Chapter 28 A SHOCKING LITTLE FLIRT by Mrs. ALEX. McVEIGH MILLER Daisie saw them coming, and braced herself for the rencontre. She was determined he should not see her flinch. Stately as a young princess, and cold as ice, she received him,…
Chapter 27 TO REMEMBER A LITTLE WHILE by Mrs. ALEX. McVEIGH MILLER Mrs. Hill-Dixon, the famous society leader of New York, was so proud of her titled cousin, Lord Werter, that she fastened him by metaphorical chains to her triumphal car,…
Chapter 26 EXPIATION by Mrs. ALEX. McVEIGH MILLER The scene shifts from the quiet country under the low-hung October skies to New York, in the following March, when the crisp snow covered the ground, sparkling like jewels under the pallid electric…
Chapter 25 MORE CRUEL THAN DEATH by Mrs. ALEX. McVEIGH MILLER Dallas Bain was shocked into momentary silence by the revelation just made to him. He had not thought of connecting Ray Dering with the attempted murder of Sherwood until this…
Chapter 24 COALS OF FIRE by Mrs. ALEX. McVEIGH MILLER Ray Dering was gazing moodily out at the October woods changing to red and gold beneath the autumn sky, and, with a violent start, he looked at his friend, exclaiming: “Why…
Chapter 23 MISERY LOVES COMPANY by Mrs. ALEX. McVEIGH MILLER Though Letty Green conspicuously boarded the same train that he took, she was very careful not to occupy the same car, lest he should see her and have his suspicions aroused.…
Chapter 22 THE DIE WAS CAST by Mrs. ALEX. McVEIGH MILLER Poor Daisie Bell! Everything and everybody seemed to be against her, and the old doctor’s specious reasoning appealed to her pride, if not her heart. What was any proud, sensitive…
Chapter 21 SHE LONGED FOR DEATH by Mrs. ALEX. McVEIGH MILLER Daisie Bell followed the kindly old physician back to the little room where they had spoken together a while ago, her heart throbbing wildly, her eyes gleaming brightly, her color…
Chapter 20 HIS CONFESSION by Mrs. ALEX. McVEIGH MILLER “May I speak to you alone a few minutes, Doctor Burns?” murmured Daisie, following the physician out from breakfast the next morning. “Certainly, Mrs. Sherwood,” he returned deferentially; but she turned back…
Chapter 19 STRANGE EMOTION by Mrs. ALEX. McVEIGH MILLER It was the little, dark-eyed beauty, Annette Janowitz, who had been listening by the door for some minutes, and now, unable to restrain her excitement, rushed to Daisie’s side with a passionate…