Show A WONDERFUL WOMAN BY MAY AGNES FLEMING I S It is like you Edith he she only said like you and ana your our brother But Buthen Butlien then lien It w was s always a weakness of your house louse to take the lie losing side sido I 1 do tIo not sa say much but believe belle me Im I'm very vey grateful And Anti now m my pale pet I will send you home you home you are arc worn out ut In your our loyal fidelity to your fallen friends I will send you ou home and tomorrow or next day you OU will com back ack to She kissed her and ar and d put her from her het er Edith at her trustfully in inc te fading light Katherine was standing hero the light light- fell fen t. t She turned abruptly away at these words wortis' Where here here ulse jhIo lt should you OU find hod me You ou dont don't think Peter Peler Dan nay Dan nay I beg begis hIs is Sir pardon Sir Peter will turn me Ute on the he street for a a. day lay ur or two at Ica least tHelO t. t lore here Is your brother Edith l Idith-I T dont don't want ant to meet met him and I would rather lather bo be e alone alono You must go The rho words sounded ungracious but E Edith understood her her understood understood the swift impetuous kiss elss and tho lie light flight from rom the room She wanted lo to be ie belone always alone lone always the Impulse e of all wild animals In iii the first throbs of pain lId And though lough Katherine showed it in iu nj wa way nor or even ovon much looked it Edith knew how ow the wound was bleeding inwardly and ml that it was as just such strong natures na- na tires ures as this that lint suffer most an and surfer suffer mutely Going to stay tay all night at wood alone alone deuced deuced strange girl gill that tho lie squire grumbled Never Neer shed a tear ear since it all happened they say say say-a a woman that doesn't nt cr cry Is a woman of the he wrong s sort rt She's got tOl Otis to fetch etch round that coxcomb hut jut now that she's got him hurt fetched i l' l d what Is hs she the going to do with him lim 1 She's Sho's got to lo walk out In a n. nay jay UI 01 r two and leave heave that little cad of f an attorney lord of the manor She he never says ays a n word worl or lifts Ins a n finger to help herself An Anti AnTl I u ed to that lint girl had hatI pluck With her nature it Is enough to thrive her het to madness malness or ot suicide Miss lIss Talbot thought I OIl 1 will go O back tomorrow tomorrow to- to morrow and fetch elch h her r with me say suy what she will sIll To co be bc left to herself Is s the very worst thing that hat can possibly possibly pos pos- sibly happen to 0 her now was not alone however There had followed their thell carriage to another and that lint other othel contained the heir hoir and antI the late lato baronets baronet's baron baron- ets et's lawyer Mr h Mansfield the tho Castleford Castle- Castle ford ord solicitor was ws talking very 1 ly y concerning that hat unsigned and Invalid will You will par pardon on the tho liberty I take Sir Peter In iii urging you ou to do tIo this poor 1001 young oung lad lady Justice Probably you OU need neetI no urging you urging you have havo been her friend who friend who so recently thought yourself yourself your your- self her cousin Your late lato excellent uncle was m my friend since my earliest youth youth youth-I I and you know how he hc loved his daughter daughter- daughter 1 inca moan meal I trust and believe Sir leter Peter you will do 10 her justice The smile on the he faco of or tho the new baronet might ml ht have havo damped the tIme old solicitors solicitor's hope could he have seen it It but Ih the fast closing nl night ht hid it as ho lie hola holay lay la back lack In this the cushions How How pray Mr Mi h Mansfield The sneer was Just perceptible It was th there re however and antI the lawyer re remarked remarked re- re marked It B By giving her at once tho he three o thousand pounds which he wished to tol l leave h her 1 In that hut un vili 1 H it Wd It Il can really be called drawn un in informally informally in- in formally by himself Ir and speaking of or hei hel only I suppose the knowledge of or orthis this woman power and antI his dread o of her prevented him from front making male mak InS big his will properly months n ago o But Dut Butto Butto Dutto to those three thou thousand poun pounds lOUns s the lie remains of or his late wife's portion you ou at least Sir Peter have no shadow of oC moral right Legally Legal of ot cour course e e cr everything every every- thin thing Is yours ours but law as you know Is not always alwa's justice I beg your our pardon Mr 1 Mansfield the other Interrupted coolly tIme the law lawand lawand lawand and Justice in this case go hand In hand My 1 late lamented uncle tried his best to lo defraud m me Inc of or m my rights rights- you OU cant can't deny that lie He Is dead Sir Peter and you OU know tho the old Latin proverb Speak no ill III of or orthe the dead If U truth be ill HI It must be bo spoken though the tho dead end had hal had been beon a king In Instead Instead instead In- In stead of oC a baronet and anti I claim that I have ha a n. legal and moral right to everything you t everything you understand understand under under- stand Mr r. r Mansfield this Mansfield this three thou thou- poun pounds lS and ana all I think on tho the whole holo Miss has c cr every r reason to be IJu thankful or tho the life of case and luxury she has le led led led- she who for aught we wo know now might have been bon a beggar born There is no need to get angry Mr Il Mansfield I I am nm speaking truth Then I am to understand Sir Peter Peter Pe Pe- ter er the tho lawyer said raising his voice that you refuse to do her even ovon this scant justice that justice that you ou moan mean to send her forth penniless into the thc world to tomake tomake tomake make her own way as sho she best can I I. Iam am nm to understand this My 1 good fellow fellow- fellow no no the young baronet said saltI In the slow slowest st laziest la nm and most Insolent of tones tones' nothing of the sort sort sort-I I shant shan't turn my lato late fair relative relative rela rela- tive tie Into the world She Sho sh shall Jl live am and enliven Scar and mo nio by her charming presence as ns lon long as she pleases But you OU will I. I kindly I allow allo me inc to mal make o m my own terms with herand her fin and be generous after actor m my own fash ash ion l Ia May I ask If Ir It Is to visit ant and condole with Miss Mis Dangerfield that tha you are arc on you way to now I suppose wo iu must call cull her hei Miss Dangerfield for convenience sake her her own name name If she ever had a legal right to a name nome being enveloped enveloped ope In a n delightful cloud of or mystery mystery mys mys- tery ter and antI romance I wonder how she finds ls it to bo be a l heroine Sir Peter Dangerfield the old oh lawyer began holly but the lie baronet waved his hand hantl authoritatively That will do Mr Mansfield I have been in I admit and anel anelI andI your office am amI I have been an impoverished ne ney while you were a well to solicitor soil soli perhaps you OU had a right t to lie lie- tate lale to me mo then Our Om relations have changed I I I deny your right now Bo Do kind enough to keep your you l' l temper antI and for the future your advice And then Sir Peter folded his small arms across s his lila small chest and ami looked with the malicious delight of ofa a small nature through his glass eye-glass at the tho discomfited solicitor I owe him a good many home home- thrusts the baronet thought thou with a n chuckle I think I have paid off orr one installment at least I shall shaH pay oC off all allI I owe before long The They reached dark dark and gloomy the tIme old house loomed up In Inthe Inthe the thc chill chili gray lay wintry twilight A ACle Cle crescent cent moon swung over the lie trees and the stars bright ht and mul frost frosty were out No o lights gleamed anywhere along the tho front of tho the building except except ex ex- the soughing soughing- of the tho wind night no sound readied reached th their lr cars ears If one ono believed in ghosts ghost Scars Scars- wood looks a fit place Ince for tor a ghostly ca carnival rn I to tonight n t M Mr 1 r. r M Mansfield aim ci d thought It is like a haunted house I wonder can con poor old Sir Sit Johns John's shade rest easy as In the he tomb with his ono one ewe ewo lamb at the mercy of his contemptible little wolf I am going to the library Mansfield Mansfield Mans Mans- field the new baronet said with cool familiarity If you or Miss or-Miss Miss Dangerfield Dangerfield Danger Danger- field want me mc you ou can send sentI for mo me there On Only I this premise I will como come comoto cometo to no terms with her hem in your our presence What I have havo to say ay to her I shall sayto say sayto to her alone Ho He opened the library door doot enter entered ll antI and closed it with an all emphatic bang hang The rhe elder man looked anxiously after him on the landing What OO does this little reptile mean mean I r dont don't halt half like the tono tone In which ho speaks peaks of Katherine e 0 doesn't mean to to-no to no he lie no no man dare insult her in the tho hour of or her I downfall He sent a servant to announce his lila presence the thc French girl Ninon sh she sho came camo to him In a moment and ushered him Into the room Katherine Kalherine sat alone alono It was as her ol old familiar sitting room or boudoir all nl fitted filled up with crimson and gliding gildIng for the she had ever cr loved bright colors color The firelight leaping In Jn the he grate alone lit It now and before before be be- I fore foro th the fire lying back Lack In a great geat carved and glided gilled chair Katherine sat st st. I Tho Time bright cushions against which her head la lay threw brew out with wih startling i relief tho the ghastly pallor of ot her face tac tho the dead black of or her dress dres How flow I changed she sie was was how how changed how changed how changed out of all an knowledge And there were ere people who had called calell her cold and ane heartless anti and ane unfeeling because because because be be- cause sho she had sat with dry dO eyes and stIll tl face faco beside her lead deal UnreelIng Unfeeling Unreel ing lug and worn and altered like this She looked round and held heM out IH her r hand with the he faint taint shadow of or h her r former Cornier bright smile mlle to 0 her friend My y ho sold said very Jent gently I Ido ItIe I do tIe not intrude upon you too soon mb do 10 doI I But Hut I could not walt wait I came with I Sir Peter straight from rom the tho funeral here As things timings stand aland now the soon soon- er or your our affairs are settled the lie better heter She Rhe lifted her har head hea a 0 little nm and looked at him Peter Dangerfield here so here so soon spon He lie le is in haste hate to take possession Does Doe he lie Intend to lo remain all al night night and am am am I to lo I leave heave ave at once You are not to leavo leave until you ou so see fit tt for fOl a thousand Peter Dan I 1 dont don't know whether ho lie intends Intend re remaining re- re over o nl night ht or not certainly not though I should say sar If IC you Ol ob object ob- ob t tOIl I OIl What right have I T to object The Tho house houe Is his and everything In itHe it i. i He lie is perfectly justified in taking possession at once an and in turning m mout me mc out If It he sees ees fit fit He lie will never nover do that m my child anti and ane I think think think-I I I hope hope I I am sure ure he lie will wi act as common justice requires require and give you at once tho the three thousand thousand and pounds your father bequeathed to you ou In that ln unsigned will wJ ill Continued Tomorrow Morning |