Show A WONDERFUL WOMAN BY MAY AGNES FLEMING V The wretched woman wrt wrote her hoC name old Hannah and henry Honry Otis theirs ns as witnesses Ho lie 10 folded folded up the he document d it i Can Con res fesson esson on of or Harriet and placed ed Cd It In his breast pocket She sat watching ever every motion moton with wih terrified eyes eyes I I am going to place Il It In tho the hands I f Lord between this and to to- night The hc rank ranI and name your our daughter has usurped for two- two twenty and years je year shall haH be taken from front her ler before the expiration of four and twenty hours hour It lt I was WIS no fault faul of hers tho the guilty I woman said with wih trembling lips I You made Lord daughter daugh daugh- ter er pay tho the penal penalty of or her mothers mother's actions yours actions yours yours shall shaH pa pay pay- the penal penalty of or hers For you Mr 11 Otis arose Lord shall deal with wilh you ou as he ho sees fit ft She started to her feet and caught him ilm as he was turning awo away 1 Take fake me away from this horrible now house louse now at nt once You promised you ou know Do anything you ou like only take ake m me awa away Not tonight he answered cold coldly It I Is impossible You would make your OUI escape and that I cant can't allow alow had our day day day- Six years ago you ou your this is mine mine The mercy rcy you ou showed Dangerfield then shall haH be meted out to you ou now Dont Don't be afraid you yau you shall shaH not be bo left alone atone You shall have a light Hannah take talce her herup herup herup up to the room loom prepared for fr or her and remain with her all al night He lie drew himself from her grasp and left the room loom He lie heard h her r cry of oC terror and despair as he went out Ml 1 Miss s still stood In the passage pas pas- sage Ho Ito 10 took tool her hand and led her ner Into Into another room and gave her tho the thoI pa paper perThe per The world shall know you yau as you ou I are at last Jast he said shall said sald shall give Ive you ou the name you c borne front om 1 1 your aur birth Let me bo be the first frt to cal call you ou by hy It I It He lie lifted her hand to his hislip lip Ip 1115 Lad Lady Cecil Ceci Chive YEI 1 Hunted Down It I was very ear early on the morning of or tho the ensuing da day day so so so carl early that the theros ros rosy spears of aC sunrise were but hut Just glancing glancing through the tall taU tl lbs His and anc waving way way- ing brake bralo around Hollo Holo when a 3 loud 11 10 authoritative knock In ock aroused the tho inmates of the lonely lanely old oldhouse oldhouse ole house from Crom their slumbers In five minutes tn old aIe Hannah was was ws up p and dressed dress dress- s. s ed and in tho the room of ot her Yur young mistress Katherine let et us c call l her by the old ha had hai sprung from her bed al also o oas as ns that hat authoritative knock resounded h the house It I must be Henry Otis Otis Otis-it it It can b bno bOno bO no ono one else ele at this hour Go open the thc door Hannah and ane let let them thern in wj cr oe cr they the may be beThere be There Is nothing to fear Cear whether It I be friend or foe If I the they do not come conte to me 1 I shall go to them Th Ih power f is mine now and the victory jower Before the sun un sets Harriet Hannan conf Jr n shall ahal be In the hands of ot m my Lord nu lant Tho They They- shall learn ono one and all all al who tho the de despised gov- gov O whom the they thoy have ha turned from their doors door I Is to their cost And then th old Hannah said ald Oh And then then then- Sufficient unto th day etc Go open the door Hannah Han han- tl nah there nab there Is the knock knoel n again aln andon arid and on nry word worl whoever the gentleman or nT Is he knocks Knocks Hannah went She flung open the thedoOr thedo thedoOr do doOr r and stood confronted b by a n tall tallman tallman man with A dark handsome stern stern- looking tac fae face and an un unmistakably military airI all air I J wish to see Miss this gentleman enteman began with wih perfect abruptness abrupt abrupt- ness I I know that she he is here v Who o are ore you ou sir old Hannah demanded with wih equal sternness und and andI I J b by wl what t right do O you come at such Buch a n f J C r Li l r. r r r i f r- r J 1 H rr time of of morning morinG a 5 this routing de decent docent do- do cent ent folks falks out of ot their bol beds j My Iy name nam I Is J 1 am Miss friend frend frend an and X r o ha come cometo m t to do her het a s service while there i Is y yet t time Before Defore two hours i Id H. may may b be too toolate late Give her this I 1 entreat you oU ou and anti tell tel her I must s see ee her hen henHe lie He le says ays It as though he were a n aking aking king thought old Hannah He looks Joks grand enough and noble enough for any king Icing ODonnell O'Donnell Why hes he's the Irish officer who found her out out out- that Rho's she's most afraid of or She Sho stood Irresolute holding holing the card he had hod given her hei and looking angrily and doubtfully from him to it itI it i. i I I dont don't know what you want here what what you ou mean by hy coming here Youre You're no no friend of ot Miss I I know that Youre You're the man that followed her her that has been her enemy I and pursuer from the first How dare you jou ou call cal yourself her frend exclaimed ODonnell O'Donnell I tell teU you ou ODonnel impatiently Impatient I I am her friend I want to serve her if I she will wi let me She Sho has rendered herself amenable to the law she is an object of ot suspicion the officers are on her tr track ck If It you ou are areher areher areher her friend you will wl give ghe her that card at once Yes Hannah give It I to m inc me Im I'm Im not afraid of or Captain ODonnell ODonnel Let mo inc lt see se-o eo what he has to say sy say It I Ia a was tas Katherine herself herself In In slippers slippers slip slip- pers and dressing gown her gown her brown hair hall undone rippling in the old girlIsh girlish girl girl- ish wn way over o her shoulders shoulders- shoulder In that white negligee with wih hair unbound and andIs Its Is natural color she he looked with wih the rose Hush of the August sunrise upon her younger fairer fresher than he had hal ever seen scott her before bor She took no notice of or him She re received received re re- tho the card from irom Hannah gravely grave grave- ly and ly-and and grav gravely I examined It I. I Beneath his name In pencil was tas written I I 1 know that you jou are here I come como as sir your our friend If I you U have any re regard regard re- re g gard once rd for yourself you ou will wJ see ice ee me mo at Sh She looked up and h held ll out her hr hand to him hint with wih a smile smile smile-a smie-a smie a smile that had something of the old brightness brightness bright bright- rl ness ss the tho old saucy lCy defiance of oC Kather- Kather I ather lao Ine Dangerfield morning Good Captain ODonnell My h friends are arc so 50 few and far betteen between between be be- tween at present ent that it H would bo ho a n tHU thousand pities 1 o 0 refuse n an l audience to one of them But nul you ou my m friend frend Isn't that rather a n nev new role rolo for the gallant alanl Captain of o Chass urs She led the wry way Into tho the look bare fn log ing apartment where where- where last Jast night Harriet Har liar riot riet Harman had made mado her conf s. s slon Ion and pointed to a chair There was warf a grace a triumph about her h he had n never ver seen before th the before the whole ex expression x x- pros sian of C her face w was s changed Where was the sad fel somber face faco of or ls Miss now A sort of ot proud triumph lit It all nl tho the face before e him He lie accepted the chair only ony to lean across I its f wooden bac back and io look kat kather at ather at her She stood where where the golden sunshine sunshine sun sun sun- shine fell fel fullest up UI upon n n. n her her her-her her tall tl form looking taller and anc more classic titan than ever r e In her trailing white robe rabe a crimson on cord for fOl her girdle The brown own hair was as wept off oft forehead and temples temples tem tem- tent tem ples pies the scar on the left lef plainly and adding to the nobility of ot hop her face ac The Tho black had been washed from front the altogether altogether she he was chan changed d almost out nut of or knowl edge was a smile smUt on her ht J lips a 3 light In her ey eys s 's a glow glou o nil on her hr checks cheeks that transfigured t her hei I The rho hour hour of or her victory had hat come she stood before before be be- fore him himA himA A A daughter of oC the gods god od divinely tall And most divinely fair Yes fair tall In this moment if never nO fair before I Captain ODonnell O'Donnell rn ODonnel ODonnell O'Donnell-my my friend who who has hunted me down from first to last speak last speak Wh What t Is Is' it I that that has taken you out of oC your our bed beel at this un uncivilized uncivilized un un- civilized h hour ur and brou brought ht you jou O Oto to Bracken Hollow y 1010 and mo meZ i f f r 11 t J ft Zt I j The ringing tone of her voice the thc meaning sparkle of or eye ye and smile smie confounded con con- founded him It I J is so easy e to he be mistaken n she went on on sti still smiling I r confess among mong th the few the very few I count as m my friends your yom name Is the last should ever dream of ot adding to the thel l hIt Iut tUut then strong strongly marked char char- C. C l strongly original wa ways s of oC I proving pro t and dislikes dislike HuntIng huntI Hunt Hunt- HuntIng I Ing- Ing Ing ng m mo moc 0 nl be ye joui u r w way of or proving yo your r h What t Is Js it II 1 Captain ODonnell O'Donnell l. l halt halti me i here her at six In tho the morning to toTo toTo Sy rH To say ry you OU are arc In da danger g f your our game Is up to s say all al Is known KnO that the Iho police are on your track that this very ery day day or day oJ 01 tomorrow at furthest furthest furth furth- est cst they will wi be here To 10 warn you ou for the thc last time tm For the tho last tm to to to warn me of what i To fly I I repeat all al Is known known all What h t dO does S all al comprise May ay I ask you ou to explain 1 It I means that a detective detect has been on your track from rein the tire hour you quitted quitted quit quit- qui qui- ted that by day day and night you ou have been watched that you ou are known as tIe the Gaston aston e who by fair fall means or foul has won an enormous ous Ou sum from Sir Peter Dangerfield at nt cards that cards that the real Gaston l Is shut shirt h t up here lucre at Bracken n Hol Hollow an Idiot IcHo and has been ben for lor years ear Aji Ai you jou ou feel that I repeat ahI al all Is known all The smile smie faded from her lips th the old hard expression looked at him out of ot her gray gry eyes v vA A 4 detective on my track I dill did not not dream of ot that Indeed And to whom am ant I Indebted for that delicate at attention atten at- at ten lon To m my friend C Captain ODonnell O'Donnell ODonnell ODon nell neU of or course couise No o. o Miss Iss not riot In U I this In In In- stance tance To the nf Right ht Honorable tho the Earl of or A shadow came over o er he her face a gray somber shadow She sat st down suddenly suddenly sud sud- len denly with an altered alered expression The Earl of she repeated repeat repeat- ed eti What Whit had I done cone to him hint Ah h I I 1 understand understand the tho law Jaw calls upon every honest man to hunt down a aI I rogue gUC And nd the Earl of ot has hs hasset set Bet a detective on my track I Is this all 1 his hl noble lordship has l discovered or 01 Is there something el else ie e This Is all h he has absolutely discovered dis us- covered ered but there Is something else elMe He lie le strongly suspects the tho death and burial bur bur- ial ml of or Danger Dangerfield elc to tu Do no bogus and Miss IRS and l ath crine Dan Dangerfield to bo ho one ono and the same Was as as It I acting on this suspicion that you jou ou went up to London and auth ne nearly frightened poor Mrs Otis Otis- to todo do death th 1 suspicion suspicion-I I suspicion I was acting on no I acting on I was rarely act on that in Car Cos- certainty I know the tho grave gravo Ca- Ca churchyard to be bo a fraud the fraud the tombstone lying even more morA than tombstones tomb- tomb stones usually le lie I knew new that grave h hold held an 1 empty coffin H Ma MayI ray I I ask how Itow In 10 the simplest manner possible I employed a and I opened open open- We raised the tho coffin ed eel the grave rne corn opened that and found Cound ns as I told you you you- nothing nothing lid lidI You did this I 1 I I did dic this this Sire sat ti fd arid and looked at him him wonder ti not t with wih a n of ot amusement amuse amuse- amus- amus ment and admiration In her tier face Anti And yet jet c you ou call yourself yo my my friend Captain joure youre an extraordinary dinar man No o I dont don't see it It lie hc answered coolly coolY It I wa want wasn't nt any anything I. I thIne very y yX X ex ex- ex From the tIre hour I discovered dISCO ered erd your yom Identity with wih tho the Now New Cw York actress m my suspicions were wr aroused sed You had pr n given up the stage anti and buried yourself alive alve at In Inthe the lire capacity of or Nn gO s without some semis fOmA powerful latent motive That Thal motive I confess q I felt curious to discover er Then you jou 0 mn made l love Joye to Sir Arthur Tre Tre- gonna I genna-I I h beg your jour our pardon permitted pardon pardon permitted him to fall fal in love o with wih you j ou Kath Kath- Catherine erine smiled once more As Sir Arthur Arthur Ar Ar Arthur thur had hac long before been signed sealed seal seal- sealed ed ell and delivered over to Lady Idy Cecil anc and he seemed scorned mcd powerless to hem heln himself I felt fol called upon to help him H Ho He Is my friend rl nd you jou ou know so o also is hl Iris his affianced wife Then you jou played ghost ghost oh oh yes jes you did Lord Loid land saw sa jou you and and f lightened frightened Sir Peter to the tho verge rge of Insanity Altogether Altogether Alto Alto- Alo gether you were wert too dangerous a n sort of fer person on to be lie allowed to go o on without without with with- wih out a short up up from rein some one D Destiny tny I suppose set mo me on your jour track track track-I I didn't care caro about hunting you down a as you call bali a 1 and antl ant I 1 gave gave you fair air warning You Yon scorned all al I could say so O. O a as a Im last l resource I v went to london London to Induce Mr r. r Ot Otis to cast his Influence into the tho scale You have ha e proved pro moro more d. d arid and anc more snore dangerous dan lan grous than I supposed Sir Peter r ter I In Is Isas n as nearly mad ns as It Is po possible to be he out of o a straight jacket over hi his lo loss loss- es For FOI Fo the last time I come to warn jou you your ou are aie ali accused ed of cheating at cards cArtis of ot placing a a. I pistol at Sir Peters Peter's head hat and antI threatening his life Again hi his JsU listener smiled as she he recalled Sir Peters Peter's ghastly face ace of oC fright fright It I I Ian isan Is Isan an actionable matter mater to carr carry deadly dally w weapons apon anti and ane threaten the lives of or her maj majesty's tys ty's leg subjects subject Then you youhao have o ha worn male attire you attire you attre-you ou j-ou have se secreted secreted St St. se- se a 3 dangerous lunatic to the terror tot ter of the nei neighborhood In short Iho list of your evil deeds is I. I appalling Tho The police poleo of Ca Castleford armed with wih a a search farch warrant will wi be here her today or tomorrow at al the furthest to search arch the premises you premises ou j-ou will be arrested Imprisoned and tried Ml |