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mother b burn certain cosm paper that met ao would as have proved iti ti truth ise ba co cher ty had ad t alien 1 in 1 love with 1 coated lynll 1 artist who a tor 1 time bad so be keen infatuated ted in fr fran marshbank cm ea and are amy I 1 Is u determined dec to marry U count mulo gogo constantino T the judge ad 1 li hot to death in he hi ahli library 14 nd every Y bod body 11 onder ionic pl plot kelly finally COD vine e C cherry 1 that a Is he 1 I over ahli tat infatuation on te or frao 1 and ad he hb app happily c to ta nerry marry him A AY amy Y RB to reno to be marry go goco cherry edi ceorl Ie cover orl cherb r are a en dowder powder mark rk 00 1 frao 1 beell fee pouce find it I 1 love letter kally or ine had written e to fra fran she 1 I I 1 aud laying ahe be hot het the me robe judge during a ari quarrel over kelly ond the police uke take boere ibm both to w otlean headquarter tor lor tc belly doubt fran george 91 cl Com U sloth 14 Is am se has A de emser be her 1 lather left 11 re tor her now ava continue tuo with fth the bouy CHAPTER kelly shedding his coat and hat drew cherry into the drawing room you re hott hot he said anxiously sly s feel fee au all right you yen haven t caught cold no ive been near a fire kelly what a happened H his h hair ir was musse mussed I 1 his eyes were e dark with fatigue he put his arms about her and it their cheeks t touched 1 what wh at a comfortable person you are cher cherry ry he said but your fee face feels hot sweetheart has I 1 it been horrible kelly well bad yes he admitted but they don t believe her kel j ly they didn dian t for far it a while ade I 1 dont kilo know what they believe now you on told them she was lying g 1 q I told them th the e truth I 1 feel sorry barry for her b but ut I 1 wish I 1 knew aliat what she a after they 11 II not believe her the girl said aid confidently they didn dian t to begin wa with but after several hours hour you know cherry kelly said interrupting himself it occurred to me for far the first time I 1 today cosy what a conviction means ab nb to an n innocent man it happens PC its it s even happened when it was earned carried as far as execution 11 oh hush she said impatiently Il yes I 1 know but I 1 DO not tell talk mg ing about myself I 1 in just a saying that onit there have been cases of innocent men being convicted its it s the damnedest at UK evidence piling up bud and rn men ne whose e mentality iong isn t of 1 the first order weighing it and misconstruing it and coming to their own conclusions hours hour going by and smoke thick in the air IT and a woman as white as a sheet answering and sitting still and answering gain again mr coates and I 1 had often said we wished my husband was out of the way mr coates had told me of poisons without ever mentioning that he thought we would ever use them she didn dian t say the that over and over she had them guessing all right but what did you say that I 1 had never had the slightest animosity toward the judge adge that I 1 couldn coulden t understand mrs marsh banks statements I 1 only stopped in to see you a III minute ute dear I 1 an on my way home I 1 II 11 be back tomorrow kelly llyia instinctively she clung to him her eyes frightened don t t go away if 1 could only holy go with you if we could only be alone over there out of all 11 this chere where its cool and quiet lost just by auna ourselves adeff if wc we could have a fire talk an and forget DIED t it tall all we will cherry this won t last 1 long n g before you know it we U H be heading lor far sao san rafael well we U get that license and have lunch binch and then go back to dorote torote Top cote a and f fuss around d getting it ready d y sg itkin it t s sounds like h heaven even she stammered laughing through tears team then she raised her face tor for his last kiss his may topped stopped cherry as she was slowly and thoughtfully mounting the min stairs would you go in to see mrs jud pleased please the maid said hand cherry a voice was all reluctance and distaste did she ask to see me sh she did before ever mr M coates let left she was so upset we ule kle phoned the doctor cherry fran said old in a tragic quiet voice sit down won t you has kelly been talking to aou ou yes we were talking cherry said road coldly and then suddenly breaking and sinking rocking on an he her knees before the bed fran how could you 0 of you know knew you h had nothing to d do with this all and you know kelly didn dian t 1 I think im ID going crazy fran whispered bc her eye eyes riceld closed her 1 fe perish hand tight on cherry a 1 I suddenly ud denly suddenly wanted it ad all to 11 ibi I 1 I 1 sa icv y 1 I 1 think im going out oat of my mind she said in a whisper be ovet over to be out of at it and kelly had loved me cherry still acting cherry a heart opened on n a sudden impulse of hope and 0 confidence closed again in despair what do you think agam they he y will do fran breathed the question not opening her eyes 1 I don t know what do I 1 know it will ruin min his life cherry answered bitterly oh no no no oh my head fran murmured amy a here she announced faintly yes I 1 know cherry set sat back on her heels chilled and weary they stopp stopped it off here on an their way to del monte e she said not on an their way an anywhere until they find out the meaning of that notice from cc comstock I 1 never knew anyone yen to show his hand hand d quite as plainly as s gogo goal did dida y you on saw hini no but she he came in here her a few minutes ago to find you she it been sen orving crying and married yesterday warstene S she he wanted mea yes it seems seem G gogo ago wait to go down to the office tomorrow and telephoned the la lawyer yer tonight comstock a coming up at h half E past eight he asked got gogo 1 0 if he knew how to get in touch with wi i th you YO and gogo gage said you were right here tonight cherry and cherry fran said open ing her b tired red beautiful eyes about t this s other thing don t judge me too h hord hard 1 I never would gouid have dra dragged g aged kelly ell in they did that these the e g great cut husky beasts of men asking me question after quest question imil but why should you yen say you yen did it fran cherry demanded sina sim PI ply because I 1 did it fran persisted or at least I 1 know who did I 1 she added half aloud or at least ih I 1 think in k I 1 do bod but t you wouldn t t say who did it to protect kelly brouil why a should hi cold I 1 ia nobody a protecting me I 1 m sick of the whole thing fran tossed on her pillows 1 I tak I 1 m going out of my mind she s said aid ID na a whisper im going down to lo dinner cher ry she added 1 I cant can t stay here and think or I 1 U go mad ad at dinner they all talked alt ties by fit fits and starts when the lawyers arrived cherry and gogo goga and amy took them into the draw ing room mom and sat solemnly facing them george comstock coin stock opened a long envelope and took from it another long envelope he asked which of the young women was amelia marshbanks bud and upon amy clain claiming the title handed banded it ceremoniously anious to her amy opened it the lawyer then stretched his hand for it and she surrendered it obediently enough he read it aloud my dear daughters if both of you survive until the day set for far the reading of this thes will it beg began an cherry a head was rocking beg you my daughters who read this to believe that it was only the 0 conviction that my child by my wife could not possibly survive rv I 1 ve and my hope that the substitution tit ution of charlottes Char lottes baby in her place would be he an act of charity to t all 11 II concerned I 1 it w was a tru true the h expressions on the it faces of the e others other told her she w was a s amelia marshbanks banks amy was charlotte rawlings the long mystery had come to its end the voices Ices about cherry seemed suddenly loud laud and ad confusing she remembered saying g air A 1 and then than e everything w was ay s blackness cherry awoke three days later to anew a new world she had been vaguely uncomfortably conscious of what was going on about her through long nights and sleepy days how it was morning may I 1 feel wonderful she suddenly said aid to the maid was I 1 very sick inck well we had the doctor co come th in once may said and then yester day he looked an when he was here to see mrs marshbanks was mr coates here right along until this morning he wen went t home to get some sleep he a coming back mrs Is marsh arsh banks may pursued with anth a jerk erk of her head toward fran a room re L kudari that a what hot they call 1 it she confessed and then she said baid he did it and then she sha retracted that A great wave of utter thankfulness ess and peace to match the relief of her body went through cherrys chernys Cher rys soul mrs marshbanks said shed not hot b been ern telling the truth troth been S said aid she didn dian t know e what hat she d been saying she and mr coates had a long talk about it yesterday oh my god I 1 thank C cherry erry said in an her soul her breakfast had come she fell upon it ravenously eno sly cherry finished her coffee ff and the tray was taken away she Is lay Y lazily looking about going from a half sleep into a real sleep and waag much later to see kelly sitting hitting Dt batching hung her fe feeling ing all 11 tight right he asked asbed may by tells tells me you had some bre breakfast ak good girl it its so bevc good 1 to see you U sh she said aid with a little effort don t don clun taw t go a away Y you are the marshbanks heiress your yaw grandfather wellington left you a pot of money that we was re really cilly true then that was really true your yoner father frederick fre mars marshbanks aba a left aak an alrick unequivocal ottom statement ent and old eirtee judge ge r comstock toe k the an one who died also left a paper pape r conal confirming ning it your father believed you were dying his wife had taken the other child to her heart and as time went by I 1 suppose it grew harder and bar harder d er to think of undoing doing it all what s R GURU gogo doung doing ai he s keeping very mum but he I 1 looks k B years older ider what will amy have kelly what money will she have hav the next visitor unannounced was old mrs marshbanks she came in cayme carrying her knitting utting spoke quietly to cherry berry as if this were the most natural procedure in the world and seated herself comfortably near th the e bed amy came into my roo room m a few minutes rm I jtb ago go said sai it the th e old a ad lady to tell in me that you had made her a very cry generous offet she won t accept it cherry told her she may not have any choice said her grandmother dryly I 1 she mentioned it to him andI and I 1 gathered that it made mad ebig a big difference ference if in his plans amy s married now to a man in whose country women don do t count at all hell accept or hell refuse things he if 11 do the deciding from now on an cherry a face brightened as kelly appeared in an the doorway he spoke to the old lady asking her solicitously of her health well kelly said 1 I came in here with news this afternoon lodies ladies dreadful news and yet news that is going to be a relief to us all the mystery is over they have made or they are making at this mo mou rient an arrest from fran both women whispered together not fran no but fran knew F all 11 th the turie time what a that who what would have hat been enough and more than e enough ugh for you and me marchioness Marchion seTo the name brought back her color and her smile I 1 not the porter money but shell have some amne of the money he left her long ago and the legacy the judge left supposedly to you she is you now and what her grandmother can leave her plenty plenty if she brought gogo gas in cherry a eyes were far away she spoke thoughtfully kelly have I 1 quite a lot of money moneys you have indeed marchioness units under a capitalistic system you have flone done well I 1 don t know how bow much it 11 take we weeks eks to get things straightened out kelly watched tor for a moment the pale cheeks checks and dropped eyelashes and then telling her not to worry about anything he out dozing and waking and sm sometimes seeing may quietly busy in the room and once seeing kellys kelly a silhouette against the window cherry let the day slip by in utter rest reat and peace but she idie was wide wake awake rod and feeling more like herself every minute inmate when at dusk the door opened softly and am amy Y looked in oh I 1 wanted wante it to see sec y you u amyl am ya the girl came in with a perfunctory smile aperfine aper a perfunctory fune t cry question about C barrys cherrys Cher rys health she went want at once to is a C chair b at al th the window and it balanced herself on an its wide arm cade TO ito BE CONTIN ad |