1
of Her
CHAPTER III Mr. Wrandall hears
..; story of Hetty Castleton' life, ex-
. 'Pt that portion tbat relates to Wran
. . . y&ll. The story of the tragedy she for-
. feds the girl aver to tell her. She offers
, V (Petty a home, friendship and security
t, Uroas peril on ancouut of the tragedy.
j 3tty attend the funeral of Challls Wran-
al! at tba home of his parents. Sara
Sad always been treated as an interloper
y the snobbish Wrandall fvstly. but
,-. she tragedy seams to draw ttm closer
. together.
( CHAPTER V-Sara Wrandall and Het
ry return to New York atter an absence
f a year In Europe. Lealta Wrandall.
brother of Challls. makes himself useful
to Para and becomes greatly Interested
la Hetty.
CHAPTER VI Hetty Is gTeatir pained
Bt Sara's evident desire to encourage Les
lie's attentions. Sara sees in Leslie's ln
i fatuatlon possibility for revenge on the
' Wrandalla and renaration for the wronn
jehe suffered at the hands of Challls
.."Wrandall by marrying his murderess Into
2? family. .
"""APTER. VTI Lealle. In company
'iui h'T friend, Brandon Booth, an artist,
Ws'ts Sara at her country place. Leslie
Confesses to Sara that he la madly In love
arith Hetty.
. CHAPTER VTIISara arranges
with
I.; Booth to paint a pli-ture of Hetty. Booth
'fas a haunting feeling that he has seen
Jetty before. Looking through a port-
'j5lto of pictures by an unknown English
-artist he flnds one of Hetty. He speaks
! 'o tier about It. Hetty declares it must
'ba a picture of Hetty Glynn, an English
Actress, who resembles her very much.
CHAPTER IX-T,esrie Wrandall be
4omes Impatient and jealous over the pic-
' "4nre painting and declares he is going to
yotiose o Hetty at the first opportunity
, iSnd have It over with.
' CHAPTER X-Much to his chagrin
, Leslie Is refused by Hetty. Sara, be
Ween whom and Hetty a strong mutual
.tjjfectlon has grown up. tries to persuade
We, girl that she should not let the trag
mty prevent her from marrying.
, CHAPTER XI Booth and Hetty eon
H s. i their love for each other, but the
I fetter declares that she can never marry
a there Is an Insurmountable barrier In
?'ftt 'war. She promises that some day
he -will tell her secret and that then,
oth will not want to marry her.
CHAPTER XTT Hetty admits to Sara
,thst she loves Booth. Sara declares thai
'Kt? must marry Leslie, who must b
to pay his brother's debt to the
ilrt, -.-Hetty again attempts to tell the
"real story of the tragedy and Sara threat
ens to strangle her If she says a word.
Sflara insults Hettv hv revealing that all
'this time she has tnved Hetty to have
sinned In hir relations with Challls
Wrandall. tn h end she realises that
.Hetty Is ent'rely Innocent.
- VjrlAlTJCR Xltl-Leslle again proposes
to Hetty and Is rejected. Hetty prepares
to leave Sara, declaring that after what
has happened she can remain no longer.
Leslie's retention causes consternation in
;the Wrandall family.
CHAPTER XIV-Hetty starts for Eur-
'kpe. Sara Insists upon providing for her
. 'financially. At sea Hetty receives a mes
' sage from Booth that he has started on
. -ia faster steamer and will be waiting for
"';her on the other side. Booth meets her
and accompanies her to London. In an
attempt to escape from him Hetty starts
!' for Paris, but finds Booth on the same
itoat.
CHAPTER XV-Hetty persists In her
irefusal to tell Booth the secret which
keeps them apart. She declares that Sara
,lone can tell him. Bnoth leaves for
America determined to get the story from
Sara., .
CHAPTER XVI-Booth attends on Sara
BO persistently in the hope of breaking
her determination not to reveal Hetty't
secret -that gossips begin to link theii
names In marriage.' Sara surprises Boetfc
by asking him to accompany her to the
Inn where Challis Wrandall met his
CHAPTER XVil Sara spends some
' time alone in the room where her hus
band was killed and then decides to tell
all. She summons Booth to the room
, and relates the truth about the tragedy
as she had learned it from Hetty. The
girl had come to the inn with Wrandall
believing she was to be married there.
Wrandall i-cv-ciad W- real purpose and in
-shame and 1- sper.uion she killed him.
Sara also rekatus ner own vindictive
:. Bchemes involving Hetty and the Wran
dall family and expresses her Joy that
. they vfajled. Booth decides to go to
Hetty
CHAPTER XVIII Booth writes n. let
. ter to Hetty telling her that he l.nows
all and assuring her of his undying iove.
Ha makes a strong plea for Sara and Im
plores Hetty to return to her.
CHAPTER XXI.
S; i The Jury of Four.
I ? ' The Wrandalls sat waiting and won-
I derlng. They had been sent for and
they had deigned to respond, much to
their own surprise. Redmond Wran
dall occupied a place at the head of
the library table. At his right sat his
wife. Vivian and Leslie, by direction,
took seats at the side of the long table,
which had been cleared of its mass of
book: and magazines. Lawyer Car
roll was at the other end of the table,
perceptibly nervous and anxious. Het
ty sat n little apart from the others, a
Tatber forlorn, detached member of the
conclave. Brandon Booth, pale-faced
and alert, drew up a chair alongside,
iCarrolL facing J3ara who alone re
mained standing, directly opposite the
NoS.1 the Wrandalls knew why
-they, as a family, were there.: They .
.. - .-ut- a!
had not the slightest premonition of !
m hat waa to come. Y '? ::v h :
The Wrandalls had , been routed
f v i their, comfortable fireside for
v, ' tf They were asking the question
t: mselves and theywer waiting
a ' '-If for" the answer. T -' t
t ii very tuffy' in here, Vivian
: with a glance at the closed
er Sara ; had ,ncceasfully
r Jury In the box. -
1, VSv," whispered Leslie,
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It-Was srtEIi' juncture that Sara
rose from her chair and faced them,
as calmly, as complacently as if she
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 Bmug serenity for all time to
come. With a glance at Mr. Carroll
she began, clearly, firmly and without
a prefatory apology for what was to
follow.
"I have asked you to come here to
night to be my judges. I am on trial.
You are about to hear the story of my
unspeakable perfidy. I only require of
you that you hear me to the end be
fore passing judgment"
At her words, Hetty and Booth start
ed perceptibly; a quick glance passed
between them, as if each was inquir
ing whether the other had caught the
extraordinary words of self-indictment
A puzzled frown appeared on Hetty's
brow.
"Perfidy?" interposed Mr. Wrandall.
His wife's expression changed from
' one or oorea mainerence to snarp ln-
quiry. Leslie paueed in the act of
lighting a cigarette.
"It is the mildest term I can com
mand," said Sara. "I shall be as brief
Us possible in stating the case, Mr.
Wrandall. You will be surprised to
hear that I have taken it upon myself,
as the wife of Challis Wrandall and,
as I regard it, the one most vitally
concerned if not interested in the dis
covery 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 him to Burton's inn on
that night in March. She has had my
constant, my personal protection for
more than twenty months."
The Wrandalla leaned forward in
their chairs. The match burned Les-
The Wrandalls Leaned Forward In
Their Chair.
lie's fingers, and he dropped it without
appearing to notice the pain. .
What is this you are eaying?" de-
manded Redmond Wrandall,
'"When I left the inn that night, after
seeing my husband's body in the little
upstairs room, I said to myself that
the one who took his life bad unwit
tingly done me a service. He was my
husband; I loved him, I adored him.
To the end of my days I could have
gone on loving him in spite of the
cruel 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 me!
But he always came back to me with
the pitiful love he had for me, and I
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 nlm. What rancor I had was
always directed toward you, hie fam
ily, who would see no wrong in your
king but looked upon me as dirt be
neath his 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 in
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 say that
considered her gnllUesis Atthevtlm.
On the oontraxjr, I looked xmttu herl in
ouite a different . way.'
i a diff,vrentay;,I had qb means
of knowing then that she was as pur
as snow nnd that he would, naye de
spoiled .her of everything thati was
prd sav that hlch was
-'j.K;nw W;www:iiut.
h was on her way to pay tor her
i deed with her life if necessary, when
I. came upon her and intervened."; --
"Yon-Tyou know, who she Is said
Mr. Wrandall. in V low, lnereduloas
Toice.-:" V".; ;.;.t ??t.-:i'l
-. "I, hve,. known, almost from, the be
ginning... Presently you will hear her
story, from herown lips.'Tv .1 . -JnvoJuntar)ly
four pairs of eyes shlft-
tleton. ; 'O:" ' ..
f Speaking swiftly,' Sara depicted the
scenes and sensation experienced dur-'j
i"K inai memoraoie motor journey to
New York eitv , '' : '. -i- yv
) T could not believe that she "was
vicious creature,' even then. V Some-
tning told me that she was a tender,
gentle thing who bad fallen into evil
hands and had ' struck because ' she
waa nnevil. ; I did not doubt that she
had been my husband's mistress,- but
I could not destroy the conviction that
somehow she had been justified'1 In
doing the thing she had dona.' Mr
gravest mistake waa In refusing to
near ner awry in alfc of its details
I only permitted her to acknowledge
tnat sne had killed him; no more;
did not. want to hear the thing which
l assumed to be true.- Therein Mea
my deepest fault For months : and
months I misjudged her in my heart,
yet secretly loved her. Now 1 under-
sund why I loved hen. It waa because
she was innocent of the only crime I
ouW lay at her feet . Now J come
to the crime of which 1. stand self-
accused. .1 must have been mad all
these monthB. I have no other defense
to offer:. You may take it as yen see
It for yourselves. 1 dc not ask for
pardon. After I deliberately had set
about to s&ield this unhappy gfrl to
cheat the law, if you ptease to cheat
you, perhaps I conceived! the horrible
thought to avenge myself for afl the
indignities 1 tad sustained at the
hands of you Wrandalls, andi at the
eame time to even my account with
the one woman' whom I could put nay
finger upon as having robbed: me f
my husband 'b love. You see I put it
mildly. I have hated all of you, Mrs-i
Wrandall, even as you have hated me.
Today now I do not feel as I did inu
other days toward' you. I do not love-
you, still I do not hate you. I do not
forgive you, and yet I think I have
come to see things from your point
of view. I can only repeat that I
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 came a day wfren I observed
that Leslie was attracted by the guest j
in my bouse. On that day the plan)
took root in my brain. I "'
"Good God!" fell fro mi Leslie's; Upsi
"You you had that in, mindr
"It became .a fixed,, inflexible pur
pose, Leslie. Not that 1 hated you,
as I hated the rest, for- yon tried ta
be considerate. The one- grudge I belts
against you was that in seeking to' sua-
ratn t a wntl An moil irnim nam tiinfTi n
You came to me with, stories of hi .
misdeeds; you, said that he- was a,
scoundrel and that you would; not.
biame me for 'showing, Wm, up.' Do
you not remember? And so my pint
Involved you;, you were- the- only ana
through whom. I could! strike. . These
were times when I faltered. 1 could
not' hear tha- thousrhitr of Rariflclnir
Hetty Castleton, nor was easy to
thoroughly appease my conscience in Harrington, Assignee of Warren Bre
respect'to you.- Still; K I couM have' thers.
had my way a few monthB. agov if;
coercion had been of any avail, yeuj
would now be the husband .of jour i
brother's slayer. Then I eame to'
know that she was not what! I had
thought she was. She" was honest,
ray DUBDie oursi. i came eui or toe
maze in which I had been living and
saw clearly that what I had. contem
plated wi'9 the most atrocious-"'.
"Atrocious?" cried Mr., Redmond
Wrandall between her set teeth. "Dia
bolical! Diabolical! My God, Sara,
what a devil your" She did not com
plete the sentence, but sank, back in
her chair and Btared with wide, horror
struck eyes at her rigid daughter-in-law.
Her husband, his hand shaking as
if with palsy, pointed a finger at Het
ty. "And so you are the one we have
been hunting for all these f 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. Wrandall!" commanded
Sara, noting the ashen face of the girl.
"Don't let the fact escape you that I
am the guilty person. Don't ; forget
that she owed her freedom, if not her
life to me, alone-kept hel" 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 tjmes and
I have conquered not by threats but
by love! - Do . you . understand? i Be
cause of her love for me, nd because
'she believed that I loved her, she sub
mitted.. You are not to accuse her,'
Mr. Wrandall. Accuse me! 1 1 am on
trial here. ! Hetty Castleton is a wit
ness agalngt me, if you choose to call
upon hef as such. If not, I shall ask
tier to speak In my defense, if she can
do so." 1 - ! x '
"'This," is, lunacy!" criedv Mr, Wran
dall, doming to his feet 'T don't car
what your motives . may ' have been.
They do not make. her. any less, a mur
deress. She--" . f " M
' ."We must glv Iter over to .the po
lice'!, began hi wife, struggling to
her .tfeetw- She Staggered, j Jt was
Booth who stepped quickly to her side
to support her. Leslie was staring at
k yllntoaenaeerrtCattier'i ; nnn.
She was very pale' but- vastly more
composed, than. .the others j
ieili1'jufineVlif aid.Hr
voice- trembled in spite ofj her effort
't""co'ntror"1tV"We are on4eininc,
'isCitletoaaea-! ns hear
everything' before we-r ' :?'r':'i:-i:J .
i y. fGood -Oodtvian r- Do on mean
."How can we place any reliance oh
what she may' say T' cried Mrs. Wran
dall, tt :-.ii- J. ..:.'v . ' ! . i'.l ,A
" Nevertheless,? said Vivian firmly,
"I tor one shall 'not condemn her un-
YM
'i7fc'
.' v
"And 8o Yon Are' the One We Have
(' Been Hunting for Air These Month." ;
heard.. I mean to be aa fair to her an
Sara has been. , It shall not be said
that all the Wrandalla are smaller
than Sara Gooch!" ' (
"My chiltl " began her father in
credulously. ' His jaw , dropped sud
denly. Hie daughter's shot had landed
squarely in the heart of the Wrandall
pride. . , . '' ., .
"If she has anything to say" said
Mrs. Wrandall, waving Booth aside
and sinking stiffly into her chair.: Her
husband sat down. Their jaws net
hardv ' 1
"Thank youv Vivian." said Sara, snr-
prised. in spite of herself,' "Yon re
nobler than I"
"Pleaee don't thank me, Sara," said
Vivian icily. "I was speaking for MIbs
Ca.stleton."
Continued Tomorrow
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. By vurtue of an execution directed
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fonntv frnm r,P Srior rn,,rt .1
Craven. County North Carolina in
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with the run thereof 50 poles to a pop
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