The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1863-09-23
ELLIN0R WILKINS
OR THE
HIDDEN SECRET.

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'Mss W iikins" lie hegAn-and ttprmwss s,ps
thing tsculi,r n tis tone wb,ch s,srtied y linor 90
~ am sl-e you vii not scrurIe N sppy " me ~ in
any pos-,hle way can help you in thus AID trouble
OF yours"
'So. Indeed I won't - s.id Erinor, gratefully.
AMI pui'ing OFT her t.nd saa token. He trk ~
and held Il, shs went On . rttc more harii'y than
before: ''You know you & cd 81 10 ssy yrri
world 20 on and sc Miss Monro, and tell nor
al yoG know, and shs, will ~rnc 70 her - soon
a. can
"Msy ! not ask Tor one in.'" nc ,on,ni,si, still
holding her hsnd
'C.ria My: 30 \ ind n frend 80 yotshsll hssr air
j can tell--tha, 20. al arn ~ hhsr1y Co tell
"A friend Yes, sn friend and will not
w any other claim just now. P,shap-"
Llhnor could not affect to m,sun.srs.Nnd bin.
Hs msnner implied even more than his words
$50 - she ss'd, eagerly. I'VE are friends.
That Il. Ishnk we shall always be friends
slough wi veil you nos-somsthins-ths rnuih
1t ia - ssd secret God help me lam ~ E,ity
- poor Dixon, IT, Ddeei. he 10 guilty. bus be - in-
DGe Indeed he i.."
''Ii he is no more guilty thsn you, ap sure he
's' Let mr. b. more than your friend, Elhnor-,.t
me know all. aud help you ell thAn can, and " III
the right Of an sihsnced husband"
mo, no ~ said she, izhtened both 81 Whist che
lad revealed, and his eager, warm, lrnporing man-
nrr. "That csu never h. You do not know the
Disgrace that may be hanging over me"
"Ifthss Ia oil" Fad he, ~ sahe my rex u thN
rs oil, you only fear that may shrink from shar-
ING anv peril you may 10 sxpDssd 10"
~ Is no, peril IL is shame and ob'oqry," she
uuimuud.
.'w,n sbsrns and obloquv. Perhaps II knew
oil, could shield you from it,
"Don'i, pray, speak any more shout II now . "
yon do, must say NO."
She did not perceive the implied encouragement
In thesc words but he did. and they surcef to
make him patient. The time WAS NJ. and h' could
oply render her his last services a. courier, and
ether than the necessary ~ords ~ starting
Jsss-ed between them.
But he went away rom the station with cheer
f hoArt; while she, sitting alone aud quiet and II
IVES " 10 d. ded, Tel, solder aud ladder, HEAVIER
and be,yier.
CHAPTER XVII.
Al n" int gsuce y iinor h III Coined siuoe sh.
hsd seen the GoIipdHj Ia Pans had been from VI.
the waiter a. III. treat wesiern Hotel, W o. after
returning rom . vain search for m uncccup'ei
TiT.s, hal volunteered the iniormNion that thtrr
| ~ss an unusual demand Tor the psy~r because 81
the Hellnlford Assizss and the trial there for the
murder that going on
There were no electric elegraphs 10 those days:
AT every station III nor put Der he'd oii ana in.
quircd " the murier trial Al Hellingford was end
ed. Some porssrs told her thing some
ober,i their hurry: she felt that she could Lot rely
| on them.
Drive To Mr.. job nson's, in the High stresi 49,
| quick, quick. Iwiii sveyo hsfs erown v you
| viii 81 quick
For, indeed, her endurance. her patience ~ss
strained most to snaprinz. Vet at He"insford
| station, where douttens they could have told her
| m. truth, she fsred not ask the question.
IL va. past eigat o'e.oek At night In many
| houses In the little country town iherc we've un
| usual Iign ts and sounds. The iphatitants vere
showing Their hospi,slisy to such OF the stranger.
brought rs the As 'es who were lingering there,
| nov tbst the business that hsd Brought them VAS
over. The judges had lefs the town that sferr~on,
" Wind up the Circuit by Vie short 10, o! neigh.
| boring county town.
Nj. johnson was en.srtsining dinner party Of at.
| torneys who's be was summoned from dessert by the
| announcement Of "a lady who wanted . speak 30
| him !mnnod Ate and psrtculsr."
He went into his study in not the est Of tenn
rers. There he found hisc lent Miss Wi kins white
and ghssty, sandng By the fireplace, with her
eyes hIei on tie door.
It's You, Mis- wilkins! lam very glsd-"
DIXON :" said she. II WAS ell she could utter.
| Mr.. johnson shook hi. head.
! "An! that, sal pece Of business, end I'm
siraIi IL h.s shortened your yst at Rane"
"Ay. I an sfrsh ,hsrs 10 no doue, O. his
! guilt A. any rate tie jury found him guilty
AMI - repeated she. quickly, sitting down, the
Letter ~ u"ar 'hs wors LA, she knew were com
"Is copdsiued 70 dsstbr
The Saturday but ono sher sns judges et the
| w % tIisd him 80
! "Jude'e Corbet and for n new Judge must saw
I,yer lew on. who kot through Lis business .,
| well. IL ~As real y ~ much 10 | could sta nd TO
Lesr him ontemu!us IL" prisoner ~ death DiA-
on was undoub'ei guilty. and e WIS - stub oru
| 81 could bc-a sullsn old fellow Who would @, no
| one lie him through an sure did INV bes,
ior nun, ~ Miss AunrO's desire and for your s.ks
bt be you'd furnish me with no psrticulsrs help
| us 10 no evidence. hsd the hariss, work 10 keep
him irom con'essng all before witnesses, Who
would have been hound o. repeat n - evidence
ssan't hlm indesi ! never ihousht he would
rave pesdct Not G ulty' III nk II WAS only
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