Show CHAPTER XIII XII Letters Written hut but Never er c l lIn In order to keep the threads of or our narrative connected it Is Js necessary that we go back for a a. time and again agin open tile the scene In Frankfort on the of or Match March Mach several days lays after uter the part parly at which Florence Floronce Woodburn met Fanny l Middleton Seated at her table work Ok is our old friend Kate 1 Miller I er Her Hel dazzling beauty seems er h by the striking striking contrast between be between be- be tween the clearness clearnes of her complexIon complex complex- Ion and the sable of her robe On a low stool at her feet sits ls Fanny Her leI head hea Is resting on Mrs Mr Millers Miller's lap and she seems to be sleeping She he has bos been excused from school this afternoon on account of or a asick asick asick sick nervous OUM headache to which sh she has recently been frequently subject sUbject Finding the solitude e o of her own chamber chamber chamber cham cham- ber rather Irksome she had sought Ought Mrs Millers Miller's room where shero she was sas ever cyer a w welcome visitor Isito To Kato Kate sh had imparted a knowle knowledge g of the l letter letter let let- t- t ter which she he supposed Dr Lace Lacey had hadari ri a-ri t ten Mrs Millers Miller's llers ller's sympathy for COI her young oung friend was wa as deep and sincere as was her resentment against the supposed author of this leter letter Asyet As yet et she had kept Fanny's secret In InI Inviolate Inviolate In- In I violate und and not even cven her husband had hadI I ever suspected the tho cause calse o of Fanny's falling failIng strength But this afternoon as she sho looked on the fair rail girls girl's sad d white face which seemed to grow whiter r and thinner each day ay she felt her heart healt swell with wih indignation rel toward toward to toward to- to ward ono who had wrought this fear fear- ful UI change Surely Surel thought she if if Dr Lace Lacey could know the almost fatal consequence of ot his faithlessness he 10 would relent an and ho must he shall know IL it it I win will wi ten tell teJ Mr lust Miller an amid and he le I know leo will vill wi write rite Immediately I Then Thc crime came the thought that she h lad had |