Chapter 34 UNMASKED by Mrs. ALEX. McVEIGH MILLER Reed Raymond followed the departing guests to the door, anxious for a private word with his friend Lord Werter; and then Mrs. Fleming exclaimed jauntily: “Well, I must be going, too. Good-by, all!”…
Chapter 33 LOVE THAT WOULD LAST by Mrs. ALEX. McVEIGH MILLER A very interesting party were grouped in Royall Sherwood’s drawing-room. First, there was the host, who had insisted on being wheeled into the room when he learned of Lord Werter’s…
Chapter 32 THE SPIDER’S WEB by Mrs. ALEX. McVEIGH MILLER Mrs. Fleming was not looking straight at Annette when she asked her question, or she would have seen a deep crimson mount to the young girl’s brow as she answered evasively:…
Chapter 31 THE CRUEL TRUTH by Mrs. ALEX. McVEIGH MILLER That afternoon the sun came out as bright and warm as in April, and tempted Daisie and Annette to go out for a spin on their bicycles. “And let us call…
Chapter 30 REMORSE AND REPENTANCE by Mrs. ALEX. McVEIGH MILLER It is quite safe to say that Annette’s slumbers after the ball were not very peaceful. The startling events of the evening banished repose. For one thing, she had instantly recognized…
Chapter 29 FOR DAISIE’S SAKE by Mrs. ALEX. McVEIGH MILLER It was no wonder that Annette cried out in alarm, for a most startling change had come over the handsome face of Lord Werter. His splendid dark eyes fairly blazed with…
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…