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9 doors west of the 'Commercial hotel,
-DR. F. A. AXON.-
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Specialist in Crown and Bridge
work,
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Dental Surgeons of Ontario. Honor
graduate of University of Toronto
Dental Department. Graduate of the
Chicago College of Dental Surgery
Chicago. .
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. iso, doubt, She Taid the draft between the Visit knoblike rock. Ile went to
ithe printed leaves, beyond the marker. it .. picked it up and looked at It closely.
'Then, replacing the volume on the "Jessica." he whispered. The name
Northern Navigation shelf, she ran from the door and has- clung about him. The very leaves re-
itened back up the steep trail to the peated it In music. lie had a curious
Coo. Knob• sensation, as If while she spoke that
Leaning back against the warm rocI4 very name had half framed itself in
lapped in, the serene peacefulness of some curtained recess of Ills thought.
Grand. Trunk Route. thought.
the spot, Jessica tell into reverie. Ile' pressed the handkerchief to his
. Never since her wedding, day had , face. The faint perfume 'it exhaled,
she said to herself boldly "I love him" litre the dust of dead roses, ,gave him
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-never till yesterday. Now all was a ghostly impression of the familiar.
V i' MER 1 V R changed. Her thought 'tvaa a. tremu- He struck is forehead abarply,with
lous assurance: "1 shall stay here near his open hand.
the GREAT LAIKES him day After day, watching. Some "Fool!" he said, with a bitter laugh.
-` da his memos will come back and .. p+
Y . T Fool.
then my love. will comfort him. The
. town will forget it has hated and will
A Fresh Water Sea Voyage conte to honor, him. Some time, seeing "�`_' � "
how he is changed, his father will for- _ ,
Palatial Steamships give him and take him back.. and we
• Superb Scenery shall all three go home to the white 'q.
house to the aspens. If not, then my
Faultless Cuisine place will still be with Hugh. Perhaps
Moderate Charges we shall live bore, Perhaps A cab"'
. like that will be Home, and l shall title %�%upter 80 •
with him and work with him and care •
. ideal Summer Outings on .he .Great• for him." _
Lakes Georgian Ba or :among the Thus she dreamed -a new day dream, -' ,., VBR the sauttartum on
g y unravaged by the sordid tests of ver-
Thirty Thousand Islands. Ity. 'the ridge sleep had de-
. �,a'f., scended. On Its broad
Tickets and information' from. all. Ry. So absorbed was she that she did not } i grounds there was no
Agents. hear a step approaching over the �� light of moon or stars,
g springy moss, n sharply broken wreath and Its chamber win -
14, H. Gildersleeve 0..H. Nicholson as the intruder stifled an exclamation, dows were dark save where here and
Mgr., Collingwood Traffic hfgr„ Sarnia She had drawn her handkerchief there the soft glow of,a night lamp
. across, iter eyes against the dancing sifted through a shutter. The evening
. , glimmer of sunlight. Suddenly it drop, had closed gloomily, breeding; storm.
-- ped to leer lap, and she half turned. Before Jessica extinguished the light
Man Instant of surprise, as Harry's she searched In a drawer and found
Ii01VIESI:EI{ER5' EXCURSIONS I look flashed into hers; a name sprang her wedding ring -the one she had
TO unbidden to • her lips—a name that worn for less than an hour. When
struck his strained face to sudden she crept into. bed the ring was on her
WESTERN, CANADA whiteness, ringing in his ears lilie .the finger, Ahe had fallen asleep . with
note of a sunken bell. All that was her. cheek resting .on it.
Via . CHICAGO and ST. PAUL, clamoring in him for speech .rushed She awoke with a start, with, a
MINNEAPOLIS or I ULUTH. into words, vague, inexplicable uneasiness,' an in -
"You -call my name!" he cried. "You • stinet that the night had voiced an
April 0 20, May, 4-18, • ,June 1-�-15•- know triol Have I ever been Hugh to unusual 'sound. She sat up ' in bed,
20, July 13-27, Aug. 10-24, Sept..7 you? . Your face,, that white band staring into -the 'dark depths of the
. . -21.. across your eyes, your voice• they, came .roots, Her instant thought -had been
Tickets good for 50 days to me like something: far away that I of David Stires, but the tiny bell, on
g have known. I was mistaken. I was the wall whose wire led to his 'bea-
Winnipeg and return s32.00. crazy to think that you"- room was not vibrating. She listened
Edmonton and return $42.50... He stopped. A wave of sympathy a moment. • but there was, only a deep
Proportionate rates to other points: ,passed over her. - She,felt a mad wish silence, Slippiug'out of bed; she cross -
LOW RATES . . to throw all Aside,.. to cry to him: "You ed the- room and ,parted the curtain
b'UR SETTLERS. did know me! You loved. me once! I from before -the tall French window.
._ am' Jessica -I am your wife!" So in- The,.room was on the ..
round floor and
tense as. her emotion that it seemed
To certain points in Saskatchewan'I �" the windowv'gave directly.on the lawn,
and' Alberta, each Tuesday, during., a her audit she had spoken 'his name While she gazed ,there came `a sudden
March and Aprils again Audibly, but 'her lips had not . .yellow . dare of .lightning, and far, dis.
moved, and the tap of a woodpecker ,taut'mutter of thunder spoke behind
Full. information• from on a nearby trunk sounded with harsh the lulls.
JOI3N RANSFORp, Town. Agent. -distinctness. rr Still, ..Rvtth the unreasoning uneasl,
A. 0. PATTISON, Depot'! Agent. I have wanted to speak to you,,. she Hess holding 'her, she groped to ,the
. said -after an • instant In! which slie door, drew, the bolt and looked out
struggled for self control. `Fou did into the wide, •softly .carpeted. 'Hall,
a brave'thing yesterday=A splendid lighted .dimly .by a 'lamp set just at
thing. It saved me.. from, .sorrow q1I the turn•of the staircase. Ail At• once
The cKilIo f'r usual Fire
A W in ' life!'.', 'a shiver ran through .her. .Chore, a
He put. aside her thanks with a ges dozen •steps awvay, the light full upon
In5l1TaIlG8 . CoIDpaIly tare. "You saved me also. You found
him, stood the . man who filled .her
-Farm and Isolated Town Property me 111..and suffering, and your horse thoughts. . '
carried axle to my cabin." Ile stood e
O'nly'Insured-- perfectly. still; Without
"I want to tell • you," she went on movement or esture, gazing at her.
OFFICERS-• gesture,.
J. B. McLean, ,President, ,;�caforth I' hastily, her fingers lacing, "Haat I do
not, judge :you us ,others do. ' I know i - T
0. ; Thos. .Fraser,. Vice -President : .
about our ost life -what' ou .bave , I . .
y P y
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Brueefield P•.. U. I'. E. Ha• a Sec. .
,. ?' r ft.rill
n. I know o have put
forgotten. u p ,
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Treasurer Seafor".. P. 0:
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behind yo
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D e ors. I n e swif I, o
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v Which h 'had
William Shesn�y, Seafarth ; Joh the determination with c x e S �'
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Grieve,. Winthrop George .Dal Sea striven to.put from his mind the. prob. Ll__11
t , P ' g 0' t lem of . his clouded..past 'find: broken , . .
forth • :John Watt �-Harlcck'• .-oho -
Bennevvi' Brodhagan ; James Evan 'down, In the ltglit of the charge . ' . r� • '
Beechwood ; James 'Connolly, which had been flung in bis teeth the FIe stood perfectly stilt.
. 'Holmesvillc, afternoon before, his imaglnaton• had- She could see his face distinctly,. ill.
AGENTS- dwelt intolerably on it hoiietted on the pearl gray Fail,. It
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et wore an ex rt: sion of strained. concern
h said boatsel Y s
.You know. e d
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Robert Smith, Mailock ; k,. Iiin you say tbatl' `they stoned rile in' the And of. fleep helplessuess. The Instant
chley, Seaforth ; James . Cummings . street the day 1 came. back'.' Yester- agitation and surprise blotted the puz
Egmondyille ; J: W. Yeo. Holmes- day they counted me'a thief. . It is like • zle of his presence there, She fot•got
•ry
Ville.. a' hideous ntbhttnare'tliat 1 can't wake that it, was the. dead 'of night; th tt
me h n f her I ht wen. It flashed
Parties .desirous to effect insuranaa Prom,: '1Vho.am I7 Whore did I co .she as n h u b , bo
or tt nsact other business will be • from? . I dare not ask for.fear• of fur- across. her, mind,that some near - .and
a h
1 imagine promptly attended. to on applcatio #her "shone.. Carl you imagine what' desperate trouble had befallen . hliu.
Al r ctiv maternal in her
us d t e ote a and
to an of the ahoy fficers ' d r r
that means?" h
n
y h e o a d else 1
to their respective postoffices.. Losse She come close to him and touched loge welled . up. She, went quickly -to-
,
inspected by the director who live,.. his arm. . - ward him.
nearest' the scene. "I know all that ynu suffer," she He did not move or 'stir• ,and then
. said "Xan Are doing the' strong thing, she realized that, though tits. eyes
. the brave thing! `1_he' man ig yon is seemed to loo'. at tier, It was with .a
not. Astray now; passive, tranced fsvity::,.They'saw nosh.
�. -yp 'l•'`:. it was lost, -but Ing; Ile was asleep, .
Clinton News- y�,y ecord • %, ;"`� it has found its She halted, a Acell compassion. and a
�\ t .
* .way'back. When painful wonderment holding her, feel-
CLINTON - . ONT .. g - your -memory - ing wlth a thrill the .power she .pos.
T rms-of ski seri tion- 1 'u ` . conies .you will 'sessed over him. Then, like it cold
e h p 5 per year t 15
, •t see' that it , is • rvave,.surged over her a,uumbtug sense
advance $1.50 .may. be Charged t fate that has of lith osition. •' Haty had he entered?
not so. paid.- No paper discontinued• - P
t r d s beenleadingyou. Had he broken" locks ilko.a burglar?
until all ori _ars are paid, ante :7 at There was noth• : The situation'' was anomalous.. Nt'hut
ilio opinion of the publisher. The ill +ill alar Ast should. she • do? ' 'R'aked abruptly,. the
date to which: ever Subscription is b y P I
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that cannot be. result might. be disasttaus. Dtseow
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paid is-. d: ore on thelobe
�` 1 burred and for- ered, his presence those when tall sium-
Advertisin rat -Transient adver. 1 I gotten.. W h a.t tiered; suspected as be bad been, would
. g . es t
t.
i have been a auitst get'h[m shwa
of a e be rulnotrs. She ,
tis meet on ri 1
3 I, y
e s, 10 Cents .per n. pa c .V you 'will never out of the house, and quickly. .
. line for first insertion and 3 cents 11 be avgallL i know tlreatia of cool air sweat last .her,
per line for each subsequent insert b t t
`l tont! . I saw.you putting onat; the lamp -ate outer door
ion.' Small advertisements not - to 1 � l . a .
exceed, one incl',• such as "host," "You are dol: to t1w fibtit 1?e� lin, and rens oiler , At the swine bastattit alae
1 know Whyyou ' beyond curve of the
t est• E s .vonil the t e
"Strayed,"' or "Stolen," :etc., in- strand tlitnp>' y . heard s ell b f,
serted' once for 35 cents and each did it.. 1 heard hull, Dr. Brent's voice peremptory and
you play the violin,. Whatever has, Inquiring. Her nerves chilled,IIe
subsequent insertion 10 cents. been,'! have faith in yon now"' blocked the sole Avenue of retreat.
Communications intended for publiea- She spoke breathlessly, In very ubun- . ]\o, there ryas one other, and only one
tion must, as. a guarat te't of . good •don, carried away by her feeling• . As -a single ,avay to shield hinr, Quiet
faith, be accompanied by the mole she spoke be had turned toward tier.. and resourceful now. though her
of the writer. • ' his paleness flushed, his eves leaping checks were hot. silo took the hand of
. un litre hungry tires, devouring her the 'trucorsclons man, drew trill] silent
. . , face. At the look timidity rngbod Upon and unreslstino into the friendiv shud.
W. J. MITCHELL, her. She stopped abruptly and took ''a 'ow of tier 'voonQ losed the door noise-
Editolt' and Proprietor, startled step froth blur. . lessly And bolted, it.
Ile turned from her Instantly. Ills . For a moment she stood `mottouless,
hands dropped tit his sides. The word her heart beating violently. IIad tie
.. that had almost sprung to speech lead been soon? Or had the open doer cre•
r ,j • slipped back Into the vr,id. " ated An alarm? Releasing tits hand
_ ,
I thank you for alae c:hArity, yott, gently, elle found hC.r tiaV softy to n
have for me," he said, "which I in no' stand, lighted a tiny night 'taper and
1. TIME ,TABLE-- way deserve. I-1 shall always rc- thrkw A shawl about fier. A sudden
Trains will arrive at and depart member It" confusion tingled through her veins, a
from Clinton Station as; follows ! IShe hesitated. an Instant. mado as it sense of nididenly shame; opposing the
1 real re Arlon
a t reminder of their i
BiJIcFALO AND GODEii,ICH DIV'.. to :spealt. Then, turning, she wen sweet
Going, East 7.35 a, m, quickly from him. At the edge of the ship -was be not in fact her husband?
at tt busbeii; she stopp d with a sudden lin. -that lay ever beneath her thought to
( '3.07 p.m.
k t I t ntl'ker- •justifyAnd explain.
tl ct p• , pulse, She looked At the t t
5.15 in chief she held. Some tiny lettering Suddenly, In the tense silence of the
Going ,West ,1.07 a. m. wall embroldored In Its corner, the word room, the mantel clock struck 0 in sleep
to li 1,.25 p. in. +•Jessica."
• tt to $,40 1 p'.tn; hod - not She glanced behind Citi-. chime, like the vibration .of A forofC
tr rd l
I1te had not moved. Itolling it into a church bell, The tone ryas not loud
11,28 p. M-- ball, ebb threw It back over the bushes, indeed, the low"roll of the thunder had
LONDON, :HURON & BRUC8 DIV. I then ran on' hastily through the trees. .'been well nigh as loud but there was
Going South 7.50 a, M. After a time 9art's turned slowly, , in the 'intrusive metalllC cadence if
tt u \ 4.28. p. In. leis -shoulders lifting f'n.a deep restrli'ia- ;pecntllilr sub">testlon to the dormdut
g i tjoi - of
Goin North 11,'00 a, tit ti#on. The .white and filmy CambrtC entad. It penetrated the Crust
at It .0.3 J, p• m, I t his �pe blog • at the bas* of Sleep. It toUthed the Inner Ear of the
ouse!ous luteltigeavo. Harry startea
it shu.,der r:::t t!lrouga h.:; fratue. !ac
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W hnd dreamed could not be -never
hi�i
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never, never! All that was left was
w .t, cd dllrx:ly, batl,l ww,.att to h..
,,;� _
ctrt•ret:der, lgnamiaious flight to scenes
forehead,
"D
barren of so gestlon.
In. tit;,' instant of shocked awakenin,v
At that. lnstant a shining point
.teselva wits at his side In an. a *nary o!
6
u Marry mane his way
,
caught his eye, It eame from the parr
t ,il-chersion, tier arm throv;a atllmil
, mountain in
'^'a . —' down
of gravel on the doorstep, on which
It..n. her itaacl'presse.I across Isi> Ilils,
Ith'
bank and heavy
the rain had been beatfug• Ile thrust
her lips, At L;s ear is au. ogoui::eal
d,i►6, corrertiug h1s.
the draft tato his pocket and seized a
warning: .
path by the Ilghtrling,
doable hitndful of the gravel. He
D- -a
'il:xsh! Ito not a •'ah. It is L. ,les-
he lead faced squarely
�- y
lttni,ed it flits is ►ail
P 1 of water And
sica! Make na uotae'"
the question that In tlr-.tt
,
bell it to the Ilght. It spitrkled' with
Site felt her wrist d•aught in,t;ray';;aril
dim room had become ail imminent de-
voanc., yellow Hakes of gold, lie
that made Ler wiOve. Ills whole, bo.iy
mans.
Crapped the handful with aY sharp es-
teas trembling violoil:ly. "Jesslea!"
'"What .If I love Iter! What right
t9aintillon, threw on. his. coat mud rush-
lie sola tit it paln.ully urtivniated. Wills-
� have I to love her, with o wretched
ed front" the rabid. '
per. "lou? Whore; am 1?'•
name like urine? She Las refillewent. '
Ali 4a,i% alone on the fog soal;ell hill.
"This is my room." she ureatbc'd
11 111"Sure of wealth nu doubt, and i
side. Iiarl;v toiled In the trenatl withA
,,You have been walking to c•ourt;ievp
am Boor as pow erty,. dependeut on the
o,tt food or rest. '
Ante no sound: We shall be heard."
dog's grubbing in the Ditch for tomor-
M A . - w s r
A low exclamatiou brol;o from hts'
row's bueou and flour. Yet that would
it was itfair, sweet evening, and
lips, 1e looked bew1ldered'ly about
riot staiQ la the way. I am no veuta
the roots where lesslco sat beside
hits, his eyes returning to her fuer'
`'I-.,catne
rogue, au;;!lug for the loaves and finite~
David Stires' bed, reading to
with a horrWed.tealization.
Whatever else she cursed we with, nag
.'aloud
Ilam. wits ftctodcd with the falling sun-
her,e-to your room?" The voice was
tare gave we a bruin, ani cutin-- hurl
light. S1uGe the aid man's seb•ure in
scarcely audible.
experience have educated IL With
the he had been
"It was 1 who brought you here
You in hall. You
haitd or brain 14atn heW toy own litche
night much worse, and
T
she had scarcely left tris roam. today.
were the wouldhave
to stand tn.,.
liowevei•. he had hat propped by pil-
been found. The house is roused,"
So lie had argued, but his ;irgunlent
lows, able to, rend and' chat. Aud tile .
He turned abruptly to the door, but
ended aalwttys with the Sallie stern
deep personal anxiety that lied numbed
she caught his arm. "�S hat .axre you
and unanswerable couclusiou: "To drag
her Ifad yielder'. .
going to do? You will be seen',"
"So much the Vetter. It will be at
her down to order to lift utvsclP: Be-
'►sides
A knock came at the door, It was a •
my proper menoure-as' a prowler. a
charge she u/e-pity is u1 -1u, to
lova-shalt 1 tate udvautuge of her
nut se wvttla letters for him (fain the
'mall.,
housebreaker, a disturber of honest
Interest 31ud luliot-ence?"
ttutl while he opened theta. Jes-
sleep!" -
„ s,+
No, no.. she protested in a panic.
• ,
in the cabin through the long hours,
sdca laid aside the book and went
slowly down the hall to the sun 'parlor.
"Yon shall not: ''I will not have you
till the dawn began to infiltrate the
,
where- the doctor stood with the group .
taken for what you are not, I know.
earl. hallows of the wobd he had lain
wide thlukbt;;. When day
gathered after the early supper,, chat -
But they would not know. No
eyed: cattle
ting. of the newest ."strike" on the
,one
must see you leave this room. Do you
he Ifad eool.t'd tris breakfast and there-'
mountain.
not think of me?"
After sat uatthtug the havoc. of the'
"We'll +
lie Pnmotis '.f we keep en,' he
Ile caught his breatb bard.-"ThInit
gran to through. h
I ' •t the window. , Bourg
was saying as. site looked out of the
of you!" repeated huskily: "ls
1 assed thus before the . fury of the
nide windows neross .the haze where
there even. an hour when l do not
v .
Mand lead silent Itself, At length tie
b
;. .
the sunlight drifted down in dust of
think of you? Is there:a day when l
rose,. threw open the door and 'stoo,l
P.
gold. "I've . mind to stake out a claim
would not die to serve you? Yet in
looking .out upotl the wind whlppocl
foliage and the drab desolutiou of the
myself."
'you
my very sleep',—
fog.: Then he threw on his mackinaw
+.
R'e pay better, said one of the .
Ile paused, gazing at her where she
coat; picked up his.gold pan and 0111lb-
occupants grimly. "Anyway, the whole . ,
.stood in. the half light,. n misty, unser-
ed.don•n•tile Slope, Beneath all other
of Smoky mountain wens staked in the
tain figure.- She was curiously happy.
problems, must Ile the sordid proble'ia
I excitement a year Aso. Tbere's. rio ,
The delicious and pangiess Sense of
of his dully food. He had uncovered.
doubt about this find, I suppose?" • .
Flt's
guilt, Ixowever-tbe guilt of-tbe hidden,
.
a crevice in the bed rock, at the end of
on exhibition at -the bank,"• the
"•snore
Clot the bl tmeRorthy thing -that was
doctor replied, •. than $5,000
tingling through her was- for him a
his trench the day before, and now Ile
cached, a crevice in the glaclal age .
shrinking ng'and self reproach,
scraped a pailful of the soggy gravel
as neat as a Christmas stockingl"
eht .
She was 'silent.. "Forgive me,", he
it contained and carried it back' to the
.. The talk went on about her. -'
said,. "if you can. I=l. can never for,
.cabin
,. "Where is the lucky claim?" some '
give myself: -How can 1. hest go?"-
With a sigh he took off his damp colt.
one asked., w
For -answer' she moved to -the win-
and threw a log on the Bre: .He ab• ..
- "Just below this ridge,"' the doctor., •
dow, slender and wraithlike. IIe, fol-
-stractedly watched it kindle; then filled
replied. "It is . called the 'i.ittle ..Fay-'
lowed silently. As she parted, the ear-
' And lit. his pipe and .turned to the book-
" master."' - .
tain a'second .of bright - lightning re- :
sbelf, He ran his'hand absently•alogg
.The namecaughther.ear- The Little .
vealed the landscape, .tile dark- hedgas
the row.-, Where had• been that wide..
Paymaster? That'was thenanie on the. .
"
and clustered. trees.: It blackened, and
dim expanse .of .library" walls that. hov.
tree �n Hugh's claim! At thni Instant
she drew him' back; with a hushed
ered like a mirage :beyond . his visual
•
1. she thought she heard Stires
word,. potnttng where a lantern wits
.sight? IIe chose a volume he bail been
.David
f calling. She turned and ran quickly up' ,
flashing. rough the shrubbery.. , ,
reading and turned the pages.
the: long hall to his open door.. .
"If is'o, �w�tatchtuan," she said. "He
All at`once. his hand, clinched. IIe
The sight. of his face at first startled . - ' .
will be 'goer, presently," _
- gave a choked cry. He- was starkng,at
her, far it wa1.s held,capt!ve of a notion, ..
"God•'. bel`p• meg":.• tae t� bt'spered;; :tile _
A- canceled bank tlr,tRt ileal itis; his .oR n
:tau' it was .an . emoti9n of- joy, not .of' ,
petit passion of his dtreams rushing•to
name�a draft,'acinss wbose ,fnce ryas
.pain's 'A lettere fluttered in his grasp.'
utterance: ."`Why did '1• ever see your
written in, the crainpcd hand' rescan-
He thrust It Ile- hands. •
face? •1 wds reckless and careless then.
hli'ng the signature a, Word that retained
. "Jessica," he exclaimed, "Hugh has '-
I -had. damned the decent side of nee
etched.. In livid characters of shame-•
paid it! `He has sent the $5,000, inter-'
I
that Pow. is. quivering. alive. 1 have.
mem- a-
treed to lot your;'fa'ce: from my en
"Forgery!"
"Ta -
ay 'to 'Hugh Stires the' s.'tim of
t est andprincipa4 ,
Sys
f {S to the bank to '
3
ory, but It is useless. I shall always
. r ',+
$0,000. Tie . read the 'phrase' in : it
L.
a my account." _ • . ,.
see.tt."
hoarse, husky monotone., every ;vein
�• 1 For •a moment`
w tv
-0n the lawn jest outside•tlae .endo .
be tau^ fiercely, lois bo d
a d hat with' h
„ y. y tile
t.
P a•'t :' t
�., s she, stootl•'tran
low voices wrere heard, through the in- ..
bead of a forge. There .it wits, a hill•. '
�.
, • fixed. l he
creasing rain. ,They passed, ,and after'
cobs chapter :of it, the darnnable,truth.'
.talk
she had'.mechan- ' .- '
nl 11 the :win-
A moment. he softly unlatched ed
f n. a
rots ww,htch he had shruu�.
r
'.ally heard testi•
(
.
low.
Dill the town knowd? ' Hv-snatclied at',
- ..
= ed into signiti-
"Goodb,V,"-be said, '.
the, .draft and read the date. ,more than
k
, •cance' . and. her
She stretched out her hand.. Ile
av a year-iigo.. and.'
��11,
mind.riau back to
,window ..
touched' t`., then: drew theit
had be@ri pi•e- •
the hour 'tubes
Wide. As he stepped. noiselessly .down
,+ sented .for .pay. .
sbe� had. •left the . P4•! '• • • .
on. to the springy turf .the llghtxxffig
�` .. ' meat In a skis•
. draft at tbe.cab- -.
flashed main a ale green low that
b P b S
, .tanteltv,thccit•
Q y'�
in; She caught .
g
seemed almost before her fiice. 'Silo
r ,•
-
\ uY, wehl
_�. . ar, Ch, he.
•
the old moo's
C
a in. tart
drew back; and the s, me
„'�
Gaid.bec:n �liicl.ed
1,
l ` 1
...
handand kneltby .
through the thunder, the elect lr Heli
, .. up beside. the
' .-r
..
his chalr,' laag4-
• '' r'w
t it •. She tad e
On, the wall 'rang .,ha q y
r.ailroatl ti•.ark:
P inb '.and 'crying .
feet
• dressin own thrust Tier c
ou let, b gg'i'be
.. a•• g
fd .l,ed natnc•
J ,
itP1
Flu lehuti cztdt!'
t7 P at once. '. During .
a om he
biro slippers and, hastened t t
l?p�,,,
i • s
ww its the sa ue .t
4 impulse i
these Inst t f tv da s.. the t � ulse to tel
es a e y I
room,' ..
J
, his own. Who
•
all that she. tiad concealed bird been ill- :
c a r1d-es.
a had . to t e 1
The . ame•fiash th t .
�
•�• � .. a s
w D a v t d• .
r
`r � s i I • he b ri le had
most it e.l t b e..:�uwv t_, a .
n
:br t tla the ih stcian ti d
li*bte n
sica d i
b. S k 3
i
+ •t
I Stires. fIis f, •
r ,. repressed so�• -
.alien. The had el d
i
a i t d at the dor•
t s o0
li watchman. o
to �
,
_. .
at.
tt c IIad- Itat
P. t
. ". ' sl of s •At noes
i n cn e forth in a• u a c e
o m x
ser of tide• buildi;g, having ' ffnithtld
� city been, his''
that left him�tullte hind amazed:
their .'tour of ins(tcctton.. i.t • wi►s file
home once rind
,
"I hauld' have told you Before,'' she .. .
latter who had fottn.d the open door
that Iii f a to o u s
'ended.- "but 1 • didn't kbow--1 wasn't ,
And who bud aroused.the doctor. insist-
'act the forerun-
(
surge•'- She broke -down rar very joy.
inr .that be had sees a man in th' -hall
.. t
iter oY. his flight'
'IIe looked of her writs eyes, unnat .
The `other 'bad .pootipoohed this,- but
• •' "ForU�/'1'" or •esIIOlt Uv
orally bright.... "Tell the everything,
now by the lightn(ng both'.. saw thd' .
looked at the paper again with iiainful
.
Jessica!•• .he sold.. "11Verythlug, frotu
.figure emerge.from the French, window
intentness. It was canceled, therefore,
the'licglnnit' !" .. .
And- disappear in.the darkness.
,had been paid- without question ' Yet.
•.I e was young and it res`ionsibl . '.
b i e,
They ran back. the physician. abcnd,
. the man it had robbed -had stamped It
' '1
:lessicn," sato the old man. ' \toitey al- ''
The window was not locked,'and they
with. that cetiomutis hallmark. Clearly'
ways Caine so easily. He didn't realize
stopped through it Into nil empty room
the la.w. had Iiot'step.ied in. for here he,
..what be Was doing when he signed. -
"To be sure!" sold the jI?ctor
disgus=t- ,
was at liberty, owning lits •name. Ile
.
that draft. Ile has learned a lesson out •
edly. "He was hire fill th
time. heard
had beeii. let go. then, disownvd, to car-
r won't hurtis career
to the world. it i
h alis ant..' malt the 'us
'searebin the ,
b ,
.'ry h!s'Badge of crl:ur here lutottie- well"
.his
in the rill, for no.oue but you aud. 1'
first unlocked door he found. .:Visa
'
'detness! And bow had be lived siut•e
tine other knows it. 'Thank' Gott! •
.g.
s . n eta
Ilolme, no doubt, Is . ittinb . p R
them '
,and .
1P his tnentot•y comes batch"
.111r. Stires. Not a word or. this " be
Ile stumbled to . n ;hair :And sat
. ' •�.Oh, it. will." she breathed. "It must!
added as they 'wnikec] along the ball.
down, bis frame rigid. Ile thought
' That day on the Knob he ouly needed
IIe barred the outer door behind thy'
of the robbed sluice In the glitch be-
the clewl When 1 .tell hind. who I am
watchman And agent oa. As lie renched
low,.of h'1&'own unhappy adventure o2
1 hewillknow me:•-•I�e will remember tL•
Iinw�td Sttren' �raarti°'the dinar- op:'ued•.
•�
the night .. flow could he tell what be
,
a11. i'am sere -stere! Will you .let me
t w ,l
ti o
s i nl au . . lin at 1ok t
and .1C, S Cil Ca t t
',%fill- h uhf ht dost i
one -R at e
had d b
o,
h .d softly. .
rhe hhn t' you'?" she •adds v
b o
g y
him in •n low, iinxtaus w r'ic'e. "1 was
utes went by as he sat mattonless, bis
'•Yes,'• he Said, Pressing her hand, '
g „ „i ism
coming for yon, . she • aid
mind catching stringe kaleidoscopic
g "
"tomorrow, l shall be stronger igen,
afraid he is not so well. l runtiat ranine.
l.1 ohat
Y
pictures that fled past. bent Into tht.
She rose' and lighted tbo lamp, shad-
Ilttn. �'ie ' •ou come and nee '
y
Vold:' At length he rose and event to
in It from liks eyes. .
you can dor,
The doctor ' ntered' shad a lance at
I e r e g
the window. Par down -the 'hillslde it.
faint line through the mist spanned
.+ ,
Do you, remember the will. Jesse -
.
, t
Ills patient' aharmcd hlut. Ltit{1 dawn
the gulch bottom. A groan burst front
ca;' he Asked .her presently --"the %'gill;
1 drew the clay he' came bac.:?: i'ou
he sat with. Jessica watching 1t"i'",
the early sunlight was fiandltn� rite'
his lips. ��
Haver. knew, lint k signed it�the night
David Stires cocci
ream, however, Dn d op
That is the hydraulic float', , ,tae,
of your wedding. Ilarry Sandersoui .
his eyes and looked upon her quite
sold aloud. "Gold has brew stolen
,
was right. lily dent, wail t he?
naturally,
there• in the past ,again and Again
I wi.h nowv 1 hadn't si„uecl It, Jes-
"�V'here is Harry Sanderson?" he
Some was stolen two nights ago- IIow
��
sica, be added.' "1 aunt set it right!
" thoughthe teas here."
asl.ed, I
do 1 know but that 1• nm the thief?"
I must set It right!" Ile watched her
She looked at him with it forced
Was that what Prendergast had txleiant
with a smite on his Pace. 1 will rest
"
.. "
smile. You have ]leen dreaming, sho
by the "safe way to beat the tonna'!"
now," be said. And she adjusted tho .
now,"1
answered.
I A shiver ran over him. do I'
-
pillows'and turned the lamp long,
"I suppose so," he said, with a sig!',
know!" he , "I call see any+
Crossing the room, she stepped ibroug'a -
"but it was very real. I thought he
+thought.
self the evil side of me when tilt
the long window on to the porch arid'
eame.in anti spoke name,"
diark had fallen wakiliAnd tt tive. l
stand leaning on the railing. The II
,your
•• s fancy.see
n . It Wit
k is had
She stroked h
" �4y y
myself creeping down there, steal
words of tho Biblical narrative flit he
dear.'
v shadow. o scan i
Ing from shadow to rs td 1 1
g
through r mind: h n'
thr t h tae nd. And a arise And
g
' Ile lay sliest o moment Then he
the mold from the, riffles whets tilt'
came to cats father, lint when be was
said. "If it Could only have been F:tar-
moon s under a cloud. I see men
�
yet a great wog ole his father' saw 11
ry you married instead of Hugh, for
fritting from dark to daylight with
Ilia and had Cantpasslou host raft •and.
he loved you, Jessica."
loaded rides neross their knees watch•
fell on his neck and kisst-'d him," So
She 'gushed as she said, "Ah. Abat
ing. 1 see a flash of tire. I hent a re-
Hngh`a father would meet him nowt
.
as Fane too."
a+ y
port. I see myself there by the slulep
Harry had labored, spurred by a
It was the first time since the day' of
bores,. dead, shot clown to the. act of
fierce haste try make requital. Till the
hu Marriage that he had spoken-
a thief. tnalthlg good the name uwn
last ounce' of this rich "pocket" had
Illi h's name.
3
known the by!!'
been Washed and the whole 'tak(In is
Tho, llguro of ;leaslell Came before
the bank in the town no one bail
1{ _ •
him, atunding in her ttoft WIMP r;ott'u,
kno*U of the (Ind, It had .repaid the
„�.... -
Iter hand agitlnst her cheek And the
•
forgery and left him a handful of dol-
A.tl:,itte odors afloat hot, "1'he,drerl.!t
lars aver- 6nough to tako him fat'
..
I .
(TO W01 CONTINUED.) .