"MY LADY'S SIN."

Cromwell Argus, Volume XXXV, Issue 1929, 20 March 1905, Page 2

"MY LADY'S SIN."

SUMMARY OF OPENING CHAPTERS. Old Sir Robert Beauchantp marries a second wife-—a beautiful young Spanish widow- with a daughter of her own—and makes a new will, by which, in the event of his own daughter, "Nina-, -dying unmarried, ins stepdaughter, Lsadore, • becomes his sole heiress. Nina suspects her stepmother of sinister motives, and fancies she is losing her lather's love. One day she questions her father about the will, and tells him how lsadore is building hopes on the possibility of her death, which Lady Beauchamp is trying to effect by means oi poison. Unknown to Nina, Lady Heauchamp overhears this conversation, and advancing from behind a curtain she whispers something in her husband's ear which affects him visibly and arouses Ninas anger. Her 'ladyship's plan is to convince Sir Robert that his daughter is not responsible for her actions, and she is slowly poisoning herself. "The mother first, and now the daughter. I have had heavy sorrows," says the baronet. Meantime, it is evident that Lady Beauchamp and her maid, Dolores, have an understanding between them, for they call each other by their Christian, names, and both seem to be working for the same object Nina Inn a narrow escape with her life. Sir RolnuM and Lady Beauchamp consult Dr. .Jeffries regarding Nina, who is represented as being mad, and a journey abroad is suggested. If is agreed that Nina shall accompany Dr. and Mrs. Jeffries to Baden Baden.