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Then he was gone. But a minute after
ward he put his head in again l""kcd
sJcalIhly around. aud sad hurrIrdlN:
Don't come again, particularly +"
night"
And vet that very might Ruth hurried
through the slrrt and snow To Dick,
lodgings \ dreadful thing had hapIH.u"d
The Till at Mr.. CartrIght. had been found
broken open. 4 detective WAS called and
all the girls question, and in the course of
the Inquiries the fact Of Dicks visit had
trauspIrrd When iuterroEated n to his
whereabouts, Ruth protested again and
again that she did not know had never
known where he lived Therefore to-
might she was stealing furtlvrly, like a
guilty thing, toward his home Guilty or
iunucrnt. he must hc warned be saved
Guilty or innocrut2 She never asked her
self which wa, more probable, She only
knew that he must br told Of his danger
and put out of It's reach.
Not by the direct route, hut through va
riuus paths and by-ways with the Gun
nIng horu Of love. the girl sped Painting
less with haste than with the fevcriSh cN-
Citcmrut that consumed her, she stood
once more in the we'll known dark pas
>,rge and gruped her way up to his room.
The sound of voices reached her from
within.
oh, have the wretches found him. she
thought, meaning by the term the officers
uf justice
But it was a wOman's tones that first
distinctly caught her ear, n woman tones
speaking her-Ruth's- name
"Thrre's no fear of the girl Stevens
splitting, | suppose
she don't know anything to split
about"
Well, she's a sottle and no mistake II it
Id ha bin me wouldn't | ha' found out
shy you wouldn't let me come here
only on special trains.
leave her alone, can't you. She's done
us many good turn"
well, you amt gettin spoons on her,
are yer: CoEe, stow that, or you'll be
loft to shift for yourself pretty quick,
Lnn tell yer"
Don't be Il fool, Meg What's the girl
% me, except that she gave me money.
You re worth fifty Of her"
Opposite the dreary, ill-conditioned
house "A man stood watching Ruth, re
gaining the street, recognized him As the
detective who had questioned her in Mr.
tartriGht'S that afternoon.
"Inr man you seek is there" she said
going up To him ami indicating Dicks
room.
Then she turned and hed-hnd. pursued
~ wild, burning thoughts, shame and in
diguatinn and remnr~e RemOrSe vague
and iull Gt first, only mere ghost of a
feeling, half stified by the mad desire for
revenge. But by-aud-by all the other
passions quieted down, and this alone had
possession of her: Mary's brother, the
hrst. nay. the only man who had ever even
played ut love with her-the only one
who had thought it worth while to lie to
her and te pretend that she was fair-the
only one that had ever aroused in her the
Consciousness of all that her woman
hood might be And presently she
would be wanted wanted BY
the law to give evidence against him
whom she had betrayed; she would be
wanted to stand in the witness box anI
denounce him rs n thief All me! She
who had never been wanted by any one
would Become suddenly Of Importance III
Iepriving feIlOw-creatUre of all that
makes life dear.
wa SilS iStL, hS IL puTSuei by demons.
Her flight brought her 10 secluded
spot where she any Mary in days long
past. and later she and Dick, had often
~trolled-a spot where the New river flows
willow trees, just a little tranquil
bit, overlooked by pr.m quiet houses
Most of the river has been slowed away
in tiprs and buried out OF sight, but this
bit has been allowed TO remain above
ground TO be Gazed at by City-weary eyes,
10 muisten the green hanks and-ah! was
i LETT to be a last refuge for q mad,
creature, driven to desperation,
ne bleak wintry night! Wanted by the
police, Was she wanted by any one else,
anywhere, even in heaveu' Who shall
,ay.-Re Henry in Home Chimes