Show r Confess Confessions ou I Of a Bride BrideI 1 yI y- y I Hold M My S Secret reb and Watch a ai al Very Ver S 'S Strange r Drama vr t r Chry Is s hypnotized ed J she I he Is s snot not dead Are you sure sure Bob sob Be careful Do not give me if 4 a false also hope As he spoke D Daddy stooped over the tIle stiff straight body of oC his daughter and listened f for r the b beating aUng of her heart 1 Chrys has has' been Peen thrown into some kind of a trance Bob said with his characteristic brevity and as lf if that were were the end instead of the beginning of all that could be said on t the s subject sub sub- b- b Her heart is beating Daddy Daddy- ex- ex claimed It is' is slow slow and and faint faint put but even When he stood eI erect YI per vI-per I perceived perceived per per- that t the sharp lines bf grief of-grief grIef which had made him look so o old he entered the room had changed b but buthis buthis t this his new expression was not one frt re- re re lief His IUs face was distorted w th rai Who has done this terrible thing And why why ho he demanded d. d B Bob b ordered the frightened maid out pf the room then he quieted several sever l lm m members of the h household wh who were trying to be bo helpful b but t who ho were were on only y making a useless commo commotion ion When When we three w were re alone at last wet stood for a long time looking In awed silence atour Chrys hrs hr's who had been Peen so suddenly sudden turned to a sleeping beauty i has ordered this done don Dad said Bob in a quiet voice which which- rec recognized o as ominous And Donna Ca Camilla milla mUla has obeyed h his s order Jane knows and knows and I know that the aristocratic aristOr aristo- rIsto cratic old woman who poses as the housekeeper here possesses a strange power over others Just now we cant can't stop to explain how w we know G Gather up your courage Dad I dont don't believe that old woman will let Chrys die In Inthis this st state te But why why I why I ask you why you you- why should our poor Chrys become one one of that hat old hags hag's victims Daddy sk d dIn in his most indignant voice 4 Chrys thinks she is in love with She has acted almost silly about him all evening I suppose you couldn't help seeing help seeing Bob explained explained- I Daddy nodded r V t t i Perhaps you didn't observe that was embarrassed embarrass d by her hei- heide herde de de I Plainly he isn't wildly enamoured enam enamoured enam- enam of his bride j t l Daddy caught caught- the idea he and Bob Dob exchanged a a. a long l look ok and finally Daddy spoke v w y Send for 4 I am sure that most persons live Jive through the un unusual sual and extraordinary experiences of their lives without realIZing realizing realizing real real- izing until long afterward how dramatic dramatic dramatic dra dra- matic the e events events- en really were re Th Theres There's res re's romance in every Y ry existence e but the normal human hum n li takes his i individual 1 ual ual career very simply If IUs js only when he E sees es it reflected oh on the stage of or 01 in hl inthe inthe the movies that he perceives that the occurrences in his own life of often en equal or or- surpass those pictured in fiction Such a dramatic moment had come cometo cometo come cometo to the the Lorimers who waited by the bedside of for the coming of her husband More than onCe I started to speak but remained s silent l nt 1 because cause what what- I had to say seemed hard Nevertheless Nevertheless less in my own heart I knew knew knew-it it to be true I knew w th that t although Hamilton was a political intriguer lie he could give many an honest man a t fine lesson in a a a l lovers lover's vers ver's loyalty loved lo me with a steadfastness steadfast steadfast- ness seldom equaled by any nan conspirator Arch-conspirator th though ugh he was he would not be a traitor to to his llis love lovo forme for me J. J And that was as whY why hp h had ad ma made e It impossible for his own wife wiCe to manIfest manifest manifest man man- her affection for him hm that was that Was why he had placed h her r where she could make no demands upon upon him I did not say what I thought Bob would never never understand t n and D Daddy would think me Insane But as as Dr C entered th the room room I knew that not often often r. r aver before had before had hada a a. similar drama been ben enacted I I CI clung ng to to tomy my my h husbands husband's 1 s 's arm and rejoiced to feel It creep around me and hold me close closed To ro be c continued |