human
GRACE.
gpt
It is not true, said Mrs. Raynor.
human
Grace told me only this noon that she loved Jack Woodson, and that they intended to be married in the fall, but that they did not want it generally known just yet.
gpt
Then this scoundrel Walden has carried her off!
human
Grace never wrote that letter, said the wife.
gpt
She is a truthful girl, and has told me often that she never loved any one but Jack, and to-day, as I told you, she said that she and Jack had fixed on the day for their wedding.
human
It's her handwriting, as sure as I sit here, he said;
gpt
Grace would die sooner than write a lie,
human
Where is Grace? What is this story I hear?
gpt
It's a lie! a false, cruel lie! he cried.
human
My darling never wrote that--never could write it. It's the work of that villain, Walden. Do you know what I have just heard? Tom Walden was arrested on a charge of forgery in Chicago--would have gone to prison, for his conviction was certain, but jumped his bail, and fled. His name is not Walden at all. There is a man at the hotel who knows all about him, and described him this very hour. More than that, there is an old indictment against him in New York for murder. The plea was self-defence, and the case never came to trial. Now they have new evidence that he deliberately murdered the man. He was then known as Tom Walden. My Grace run away with a man like that! Never! He has carried her off, and has written this note himself to deceive us. He has stolen her, but I will pursue him and bring her back, if I have to kill him to do it!