The St. Cloud journal., 1873-06-19
A STORY OF A SHADOW.

"a NJ V4VA VI "a OAAOO"0
CONCLUDED FROM LAST WEEK.
There he was: ssllow, thin man,
carefully dressed IN woito liner; picking
his steps down the walk 10 avoid, the
dust. Miss Demsr tried to. rise, but
her knees shook under her, aud gusty
heat went through her limbs. Charley
was off like fash, leading HIM down,
wrenohiDg his hand, Watching him with
any amount Of inarticulate claeks and
ohuckles. How underbred and unmau!
ly he always was beside Kenyon! :! riss
Demar also thought Of the *poolleel.ffnnI
pitcher and tho clsy jug. 81 '-.7. !, =.
"Here she is! here She Is ! 'It's dIi1k dair1k
here, and your eyes are dalled coming
out Of the glare Of the gas -,
He brought Kenyon up e Mis- De-
mar, and was boiling of viii 4 j =. mum
bled apology, when. :. second glance
made him stay. He felt sonehoy: !tbet
they would rather not be .lett alone.
"a lovers quarrel, eh :" TO- himself:
'There's seat, Kenyon. Oarsedly hot
to-day, travelling, wasn't it! You're
just off the oass 7"' :. 49,. :
=. "No. / came ID the sfteraoou train:
I waited to shake off d little of the dust
before Ioame up" :.:. !:
This was not The fiery, impnhive
lover Of a year ago. Knspps face
burned with the slight to Mary. There
was, too, certain uneasy gusrdedness
about Kenyon, which was utterly new
IN his usual simple, unaffected manner.
Knapp, to cover it, rushed into the
6rst subject that came @tBin!: =:
II was just giving Mary III: .: account
Of Russell Sands: You thidk his refor::
nation is complete ?'';' 'c
II trust 50. Sands can be Of &, great
use to our party in that part Of Iowa:
Just the magnetic sort Of power about
him that collects and%sk.ds weaker
young q nan: ~ t mean i to make l lever il:
Of him out there Is soon as in ani.i sure he
can be relied upon. I had that in view
in sending him there
"Politios Is bad, deld to put a man
10 who is trying to save himself from
the devil Of drink" said Knapp hssti.
y.
"Ye'. I suppose it is,'' carelessly.
"But what would you do? Clever
young fellows, who choose that most
digusting mode Of suicide, are so COM
mon, this winter in Washington that
one grows hardened to them and their
fate : while as. to the Importance of this
next election there can be but one opiu.
ion."
"By the way, hear, Kenyon, that
if our party 60 in you are sure Of .u;of.
6ce here that pays-psys-'pon my
soul I forget what, but something stu.
pendous. What's in it, eh ?"3
Kenyon, who had leaned forward
and kept his eyes on Miss Demar's
face, dimlysseen through the dsrkasss;
during this speech, waited with I" curl:
ous anxiety for her: to speak: But
when she did not, he replied ia q dry
business tone.
."Some such offer was made to me,
but I rejected it. I'm in = condition
to set my own terms. They must give
me an appointment abload-one that
pays equally we'll, too"
There was that malignant influence
astir among them which sometimes
makes each pause in the conversation
appear significant and oppressive.
Knapp broke the silence each time
With . more awkward, effort. -, 49,. >. =.
"Yoa did not use 70: eass for tho
loaves and fishes, John," forcing .
laugh.
"1've altered, then," dryly. ."At
my ags one grows tired of giving the
whole Of life to clubbing for the means
to sustain it. What 4 curious place
you have here,' changing his tone.
"There's something unnatural in it ;
somethiug-1, hardly know what it il" )"
looking about him. "Ths~ dust and
dampness, probably. But this house
always affected me strangely"
HWhy, my dear fellow, I lived: in
Germantown when. you were here
last. You never saw: this house BIO.
FORE" . - .;.z.:. :.
IL think l have" !" said Kenyon quiet.
", though oursing himself: inv.rdly
for the mistake !; for he had come, fully
prepared to face and eaoape the danger
Of detection. Ka.pps house hes knew
~.s ~ near !, p bis f.ther4 What MOI. %,
likely than. that Miss Denar should
meet tho old man and discover: hi. y: =
cretl . 49,, ,....s ,...~.. a-:. s.,
. Kenyon had thrown up al hn On.
g.g.ments this morning, and started 4
! half hours notice, though i w,s The
last day of Congress and the oulmin.
alton Of all his plots and wire.pulliue
for the: year was At hand. Whit va.
success If this chance robbed him o.
berl What did she know7 He was or
guard as never before in his life-sye
ear. eyerv nerve under CONTROL. and