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CHAPTER XX. Continued.
"I thought perhaps bo bad written
you about IiIb plans."
'My father does not know that I
have returned to Now York."
"Oh. I sco. Of course. Urn-um! By
tho way, I think the colonel U a cork
er. One of the most nmlablo thorough
bred I've ever como across. Kipping.
Ilea never Bald anything to nie about
your antipathy toward blm, but I can
hi'o with half an eyo that he Is terribly
depressed about It. Can't you got to
gether Bomo way on "
"Keally, Mr. Wrandall, you are en
couraging your Imagination to a point
whoro words ultimately must fall you."
nhn Bald very positively. Booth could
hardly roprcBg a chuckle.
"It's not Imagination on my part,"
Bald LeHlio with conviction, fulling ut
terly to recognize the obvlouH. "I sup
pose you know that be Is coming over
to visit mo for six weeks or bo. We be
came rattling good friends before we
parted. My Jove, you should hear Ym
on old Lord Murgatroyd'a will! The
quintessence of wit! I couldn't take It
a he dotH. Expectations and all that
sort of thing, you know, going up like
a hot air balloon and bursting tn plain
vlciw. Hut ho never squeaked. Laughed
It off. A British attribute, 1 dare say.
I suppose you know that be Is obliged
to sell his estate In Ireland?"
Hetty started. She could not con
ceal the look of shame that leaped In
to her eyes.
"I I did not know," she murmured.
"Must be quite a shock to you. Sit
down, Urandy. You look very pictur
esque 6tanding, but chairs were made
to sit upon or in, whichever Is proper.
Itooth shrugged bis shoulders.
"I think I'll stand. If you don't mind,
18."
"I merely suggested it, old chap,
fearing you might have overlooked the
possibilities. Yes, Miss Castle ton, be
left us In London to go up to Belfast
on this dismal business." There was
something In the back of bis mind that
be was trying to get at in a tactful
manner. "Ity the way, ie this property
entailed?"
"1 know nothing at all about It, Mr.
Wrandall," said she, with a pleading
glance at her lover, as If to Inquire
what stand she should take la this dis
tressing situation.
"If It Is entailed he can't soil It,"
aid Itooth quietly. - .
"That's true," eald Lrelle, some
what dubiously. Then, with a mag
nanimity that covered a mulliuda of
doubts he added: "Of course, I am
only Interested In seeing that you are
properly protected, Miss Castleton.
I've no doubt you bold an interest In
the estates."
"I can't very well discuss a thing I
know ubeolutcly nothing about," sbe
aid succinctly.
"Most of It Is in building lots and
factories in Belfast, of course. It was
more in the nature of a question than
a declaration. "The old family castle
hurt very much of an asset, I take It."
"1 fancy you can trust Colonel Cas
tletou to make the best possible deal
In the premises," eald llootb drily.
"I suppose so," Baid the other re
signedly. "Ho is a shrewd beggar, I'm
convinced of that. Strange, however,
that I haven't heard a word from him
since he left us In London. I've been
expecting a cablegram from him every
dav for nearly a fortnight. letting me
know when to expect him."
"Are vou going to California this
winter for tho flying?" asked Hetty.
Sara entered at that Juncture, and
they all sat dowu to lltiten for half an
hour to Leslie's harangue on the way
the California meet was being mis
managed, at tho end of which ho do-
parted.
He took Booth away with him, much
to tliut young tnnu's disgust.
"Do you know, ISratidy, old fellow.
said he as they walked down Fifth ave
. line iu the gathering dusk of tho early
winter evening, "ever since I've begun
to suspect that damned old humbug of
a father of hers, I've been congratu
lating myself that there isn't tho re
mutest chance of bis ever becoming
my father-in-law. And, by George,
you'll never know how near I was to
leaning blindly Into the brambles
What a close call I had!"
Booth's sarcastic smile was hidden
by the dusk. He made no pretense of
ooenly resenting the meanness of
spirit that moved Leslie to these cad
dish remarks. He merely announced
In a dry, cutting voice:
"I think MisB Cuntleton la to be con
gratulated that her Injury Is no greater
than nature made !t In the beginning.
"What do you mean by 'nature?' "
"Nature gave her a father, didn'
It?"
"Obviously."
"Well, why ndd InBult to Injury?'
"By Jove! Oh, I say, old man!"
They parted at the next corner. As
Booth started to cross over to tho
Plaza, Leslie called out after him:
"I say, Brandy, Jut a second, please
Are you going to marry Miss Castle
ton?"
"I am."
"Then. I retract the scurvy things I
said back there. I asked her to marry
me three times and she refused me
three times. What I said about tb
brambles was rotton. I'd ask her ngal
If I thought ehe's have me. There you
are. old fellow. I'm a rotten cad, but
I apologize to you Just the samo."
"You're learning, Leslie," said Booth
taking the hand the other held out to
blm.
White the painter was dining at his
club later on in the evening, ho was
called to the telephone. Watson was
on the wire. Ho said that Mrs. Wran
dall would like to know if Mr. Booth
could drop In on her for a few mln
utea after dinner, "to discuss a very
important matter, If you please, eir,
At nlno o'clock, BootA was In Sara
library, trying to gras a new and re
tuarkahle phase In Uto character of
that amazing woman.
Ho found Hetty watting for him
vbui he arrived.
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"I don't know what it all means,
Brandon," sho said hurriedly, looking
over her shoulder as she spoke. "Sara
says that sho has come to a duclulon
of some sort. Sho wants us to hear
her plan before making it final. I I
don't understand her at all tonight." .
"U can't bo anything serious, dear
est," ho said, but something cold and
nameless oppressed blm Just the same.
"She asked mo lf I hud finally de
cided to to bo your wife, Brandon. I
said I bad asked you for two or three
days more In which to decide. It
seemed to depress her. She said she
didn't see how she could give me up,
even to you. Sho wants to be near
me always. It Is It ie really tragic,
Brandon."
He took her hands In his.
"We can fix that," said he confident
ly. "Sara can live with us If she feels
that way about It. Our home Bhall be
hers when she likes, and as long as
she choose. It will be open to her all
the tlmo, to come and go or to stay,
Just as she elects. Isn't that the way
to put It?"
"I suggested something of the sort,
but sho wasn't very much Impressed.
Indeed, she appeared to be somewhat
yes, I could not have been mistaken
somewhat harsh and ter rilled when
I spoke of it. Afterwards she was
more reasonable. She thanked me and
there were tears In her eyes at the
time and said she would think it
ver. All sbe asks le that I may be
happy and free and untroubled all the
rest of my life. This was before din
ner. At dinner she appeared to be
brooding over Bomethfhg. When we
eft the table she took me to her room
and said that sbe had come to an Im
portant declelon. Then she Instructed
Watson to find you If possible."
Gad, It's all very upsetting." be
said, shaking his bead.
I think her conscience Is troubling
her. She hates the Wrandalls, but I
don't know why I should feel as I
do about it but I believe ehe wants
them to know!"
He stared for a moment, and then
bis face brightened. "And so do I, Het
ty, so do I! They ought to know!"
I should feel so much easier it the
whole world knew," said she earnestly.
Sara heard the girl's words as she
tood in the door. She came forward
with a strange even abashed smile,
after closing the door behind her.
"I don't agree with you, dearest.
when you Bay that the world should
know, but I have come to tbe conclu
sion that you should be tried and ac
quitted by a Jury made up of Challis
Wrandall's own flesh and blood. Tbe
Wrandalls must know the truth."
CHAPTER XXI.
The Jury of Four,
fl'he Wrandalls sat waiting and won
dering. They had been sent for and
they had deigned to respond, much to
tholr own surprise. Redmond Wran
dall occupied a place at tho bead of
the library table. At his right sat his
wife. Vivian and Leslie, by direction,
took seats at tho side of the long table
which had been cleared of Its mass of
books and magazines. Lawyer Car
roll was at the oHier end of tbe table,
perceptibly nervous and anxious. Het
ty sat a little apart from tbe others, a
rather forlorn, detached member of the
conclave. Brandon Booth, pale-faced
and alert, drew up a chair ulongslde
Curroll, facing Sara who alone re
mained standing, directly opposite the
four Wrandalls.
Not one of the Wrandalls knew why
they, ab a family, were there. They
had not the slightest premonition of
what was to come.
Tho Wrandalls had been routed
from their comfortable fireside tor
what? They were asking tbe question
The Wrandalls Leaned Forward
Their Chairs.
In
of themselves and they were waiting
stonily for the answer.
"It is very stuffy In here," Vivian
had suid with a glance at th'e closed
doors ufter Sara had successfully
placed her Jury tn tbe box.
"Kaop still, Vlv," whispered Lesllo,
with a tine assumption of awe. "It's a
spiritualistic meeting. You'll ecare
the spooks away."
.It was at this Juncture that Sara
rose from ber chair and faced them,
as cnlmry, as complacently as If fiho
were about to ask them to proceed to
the dining-room Instead of to throw a
bomb Into their midst that would shat
ter their smug serenity for all tlmo to
come. With a glance at Mr. Carroll
sho began, clearly, Unruly and without
a prefatory apology for what was to
follow.
"I have asked you to come here to
night to bo my Judges. I um on trial.
You are about to hear flie story of my
unspeakable perfidy. I only require of
you that you hear mo to tho end bo
fore passing Judgment"
At her words, Hetty and Booth start
ed perceptibly; a quick glunce paHnod
between them, as If each was Inquir
ing whether the other had caught tbe
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extraordinary words of self-indictment.
A puzzled frown appeared on Hetty's
brow.
"Perfidy?" interposed Mr. Wrandall.
His wife's expression changed from
one of bored Indifference to sharp In
quiry. Lesllo paused In the act of
lighting a cigarette.
"It Is the mildest term I can com
mand," said Sara. "1 shall bo as brief
as possible In stating the case, Mr.
Wrandall. You will bo surprised to
hear that I have taken It upon myself,
as tho wife of Challls Wrandall and,
as I regard It, the one most vitally
concerned If not Interested In the dls
covory and punishment of the person
who took his life I say I have taken
It upon myself to shield, protect and
defend the unhappy young woman who
accompanied hira to Burton's Inn on
that night In March. She has had my
constant, my personal protection for
more than twenty months."
The Wrandalls leaned forward In
their chairs. The match burned Les
lie's fingers, and he dropped It without
appearing to notice tho pain.
"Whht is this you are saying?" de
manded i'edmond Wrandall.
"When I l.-ft tho Inn that night, after
seeing my husband's body In the littlo
upstairs room, I said to myself that
tho one who took his llfo had unwit
tingly done me a service. Ho was my
husband; I loved him, 1 adored him.
To tho end of my days I could have
gone on loving him In spite of the
cruol return he gave for my love and
loyalty. I shall not attempt to tell
you of the countless lapses of fidelity
on his part. You would not believe mo.
But be always came back to me with
the pitiful love he had for me, and 1
forgave him his transgressions. These
things you know. He confessed many
things to you, Mr. Wrandall. He
humbled himself to me. Perhaps you
will recall that I never complained to
you of him. What rancor I had was
always directed toward you, hie fam
ily, who would see no wrong In your
king but looked upon mo as dirt be
neath bis feet. There were moments
when I could have slain him with my
own hands, but my heart rebelled.
There were times when he said to me
that I ought to kill him for the things
he had done. You may now understand
what I mean when I say that the girl
who went to Burton's Inn with him
did me a service. I will not Bay that
I considered her guiltless at the time.
On the contrary, I looked upon her in
quite a different way. I had no menna
of knowing then that she was as pure
as snow and that ho would have de
spoiled her of everything that was
sweet and sacred to her. She took his
life In order to save that which was
dearer to her than ber own llfo, and
sho was on her way to pay for her
deed with her life if necessary when
I came upan her and Intervened."
"You you know who she Is?" said
Mr. Wrandall, In a low, Incredulous
voice.
"I have known altnoBt from the be
ginning. Presently you will hear her
story, from her own lips."
Involuntarily four pairs of eyes shift
ed. They looked blankly at Hetty Cas
tleton. Speaking swiftly, fiara depicted tho
scenes and sensation experienced dur
ing that memorable motor Journey to
New York city.
"I could not believe that she was a
vicious creature, even then. Some
thing told me that she was a tender,
gentle thing who had fallen Into evil
hands and had struck because Bhe
was uucvil. I did not doubt that sbe
had been my husband's mistress, but
1 could not destroy tho conviction that
.somehow she had been justified In
doing the thing she had done. My
gravest mistake was In refusing to
hear ber story In all of Its details.
I only permitted her to acknowledge
that she had killed him, no more. I
did not want to bear the thing which
I assumed to bo true. Therein lies
my deepest fault. For months and
months I misjudged her In my heart,
yet secretly loved hw. Now I under
stand why I loved her. It was because
she was Innocent of the only crime I
could lay at her feet. Now I como
to the crime of which I stand self-
accused. I must have been mad all
these months. I hnve no other defense
to offer. You may take It as you see
It for yourselves. I do not ask for
pardon. After I deliberately had sot
about to shield this unhappy girl to
cheat tbe law, If you please to cheat
you, perhaps I conceived tho horrible
thought to avenge myself for all the
Indignities I bad sustained at the
hands of you Wrand.ills, and at tho
snmo tlmo to even my account with
the one woman whom I could put my
linger upon ns havlns robbed me of
my husband's love. You see I put It
mildly. I have hated all of you, Mrs
Wrandall, even as you have hated me.
Today now I do not fool as I did In
other days toward you. 1 do not love
you, still I do not hate you. I do not
forgive you, and yet I think 1 have
como to see things from your point
of view. I can only repeat that 1
do not hate you as I once did."
She paused. The Wrandalls were
too deeply submerged In horror to
speak. They merely stared at her as
if stupefied; as breathless, as motion
less as stones.
"There camo a day when I observed
that Leslie waB attracted by the guest
in my house. On that day the plan
took root In my brain. I "
"Good God!" fell from Leslie's Hps,
"You you had that tn mind?"
"It became a fixed, Inflexible pur
pose, Leslie. Not that I hated you
as I bated the rest, for you tried to
be considerate. Tho ono grudge I held
against you was that in seeking to bus
tain mo you defamed your own brother,
You enmo to mo with stories of bis
misdeeds; you said that he was a
scoundrel and that you would not
blamo mo for 'Bhowing him up.' Do
you not remember? And bo my plot
Involved you; you were the only one
through whom '. could strike. There
were times when I faltered. I could
not bear the thought of sacrificing
Hetty Castleton, nor was It easy to
thoroughly appease my conscience In
respect to you. Still, If I could have
had my way a few months ago, If
coercion had been of any avail, you
would now bo the husband of your
brother's slayer. Then I came to
know tbat she was not what I had
thought she was. She was honest.
My bubble burst. I came out of tbe
maze In which I had been living and
saw clearly that what I had contem
plated was the most atrocious "
"Atrocious?" cried Mrs. Redmond
Wrandall between her set teeth. "Dia
bolical! Diabolical! My God, Sara,
what a devil you " Sho did not com
plete the sentence, but sank back In
her chair and stared with wide, horror
struck eyes at ber rigid daughter-in-law.
Her husband, his hand shaking as
if with palsy, pointed a finger at Met-
"And So You Are'the One We Have
Been Hunting for All These Months."
ty. "And so you are the one we have
been hunting for all these months,
Miss Castleton! You are the one we
want! You who have eat at our table,
you who have smiled In our faces"
"Stop, Mr. WrandBll!" commanded
Sara, noting the ashen face of the girl.
"Don't let tbe fact escape you that I
am the guilty person. Don't forgot
that she owed her freedom, If not her
life to me. I alone kept ber from
giving herself up to the law. All that
has transpired since that night In
March must be placed to my account
Hetty Castleton has been my prisoner.
She has rebelled a thousand times and
I have conquered not by threats but
by love! Do you understand? Be
cause of her love for me, and because
she believed that I loved ber, she sub
mitted. You are not to accuse ber,
Mr. Wrandall. Accuse me! I am on
trial here. Hetty Cnstleton Is a wit
ness against me, If you choose to call
upon her as such. If not, I shall ask
her to Bpeak In my defense, if Bhe can
do so."
This Is lunacy!" cried Mr. Wran
dall. coming to his feet. "I don't care
what your motives may have been
They do not make her any less a mur
deress. Sho "
'We must give her over to the po
lice " began hie wifo, struggling to
her feet. She staggered. It was
Booth who stepped quickly to her Bide
to support her. Leslie was staring at
Hetty.
Vivian touched her fathers arm.
She was very pale but vastly more
composed than the others.
'Father, listen to me," sho sold. Her
voice trembled In spite of nor effort
to control it. "We are condemning
Mlse Cnstleton unheard. Let us hear
everything before we "
"Good God, Vivian! Do you mean
to"
How can we place any reliance on
what sho may say?" cried Mrs. Wran
dnll.
"Nevertheless," said Vivian firmly
"I for one shall not condemn ber un
henrd. I mean to be ns fair to her as
Sara has been. It shall not be said
that all the Wrandalls are smaller
than Sara Gooch!"
"My child" began her father In
credulously. Ills Jaw dropped sud
denly. His daughter's shot had landed
squarely In tho heart of the Wrandall
prido.
"If sbe has anything to Bay" said
Mrs. Wrandall, waving Booth nsldo
and sinking stiffly Into her chair. Her
husband bat down. Their Jaws set
hard.
"Thank you, Vivian," said Sara, sur
prised in spite of herself. "You are
nobler than I "
"Please don't thank me, Sara," said
Vivian icily. "I was speaking for Miss
Castloton."
Sara flushed. "I suppose It Is use
loss to ask you to be fair to Sara
Gooch, as you choose to call me."
"Do you feel In your heart that we
still owe you anything?"
"Enough of this, Vivian," spoke up
her father harshly. "If Miss Castle
ton desires to speak we will listen to
her. I must advise you, Mlns Castlo
ton, that the extraordinary disclosures
made by my daughter-in-law do not
lessen your culpability. We do not In
sist on this confession from you. You
deliver It at your own risk. I want
to be fair with you. If Mr. Carroll
Is your counsel, he may advise you
now to refuse to make a statement."
Mr. Carroll bowed slightly tn the
general direction of the Wrandalls. "1
have already advised Miss Castleton
to state the case fully and completely.
to you, Mr. Wrandall. It was I who
originally suggested this well, what
you might call u private trial for her.
I am firmly convinced that when you
have heard her story, you, us ber
Judges, will acquit her of the charge
of murder. Moreover, you will bo con
tent to let your own verdict end the
matter, sparing yourselves the shame
and ignominy of having her story told
In a criminal court for the delectation
of an eager but somewhat Implacable
world."
"Your language Is extremely un
pleasant, Mr. Carroll," said Mr. Wran
dall coldly.
"I meant to speak kindly, sir."
"Do you menn, sir, that we will let
the matter rest after hearing the"
"That Is precisely what I mean, Mr.
Wrandall. You will not consider her
guilty of a crime. Pleaso bear in
mind this fact: but tor Sara and Miss
Castleton you would not have known
tho truth. Miss Castleton could not
be convicted In a court of Justice. Nor
will she be convicted hero this eve
ning, in this littlo court of ours."
"Miss Castleton is not on trial," In
terposed Snra calmly. "I am the of
fender. She has already been tried
and proved Innocent."
Leslie, In bis Impatience, tapped
sharply on tbe table with his seal ring.
"Pleaso let her tell the Btory. Per
mit me to say, Miss Castloton, that
you will not find tho Wrandalls as
harsh and vindictive as you may have
been led to believe." y
Mrs. Wrandall passed her hand over
her eyes. "To think that we have
been friendly to this girl all these"
"Calm yourself, my dear," said her
husband, after a glance at his son
and daughter, a glance of unspeak
able, helplessness. He could not un
derstand them.
As Hetty arose, Mrs. Wrandall sen
ior lowered her eyes and not once did
she look up during the recital that
followed. Her hands were lying limply
in her lap, and she breathod heavily.
almost stertorlously. Tbe younger
Wrnndalls leaned forward with their
clear, unwavering gaze fixed on the
earnest face of the young English
woman who had slain their brother.
"You have heard Sara accuse her
self," said the girl slowly, dispassion
ately. "The shock was no greater to
you than It was to me. All that sho
has said Is true, and yet I I would
so much rather sho had left herself
unarralgned. We were agreed that I
slibuld throw myself on your mercy.
Mr. Carroll said that you were fair
and Just people, that you would not
condemn me under the circumstances.
But that Sara should seek to take the
blame Is"
"Alas, my dear, I am to blame," said
Sara', shaking her head. "But for me
your Btory would have been told
months ago, tho courts would have
cleared you, and all the world would
have execrated my husband for the
thing he did my husband and your
son, Mrs. Wrandall whom we both
loved. God believe me, I think I loved
him more than all of you put to
gether!" She eat down abruptly and burled
her face in her arms on tbe edge of
the table.
"If I could only Induce you to for
give her," begun Hetty, throwing out
her hands to the Wrandalls, only to be
met by a gosturo of repugnance from
tbe grim old man.
"Your story, Miss Castleton," ho
said hoarsely. .
"From tho beginning. If you please,"
added tho lawyer quietly. "Leave out
nothing."
Clearly, steadily and with tho ut
most sincerity in her voice and man
ner, the girl began tho story of her
life. Sho passed hastily over the ear
lier periods, frankly exposing the un
happy conditions attending her home
life, her subsequent activities as a
performer on the London stage, after
Colonel Castleton'8 defection; tho few
months devoted to posing for Hawk
right, the painter, and later on her
engagement as governess In the
wealthy Budlong family. Sho devoted
some time and dellnltencss to her first
encounter with Challls Wrandall on
board the west-bound steamer, nn In
NATURE'S WORK AT FAULT
Recent 'Quake That Startled the East
Due to Imperfect Formation
of Rocky Section.
To understand the shock w hich this
part of the country received one must
realize that "Logan's fault" the lino
of weakness In tho underlying rocKs
that extends from Canada well down
toward tho Gulf of Mexico plays
much the same rolo ns do the care
fully provided solutions of continuity
which every observing person who
crosses the Brooklyn bridge has no
ticed. These points of overlapping
permit tho structure to expand on hot
days and to contract on cold ones
without breaking any of its pnrts.
Nature, being a clumsy engineer,
has made for this section of the cool
ing earth a much less nearly perfect
provision for contraction in the crnck
which Sir William E. Logan of the
Canadian geological survey, was the
first to discover and describe. The
earth Joint works Just as does that In
the bridge, but it wflrks stiffly and
only at long Intervals, when the Btraln
had become enormous enough to
break down what a stirgeon might call
"adhesions." The result is that the
readjustment of the earth Burfaco to
a smaller circumference, lbstead of
being continuous, Is by widely spaced
Jumps or Jerks. Upon their extent
depends the severity of tho conse
quent "quake." That of a few weeks
ago was remarkable for the eastern
seaboard, but It would have passed for
trivial on the other side of tbe con
tinent. Tho Charleston earthquake and
those which have several times
wrecked Kingston, Jamaica, were of
it wbelly different wit the moving
cident that came to pass in a perfectly
natural way. Her deck chair stood
next to his, and he was not slow In
making himself agreeable. It did not
occur to her till long afterwards that
he deliberately had traded positions
with an elderly gentleman who occu
pied the chair on the first day out.
Before tho. end of tho voyage they
were very good friends. . . .
"When we landed In New York, he
assisted mo In many ways. After
wards, on learning that I was not to
go to California, I called him up on
the telephone to explain my predica
ment. He urged me to stay In TCew
York; he guaranteed that there would
bo no difllculty In securing a splendid
position in the east. I bad no means
of knowing that he was married. I
accepted him for what I thought him
to be: a genuine American gentleman.
They are supposed to be particularly
considerate with women. HIb conduct
toward me was beyond reproach. I
have never known a man who was so
courteous, so gentle. To mo. he was
the most fascinating man In the world.
No woman could have resisted blm, I
am sure of that."
She shot a quick, appealing glance
at Booth's hard-sot face. Her Hp
trembled for a second.
"I fell madly In love with him." she
went on resolutely. "I dreamed of
him, I could hardly wait for tho time
to come when I was to see him. He
never came to the wretched littlo lodg
ing house I have told you about I I
mot him outside. One night be told
mo that ho loved mo, loved me pas
sionately. I I said that I would be
his wife. Somehow It seemed to me
that he regarded me very curiously
for a moment or two. He seemed to
be surprised, uncertain. I remember
that ho laughed rather queerly. It
did not occur to me to doubt him. One
day he came for me, saying that be
wanted me to see the littlo apartment
he had taken, where we were to live
after we were married. I went with
him. He Bald that if I liked it, I could
move in at once, but I would not con
sent to such nn arrangement. For tho
first time I began to feel that every
thing was not as It should be. I I
remained In the apartment but a few
minutes. The next day he came to
me, greatly excited and more demon
strative than ever before, to say that
he had arranged for a quiet jolly
littlo wedding up In tho country.
Strangely enough, I experienced a
queer feeling that all was not as It
should be, but his eagerness, his per
sistence dispelled tho small doubt
that bad begun even then to shape
Itself. I consented to go with him on
the next night to an inn out in the
country, where a college friend who
was a minister of the gospel would
meet us, driving over from his parish
a few miles away. I said that I pre
ferred to be married In a church. He
laughed and said It could be arranged
when we got to the Inn and had talked
It over with the minister. Still un
easy, I asked why it was necessary
to employ secrecy. Ho told me that
his family were In Europe and tbat he
wanted to surprise them by giving
them a daughter who was actually re
lated to an English nobleman. The
family had been urging him to marry
a stupid but rich New York girl and
he oh, well ho uttered a great deal
of nonsense about my beauty, my
charm, and all that sort of thing "
She paused for a moment. No one
Bpoke. Her audience of Judges, with
tho exception of the elder Mrs. Wran
dall, watched her as If fascinated.
Tholr faces were almost expression
less.. With a perceptible effort, she
resumed her story, narrating events
that carried It up to tho hour when
Bhe walked Into the little upstairs
room at Burton's Inn with tbe man
w ho was to bo her husband.
(TO HE CONTINUED.)
ESSES
down n mountain Blopo of an alluvlaj
plain New York Times.
Right to Bear Arms.
The words from Article II., amend
ments to tho Constitution of tho Unit
ed States, "A well-regulated militia
being necessary to the security of a
free people, tho right of the peoplo
to keep and bear arms shall not bo
Infringed," evidently have a commu
nity meaning; but they also carry
along with them the right of the In
dividual to safeguard himself and
his house by keeping himself armed
with the necessury means of defense.
The law against carrying concealed
weapons, now on the statute books of
most of the states, is a matter quite
foreign to the broad principles of the
right of keeping and bearing rms.
Poets Put to Hard Labor.
The sixth grade of a certain school
in a foreign settlement In South Da
kota was learning the use of possess
Ives. The book required the pupils to cor
rect and expand Into a complete sen
tence the following expression: "Mil
ton and Shakespeare's works." Joseph
Nikodym handed In this sentence:
"Milton and Shakespeare work In a
coal mine." Youth's Companion.
Baker's Dozen.
The custom on the part of bakers
allowing 13 to the dozen dates back to
medieval times, when bakers were
carefully watched. Tbe trade was sur
rounded by many laws, and the most
severe penalties were Imposed for any
shortage In weight. In order to avoid
the possibility of falling below tbe
standard measure It became cus
tomary for bakers to allow an extra
loaf with every dozen
Latest Happenings Gleaned
From All Over the State,
LIVE NOTES AND COMMENTS,
Two Boys riescuea From Watei
Horse Kicks Man To Death Sick
Man Shoots Himself Boy
Hit By Ball Dies.
During the height of the recent
trlcal storm at Shennndoah the olectri(
ligm wires Decame so nenvlly chargi
tnat Jienjamin 'Jonofsky. niiii.n
years old, a merchant with a wife and
one cnna, tearing nre, attempted
chop the, electric wires In i;js 6!or(
with a hatchet and was shocked
(lentn. uouunicK nucnanski, twenty.
live yonrs oiu, single, nmi a relative
tho victim, ran out In tho storm
give assistance to Tonofsky, whin
wnwi I.W 1 I .... ... t .... ., .
jau mtu a live nun mm was s(jn-
. t , . . . j i . i . .
I'lecirucuieu, m iue uoiror ol nianj
spectators.
The George Jacobs farm of it;", awi,
a short distance west of York
selected by the County Poor Director!
as tho site for the new almshouse, ii
was decided to buy the farm nt aeon
slderntion of $28,000. Less than to
years ago Jneohs bought the farm (nt
$13,000. The action of the onr ).
rectors must he approved by tbe Coin.
ty Commissioner.! and the Court,
James Met afierty, eighteen, and
Thomas Keating, seventeen, both
Norrlstown, are alleged to have at-
tempted suicide by jumping Into deep
water at McGinn's quarries, near
'Bridgeport. A pnsfcrby rescued the
two young men, but when lie pulM
Keating out of the water he was in.
conscious. Keating was rushed to th
hospital and a pulmotor paved his life.
The fifty-fifth annual convention
the Grand Chamber of T'etiniylvjni
and New Jersey, Order Knights
Friendship, closed at Heading. Read
lng was Beleeted ns the next place
meeting, and nominations to he votei
on next year were made. II. II. Haf
fellfinger, of South Bethlehem,
nominated for grand sir knight mar
shal.
Announcement was made of tho wed
ding, August 16. nt Teiiyvillo, Conn
of Miss' Gladys II. Davis, only daurt
ter of V. H. Davis, of Bethlehem, in
Henry K. Mettee. Jr., a baseball pitch
er nt Bethlehem I'repnratory School
The ceremony was performed by tn
hi-liWrnnm'a father liev. II. K. Mette
of the German Lutheran Church.
Samuel Hlnkle, a Wiightsville farm
er, fifty years old, was kicked to dent!:
hv n rnnnu-nv lmrse. Hlnkle was dn'
ine the animal in a (log cart. !lt'n
her-nn kli kinL' and dashed away. Alter.
running several miles, the driver
shaken from the cart and died in
few minutes from a fractured skull-
As the result of being hit on thehea
with a pitched ball w hile at hat a
baseball game at Beading, fourteen
vaar-nlil Herman Bilbb died suddenly
Tho hnv lind annarentlv fell no ill ef
fects from the blow and attended
band conceit and festival at a 1W
ground.
The Bulgarian Orthodox Chunl)
Steelton must go without a imstori
tvnr Tieetnrs serving lh
rnn pronation are sent by the f!"1
Bulgaria and word has come that um
nnndlilnna linnrove the place winlW
to remain vacant.
in hroo Von Arcvl slate qoarrte
there was a fatality and t' 'MJ
accidents. Bnrnct Sobers, n." "''
years old. was struck on fir benJW
stone and killed. Vilbori i"-;"
. . i.i., ,.i,.iit foretlns'
nentany cui uu . rt
andK. Bonney pearly severed ni'
In machinery.
Falling on the pavement. Mr'-;
Shnrpe, of Coatesvilie. lias eiee, -
. ,)., nl!l 'M-S I1" 1
to recover
lurles sustained. It is nllefd tW
pavement needed repairing ami
(he boroiiRh was negligent Mr
dltlon.
Mike noas.ar'rVl,'Ir!S
county Jail, dlsemno ,
Blose, a fellow-prisoner. w"
spoon he had sharpened on i
crrte floor of the Jail. B"''p '
critical condition in the
pital.
In York street .vl" "rfl
hnve been suspended
hecaiise
The W'or'
ptrlke of thirty laborer.
claim they were proml"i b,
when they left New iork
only received $1 .80.
1 More than five thousand r'
tended the Northeiin.her la fII
and Columbia counties 1,11 "
nlc at South Danville.
. 0 U.i
T . Tfolehert. eighth" njl
tbe Home Brewery (0". ,nuroi
Shenandoah, and was fata")
' ' " i rohl"'11
Thieves entered "" Tiuar:
iConses at Macunglft taKii'h
Jewelry ond some nione).
Lightning burned ' ,
farms of Mrs. Jacob W
Washingtonvlllo. and v 1 , llt.
near Berwick. Wednesday s
r,ne I"
Falling from nn clef vi
mills. v iiill
worm liroiiino , . ,-oai
Fred Grlest, twenty' JM 5
suffered serious Injuria
pital. He placed the ba 1 bnll
in his mouth Bnd l r ei)1I
Into his brain. Ho has