Show A WONDERFUL WOMAN BY MAY AGNES FLEMING lIe He waited Impatiently during the four foul ensuing da days but he lie waited In vain vuin It If Mr Hem Henry Otis had returned to lo town he lie did not en call upon Captain ODonnell O'Donnell and amid disgusted ted and desperate desper desper- ate on the tho evening of ot the tho fifth he returned once more to C lie He presented himself at Scars wood at once He had hind not seen his sister for a week weel It was close upon eight o'clock and amid the lie silver gray gra of oC the thc summer ummer evening was deepening into twilight ht V as he lie wall walked ed up the thc avenue The flutter Hutter of oC a white while diess dess s caught ht his eye amid the dark green depths of fern a tn tall slender shape with bright hazel hair hall was slowly pacing the terrace ter tel race alone It was Lady Cecil A soft sot mass o of rose-pink rose and down wrapped her She held a letter letter letter let let- ter In her hand which she read as she walked An And even In that dim re religious re- re light ODonnell O'Donnell saw aw or fancied fanc fanc- that the tho fair fall pale face had grown paler and amid graver than ever he had seen It It in those five past days das Lad Lady Cecil He lifted his hat and amid stood before her lier She had hind not nol heard heald him until he lie spoke poke A faint tremulous Hush flush rose up over the sensitive face ace as she turned and gave ne him her hand Captain ODonnell O'Donnell and just as we wea a all began to give you ou up for lost I 1 Iama im ama glad you have ha come come I I ha e been wishing for you unspeakably Do you ou know that Rose Is Js ill m Lanty said sold something of or It Jt but I thought thought- She is really something ill has I 1 happened I dont don't know what whal only that Miss lIss Is at the bottom of that too Your sister has worked herself herselt Into a fever she fever she has neither eaten or 01 slept I believe since you IOU went awa away Something is preying on he her mind something mInd something which Miss 1 alone knows Oh that dreadful Miss aspe Why h did r outer t rhou s Captain O we wo are arc In trouble trouble amid and she is the cause of It all Do you ou know that she Is gone sone Go Gone a e Been dismissed sent dismissed discharged sent sent away in disgrace It Is tho the strangest thing thIng the the most wickedly malicious and whatever her object could have been puzzles us all I Lady Cecil you puzzle me inc What I new enormity has Miss been guilty of or I You do wo well voll to ca call It enormity She has parted Sir Sli Peter and amid his wife wife for for li life I greatly fear cam He lie had been walking by b her side side side- lie he stopped and amid looked at her now He lie had hall delayed too long long lie ho had shown her his cards canIs and let her win the tho game He lIe had thought to spare her and amid the time mischief was done I Parted Sir SIl Peter and his wife Do DoI I hear you OU aright my dear Lad Lady Cecil Cecil Ce Ce- cil elI It sounds Incredible does docs it not Nevertheless It Jt is true You remember ber tho time masquerade at Mrs tIrs Everleigh's Ever Ever- leighs leigh's last Thursday that Thursday that most mIserable mIserable miserable mis mIs- erable masquerade Ginevra would Insist upon going with Major l Frankland Frankland Frank Frank- I land as tho lie Pa Page Pago e he Kaled-he he as the Knight Lara Lam Sir Peter hates hate Mrs 1 he I he abhors masquerades and amid manic male costumes for or women Of course he lie was right and ra Ginevra was wron wrong but his ver very opposition made mado her more resolute to go o. o He lie told her if she went vent she should never return that she shie should hould not live ll under his roo roof and amid disgrace it Ginevra defied him him but In her heart she owns now how she was wag afraid and read ready to draw dm back But Dut that fatal Miss would not let her She had suggested the lie costumes made and used every ovelT persuasion to Induce her to defy defy defy de de- de- de fy Sir Peter Peter deceive him rather and amid go Ginevra yielded Sho wrote a note at al the tho dictation of the governess gO to Major Frankland in lii London telling telling tell teU- ing Ins him of Sir Peters Peter's opposition askIng askIng asking ask ask- ing him him to come conic fe secretly reU down remain remain re re- re main at one OLiC of the tho inns and go o from thence to the ball My poor oot cousin can not even keep her own secrets and she told me I said everything e I could think of or to shake her resolution tion but In vain aln Finally I told papa papaIn In despair and amid made matJo him wa waylay ln the train at the station You remember remember- he met you ou that same afternoon He lie talked to Major Frankland and tho the major finaU finally agreed to give Ive up the ball of oC would not dream of going without him luau But ho lie In InsIsted Insisted insisted In- In upon seeing her and telling toiling her with his own ups lips Unfortunately we wore were all at Morecambe 1 at an archery party and amid when he reached Scars- Scars wood ho found only Miss He wrote a note explaining all aB told her to have his masquerade dress re returned returned returned re- re turned and amid left her That note noto Miss destroyed she destroyed she owns it and and Captain ODonnell O'Donnell ODonnell O'Donnell-it it seems al almost almost almost al- al most incredible incredible Sho ho went to tt the ta masquerade masquerade masquerade mas mas- Instead of Major Frankland land and III n mi his dress The major Is short the governess It tall tall site she managed ed to tomake tomake make malo the Lara costume fit her No Noone Noone o one ever heard of ot such a thing beCore be be- fore Core You will scarcely be ablo to believe It I. I I j can believe a great deal of oC Miss s She Is a wonderful woman om wom- oman an A wonderful woman indeed indeed lt It Is Isto Isto isto to be hoped there are few tew like her hor Lad Lady Cecil responded indignantly and amid yet though h something seemed to warn me against her she her she had a sort of ot fascination for tor or me from tho the first Well e Captain ODonnell O'Donnell It happened happened hap hap- In III this wa way We re e returned from froni the arch archery ry fete tete GInevra pretended headache and retired to her room All the while Sir Peter was on omm the tho watch Miss Mies dressed her her her-a a fly fly- man maim from Castleford was In waiting and he took her to Mrs Irs The governess had managed to secret the lie Lara dress In her room and the I moment Lad Lady Dangerfield was gone she rapidly dres dressed ed herself herselt and walk walk- ed actually ed-actually walked from rein to 10 Mrs house Sir Peter In spite of their helm precautions had seen his wife ire depart and followed Imme At Mrs Irs he lie procured procured procured pro pro- cured a black domino and in that disguise ulse and amid masked of ot course he lie watched the time page The knight arrived I In due time time rather rather late perhaps and neither ra Ginevra dancing or talking to him or Sir Peter watching deemed it was other than the major Well ODonnell O'Donnell said curtly Supper came and under plea of or going for an nn Ice Count Lara Ginevra h had d to go S-O down on the arm of another gentleman At I supper there was the usual universal unmasking and amid the first face tace poor poor Ginevra saw was that of oC Sir Peter Imagine her feelings s And Amid the lie major nowhere to be seen A moment after arter Sir Peter disappeared and my unfortunate unfortunate cousin half haht lead dead wIth fear made her wa way from the supper room and amid the house and reached home homo in inthe inthe inthe the fi fly tho the most object you OU over ever saw aw Her first question was for her husband husband her her first impulse to throw herself at his feet and Implore his forgiveness But Dut he was not here hero lie he he has not hot been lucre here since Not here since No Captain ODonnell If he lie had come home and ra raged ed and stormed there lucre might have been some sonic hope hope hope- now hOW I fear there is none Ho He Is In Castleford and his London solicitor is with him stopping at the Scars Scars- wood Arms lIe He refuses to see sec his wife he wire he will never seo her again he heys says sal's ys as long bug as he lives JIves Papa has been with him I him I have been beon with him all all In vain aimi He is harder than stone harder than Iron She has made his life Ute miserable long enough that enough that thatIs Is his answer If she were dying he would not see her hel now He lie e told her herIt if It she went to that womans woman's house houseIn house house- In male attire to meet Jasper Frankland Frankland Frank Frank- land she should never live Jive beneath roof oot of his And sue she never will But Dut it was It was ivas not MaJorS Major Frankland Yes Yea yes yes es he knows that lint It makes no difference dif dif- ference nothing makes any difference I believe he lie hates her imer and amud only wants a pretext for separation This horrible hor- hor masquerade ade and more horrible governess have given him that He lie knows Jasper Frankland was In London London Lon Lon- don and that Miss lIss pla played cd tho the double part of Major and Lara on that fatal tatal night His answer Is that that has nothing to do with It t- t this his wife went vent In In the full Cull belief bellet that thai it il was Frankland In male attire and amid to the house of a woman of doubtful character If It there were grounds rounds for tor divorce a divorce he lie would have as there are not he ho will still have ha a separation Lady Dangerfield ma may re remaIn remain re- re main here until the necessary ary document documents docu docu- meats ments are arc drawn up then up-then then she sho leaves leave and forever She Is nearly nearl insane and amid no wonder think of or the tho exposure the scandal the disgrace And to know know know- to know It Is all that wicked revengeful revenge revenge- ful womans woman's work He had never seen her so moved so excited so agitated In her life Was Vas this the tho causo cause of the tho change chango he saw In her altered faco face And Anel how hous' was it all an discovered Did Miss confess at once Miss lIss has not confes confessed ed edat at all aJi In sonic some wa way she sho reached before she GInevra-she sho must have hind had a conveyance waiting and was one omie of the first to receive her hel In her ordinary dress Tho Tim tumult poor Ginevra made aroused the house In Inthe Inthe Inthe the cold gray of oC the morning we all all all- papa pupa among the rest rest gathered gathered about her She told her story tor In an Incoherent Incoherent Inco Inco- herent way Pupa listened In amaze amaze- ment Frankland he said Fran Frankland Frank FranIc- Ic- Ic land at the ball ball Impossible I myself myself myself my my- self saw him depart for London by bylie bythe bythe the lie Parliamentary train at 6 20 last evening o Frankland Is in iii London He Hc HeV was V positive GInevra was wa positive The end of or the matter was he telegraphed tele tele- graphed to Major 1 Frankland In iii London Lon Lon- don don was was he ho there thero or had he been heen atlie atthe at atthe the lie ball hall The an answer came at once once once- he had not been at the thc ball bail was then lien In London and lel would run down at once He did so and then the murder was uvas out Had llad she not got ot his note What hat note note The rue explanatory note given to Miss Certainly not Miss lIf was summoned and confronted 1 with the lie indignant ma nun- jor What had she do done dono no with his note And Miss tUss tle looked him full fuU in the face faco and told him she had destroyed It Did she sa say wh why She said and anel you should have havo heard how coolly that she thought It Ita ita ita a pity Lad Lady Dangerfield field should I be bo de deprived deprived de- de of or the ball and amid of wearing the dress upon which sho she had set her heart for a jealous whim of ot Sir Peters Peter's and a prudish whim of or tho time major majors She destroyed the note and allowed Lady Dangerfield to go and amid enjoy herself Who ho then had personated personated personated per per- the major majot herself But Dut on this subject Miss II was mute as as s obstinate as Sir Peter Petel himself The Tue Lara Lam dress was found packed In Its box In the thc majors major's room and the governess refused to confess or deny anything an They might suspect what hat thc they chose chose accuse accuse her of or anything the they lucy liked hiked If the they could not prove provo their heir charges the they had better be si silent sI- sI lent she lent s he would admit nothing And she would not GInevra Hew flew Into a terrible passion and ordered her out of the house and amid she went wIthout went without a word vord ODonnell O'Donnell drew a lon long bug breath D By George Geors-e he ho said Id here Is a n. amare's amares amares amare's mares mare's nest And where has she gone Lad Lady Cecil To London London three three da days 3 ago Before Before Before Be Be- fore she left Jef she sho had an ami interview I with your sister since whon when Rose Hose has been unable to leave her room And Ginevra is in hysterics hysterIc In hers I never tier nev I I er saw haw papa so so worried o annoyed In all aU m my life Uto before beCore He lIe says MI s I Is Satan himself In crino crino- line and that all an her mischief Is not done yet ct I a agree ree with his lordship And Amid her champion her champion her admirer of or others days das the the chivalrous Cornishman where Cornishman where Is he lie that he lie does loes not break a lance In imm fa favor 0 I of this persecuted iad The soft summer dusk might have hidden from any other othel than the time keen blue eyes ejes of ODonnell O'Donnell the th flush that 1080 loso up UI uP all over Lady Cecils Cecil's fair face It lt Is hardly Is-hardly a fitting time line or subject subject subject sub sub- for C Captain O'Donnell's sarcasm I she answered coldly Sir Arthur Tregenna Tregenna Tre- Tre genna Is in Cornwall Corm lIe He left lert ver very I early earh on the morning following the masquerade masquerade before before the lie news ha had spread I 1 b beg your our pardon Lad Lady Cecil believe belle me I sympathize with you at nt least Will you ou pardon me mao again If I Isay Isay Isay say I feel teel but very little for Lady Her own disobedience o has hus wrought her ruin she ruin sho hn has no one oneto oneto oneto to blame blamo but herself That does docs not make It any easier to bear But I know of old how lit littie little m- m tie tle sympathy you have for human error She Sho may havo have done wrong but she Is suffering now and suffering goes far to atone for Cor sin She had grown rown white again her agaIn her face looked like marble in iii the faint misty light She was looking looking- away from him as she spoke a wistfulness a passion in tn her brown eyes he could not understand I dare say people who go 10 through life Ue as you have gone loving ins nor hating very ery greatly can afford to tobe tobe tobe be c cynical and hard and cold You have never suffered yourself yourself nor nor erred err err- ed ed I suppose how arc are you to understand understand un un- or feet feel for yoUr weaker fellow fellow fel fel- fel- fel low mortals who do But at least i I hope you ou will be able to descend from your yoUl tower of or strength lh far farenough farenough enough to sympathize with wih your sis sis sis- ter Be gentle with wih her Captain ODonnell O'Donnell at least a as far Car as you understand understand un un- un- un the thc word for she he is in trouble Dont Don't be too hard hard hard- your hard your our life Is not all aJi over even over even you ou ma may learn what it Is Js to suffer before you 01 die She Sue turned from him and was gone sone time the the graceful willowy willow |