The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1884-11-01


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would have bern u n bad npi iaon ior
MOI ~ fnfh0f the m0hry " represents
not yplfa. Giiier Montiofi ace
plainly was tine tauni tepiy
LINK here, aH." Monilo,i aid
romihg c,osd 10 him "lha IL AN al
i"~s ~ yours elai II \ geltIng stale
have got hroA II n. and mini ybn
must ~ I've got q prfiiy decent
inomofy, II ! an ret ~ devil N BRIGHT
~ you afe, sui remember that You
ceme ~ Inc fr4i you offered ~ do lhc
~ofk you throw IN my teeth, now. and
have done q hundred times since y0i
begged The job aye, begged itN'
"1On were very willing Nv giy0 ~
mo, n remember" snoerod Deyrioa.
Yea after you tempted mo You
know ! no,e shout I ha . thought Of II
yon know Just how shrwdly sou laid
the bait, counting on my necessities 10
help You nh, you nrc cleyor. An N
clever but please don't romlnd me Of II
too often. reek u yoN W. made n rood
enough thing NH Of II | do. Now /
want that key I'm not going Ia bc
shut out Of any Don in this house, III
have n dozen keys made 10 tho look, II
there's no Other way"
81 will 90 NJ with yon,'' Dcyrio'
said, rising,
~ nm mol gong now. | want The
koy 50 ! can 90 when | pleasr.n wa.
The doggcd answer, land wW have
it,
81 know very well whcsc work this
is"
IAN DcNries," interrupted Mont.
iotd, n passionate fire lighting his dull.
blue eye, " ! tell you that | want that
key Give II 10 me. or In less than mn
hour ] VIII have y man hero 10 take Oh
the locks from both door,-mind We,
from bOth,n
with mnttered oath DeVrics drow
tho key from m inner brca pocket
aud los ed II toward him. A he did u
something fell To the floor with n dull
ring. lie stopped hastily 10 recover Il,
but not until Montford saw what il was,
aud exclaimed
MY lost koyl And you tried Ia
make me believe stc had il, you hypo,
critic, yoh YOU sneak, YOU
A sudden hand q placed over hi,
Mouth,
"Silcncc, you fool, II you don't want
me to throttle loul' ncVrics said, IN d
low, Intense voice.
There was something IN bis glittcring.
yellow brown eyes aud bloodlcss lnct
that frightened oil the buster out q
Gilbert Montforl in one instant. nnd
left him weak aud trembling II,
slipped out from under his hand and
skunk out Of the room.
I'll wonder IL he looked like thai
whcn-when HE stopped abruptly
aud looked about him with o faint shud
der. "But. nonsense, what makes N,
imagine such stulP" he added. quick
~. "M fell overheard, Of curse h,
did, didn't Devrics ALWAYS say SOP
wish | didn't have such silly fame cs-I
don't know but | an II fool" will
which comforting doubt he procecdot
10 the library.
Stella Blake osc eagerly when h,
opened the door. but she took no stcl
toward him. neither did she speak. bu
her whole face and attitude werr In
stlnct with eager, trcmulous. passlonnt,
hope How beautiful she was with IN,
rich blood wayering IN her clear cheeks
her eyes glowing like yelled stars, he
bosom rising and falling with wild, ilcrc,
emotion. lie came toward her, hi
dull, ford face lighted with suddcl
eager, passionate admiration.
She shrank back with an instinctiv,
shiycr OF disgust. but he did not MOTTO
II. lilo Jaw only the rich, brightbcaut
Of the girl.
Stella" he said, putting his arm
about hcr-still not noticing the instinc
tive rccoil-"l have had u hard fight I,
got II for you, and now you must pa.
me for Il, or ! won't let you have II
swear | won'tF'
"Pay your What - what do yol
mcanP' She faltercd. growing pale.
81 don't mean anything so yer.
dreadful. little Stella, nothing hut u ks
from those pretty lips" he said. witt
another ndmiring look.
Stella's forehead wa like flame, %,
after nm instant OF hcsitati ON. she touchc,
her lips lightly To his cheek. an
tried 10 slip away from him. but he hcl
her fast.
"No, no." he cried that Is ne
enoughl' aud STOPPING over her kiSsc
her half q dozen times on lip nm
cheek.
The girl was white as death now. nm
trrmblcd 30 she could hardly stand.
Give il Ia met .he cried. with fever
iSh ychomcnco.
lie put the Key In her hand and Nh
dartcd Ia the door like u bird. aud n
instant atterward was speeding dow
, the long, dark passage. with u lhrobbin
heart and dizzy brain. and q. such
white face
AT last-at last she painted. "bu
q. Heaven. Mt what q cost and catch
Ing up the folds Of her dress she mbbc
her cheek aud lips with fierce ychC
mencc. ALAS. there was no other wa,
and must know or 60 made III
cried, sharply.
This time she did not draw up the cul
tains, but with swift step Passed dirccI
~ TO the cabinet and cssaycd tn open 4
but . moment showed that Il WI
locked. For q moment all the viii
hope that had nerved her died out |
black, dead despair then she got u
/. aud began a search for the key; bt
! drawers, desk. cabinct-all alike wei
fast She wrenehed ut the fastening
: with her slender. trembling fingers; 81
, tried TO push In the bottom Of the draw
: ers. but they Welded never an inch
. her puny efforts. Y hat could she do
She dared no, ask Mr., Mon,iord Tor III