Show A WONDERFUL WOMAN BY MAY AGNES FLEMING Her Hel sins have o been heen forced upon her h he lie wrote her virtues arc her hr own In the hour of her hI triumph she hp resigns all conre al-conre confesses all confesses es all al and sends I back tho thie money won to Sir SI Peter Dan- Dan gerfield She has hns gone let gone on Itt lot h her r go Jo In pence peace Sho Rho has hal suffered enough to expiate even greater wrong doing wrong wrong- than hurs hur I believe she hc has made a much greater renunciation I believe she sIte hits bus his destroyed or oi U cau caused me to de destroy Ic- Ic sire stroy the paper r that won would have proved pros pro ed cd her hr birthright It I was ed etl Conre Confession sion of Harriet Harriot Harman and ail now that lint I 1 have had time to think over l lie her w words ds JL 1 believe beleve that thal confes confes- sion Ion proved pro ncr her 1 1 parentage AS J H l i 1 understand un un- her hel this Harriet Harman was vac her nurse nunC and ami for 01 sonic some r- r ron reason on ono o of or her bet own placed another chIld h I 11 In I her stead took tool her hr from England andIn andin and andIn In Franco France gave her lie to Sir John Dan- Dan gerfield rl Her assertion of her claims she said could coull bring nothing hut but ml misery mis mis- ery pain cry pain and amil shame to her lur lather lather- suffering and disgrace tr to her hr who stood I In her hem place So In the tIme hour of its Is fruition she sIte deliberately destroyed her last lust hope and has ha gone forth into the bread leaving Ipa to labor for fOI her hel another to usurp her name and staton sta sta- tion Sacrifice less great hU has been ton made and amid called caled Itself martyrdom If I you ou over meet her again m my lord lord lord- be her hr friend as I would have ha e been heen had h d s he she allowed me The dawn was ivan gray In the August Augustl sky l y as aR Capt ODonnell O'Donnell posted this let let- ter tN ci Two hours lat lator r as ns he lie sat fl at nl helm early breakfast with hl his sister th the cab eab nb that was ins to carr carry them to London Bridge station staton waiting at the door one omie lne of aC the lie small boys telegraph offices employ em em- ploy approached him him with wih an on ominous yellow envelope n In his hl hand ODonnell O'Donnell ODonnel ODon It was a n cable message mimes mes nell nel tore Ote U It I open open open-it open open-I sage sage dated dated New Orleans anil alil In a 0 dozen words chang changed d the time whole tenor of his life 0 Redmond MY My My wife and child are lend dead For Fol G Gods God's ds d's sake sako saIt come cometo cometo to me at once and fetch tetch Rose Hose Louts LouLs Do De Lord without knowing why obe obeyed cd Redmond ODonnell O'Donnell and unil postponed that hint forcible visit to Bracken Brack en HollowIt Hollow I It I Isn't like ODonnell O'Donnell ODonnel to be he swayed sway sway- ed 1 by any sentimental Impulse e his has lordship mused ho he genera generally 1 some sound reason for fO what ho does doe and says R I wonder what ho meant by that hat prof profession lol of oC sympathy and compa compassion com cona- pa passion and the rust of or I It She l Is a afine fine woman woman woman-an an uncommonly line woman woman woman wo wo- wo- wo man hut but the tIme big chasseur Isn't the sort to be b Influenced by that that Ill I'll Il wait wal until I get et his letter leter at least and upon ullon my life Jfe I hope Ill I'll Il get it f soon for 1 I feel teel as curious as a woman Ho He was waR taking a gentle gente evening e constitutional con con- around tho the big Ush pond feeling ery very much bored and waiting for fol the dinner bell bel Men and women around him might sin and separate love loye and part but all al that was over o el and done with wih long a ago o with wih the Right Honorable the Earl of nUlland Life flowed on a tranquil tranqui river river its rl Is Its It's only ripple duns dumis and und digestion passion pa lon and an he had lon long ago shaken hands and parted The he house was insufferably dull ODonnell O'Donnell his sister Sir Arthur and Sir Peter Ieter gone Lady Dangerfield In alternate fits of or tears cars hysterics scolding and sulks and his dau daughter moving about the rooms in Iii her light shining summer dr dress more moro like some palo pale spirit of or a n d dead ad L Lady Cecil Ceci than her tier living self Life has a natural tendency to tho the contraries his lordship moralized plaintively human nature Inclines to the zig Now why In Heavens Heaven's name must Ginevra r gifted gired with the average of womans woman's cunning quarrel cunning quarrel with wih her lord lorI an and master master defy defy Sir SI Peter and Involve ol fn herself and all at her relations in trouble Vh Why cant can't Queenie bloom and arHl smile smie as aH the nf- nf S lanced bride of or one of tho the richest Y young lUg bal baronets onetH In the United Kingdom should hould instead of fading away to a shadow hadow Why hy need ODonnell O'Donnell ODonnel ever have ha crossed her path puth again I know sh she I Is In love lo e with wih that fellow Isn't lani the world bl big enough for him without coming to Castleford And Amid finally wh why couldn't Miss I have se selected se- se some other peaceable country family 1111 to pIa play her devilish de pranks s ora or on el a s vell as ns this Lifes Life's a game of or contraries con con- traries I repeat repeat repeat-It it reminds one oi of the childs child's pla play When hen I say Hold Hole holdfast fast tast you OU le let go Ah Aim good evening sir da do a you OU wish to speak to mo me Lord lifted his hat blandly blandI bland- bland I 13 ly For the last two or three minutes he ho had boon been watching a tall lal young oung man approaching him a perfect stranger with stranger with the ilie th evident intention ot of speaking As he lie paused before him aim his lordship took the In Initiative initiative In- In lifted his beaver and ad addressed address address- res- res ed him I J You wish to speak to me sir sh sir he repeated suavely I I wish to speak to you OU If Ir as I think you are the tIme Earl of I l 1 am am the Earl of or an and I 1 have the honor honor of oC addressing addressing- My I name miame Is Henry Otis Six SIx years car ago ara I was wa Dr DI Graves Graves' assistant and medical practitioner in fn Castleford II If I your our lordship has ha ever heard the story of oC Katherine Dangerfield you ma may also have heard of oC me aso Lord double glasses eye went up to tv Lord light blue short sighted English eyes and Lord HURland replied t with wih tho lie languid drawl dawl of or English high life lre Aw iv I Katherine that young youn woman again Um Urn Ur yes 1 J have heard the story stor of Katherine Kath Kath- erine until the mere lero sound of ot her hem name grows a n bore I have also heard In Jn connection with wih that very tiresome young person the name of of- of aw nw aw Mr Henry Otis Now ma may may 1 I ask what Mr 11 Otis can have o ha to say on this thread r threadbare er cr threadbare are subject and why ho lie feels called upon to En say tay II it to me mo For Par the time best beRt reason In the tho world world world- that lint I believe o your our lordship has hos the honor of or being Katherine father lather Like Ilke a bolt hol from a n bow like bow like a bullet bullet bullet bul bul- let whizzing from Crom a rule rifle rIle the he truth came And Henr Henry Otis folded hl his arms and stOol stood before the noble peer eer with witha wih a grimly triumphant face Cace Your daughter I he repeated You lord our only daugh understand my iy your ter tot For the past twenty years ears your lordship has bc been n laboring under a a monstrous delu delusion lol K Dan Dan- fel was your rOUl daughter No shadow hadow of a chun change e came caino cro over the earls earl's placid face race With Sith Wih his e eyeglass eye eyo- glass still up ho stood tood and stared calmly calmI calmly calm calm- ly I at it Henry Otis Youre not a lunatic I suppose he eai said paid You dont don't look lookas as though you OU were Still sun you'll ex excuse ex- ex cuse me o If it I venture to doubt your our perfect sanity Have flave ave you OU any more remarks of this extraordinary nature to maJ make e For FOI If It you have have ho O ho ho pulled pulled pull pull- ed out ills watch watch mY my time into is limit limit- dinner bell ed cd In ten tell minutes the tho will ring and It I is one of the few fes' wi principles I J have taken the trouble to retain never novel to be late lato lato for ford COI d Cr said you do donot donot donot My ly lor lord Henry Henr Otis not Relieve me of or course course what I tiny nay fj can cm no no t than lan mad mal and lI r S h f Ij i I. I I J. 1 c f. f presumptuous and et ct It Is true I leg beg of oC you OU I. I lo Mi to m mf I I happen to bo be able ablo tn to I prove P what I say Carry your mind back hack tw twenty nty years and tell cli tel me meIr If Ir you 01 happen to remember Harriet Harman I remember r Harriet Harman Perfectly perfectly per Per- wel well WH Vil you 01 pardon me Mr 11 Otis OU If Ir I r say I J think you OU are troubling ing In yourself our greatly with what In no noa noway and what I have havo no iVR a way concerns you OU desire lo to hear heal n By n my lord y you u shall shah hear hoar Henry Henr Otis Oils cried crimI his hl sallow salow face face whitening with wih auger anger angel If not in lii private here then In the lie public print print I am not mad thou though h m my assertion I I must sound Ik like madness malness to 0 you 1 i ican can prove pro what I say Twenty years car ago when Harriet t Harman gave avo you youlie ou the lie child you came to claim fh she gave a you you not not the he daughter n of time the thC late lalo I Countess of 11 but hut her hl own There Theio were wr five seconds seconds' blank si 11 si- si lence lemice h The face race of Henry Ol Otis Oils was white his pale eyes yc flashing For I time the not earl not not a muscle of oC his wel well trained twitched not a a shadow lw of oC chango change cam caine care over o er hl his hl high bred h face Ills Ils e glass eye glaR e was waN still sUI held to his hits eyes his thin hut lips set themselves a trifle more closely that closely that was wa all al In tho tIme surprise o of the moment In Inthe Inthe inthe the suddenness of or tIme the interview both boll had forgotten where the lie they were Neither Neith Nith- er cr saw a slender t figure ure In hi white dinner din dimm- dress white lace mantilla ner nr a n thrown ove over r its HR head that lint had hind de descended mie- mie le- le from fromn time the portico and approached approached ap ap- ap- ap over o lr the thc velvet turf The last words word of oC Henry Hem Otis Ot reached her She stopped as ns if IC suet shot hot The memorable Kings King's oak was waR IH near al' al under Its Is lark dark wide wide- wIle shadow she he stood still to lo listen This Is a marvelous statement Mr Otis lie tho peer said SaIl with perfect calm Will VI you OU pardon parlon me mC once more if Ir I find U It I Impossible to believe o It It Harriet Har liar riet Haman Harman gave me her hel child In Instead instead In- In stead stend of mine mimic twenty years ears ago ngo What egregious non nonsense enc Js this this taken taken see ACC ond hand from one of last century's I wonder wondel at romances can cnn only a n ng g gentleman of your good sense r repeatIng repeat repeat- pentIng Ing It it iV Taken from rom a romance or what you please my lord Henry Henr Otis said do doggedly but hut true tru true rue true as as Heaven leaven Is imi above us u Harriet Harman swore vengeance upon your wife wie for or pe separating ing her from her lover lo er and anti that vengeance ven yen she Rhe wreaked on her hel child chIlI I J Tier Her repeat It she it-she Rho I-Rho she changed them hem child was a month old when yours was ius aN born your lordship 1 knew or cared car car- cd ed nothing about It never it-never or ne saw It I until until un un- til ti it was given to you OU as a your OUr own You saw aw nothing of oC your yoUl own o n either from the da day of or It Its birth A Again aln I re repeat repeat re- re peat when you OU returned to England and Mrs Harman she gave you ou her own daughter and and retained yours The young lad lady whom you have brou brought ht up whom you ou call eaU Ld Lady Cecil Ceci Clive is In reality Katherine Harman Harman There was a sobbing cry Clo from Crom beneath beneath beneath be be- neath the tree trec Neither Ihor heard heart it I. I Ills His lordship made a st step p forward You villain main he lie said Mid In a voice scarcely above e a whisper by hy Heaven Hea lie Ill I'll Il throttle you If you ou repeat that It I Is th the truth ruth Henr Henry Otis re- re toned in fn cold coM dl disdain I 1 can prove pro e it ft Harriet Harman Is here here rea ready here ready y to swear to what I s say And do you 01 think I would believe her oath I If she he did Lord cried but his imis face taco grew a dreadful livid gray as he said sll It I. I This IM Is some sonic nefarious plot got up between you to extort mone money no rio doubt but butHe but Ho lie stopped Henry Otis turned his back upon him in contempt I see se II it I is useless talking talking to you ou A Acourt Acourt Acourt court of law perhaps will ivill wi be more morp cas easily I convinced con Harriet Harman layman Is here hele and amid ready to repeat the lie story lon Once more I assert Katherine Dangerfield Danger Danger- field Held is your OU daughter she daughter she who f is known as nR the I Lady ady Cecil Ceci Chive is not Be Before ore you OU are a week weel older I think even en your Incredulity will wl be he stagger stagger- ed I have the honor to wish wih your OU lordship good gool e evening There he is th the dinner bell bell As s your lordships lordship's principles are nr so few fei dont don't let me b be bethe bethe the man to Infringe the mo most t important import Import- ant of them He lie lifted his hat in mocking salute am and turned to go But his lordship strode forward and amid caught him by b tin the sh shoulder on I ml et Stay ho said In imi a ringing tone lone ol ot of command You have said either too toe much or too little hy Why do you OU re repeat repeat repeat re- re peat Katherine Is my mj daughter laughter Kath Dan i Is dead Mr Jr Otis smiled anti and nd drew himself away 0 wa I decline to 8 say more mere to your lordship lordship lord lord- ship at present I tell you OU the lie truth and you OU accuse me of a lie Ic That Is sufficient Harriet Hanlet Harmon Harman is at Bracken Hollow lolo lher either tonight or to tomorrow tomorrow to- to morrow your yoU lordship can see e her hel there If l you OU refuse to believe e bele what she says as a's the lie matter shall be placed In fn the tho hands of Justice Katherine Dan Dan- whether living or 01 dead shall be bo avenged He lIe Jau paused cd During the thc last five f e minutes minute a sudden red meteor like light had flashed Hashed up UI in tho lie gray gry southern south south- ern er sk sky Whilst ho talked It I had hind steadily steadily stead stead- ily Iy Increased increased brighter brighter and broader broader- redder and amid fiercer it I grew grew it i it could be only one thing thing fire thing tre fire At that lint instant there thero Cuno came clashing aCIo across the twilight twilight twi twi- twi l light ht stillness o the tho bells bels of or the thc town town the the red light In the tho sk sky growing grow grois' ing redder and amid redder Fire Henry Henr Otis exclaimed knitting knit knit- ting Imig ng his brows antI and In that direction There Thero is no house there but Bracken Hollow What If Ir that lunatic ha has got out of or his room and succeeded in what whal he has attempted so 0 often oren oren- setting lire fire to the house Clash clang The fire tro alarm grew grei louder the |