Show A WONDERFUL WOMAN BY MAY AGNES FLEMING Tier Her voice was a perfectly lear perfectly per per- CI steady An n angry anJI came caine to the elder woman's womans relief She cumo In closed the thc door 1001 and faced aced her roc foe no Th ri Tills Is Is a a. most unexpected pleasure pleas pleas- ure uro Miss MIS I To fo what do 10 1 I owe It U And as unwelcome as unexpected Mr Mrs Vava or is It not To what whal dc de you owe It Well VeI there then are arc women alive alive or or alvo-or or girls If IC you ou will wl for Cor 1 I am only a 0 girl who girl who who- would have given you back death for Cor or less lefis ruin than thai you have havo wrought me inc Oh yo ye C Mrs Ir aSO a I mean man what I say say death death S-death death But I am am am- amnot not of or that sort I 1 am one of or the thc pacific kind and I content myself my my- self by hy coming here anti and only asking a few rew questions I perceive there hero was vas not time to 10 lose I hear you OU leavo Castleford tomorrow I l 1 do The widows widow's thin thi lips were wore shut In a 0 hard unpleasant line now anti and her voice yole was vas sullen Permit me Inc to add that I t am In somewhat o of ofa ofa a hurry anti and that the hour hom Is late into I must pack before beCore I retire I 1 quit cul Ca tord tomorrow b by tho the very cry fl first t tm train In Ah Au Naturally Castleford cant can't be he a pleasant pleasnt place for Cor you OU to re remain re- re main You are not popular here hero at present Mrs Is I's r I will wil not detain de do- te- te tain taiti tall you rou lon long Of course courso It Is la at your our own option whether you ou answer my questions or 01 not Of or course What hat can I 1 do o for or aI you OU Miss ls Dan She threw hel herself Into a chair chal stretched out her daintily lot booted d eel Ceet to 0 the fire fre antI and looked across with wih the tho same sam delimit defiant face Cace at ot h hoi her enemy her hI That And AmI yet rot her heart ml colorless face Cace ace with wIh UP iti ip tense set Het et ex ex- Us Its Is curious calm frightened her more than any words WOIS any threats could have tone done Katherine turned her grave rave eyes from tom the fire Ore 11 her I hands to together together to- to gether on tho th- 1111 Ic table tahl between them hem and leaned slightly forward as she spoke Miss Dan field is not 1 my ny name You lZ arc are the tho only one who knows knows VIII Wi you ou tell tel mo what It I is iHU No Nj NI decidedly That I l. l I one une of or the questions you wi vIIi not answer Here Is another Is Ism Ismy Isny m ny my father Cather alive alve He lie 1 Is I My I mother Is dead r really dead really alb dead As dead leall as Queen Anne Aniie Miss Dan- Dan erfeld I suppose we in may l' l as well continue to call caU you so lo to the tho last Cor or convenience sake ak Your YOl mother mothers Is s dead dead and dead alI and Kat Katherine herine youve you've ou c been brought rought up UI a Christan and atul all al that that amI ml you ou ought to know Do you ou suppose sup sup- pose oso the tho de dead d see soo to what goes oes on In inthIs thIs reeling rocking little globe of or ours ui-s OUI Because If Jf thc they do tb I sincerely I ope your yOU late lato lamented maternal parent arent Is looking down loII upon you and me Inc at this moment You are a good hat hater Mrs Irs Va VR- vasor Now J I should like II c to know what l nil my y mother ever did to you rou to p 1 inspire e such uh deep leep and bitter bitel and ail andla la lasting hale hate You hated her alive you ou hate he her dead leal and atul you OU visit that hale hate as bitter hiter as ever years and years after atel upon her hI child chilI I 1 dont don't blame Wame you mind I dont don't s sIy 1 iy I would not do the same mc myself under certain c circumstances only I am amer er very cu curious cu- cu nuns rious riu N to know all al about It I Mrs looked at her hel doubt doubt- i fully u ul I ly I You Xou ha hole Ic she sho said Imil a ami HII iid you yuu tal talk I to mo TUC IO like this this tu to me ml of all al people alive You hate you hate you who sit there thero theroso thereso so quietly and Ud speak peak like Jw this timis after all al the trouble and shame that would drive most girls Irl mad I dont don't think you ou know what hat hate hale means means The rhe shadow of a smile smie came o over or r Katherine's face She looked silently across at the speaker for CO an nn instant that slow curious cUlous smile smie her hel only only an an- We e wont won't discuss that she said fald Perhaps I came of a weak and pusillanimous race lace and there Is so 80 much of the spaniel In my nature that I Iam Iam Iam am ready to kiss the thc hand that hits hardest Never er e mind me Time is passing Mrs Irs do one generous generous gen gen- erous crous thing to your ou enem enemy at the last tell teU tell her something met 10 moie e c of or her own stor story You have had full ful and complete com coin revenge You you you can cami to be beIna Ina magnanimous now no Thy The perfect s o ut IC this unexpected address addless won H its iLs end Mrs Ir plucky herself admired pluck In others and all aU women good or or bad had act on Impulse You are arc a i cool hand she th h said with wih something of or admiration in her herlone herlone lone one and I ma may tell tel yo you OU this you this ou you are arc of ot no weak wel or cowardly race the blood that flows In your you veins has been bitter bad bat blood in iii Its Is Isay day ay And Ant you ou would like lle to I know now something moio mOo of your mother Your mother Hey Her UCC C eyes CN turned thoughtfully upon the time lire her hel mind wandered back to the theIla Ila past L I r 1 can cn jC see her hel now standing before me me-as plainly as 1 I used to see sec seeh h M- M twenty r years year ago aJo tall tul and alt stately You Yuu are arc like her hel the Katherine the thes s amo 10 graceful walk wale the face Cace at once lo Jroud-lo proud looking mid and ant plain looking he the hethe the dress s of black anti and orange gc or 01 purple or 0 crimson li she had a passion for 0 or bright colors und aud the tho tall dark red Mowers fow'S Mow flow fow- fow ers S 'S 5 shy she used to wear Weal In Iii her hal hair You Iou aro are like Ilce her hel and a like your OUI Cath father l' l too loo his wa way vay of smiling Mulling anti and HI speaking at times You aro are most like him now as you OU sit there so fO quiet so fO deep so resolute Katherine you ou will wil make your OUI way In the time world I hi women uk-women women like you ou always do ole Will viiI 1 you ou go gt JU on Mrs Irs Vu va Once more never mind mo mime Mrs I s 's laughed laughed all d-al d all her nh airy as self easy sel again And you OU really realy are anxious like 10 this to know why liy I hated why hated why J I still tl hate haLo your dead mother Well WellI Vel Well Well- I 1 am in tho the humor to gratify gratCy yop t l to tonight to- to nl night night night-I r ht-r I have locked the past paAl so 0 closely up 11 for such stick a length o of time that it I In is lS something of oC u a relief reler and anti anda antia a U pleasure to lo unlock it tonight Butto nut But to lo think I should toll toil tol It to you to Ou lo you ou These riese things come about no so 10 Ilfe life Is Ig all al so 80 queer such a dizzy whirling melr merry go o und anti wo vo all al Jacks jumping jacks who ju just t dance as a our Ul strings are pulled And Ami tho they call cl us UK responsible beings and they tell tel us we oan on on shape share our own U lives Wh il Why look you ou I J ml might ht have been a D goon good d woman a woman woman-a a rich woman woman woman-a a a model British matron sitting matron slUing matron sitting at the head heat n of a husbands husband's tahle-hrin tahle table bringing bringing up children In II the way they should walk going three fr c every Sunday to lo church visiting the poor of or the parish distributing tracts and amid ant blankets blanket at Christmas anti and dying at last full Cul of or years Ca an and amid good works und anti h bu m my virtues In Inscribed In tellers letters of or gold goldon on a granite shaft I might have been all al this 11 Dan and I wanted to be bo but that dead ded mother of or yours ours stepped forward orward Interposed her wand wanti of oC authority and lo today anti and ant fa for or I the past pat eighteen yea years 1 have ha e been a Bohemian houseless friendless t penniless and reputation reputation- l let Now ow listen listen here here here I Is J my stor story No name mind no questions when I have hl c done dona All I you yon aro to know I will wi tell teU you ou Your YOUl father ruther lives lIves lIves- you ou have ha ho hosts ts of or relatives alive e aJ for or that thai mailer mater limit bill hit I dont don't moan monn mon you OU siaU Rhal i se I 4 or know nn any H of them She rank hock hack in ht her chart nl char pl a i J f. f t 1 1 i 11 i I r i J t O t t t J j t r l T. T 1 t. t J I with her looked at lh the j I I 0 flu fir and told tolt her toy story In rapid words Your Yum mother was vas Just my age I when I first knew her her n a little the tile elder I think think anti and just maried married She wasn't handsome but hut somehow she he was attractive most attractive moat people liked her herI I I did myself for Cor a time And she vas as a great she was the tho wife if time the handsomest man In England i ml niti 11 she loved lo him ah h ah well wel as you eyed o d poor joor Mr 11 perhaps and lot tt much more wisely I I lived with wih her her never never mind In vhal capacity I lived l cO with wih her and amid new more of or her than any other othel luman being alive alve Including her hus- hus laud Indeed after aCer the honeymoon honeymoon- ind how he t used to tn yawn awn and amI smoke mt luring the honeymoon lio he ho saw san sw as litin lit lit- It- It lo in of if her as possible She was the he ho was as married to and the tho he 11 loved was as beautiful as all al he angels and not worth a farthing Its It's Is I's a very IY old state state of things vs Ml-vs 1 nothing novel no el about it it Your mother was wa frantically Jealous ind ld having haing ha the temper tempE of a spoiled child made matI hl his lor I br-I I mean made matle rout ur fathers father's life a mart martyrdom with wih tears leals and ani reproaches When she h sat st sobbing sometimes Nw swelling her hel eyes and anti reddening her hI nose and anti looking el very ugly uly I used tf to pl pity her hm and ant once I 1 ventured to offer my IY humble humble hum hum- ble bie sympathy and amI call cal my my hiet her husband husband hus bus band a t wretch Do you know how she received It She Sho Jumped up UI and sla slapped my nn face I am glad to hear It It Katherine said ld with wih composure She served y you ou fl right 1 Ah no doubt built You would have havo done tone Iho LII saino I r am tUI sure Well Veth 1 II It I was about that time hue the romance of or ormy my life began Your Yom mothers mother's I brother broth broth- er or came care from flom Ireland to make her a it I visit and we met He lIe Il was only 20 I 1 was wa your OUI age ale 17 lb He 10 was a handsome hand hand- and amid mother had got gotal some somo poor poor poor- your poor your ol all al the he money he ho 11 all al th time the beauty of or orthe the family I IasI asI was was my modesty modest makes males me hesitate to r say it considered It-considered Il pretty in Iii tho those e days that days that las that Is Is In a certain gypsy style stylo of or prettiness It I was a U style that suited suied him at nt least and anti we looked at al each other antI and fell rel In love and each turned to Paradise Para Para- dl dise tilse and we WC were vore among tho the hl blest t I r i dont don't need neeti to mm t tell 1 you OU what followed fol fol- lowed do tin ro I the Ithe the meetings h by chance tho ho appointments the thc twilight wal walk the moonlight rambles the the delicious blissful Col folly of it i all al No o need to toll tell tel you your you Ou your OU own experience t Js Is recent re re- cent Let Lei mo inc 10 skip the Ule sentimental and amid keep to har hard facts facia A month passed court courtship hIJ progresses rapidly with two people of or 20 21 I anti anil 1 17 7 V Wo t were en engaged aged al and amid we must be le married at once or 01 life would be 10 ble nut But how Youths of 20 I and antI girls gimis of oC 17 cannot marry clandestinely anti and yet el legal legally In fn England except uld under very Vy great reat difficulties un under under er perjury in fact fact- As deeply as he lie adored m inc me ho was not prepared to perjure himself elC on un m my account We Ve must t try a Scotch marriage for It it- it there was as nothing else else anti and think about tho the legality afterward He lie was poor I poor I was poorer What we ve were to live lve on after marriage e was vas an unanswerable un un- answerable queston question We Vc e never ne fI tried to lo answer it te It we i-we we must be hc married first at all al risks time risks risks time enough to lo think of or all ni these prosaic prosale details a afler f to r. r No one ono suspected our our 11 Jils folly oh ly and amid m my presumption tim t IH Ii what the they termed tomell f It We Vc c had fixed time the day tay of O out our flight flight we we we had hall packed OUt our In in less les than a week we would be In Scotland and ant united as fast as a a Scotch marriage laws can unite when all al of a sudden la your la-your mothers mother's sharp 0 my your gray gra grayeyes grayeyes eyes were re opened and saw aw the truth A A. note unto of his to me fell fel Into her hands hants and anti sho she and read It It Not an honorable thin thing to do do oh eh KatherIne It I told her hm all o al-o all of of our flight In two days day of out our proposed marriage marriage alL all allI I I have tol told you 1 Katherine that you are like your our mother You are You have hav taken talen all al your our troubles quietly and made no outcry no complaint complaint com coin plaint plaint She Sho took things quietly too Three hours hour after she he got gol that note she came camo to me quiet compoe composed and ci determined C Ic rn i ii im i Harriet she he said ald I 1 am ama going oln lute Into the country for fOl a day only day only u ii I cay lay day Pack a few things and be he ready lo to accompany me inc in lii an hour hour I 1 stood confounded Ho lie was awa away what would he say when he ho came caine back bael But nul il it i was as 1111 Impossible ibe for me mu to lo disobey awl and then then only only for fora forn a n dl day Wo We O would be back bac In time line after afler ufer al all For Pot Katherine she he a day du never stopped until we w re In Iii II Cornwall She had an nn uncle a i color there ho he and anti his wife tife lived in a lonesome old fa gray house 10 t on on the tho ECU mica cu coast a It I was lute mic at LU me tue SUIO coach brought us UM lo tu the lie door and arni I Iwas Iwas Iwas was worn out with fatigue I asked for some ton ten m my my your your mother Ja gave 0 It to me Inc graciously with her own hand u a smile on her hem lips and amid a sleep sleep- In lug ing potion in the lie cup CUll You must bo be tired llred tred my mm poor 1001 Harriet Harriet Har liar riet she said hald all awl and you didn't think we wo coming nil all aJ the way to Corn Corn- wall valL No more did I I. I but hul I I. I took tool a u sudden fancy to pay the tIme old olti place a flying Hying vl visit Ir 1 A flying vl visit lt I repeated repealed Then you mean mean mean- 4 To return to lo town tomorrow In my dear child Certainly you dont don't suppose sup sup- IJ pose I could ml exist l here and jn n the height of or time the London season eal too But nut I think country country air ait ah and solitude will wi do you OU good oot Good Goot li night ht Harriet liar Har net riet you OU look |