the place
polBteil out. Can you picture her as
have described her? Can you pic-
sr despair, her hopelessness, her
f? I have told you everything,
eglnnlng to end You know how
t i n e to me, how I prepared her
he sacrifice, how ahe left me I
Jot written to her I cannot Hhe
bate me with all her aoul, Juat aa
hated the Wrandalla, but with
__ reaaon, I confess Hhe would
lU M glren heraelf up fo the law long
tgO. If It had not been for expnalng
tha world aa her defender, her
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protector n o . anew an* a w not mor-
ally «uiliy of (ho crime of murder In
lha beginning aha »a « afraid
Hha
did nor know our land, our lawa In
(Ima aha rama lo understand that aha
»a s In no raal peril. but (ban l( waa
loo lata. A confaaalon would bava
I laced mn In an Impossible position
You aaa. aha (houghi of ma all Ibis
(Ima. Hha loved ma aa no woman arar
loved another
Waa noi I (bn wlfa
of ihn man aha had klllnd. and t a i
you surrender, makes for greatness in
you. If you had gone on with It and
aucceeded. (bat fa> t alone would have
put you In tha claaa with the great,
strong, virile women of btatory. It—"
"With the «edicts, the Rorglaa
and —" ahe began bitterly.
"Y*w, with them. Ilut they were
great women, Juat the aause You are
greater, for you have mors than they
poaaeaavd a conscience. J wlab I
could tell you Juat what I feel. I
haven't the words I—”
"I only want you to tall me the
truth. Do you despise me?"
"Again I aay that I do not. I ran
only aay that I regard you with—yea.
with aws ”
Aa ons might think of a deadly
serpent."
"Hardly that,” he said, smiling for
the Brat time. He crossed over and
laid hla baud on her shoulder. "Don’t
think too meanly of yourself I under­
stand It all. You lived for mouths
without a heart, that's all."
’ You pul It very gently."
"I think 1 am right. Now, you've
got It back, and It’a hungry for the
sweet, good things of life. You want
to be happy. You want to love again
and to be loved
You don't want to
pitied. I understand It’a tbs return
of a heart (bat went away long months
ago and left an empty place that you
Blled with gall. The bitterness la
gone. There Is somsthlng sweet In
Its place. Am I not right P
Ha Oroppsd S u d d e n l y Upon tha Trunk.
Hhe hesitated. ’’If you mean that
I want to be loved by my enemies,
not I the nobleat of all women In her Ilrandon. you are Wrong,” she said
•yea? Ood! And to think of what I clearly. "I have not been chastened
bad planned for h er!”
In that particular.”
Thla waa the end of the story.
"You mean the Wrandalla?”
The words died away In a sort (4
"It Is not In my nature lo love my
whimpering wall, falling In with the enemies. We stand on the same foot­
wind to be lost to his straining ears. ing aa before, and always shall. They
Her head drooped, her arms hung understand me. I understand them. I
limply at hey side.
am glad that my project failed, not for
PVtr a long time he sat there In si­ their aake. but for my own "
lence, looking out over the dsrkenlng
He was silent This woman waa be­
water, unwilling, unsble Indeed, to yond him. He could not understand a
speak. Ills heart waa full of compas­ nature like this.
sion for her, mingling strangely with
"You say nothing. Well, I can’t ask
whst waa left of scorn and horror. you to understand. We will not dis­
What could ho say to her?
cuss my enemies, but my friends.
At last she turned to him
"Now What do you Intend to do In respect
you know all (hat I ran tell you of to Hetty?"
Hetty ( ’astleton—o f Hetty Glynn. You
"I am going to make her my wlfa,”
could not have forced thla from me. he said levelly
Ilrandon Hhe would not tail you. It
Hhe turned away. It waa now quite
was left for me to do In my own good dark. He could not see the expres­
time. Well, I have spoken.
What alon on her face.
have you to say?”
“ What you have heard does not
"I ran only aay, Sara, that I thank ; weaken your love for her?'
"No. It strengthens It.”
God for everything,” he said slowly.
"You know what ahe has done. Hhe
T o r everything?"
"1 thank God for you. for her and | has taken a life with her own hands.
for everything. I thank God that she Can you take her to your bosom, can
found him out In time, thet she killed you make her the mother of your own
him. that you shielded her, that you children? Remember, there la blood
failed to carry out your devlllah on her hands."
"Ah, but her heart la clean!”
scheme, and that your heart Is very
"True,” she said moodily, ' her heart
eore today."
la clean "
"You do not despise me?"
"No cleaner than yours la now.
"No. I am sorry for you.”
Her eyes narrowed. ” 1 don’t want Sara.’’
you to feel sorry for me.”
Hhe uttered a abort, mocking laugh.
"You don’t understand. I ain sorry "It Isn’t necessary to say a thing
for you because you have found your­ like that to utc "
self out and must bo despising your­
"I beg your pardon.”
self.”
Her manner changed abruptly. Hhe
"You hsve guessed the truth. I de­ turned to him. Intense and serious.
spise myself. Ilut what could be ei-
"Hhe Is so far away, Ilrandon. On
pected of me?" ahe naked Ironically. the other aide of the world, and ahe
"As the Wrandalla would aay, ’blood Is full of loathing for me. How am
to regain what I have lost? How am
will tell.’ ”
"Nonsense! Don’t talk like that! I to make her underatand? Hhe went
It la quite unworthy of you. In spite away with that laat ugly thought of
of everything, Hara, you are wonder me, with the thought of me as I ap­
ful. The very thing you tried to do, peared to her on that laat. enlighten­
tha way you want about It. tha way ing day. All these months It has been
growing more nornnte to ner it has
bean beside her all ihn time. All
these riioiitlis ahe has known that I
pretended to love her lie "
"I don't believe you know Hetty aa
well us you think you do," he broke
In "You forget that alie loved you
with all her soul. You isn't kill love
ao easily us all that. It will be all
right, Hara You must write and ask
her to come back It- "
"Ah, but you don't know!" Then
ahe related the atory of the liberated
ranary bird "Hetty understands The
cage door la open
Hhe may return
when she cbooaes, but don't you see1
♦ he must come of her own free
will.’’
“ You will not ask her to come?”
"No. It ie the teat. Hhe will know
that I have told you everything. You
«III go to her. Then she may under
stand If aha forgive« ahe will roma
bark. There Is nothing else to aay,
nothing else to consider ”
” 1 shall go to her at once," he said
resolutely.
Hb« gave him a quick, searching
glance
"Hhe may refuse to marry you, even
now, Ilrandon."
"Hhe can’t!" be cried
An Inatant
later bis face fell, "fly Jove, I—| sup­
pose the law will have to be consid­
ered now Hhe will at least have to
go through the form of a trial."
Hhe whirled on him angrily. "The
aw? What baa the law to do with
t? Don't be a fool!"
"Hbe ought to be legally rivnap
ited," he said
Her flngere gripped his arm fiercely.
‘I want you to understand ona thing,
Irandon. Tbe atory I have told you
«as for your ears alone Tbs secret
tvea with ua and dies with us."
He looked hla relief
"Right! It
oust go no farther. It Is not a mat­
er for the law to decide. You may
rust ms."
"I are cold." she said
He heard
ter teeth chatter distinctly as ahe
yulled her thick mantle closer about
ler throat and shoulders. "It Is very
•sw and wet down here Come!"
Aa she started off along tbe long,
tarrow pier, be sprang after her,
(reaping her arm Hhe leaned rather
heavily against him for a few atepa
and then drew herself up. Her teeth
•till chattered, her arm trembled In
bis clasp
T y Jove, Hara. this Is bad.” he
•tied. In distress "You’re chilled to
¿he marrow."
"Nerves.’’ she retorted, and he some­
how felt that her lips were set and
drawn.
"You must get to bed right away.
Hot bath, mustard, and all that. I’ll
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Thla Woman Waa Bsyond Him.
not stop for dinner. Thanks Just the
asms. I will be over In tbe morn­
ing."
"When will you sail?** sbe asked,
after a moment
"I can’t go for ten daya, at least
My mother goes Into tbs hospital next
week for an operation, as I’ve told you.
I can’t leave until after that’s over.
Nothing aerloua, but—well, I can’t go
away I shall write to Hetty tonight
and cable her tomorrow. By tbe way.
I— I don’t know Just where to Bnd her.
You see, we were not to write to each
other. It was In the bargain. I sup­
pose you don’t know how I can—"
"Yea. I can tell you precisely where
she Is. Hhe la In Venice, but leaves
there for Rome, by the Express."
"Then you have been bearing from
her?" he cried sharply.
’’Not directly. Rut I will aay this
much: there has not been a day since
she landed In England that I have not
received news of her. I have not
been out of touch with her. Brandon,
not even for an hour.”
"Good heaven, Hara! You don’t
mean to aay you've had her shadowed
by—by detectives," he exclaimed,
ughaat.
"Her maid Is a very faithful serv­
ant," was her ambiguous rejoinder.
(T o be continued.)
Curious Custom.
The custom known as "Whupplttjr
Hcorle" was celebrated by the youth
of Lanark. Scotland, recently, when
the bell In the tow u s steeple rang
out for tbe first time at 6 o ’clock
after a five months' silence. Prom
March 1 to September 3J of each year
tha ball rings for some minutes at
t> p. m , but during tbe remainder of
tbe year It remains silent. On the
occasion of the ringing of the bell for
the first time the young people gather
at the cross, each carrying a stringed
rap In hla hand When the bell tolls
the buys run In procession round the
parish church. They do this three
times and then a rush Is made for
New Lanark, for the purpose of meet­
ing the boys of that village to engage
In combat, the weapons used being the
stringed caps.
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