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"SLIOIt PUP l "—$BD,OOD IDI Naw YORE cim-
TIiATi."
ven, who had been pacing up and down
tette libriiry excitedly, blurted out:
"Read it; readeit. Nothing oan come
too soon now, I tell you. 'tour indict-
ment is imaging over your head like
the sword of Damocles suspended by
a hair."
"'We have discovered,' read Temple
hastily, the woman for whom party
has spent large sums of money, dating
from time party is supposed to have
received funds: Her n(me is Rose
F'anchon. Party spent a gpod deal of
money on her, but large part invested
In New York Central. Securities held
In party's own name, but the dividend
order makes the dividend payable to
the woman. Are preparing other evi-
dence and expect to have something of
greater importance soon, Hoping our
Ivor& bait been satisfactory and that
we shall !speedily lye In a position to
give you everything you desire, very ,
truly, etc.," rattled off Temple.
"You know," commented Craven, rub-
bing his lean jaw with appreciation,
"I'm beginning to like that fellow
Granger. Slick pup—$80,000 in New
York Central and the dividend _only to
Rosie! Kept a big, start rope en his
benefaction,, didn't he?"
"Lbola good, eh?" said Temple cheer-
fully, tapping the letter.
'Looks good, yes, but you've got to
have something that does more than
'look good,' old man. You've got to
have a kngckout piece of evidence.
Brady's going to go on the Stand and
perjure himself; see if he doesn't."
"He'd petjure somebody else if he
could invent the crime," agreed Temple
bitterly.
•
A bitter mood, however, could never
endure long with Burton Temple. 'The
boy in bimwould never be downed.
He crossed to his pipe rack, extracted
his favorite meerschaum and was oon
leaning back luxuriously in his $hair
while Craven scratched away with his
goose quill.
"You know, Craven," he said, "there's
no use crossing a bridge till you come
to it, and, somehow, I think my luck's
beginning to turn. I've an odd idea
that my new secretary is responsible.
She infuses me with that indomitable
bis head sadly and etnnt aiseratltiglq'..
"Are you ready to dictate your let:
tern, Mr. Temple?" Poising lightly
near the threshold, a delicate uplift on
her lovely brows, tbe lady of hisvi-
dons waited, Craven frowned. Tem-
ple smiled. Crevea left the robm,and
emple rose.
"Letters," said he. "Oh, no,ethank
fortune, there are po pressing lettere
b dictate this afternoon; we can put
them off till tomoreow."
"No?" said Anna quizzically. She
bowed slightly and was retreating.
when Temple said in that humble,
mesmeric way of bis:
"I never knew before, Miss Dale,
that you sang. I heard you in the -
music room a little while ago. Sow
It would please my mother,"
It had beep merely a simple little
lullaby, full of pretty sarsenet•chidings
to a wakeful child, a favorite lullaby
of her children. At the moment when
she sang it she bad felt the need of
It somehow.
"Oh, I've no drawing room accom-
plishments, " laughed she. "I had no
early training, At home I used to
mend the house linen and tie down
the jellies." She caught her ander
coral lip with bewitching sedateness.
"Your little sting gave me very real
pleasure nevertheless," sold he, smell-
ing. "It Isad a bit of removed con-
tent 'about
on-tent'about it, such as might have be-
longed to the enchanted palaces we
:were speaking about the other day.
Remember? Sit down, won't you, and
talk to me a little? I'm lonely."
Instead of sitting down Anna reach-
ed out her hands seductively to Cato,
who came and pushed his big, honest
nose confidingly into them.
'I dare say," smiled she apologeti-
cally, "those enchanted castles of ours
were rather vague things wrapped in
a good deal of roseate haze and of an
architecture that could scarcely have
been reduced to ground plans and ele-
vations. This is a very practical age,
you know, Mr. Temple."
"I know," said he, watching her
with grave eyes. "Still, I'd like to
hear a little about—about the prince
of your enchanted palace. We hadn't
got to that, you see. What must your
ideal man be like, Miss Dale? Do sit
dbwn!"
"My ideal man!' echoed Anna, with
never so faint a touch of surprise.
Then, yielding to a mood of reckless.
ZXETER TINES.
difl'eropce, you yeofe apsG" zih'7e e., y ,. -...... ,o,....n.v . .» ...,,m.,. -,ti
oh, all sorts o1 impossible things. " r ctart'n sat°<'l,t 11111&e a verltabte 1TUitieS . ZOW,
Again that ringing laugh with a jerli:
in it. And the jerk snapped somb odd.
thing in Temple's eimplo, honest
heart
. rr
"For example? he saki, In •st Wet,
kind way,
"Oh, honor, for example, and"
—
A. sudden understanding took flint.
He winced and hesitated.
"Arid?" he pursued steadily, laying
the sharpened pencil upon the desk
and closing up the knife slowly.
She was desperate. She was making
ber last tiger fight.
—"and a penknife."
"At least you will admit the p
knife, Miss Dale."
The pain in his eyes, the gentle d
pity of the man's bearing, struck bo
making her heart cry out. She ma
a quick, restive. uncontrolled little
move toward bim.
"I—I. beg your pardon. I was un 'e r-
rantably rude." An ungovernable lit-
tle sob caught her breath.
"They should have gone to the Scr
tures for your name, Miss Dale," s
he with dry lips. "You should he
been called Jae!. I used to wond
what the woman could have been 11
who had the heart to kill that po
devil Siserd. She'd have done it loo
ing just as yeu do now and have do
it in just the same precise way,
was always a puzzle to me how s
hit the nail so straight. Women mo
ly fumble on the heads. I know no
Jael eould'ikill Sisera precisely a
methodically without turning a h
and I daresay when she'd finished s
cried her heart out for the job tha
put upon her. I daresay she pr
tected that poor chap's body from th6
jackals for the rest of that day."
"I am horrible," she said broken,
"And, oh, I would have you believe m
I am sorry, sorry."
He looked at her again. It stru
him of u sudden that there was som
thing very childlike about her, y
eternal and large.
"As for ray honor, Miss Dale,"
said to her in a low, concentrated to
that compelled her attention, "I ha
nothing to say at this moment I ho
I shall' have soon. But if you cord
trust me now while it is dark, whil
the tide is all against me, you'd nev
regret it, never in God's world."
The last sentence was spoken grit
ness, she sank into a low ottoman and Iy, passionately, the man's ordinarily
looked straightoutbefore ottoman
"Well,ncalm voice quavering, never below the
he must be like a buoy at sea, firmly breaking point, dangerously near the
anchored to the bottom, but taking !edge of it at the inose.
the surface as he finds; swaying with ' The wild jangling of the telephone:strained
waves, not braced against them and bellmion.brokthe tension goneareirest,
st 'took
only seeming to drift. You under- np emotion. Anna, being nearest, 'toofr
np the receiver.
stand? Never boating with the ear•. ; "This is 7sterbrrOok $i Esterbratlk.''
rent, anchored, How's that?" she all- I eame an excited voice from the other
swered,with a fleeting dimple. I end. "Get Mr. Temple to the phone at
"That's good,"he said earnestly, once without delay."
Watching the slim; firm hands clasp- "Your attorneys," said Anna, hand-
ed round the woman's knees. ing Temple the receiver.
".And the princess of your enchanted I "Yes, it's I—Temple What—indict-
palace, Mr. Temple? What must your ed? You say I'm indicted?" He was
Ideal princess be?" Still she looked ' trembling like an'aspen leaf.
out dreamily before her. I Rooted to the spot as in a dream
I think,"said he slowly,"yolir deft- the woman heard the agitated talk• at
nition of the prince would fit in with Temple's end of the wire. She beard
mina of the princess. A little lighter the particulars as he gathered them.
dancing on the surface, perhaps, a lit- The grand jury, it appeared, had just
tle less anchor rope, but pretty much returned an indictment against him
the same. i for complicity in the matter of the
I thank you for my sex,"she mur- wrecking of the Gotham Trust com-
mured softly, with lovely, melting pany and the overcertification of the
eyes."There does seen! to be a good check for $700,000 drawn by Cornelius
deal of the vixen about us often," she Brady: A warrant had been issued
went on, "but one thing is sure, the for his arrest. She heard him arrang-
man who calls for the ideal in a wo- ing with Esterbrook over the phone
man may be disappointed; but, at least, for bail.
Jle'11 get more than had been in her. Bail! That word brought her to her
before. His calling for the ideal will senses. That word broke the spell.
vt'hlrl'1t'inde ilei ,'yes. were ecintllla t-
tug, htti toeill sull,ifng, .
"I've jut been 1iulI1ed, !:raven
shim 'i'tWl) fle . helot. the elder w.
ie r)
!lid . r,. ;
l
"indicted!" The lawyer laughed a
sneering laugh of triumph. "1Iumphl
Much we cart' unsv for .tut indletment.
Come ori, old t�uy, come on! Crane's
outside, and teas got the goods!"
'"You don't mean" --
"Yes, exact,}. E::nt's what 1 mean.
Re's got- 'ern, ho} : he's got 'em!" Clap-
ping his (trete gleefully nbont his
friend's sinnnitler together they left
ru" the room.
In a momeut Crn von came beak. The
ig ordinarily cool, collected lawyer wee.
me, in :r state of hugs: excitement. He
de peed up and down the room, mutter-
ing to himself, now and again r:tl)-
bing hie lean bands with joy unc.,a-
.t8na watched him furtively, puz-
zling, wondering, fearful. What bad
ip, happened? She knew itlstiuctively
aid that something momentous w8s''oecur-
Pe ring outside; between Temple and this
er newcomer, who. ,-er be was, but just
1 e how it affected her and her work she
or couldn't even guess.
k. "Mr, Craven," said she ahruptly,
ne leaning; forward over her desk. the
It better to hear his solution. "what dues
he 'got the goods' mean?"
at. "A lot," sun peed he. "In this case
w. it's everything li's the case itself!
nd Eh, Cato?" Ile gore the mastiff, who
ale, eyes enjoying himself before the first
he rr'lre tire of the season, an aiS'ectionate
hat d i.,;.
o. Then Temple came in. Elis face able
his bearing told her more plainly ttinn
words that he had just n•on n great
y. yietory
e "Miss Irate, you won't mind. I'm
sure? Mr (r-nren 8r1 1 hart' some
ck important private business to di.ouss."
e• When he head gone. Temple turned
cry to Cru ven.it
"it's nright. Craven; it's all richt.
he It's 1;runt r'R own letter. See!" lie
led held not a :error whose torn fragments
ve h.'d been neatly paced and patted to-
e gether art a1"11Ttor sheer of paper.
cl By ,fe'-e," eJ;111118:cd tbo aid law -
d, yer. treblingly r•r:,hhine, the letter.
ST metVe:l, wait a minute.- .rte I Tem-
ple, tea Ishly r•tntcldniz Idea by the
k' shutii:lcr "Let 101' explain ti.r--t Nvhat
o narrow e':rane we've 11:1J ('rune
came nern-s it : rr this morning In an
old ele. FJ ' was t,u,king over Brady's
shoulder. Rrttrit, rer"'ins it, with an
oath, tore It up 'r hen Crane 'old him
somebody wale eti atm on the phone
outside"—
"Go on: en nil" ecelaitned Craven.
grinning action!••city
--"snit when Brady went Crane
au
create It. The woman will try to be -
comp what he thinks she is."
"Precisely," nodded Temple, "and lE
suppose that is why so many mar.
riages fail—the man. doesn't cal/ for
the best?"
"His business takes him in hand,
that's all," commented Anna lightly.
"It's the old truism about man and
woman, I,Adaresay, 'Her heart is a
home, and his but an inn.' They come
hat way into tbe world, you know—,
he women, with the husband already
n their hearts. Sometimes, in appear -
nee, they are unfaithful to him, mar•
rying some one else, but"—
"I think it's like that with same
men, too," said he, seeing that her sen-
ence had trailed -off vaguely into si-
ence. "There are some men who will
wed only the prototype in their heart
with which they were born. There
re some of us who wait and wait un'
il she comes."
He was looking down at her with
hat pathetically patient smile that sl-
ays demoralized her. His voice, with
he wonderful music in it, was upon
quality called 'hope.' "
"She's a capable woman," agreed
Craven grudgingly. `You'll miss ber
a
common sense and sane, businesslike
ways when Miss Graham returns."
"Eh?" asked Temple, coming back
from his space staring with a start. t
'then he laughed infectiously. "Oh, + 1
yes, I shall miss her common sense
and businesslike ways"—puff, puff,
puff, from his pipe. "Never married,
did you, Craven?" (- t
"Still sane, thanks," contemptuous,
ly, while the goose quill ran a race
with the pipe puffs and outdistanced w
them.
"Pair of old fools, you and I"='puff, t
puff. "You know, Craven, that girl
bas a delicious voice. If aide sang it
would be a mezzo."
Craven looked up over his glasses le
dis "What
gust in thunder are you
driving at?" he cried..
"Driving at?" laughed Temple. "I
hope I'm driving at happiness. Cra-
ven, there's one thing I'll tell you
straight. If this case turns out right
and my honor's vindicated I'm going
to marry, provided. of course, She will
bave me," he added tenderly.
Some few weeks earlier the grist
lawyer would bave stared, eyes and
mouth wide open, at such an an-
nouncement Some few ;weeks earlier
he would have scoffed at the notion
of such a thing coming to pass, and
be would have demonstrated, reason,
ably enough, that it was impossible
for Burton Temple, with his keen
knowledge of the world, of the in-
numerable ab a vAnities and whims of wo-
mankind, ever to go the way of all
flesh.
But the problem, likeethe puzzle of
the 'Eleatic philosophers, bad 'solved
Itself; "Achilles cannot catch the tor-
tolse," but he does. It was impossi'
bee for Burton Temple to fall in love,
hut he .told. So Craven only shook
He, the big financier, would get bail.
He would not know a prix:•'^^r's cell-'
He wouldn't even have to 1... • "'curt
until the time came to face his else'
and then—money again, and mole.
more money!
D
CHAPTER LII.
THE IN RNED LETTER.
HE picture of Robert, her hus-
band, came up before her viv-
idly. Robert, the gentle little
man who always failed; what
a difference between his case and the
case of this other, the man who had.
set him there behind bars! And she
bad been listening to this Temple! She
had been stirred and moved by him!
Oh, it was shameful—shameful,
But, thank God. that telephone bell
bad rung in time to save her. She •
could still be the tigress for duty's
sake; she could spy upon him and
watch a little longer.
Temple's changed manner when he
had hung up the receiver with a bang
assisted her materially. It was no
her. She shivered and with a defibe longer the prince that she saw. It was
erate effort leaned forward so that she a fighter, bitter, determined. Every
might catch a glimpse of the prison one who knew him knew what it
walls across the river. meant when his lips met in that hard,
"We ee shall know her when wemset
straightht line; when
that red
gleam eam lay
ber, don't you think?" . the low, mes- level in his eyes.
merle voice went on. He had risen "Well, Miss Dale," he said abruptly,
now and come close to the ottoman. "yoai'il have a cbance to see now
"Her?" She pretended to be me- _ whether or not I stn a thief. They're
chanically following his words, her going to'put me in the dock, confront
eyes still fixed resolutely upon the me with that dirty little scoundrel
prison walls, the blood within her Granger, set my record for honor and
surging hotly. "Oh, the ideal princess? honesty In the balance against the
Why, yes, Mr. Temple, if she ever word of a tbief. make me face that
comes your way I hope'you'll knob iiar Brady."
her. But just thnk what a pedestal
you've -raised for her to stand uponl"
The strident little laugh, almost
hysterical, jarred Temple's mood hor-
ribly. In patient amazement he lifted
up his -'eyes. He crossed to his desk
and, getting a pencil, began to sharp-
en it
"It was only inea general way that
I established the princess' qualities,"
he continued, with assumed lightness. rightly all his life long, for no other re -
"So it isn't fair of you to poke such ward than this? Because a sneaking
fun at my standard; Miss Dale. Be" little thief lies about me must I go
sides, yours standard for the prince (town to a prisoner's dock, for the
was just as high, wasn't it?" time being disgraced, to fight, a felon
"Maybe it was. But I don't believe In the public eye, for the honor'I have
in the ndnce 1lny nao-,t+e,, •ttie its . tbei tteyer,tarnisked?"! .•.
"When—when will they do ,lily?"
the woman asked. ilt'i• voice was
strangely bard, metallic, but in his age
tatipn Temple did not notice It.
"I don't know, but It can't be long
delayed. And to think that's what
she'll be coming home to, my blessed
tittle Mother!" His
eyesinvoluntarily
ari
l
y
sought; the portrait over tbe mantel.
"Can a man work, slave, struggle up -
grabbed tbe pieces. bless him, and
hurried out of the office, never to re-
turn again, 1 done say."
"Hang it all, as if I cared what he
does now!" Craven read aloud from
the letter, fiercely exultant:
"Dear Mr. Brady (Brady htmseif, you
see, Temple!)—tour letter in regard to
certifying check for $700,000 to be drawn
on Gotham Trust company received; also
your proposition to writer noted"—
"Guess that's plain enough," laugh -
eh• Temple.
Craven, with a uod, pursued:
"If Temple refuses to certify an old
friend's check I won't. I'll accept your
proposition. I will certify the check. You
are to make good with the funds by the
2Sth, and I am to receive for said services
the sum of $1.00,000. Send the check to the
morning and it will go through O. K. la
spite of Temple. Very t; my yours,
ROBERT GRANGER.
"Measly little villain! We're got him!
We've got him!" cried Craven, with
fierce gladness.
"What a fool, what a beastly little
fool, he was to put that all down in
writing," was Temple's only comment.
"Huh?" said Craven reflectively.
"Oh, I don't know. Pretty slick. I
think. That agreement covered in
writing, you see, did the job. made him
sere of getting his money. Well, we
won't need that information about the
New York Central stock now, will we,
old
boy?The wornn in the c.
,e and
all ,othr such. little things are super -
SEVERE COLD
DEVELOPED INTO
PNEUMONIA
DOCTOR SAID IIE WOULD
NOT LIVE.
Next to consumption there are more
deaths from pneumonia than from any
other Lung trouble.
There is only one way to prevent
pneumonia, and that is to cure the cold
just as soon as it appears. Dr. Wood's
Norway Pine Syrup will do this quickly
and effectively.
Mr. 1=1u ih McLeod, Esterhazy, Sask.,
writes:—" afylittle boy took a very severe
cold, and it developed into pneumonia.
The doctor said he would not lit+.. I got
some of your ir. Wood's Norway Pine
Syrup and he began to improve right
away. Ile is nowa
strong,
healthy child,
dud shales no signs of it coming back."
Do not be talked into buying any oth
Norway Pine Syrup, but insist on getting
the original "Dr.,Wood's," It is put up
in a yellow wrapper; three pine trees tele
trade mark; price, 26 cents.
Manufactured only by The T. Miibtriku
Ifitnited, Toronto, Ont.
"Sure they're eapereulties," agreed
Temple, smiling. "There's no cull to
rub It in on the poor villain."'
"Temple, lock thea gilt edged precious
thing up et Once," said Craven, hand -
leg Win the letter. "Can't take any
chances with tells, Your good name,
your honor, is there, deers, Under-
stand?"
nde r -
stand?"
Templecrossed with the tetter over
to his big safe, thele paused,
"Hang my memory!" he said. "If I
haven't forgotten the combination, as
usual! Call Miss Dale."
When Anna Granger entered, .calsgl,
businesslike as ever, neither of the
men got a hint of the way in which
her nerves were tingling nor of the
volcano of emotion raging back of
those genet gray eyes.
"Awfully sorry to disturb you again,
Alias Dale, but, you see, once more that
pesky combination's .,lean escaped me.
We must lock up this letter; it's of vi-
tal import"
She bowed, not trusting herself to
speak, and, walking over quietly, un-
locked the safe. Temple put the let-
ter in and locked the safe himself.
"We win, Miss Dale, we win!" he
cried like a joyously excited boy.
Then his voice became tender and
grave. "I want to talk to you a little
later," he said. "Will you mind wait-
ing for me here? Come, Craven, Ester -
brook's man is outside and we have to
sign some papers to send down by
him."
When the door had closed behind the
men Anna stood for a second stock
still, the pupils of her eyes blackening
strangely. Of vital importance! Tem-
ple's words rang in her ears. It prob-
ably meant her husband's freedom, her
children's inheritance. Should she?
Could she? Wasn't this just what she
had come for? "I'll get it for you.
Robert,'' she said.
Throwing• back her slender shoul-
ders, as a strong swimmer to breast the
waves, she dropped on her knees be•
side the safe and rapidly worked the
combination. She drew out the let-
ter, Still kneeling, she raised it so
that the light from the window fell
across it.
At &rst Robert's well known chirog-
raphy danced so that she could not
read his words, but all too soon the
dancing steadied itself, and the words
stared out in deadly lines of damning
guilt.
Twice, thrice she read it, drawing
her fingers sharply across ber eyes as
if to ward o3' the lightning. Then a
gasping cry rent its way out from
her eery heart.
It was all so plain now! Her bus-
band was not only a liar, but a thief.
"��//ee �Kes
"I'LL SAVE YOU„BOYS—GAVE TOE it SPITE
OF YOUR FATHaB, IN SPITE OF MYSELF I”
Ancl her children. her little innocent
children, would be branded through
life as the children of a thief --oh, God!
Cato yawned. She looked toward
the f.!•r "!ace and started. An impulse
came to her, a fierce, swift impulse
such as red Indians have. The ti-
gress was awake in her—the tigress
fighting for ber offspring...
And like a very tigress, too; •agile,
swift as an arrow; she glided to where
the little dames beckoned and held
the letter close down to them. The
paper writhed and curled as the fire
caught it adroitly.
"I'llsave you, boys—save you in
spite of your father, in spite of my-
self," she breathed, the breath coming
hard through her open, dry lips.
It bad a will of its own, this paper,
and fought the Inimical flames brave-
ly as they encroached upon its terri-
tory. The woman, her fingers scorch-
ed brown, held it until it fell away in
charred, glossy scraps, watching it
with a sort of charmed, awful inter-
est
With an effort she raised herself to
her feet The gaping doors of the
opened safe stared at her. Mechani-
cally she crossed over, closet!, them and
locked the combination.
Then, inevitably, her eyes sought the
fireplace. The mocking, dancing
flame slung her like so many scor-
pion tongues. Was It wild fancy or
was Cato really watching her with
that dumb, awful reproach in his eyes'
God in heaven! What had she done?
If she had destroyed the proof ofallob•
ert's guilt she had also destroyed the
proof of Burton Temple's innocence!
Of that she had not • thought; she had
not had time to think.
The telephone bell rang. In her
,zed distorted d ort -d condition ite
se med
far away. She did not move to an.
swer it at once.
"I'll take it—I'll take the message,
Miss Dale," called Temple cheerfully,
blowing Into tile roofn at this second
Me face ..wore an unclouded look of
lightness as he picket, up the "receiver„
"Etellol Yes, ;W'het's"teat you arty2
Ilisferlkook. thetdistrict attornez. vtutts
HEALTH TO MOTHER ANO CH ;
M55,W to:.ow'a SooTzzINO Slistr'zf hast bi
used for mer SIXTY '5.'I;AR5 b8 MIS,l,trOINIs
MOTII ii(i. for their {:IIII.I)atl:;ti wi ll
TEI .nitro with l'eg nI/ACT svi ci+•
sooTSl .
I,b the la
e
CHILI), r
III E4 AI$ I.) the
A A,
Ith . Yea! r rAIN for 4 vVltrcg , IgE
fli a lest remedy TAIkitli q. It ire
soletely harmless, Be sure Bod ask ter' Ari
l inslow's Soothing Syrup " and „tce tw AkA
Tweuty.5ve cents a 6cttt �r',
the Cu the wire? Ali r.tebt. 'fell him td
step up; hero 1 lira " And then to the
district attorney:
"You want to see that Granger let-
ter personally ton!glet? T'es, wb:'re
At your- gouts. 1 "'ry wee . 1'il fetch
it down myself tonight. floodby."
"Miss Dale," he said, turning to hilt
secretary. "I think If you'll get me that
letter out of the safe I'll take the next
train for New York."
The room .seemrd to be darkening', •
Site made a few steps toward the safe,
tottered and tell upon the divan. With
a long shudder that relaxed all her
young limbs her senses left her.
"Poor little woman, she's been work)!,
ing too hard! I ought to have thought,'?
Temple rapg the bell for Mrs. Mason
risen tient above her in a tender ale
eorption, speaking to her as he migiil
have spoken to a child, ca'liing her,
comforting and rousing her, His dee
voice had an enchanter's sweetnes •
and gradually it wooed her back ti
life. She did not know what he wag
saying to her, but she responded. He;(
white lids fluttered; she moved; a. deed
sigh lifted her breast. , .
At that moment the door in Mrs. MVO
son's hand escaped her and swung to.
"Mrs. Mason, is that you?" said Tens
pie, without looking around. "Will yo.
come here? Poor child, I'm afraid sh.
needs your care."
Anna raised herself by an effort Hel
first half conscious impulse was{
throw herself into the arms of ten,
woman standing by her. Then as siii
perceived Mrs. Mason clearly, as he
reason came back and her gaze stead
led, the impulse died,
"That was a dowdy sort of thing f$
do," said she apologetically, with
faint smile. She rose to her fee
"Did I turn up my eyes to heave
wabble once and overwhelm you, M.
Temple? I've seen it done like
on the stage; it looks melodrama q
I'm sorry." She was talking frivg
lously against the awful blackness ei
despair in the background of her mood
"Now, Mrs. Mason," Temple said!;
with big kindliness, "help Miss Dalt
to her room, lock her in if need b-
and don't let her show her face uni.
tomorrow at noon. Strict orders, yo
understand," he added smilingly,
"She's overworked. Oh, and Miss Dal
I'm so sorry to trouble you, but jus,
one moment before you go. Wool
you mind giving me that combination
so that 1 can jot it down?" Suiting;
the action to the words, he pulled 011j
a book of metnortnda..
"I"— In very bewildered, patheti4
fashion Anna Granger's hands wen
up to her heavy classes of hair. "It'
my dizzy, dizzy bead, Mr. Temple:1
said she. "I -1'm afraid I can't re.
member the combination just now."
"Well, never mind," returned sial
gently. "There's a later train 1 c'
take, and when it comes to you jus
send it down by Mrs. Mason. Good
evening. and sleep well tonight. I'AI
lots to say to you tomorrow, l
Dalt'," he called after them in dowi.
right boyish fashion. His burden o
months had been lifted, and ho Ism
coming to his own again.
Once in the privacy of her own roma
Auna told Mrs. a1ason everything. Sled
sat there noir, twisting and untwisting{
her hands in silence, her face very]
white, her pupils wide and black. •
"And now," she began again dully.
"I shall have to go. before the marl
I have wronged and make my awful
confession. 1 shall have to face thai
first big Iook of incredulity sweeping(
over him; then the tightening of h%
lion lips and lastly, perhaps, the pill
of
his eyes. 08, I can't, I can't
never knew before that I was a cow
ard. But I am, I amt"
"Anyhow, dearie," ventured Mr
Mason, "you've done ytuur duty tower
your children—you have cleared th
name."
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