Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-03-04

III which she declares tue wiil TO lie an IN
jus; one, and that YOU must take POSSESSION
vi YOUR righ.ful inheritance"
Tvrriil listened i'll stunned silence. The
money had become a secondary considers
ton with him He understood now how in
tenss.y she mus have suffered to take such
c step
Eve H,1-. convince her how impossible
tL1r is" be said, finally, rather pale and
grGve.
"But finding her Is the thing. She has
gone away, leaving no trace behind her
Stephen read her brief, simple note, AMI
crushed il between his fingers with half
groan Was ever such thing heard OF be-
fore, What rash and generous creaturel
What short-si GIFTED fool lac had been, not
to guard against this step On her part He
told himself, in kind OF rage, that he
might have known this, if he would-but
surely it would be an easy matter 10 find
her.
50 they searched far and near, bu. fruit
lessly. Faiure-failure met them at every
turn
II win find her. said Stephen doggeily,
one morning whel h AL Lawyer Bryant
met for consultation.
He looked anxious and haggari, his gray
eyes cleaning, and his mouth set in deter
rnincd lines
well, feel that we have done our duty,
said thu lawyer, mildly; and advise You
TO accept things az thoy are, and take
charge of the property"
do YOU think | will touch a penny Of
it, be dem ,adel, quickly.
Il see NJ reason why YOU should not In
fiji OF piqtie your aunt leavcs IL To this
young girl, and she, declining 10 accept il,
runi away and hides Herself 50 well she can
not lie found.
very well You viii hold it in your tTu Il
for her until ST. returns
~But whit sill yoI dor inquired the
pra,ii al o; basin *, feeling c.issIsted
a: tn ilca II common sensc displayed By
Ms Rclevirs young relatives
Il am not oI'ir,iy without RESOURCES,
sail Terrell, quietly.
You refuse, then, absolutely, to have
any Thing 10 do with your aunt's property
Il do nm going into newspaper work
~Ueh.' muitsel tie lawyer, IN deeper
disgust than ever
1t was about two years later that Stephen
Terrell was suileniy Gale away from tho
city one ev suing, on business connected
wis;l his pap. II was not an unusual
thin but this .oarney proved n memorable
ole Tn. ~ .aing closed in rather drcarily,
ard the pa8sen ssrs looksl more or ~ dis
piriteI IS they arranged shawls AMI cloaks
for pillows and covcringx
On the opposite side Of the car from
Terrell sat Young woman-he judged her
to b. young from the supple grace Of her
figui,e-le ply vailed and evidently alone
lie glanced at her occasionally -wished she
would raise her vail and so give him a look
at her face Judith Alston's fate was still
a mystery, but one he had not yet given
up AS uasolvab!e. To find her was still the
upperino-t thought in his mini. though
often bitter feeling of failure oppross Il
him That sense Of utter defeat vas on him
tonight; and, pulling his hat down over his
eyes, be gave himself up 70 his glooniy
thoughts
4 furious storm was raging outside.
Faint sounds of the strife could b. heard oc-
casioaa.ly, AMI the more wakefal passengers
peerei out into the inky nigh: No danger
was appreL andei, though, AMI when sarill
warning whistle suddenly pierced the ear,
il was all the more startling A curious
jar, then swaying motion followed, bring
ing every man to his feet
What is the nia;terr was the universal
cry.
"A slide! Slide screamed the brake
niaa
Terrell lea,r.d to his feet, and at the same
moment the car gave a violent lurch that
pTecij,ita;e-i him almost into the arms of his
fellow pas senser, the girl oppoSit. She put
out ne hands toward him. with little cry,
half half-joy:
~Stephenr
That voice. He felt his brain reeling
but now they were crashing over the en-
bankrnent and be could only lay n deSper-
att grasp on her dr,sSs
For minute all was DARKNESS. confusion,
wild alarm. The danger no. great,
bat iarnTs we're shattered AMI shr1eks Of
terror filed tn. air Terrei scarcely knew
how be got out Of the car with his com;an-
ion, t;it presently they stood in the oiea air.
with intense darkness ali around them and
the rain beating down on their heads 1;
was truly 9 s-rangs situation, n strange
meeting
Judith judith You are not hurtF he
cried. an xio.Isly keeping close bod On her.
No only few bruises, ssc said, tre-nS-
linz, breaihles
Thank beaTenI-
II was 10 time for cosnsc:c1 speech oF
thought bu. later, when order had been
restored AMI IL was discovered that httie
re=l serious injury had been sustained by
ths unfortunate travellers, a calrasr spirit
pTevsiIsL
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until i came there was nOthag to Ia done
bat make the b--S; q tE.si situation
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