Show A WONDERFUL WOMAN WONDERFUL WOMAN BY MAY AGNES FLEMING Confound Mrs Irs and her masquerade ball and doubly trebly confound Miss for persuading ing Gln Ginevra to go The only consolation consolation consola consola- tion Is well we'll ha have haher her on the tho hip before before be he- fore night ra falls And even that con consolation I T must a ask k your lordship to forego o ODonnell O'Donnell ODonnell O'Donnell ODon nell said with whit a n half I have men been to see ce Miss II tle And t there therea hel is 13 a no need of or that warrant search my lord I believe you are at nt liberty to enter and go through Bracken Hollow as ns frE-e frE freely as you ou please please please-If If you ou only wait until tomorrow My l good fellow do you ou know what you ole are saying aln Walt Wait with such mch an i arch a as that Wait Vait give her i time lime to make her escape and anti carr carry oft off her victim victim her her prisoner whoever It may h bo he and start starl life luxuriously l In i London or Paris under a n. new alias and with poor Sir Peters Peter's mone money stoney My ly dear ODonnell O'Donnell II youre you're a n sensible fellow fel fel- fellow low enough h In the main hut but dont don't you ou think this last suggestion estton o of yours betrays betrays be be- f trays slight symptoms of softening of or orthe the brain My 1 lord lord 1 no You see sec I 1 know Miss 1158 stor story and you OU dont don't that that makes mal the difference Gad his lordship I II responded I Iam 1 am nm not sure that I 1 c care cro ro to 0 know nn any anymore anymore more than I 1 do J If her previous history history his his- tOI tory be he In keeping with Its sequel here it t mn must t he be an edifying in autobiography Is her name Inca or what whal Her lIer name I is not I do tIo donot donot not know what it Is It I believe til she H dot does not know her elf My 1 lord she Is s greatly to be lie e pitied sho she ha has gone tone wrong but bul circumstances have driven lieu wron wrong Tho rho bitter biller cynic who deles dellIs dellI's de tie- lies les virtue as only the absence of temptation temptation temp temp- tation was rl right ht as aM cynics very 1 generally gen gen- orally arc are In her I believe e I would have done as QS she has done done-ay done ay worse WOIS Life has hns dealt hardly with r lu-r hardly IH hardly 1 I tell you on so so and ami amito to lean Itan too loo greatly to tn the ht side of JIt pRy pity for Cor tho the erring Is not my nuy weakness i. i Gaston ton is the ghost and prisoner of oC Bracken en Hollow She has confessed but hut I believe he Is well and kindly treated and ll If Instead of oC carIng caring car- car Ing ng for him him there she he had hod left him hint to todie tolie lie die dl like a dog in a ditch she would only have given him his deserts Sho She has taken fairly or 01 unfairly as you OU will will will-I I dont don't know a lar largo o sum of or monc money from born Sir Peter hut but ut 1 I say there too she has served him ilm right In her hel place I would have taken every farthing If lC I could She has dono done wrong in iii the matter of oC the ball but hut even then treated as ns Lady treated he her I dont don't say sayI I would not have ha done the same From first fir to last I maintain Miss lIss has hns las been beon more sinned against than sinning sin- sin would acknowledge acknowledge ack acl- nine ning and so your lordship If IC you knew all Ills eyes ryes were flashing his hill dark face Caco flushed with an earnestness that rarely rarey rare rare- ly y broke through the Indolent calm of oC long ong habit and training His Ills lordship stood and stared at him aghast Good Ilea Heavens vens he lie said what vla t Is this Is the woman woman woman wom wom- an a n witch and have you rou fallen allen under under un un- der dr her spells at last And I would acknowledge all this if I knew all Then my dent dear fellow In the name of common sense tell teU me all for tor Ill I'll be hanged If IC I can make mke top or tall tail of this Who ho In Heavens Heaven's name Is this greatly wronged wronged pitied much to Miss I Perhaps I ought to tell you and you and yet et It is such a marvelous story I Egad I know that lint beforehand everything connected with this extraordinary ex- ex extraordinary ex ex- young oung woman Is marvel marvel- ous Whatever It Is Is it can not be touch much more marvelous than what has gone gono before My h lord Jord ODonnell O'Donnell said 1 hastily I I see ee m my sister waiting and ami I have ha no time to spare Hero Is a proposal dont don't go near Bracken en Hollow until tomorrow until you ou have hae heard from fromme me mc Before DeCore I leave Castleford I will willInd find Ind time to write you OU the whole thing I 1 really dont don't care caro to tell teU It it and when you OU ha have vo read her stor story I believe I 1 Ionly Ionly only do you Justice In saying you rou will let Jet Miss lIs alone I have reas reason n to think she will leave leae Castleford Castleford Castle Castle- ford today with my sister and me that hat she will share Roses Rose's asylum In France and that all her evil doings are aro at an end Tonight you ou shall shaU have o m my letter tomorrow letter tomorrow do as ns you OU please Once more m my lord Jord farewell farewell- He lie lifted his hat and sprang down the steps to where Rose Hose sat In the basket Banket carriage awaiting him Once he lie glanced back back he he half smiled to see his lordship standing petrified where he had left him Ho Ile glanced up at a particular window A face that dead In Its coffin corrin would nev never l' l look whiter watched him there Ho ITo waved his hand the hand the ponies flung up their heads and dashed down the avenue In a 1 moment lay behind them theme like e n a place in a n dream There Thero was not one ore word spoken nil all the wa way Once Rose about to speak had glanced nt at her hr brothers brother's rg face and the words died on his lips Did he love lo Lady Cecil after aCter all had all had he loved her vainly for years fhe They went to the Silver Rose Hose Miss lIsl ODonnell O'Donnell had her former room and there wrenching himself from tho the bitterness bitterness bit bit- It and pain of oC his own loss he told her tho rho stor story of oC Gaston If you OU would like to see him now Is your our 1110 time tine he said I am going to Bracken Hollow You can caul come comA If you lII like c. c She listened in pale amaze shrinking shrinking shrink shrink- ing and trembling as she heard An Idiot for life At the horror of or that fate Cate all an her wrongs l paled Into in insignificance In- In significance what significance what awful retribution was here She rose roso up UI ashen gray with pity and horror but hut tearless and quIet culet I r will go she answered ered He procured a fly lIy and they thoy started af of once Again uin It was a very silent drive Redmond ODonnell O'Donnell forced hl his thoughts thoughts' from his own troubles brooding on hopeless s lo loss s of oC an any 1 kind was not his nature and thought thO of or Katherine lIe He almost wondered at himself at the pit pity he felt feU for her her hel at atthe the sort of lC admiration and affection she had In Inspired him with How bravo blavo she he was how resolute how patient pa- pa patient patient pa pa- tient what wonderful command self S was wa hers What elements for a n noble and beautiful life warped and gone wrong But It was not yet too late the courage the generosity the nobility no no- within her would work worl for good from henceforth He lie would take her herto herto herto to France her hr belter better nature would assert itself Sho She would one da day become be become become be- be come one o of these exceptionally great woven women whom the world delights to honor She ire She fie paused cd They fhe had drawn up at the gate and standing there thero with folded arms with rJ rigidly compressed lip Up with eyes oyes that looked looked look look- ed like gleaming steel stood Henry Otis flue Tho Algerian soldier knew him at once and know tho the Instant he saw him something had gone wrong As hu ho at advanced with frith his sister Mr 11 Otis hung flung open 11 the gate took tool off his hat lint hatto hatto to the sister slater and abruptly addressed the brother I have tho the honor o of speaking to Captain Redmond ODonnell O'Donnell I am Captain ODonnell O'Donnell Mr 11 OUt Otis was the calm palin CI I 1 come com hero heror herop r p with my sister h by Miss hiss permission is lon I r I Inferred that drat This I is your our second second second sec sec- ond visit isit today My 1 second visit ODonnell O'Donnell added secretly wondering wh why the man should assume that belligerent altitude attitude atti attl- t tude and n angry n I tone 1 trust i Mis I is here I T came expecting to meet her hel Miss If q Is not here Otis replied his eyes glancing their Irate steely fire she has gone Gone Gone run Gone fled run away That would not surprise me but hut this does s. s He lie struck angrily an open letter he lie held Captain ODonnell O'Donnell what have you ou been heen saying to her what her what influence do you pO possess se 8 over her that she should resign the triumph of her life In the hour of Its Us fulfillment nt for or you By what right do you OU presume to come lucre ro h re and amI meddle with what In no noway noway way concerns concertos you Redmond ODonnell O'Donnell stood and looked looked look look- ed at him his straight black brows contracting his voice sinking to a tone ominously low and calm Rose noe he ho sa said step In lucre here and wait until 1 I rejoin you yon She obeyed with a startled look Now then Mr Ir Otis let us UH under understand tand one another I dont don't comprehend one ono wort word you OU are saying but hut I do comprehend that you youhao have o taken a n most disagreeable ton tone Be kind enough to change It to on one a little iUlo less les aggressive i e and to snake make your our meaning a little more clear You dont don't understand tand 7 Otis re repeated ro- ro still with suppressed etl anger Have you OU not boon been the Ol one Olto to counsel 1 her to renounce tho the aim of or her hf life Jrp tl to sign resign her hel ht because forsooth forsooth for for- sooth tho rho woman who has usurped d it itIs itIs itis Is your friend Have you rOll not been 1 the theone theone one to Ul urge l' l this thi flight flight to to ht-to to compel thi this renunciation My I good fellow fellers 0 ODonnell O'Donnell Don cried rINI Impatiently If IC you OU Intend to talk Creek talk It but dont don't expect me to understand And I never was clever nt at guessing u riddles R If Miss r Bern Hern- castle has haq run awa away I am sincerely sorry to hear he It It t-it it is news to me What hat you ml mean an about renouncing her birthright ht and all that you OU may know I 1 I don doni I urged her to give ghe up the life lire of oC falsehood Cal and deception sh she e has been loading leading lately for one more mort worthy worth of or her hel and oud I understood od her to say foil she would The Influence I po possess posses ess s over 1 her is only th the influence an any sy y true friend might I possess Farther than that thai If JC you want ni me to know what you are talking about you OU wilbe will wil I be h kind enough nou h to explain And Ind Henry Otis looking into the dark gravely el haughty face knew tha that t he spoke the truth Ho lie handed him m the letter It Is from her he said sail to me mC Read Head it it ODonnell O'Donnell obe obeyed l It bore date tha that t day Ia and ant was significantly brief Henry Henry my my Brother Droth I You IOU will b be e surprised surprIsed pained pained angered it may b be e when when I r tell you OU I am going am and coming back no more I give gl it all u up p all all the plotting the wear weary wicked wicket endless scheming that brou brought ht revenge re ye perhaps but never happiness And Ancl the confession Is burned The They y shall shaH never know neither know neither m my fath fath- or er nor she who has taken m my place dace unwittingly shall over ever be rendered miserable b by the truth I can rem am- am her now that she at least was e ever er r gentle and tweet sweet to me It If I toll told t ld them tomorrow I 1 could not would not take lake her hel place m my father Cathe would never ne care for me me would would look upon me as a shame and disgrace Let 1 It go with all the tho rest Cay Captain ODonnell O'Donnell ODonnell O'Donnell ODon n nell lI has proven himself my friend for fOl his sake I 1 renounce my ch d vengeance Let the miserable woman we have lured here go o. Care for Cor poor Gaston as you havo o always cared D Donot Donot Do Donot not follow Collow me when happier day s come I will go to you ou Do not fear for me I win will not return to the stage st. I r shall live Jive honestly and uprightly fo for tor forthe r the time that Is to come God helping me one Sir Peter DangerfIeld's money is In Hannahs Hannah's keeping restore It to him I would die sooner than use it it Tell Captain ODonnell O'Donnell that while I thank him thank him thank him with all aJl m my heart an and soul soul soul-I I still can not go with him For m my own take sake I can not He has been m my salvation to to tomy my d dying day his memory and yours will be he t the e dearest t In my mJ heart Dear Henr Henry m my best friend my dearest brother farewell I have been heen a trouble a n distress to you OU from the first this last flight will trouble and distress you yoi 1 0 most of ot all but It Il Is for fOI the best the best the rest never nC were Farewell Farewell Ka Katherine Redmond ODonnell O'Donnell looked up from the he letter letter- with face of a pale won iron der What does she mean menn he asked Dare not come with me for fOl her own sake What hat folly is this Henry Hono Otis Oils returned his glance gloomily enough h He lie understood II Jr ODonnell O'Donnell did not Who ho can comprehend a a. woman woman- least of all aH such a n. woman as Kather Kather- KatherIne Ine lne But nut for once she shall be bo disobeyed For six years I have ha obeyed her In good and in evil e now I refuse to obe obey longer langel Tho The truth shall be he told told told- yes told yes s 's by Heaven let Heaven let their theil pride suffer stiffer as it may The They shall know that the girl upon whom the they trampled Is of their blood lIe He with all his dl dignity and ml mightiness shall find she Is S his daughter Who ho ODonnell O'Donnell asked with a piercing glance ce But Hut Henr Henry Otis moodily mood mood- II ily drew back Yonder I I. I Is Hannah Hannah Ir if you ou want to see the miserable wretch hidden for forn n five nears years ears at Bracken en Hollow you ou nail hail better go I r shall tell him not you I His angry J Jealousy flashed dashed out in every look In ht evo e every y word Ho lIo hated hat I this man this man this dark dashing Irish soldier with soldier with his magnificent stature I his handsome dusky face Katherine I loved him Was ras It part of or her wretched wretch wretch- i ed 1 destiny always to love o men utterly utter utter- ly h indifferent to her while whilo he all he-all all his I life It seemed to him he had lain his heart at her feet and It t had been less to her than tho the ground she trod He turned m a away from rom him in a passion passion passion pas pas- sion of oC wrath against her against th the tall haughty haught amazed cha chasseur eur against himself and his Infatuation and dashed dashed dashed dash dash- ed inlo into the belt of gloomy woodland that shut In the gloomy gloom house Ill tell at least he thought sav sav- I ngel Ill humble the Earl of or Ru land and for her let her let her hor re resent ent It If IC she sho will I have been her puppet long enough nough While she cared for no one more I r hoped against a hope but hut now no that she sho has hns fallen In love lone |