The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-10-04

to SEQ You again. Ican't bear to think tha&
after this pleasant afternoon we must part.
never to meet again. Can't you stay In
Springfield until day after tomorrow, and
meet mo again here, in the sfternooni"
was pale and trembling.
"What'l your husband sayl'' he asked, :
after pause.
my husband, !" she exclaimed, In star.
tied manner, q II she had forgotten his very
existence. 20, its about that and other
things that wish you to advise me-" she
went on with terrible earnestness, II am in
great deal of trouble. want to tell you
about it. You look kind, you can help me
II you only will'
Mr.. Dunlap knew perfectly well that it
was very tmprudent to make an appoint
ment with an entire stranger, but as he was
equally sorry for her, and sure Of his own
ability to take care Of himself, he gave the
required promise. A look Of inexpressible
relief came over her face and her eyes filed
with tears.
She thanked him fervently, begged him
not to trouble himself to SEQ her to the
train, and after warm pressure Of his hand
disappeared.
Mr.. Dunlap's pity for her did not prevent
him from the disloyslty to her memory Of
searching his pockets to see If any of his
valuables were missing. Finding them all
intact he went to q hotel to await the ap-
pointed day.
When the designated time arrived, Mr..
Dunlap, though he had thought constantly
OF tho fair unknown In the interval and had
mixed up the thoughts of her with his con-
scienttous study of the city 80 that about all
the view he had been able to SEQ from the
Armory tower was tho vision of bright
eyed woman making violent love to himself.
and had studied the architecture of the
public library with the question: us it ever
justi1able to get divorce for intolerable
crueltyF" uppermost in his mind, was still
unable to arrive at any definite answer to
either supposition.
He strolled aimlessly up and down the
platform, now and then stopping to peer
furtively into the waiting rooms.
II will tell her." he finally decided "that
this is very sudden, but that after long and
careful elaboration, have decided that,
though l appreciate her kindness and the
confidence she has reposed in me, have
conscientious scruples against marrying Q
divorced woman, butthat will be brother
to her"
There had been no definite time set TO,
the meeting, and Mr.. Dunlap began to grow
inpatient Suppose that she had decided
on Remuneration instead Of leaving that
agreeable duty to him! He acknowledged
that if she had come to realizing sense OF
her forwardnoss in making an appointment
with rnrfoCk ofro ~ vHoy~foo<lp
right and extremely proper, but it was very
tiresome and stupid wandering about
smoky old railroad station, waiting for
person who had not a sufficient sense OF
moral obligation to keep her engagements.
He was rapidly growing ill-humored when
he met Fred Richmond, an acquaintance OF
his who was beginning to do quite little
in detective work. Richmond accosted him
jovially, and, turning around, walked along
with him. Dunlap was rather impatient at
tho interruption. He thought Richmond
would be q much more pleasant companion
If he had not been so exclusively enthusiast
ic on the subject of detective work, 80 in.
clined to manifest q hardness toward any
thing that was not closely connected with
this hobby.
'You have no sympathies with any thing
but sleuth- hound instincts, +" he had told him
once, and Richmond had laughed and said
that in order to be successful one "must
whoop on his own side"
''That was fine piece of work capturing
Williams, the absconding bank CASHIER" he
began at once, as they walked along together:
II saw something Of it in the papers, be.
.lieve," Mr.. Dunlap responded indiherently.
II think sometimes that you think tho
whole business of mankind is to detect or be
detected"
Richmond laughed. "Well, I confess i.
does look so sometimes from my point OF
view," he said. "People are concerned in
these things more than they always know.
Do you know yet how closely you were
mixed up in Williams capture?''
'Me mixed upv' said Mr.. Dunlap, staring.
Eyes, you," returned the other; ''it's too
good to keep now it's all over with. Anna
day before yesterday, must have caught on
the fact that some one was lying for Will.
Jams, for saw her lettering round here for
an hour or two before the train for Mon.
treal stated She didn't see me watching
her, mind you, but she was studying time.
tables and looking this way and that, and
made up my mind she had some scheme for
hindering the process Of law She just
worshiped Williams, and she's just that
kind Of a woman that would 20 through fire
and water for the man she loved"
'Isn't she married, you say!"
mo, never was. He never cared so much
for her, but he made her think so, suppose.
He was the cashier in a big bank and she a
poor girl who worked here in button shop,
though she had a good education and is
smart as steel Well, he must have con-
fided his trouble to her SOS she could heir
him, and mean trick it was, too, for he had
it all planned out to meet another woman in
Canada and they were to be married and 20
to Europe. Probably he made Anna think
he was going to marry her and take her to
Europe. She doesn't know any thing about
the other one. Well, saw her sauntering
around here day before yesterday, and I
made up my mind she meant to help him
get of. Ihadput detective on every train
that went out that day, but I thought that
that was the one he would take. Just as l
was passing her said to a fellow that was
with me, just as if didn't know she could
hear, "that's the most famous detective in
the country, and pointed to you. She didn't
seem to notice, but I watched her and
saw her stop you and make yeu lose your
train as cleverly as could be. She probably
thought that it hadn't got out much and
that if she could detain you q day he'd get
of. But, bless you, the fellow 1 put on the
train hooked on to Williams before they got
out Of the State. She's smart, and when ]
saw her talking to you made up my mind
that you wouldn't get away that day. She's
quite equal to making. love to you or any
other man to keep you away from her
lover. o, you needn't look 50 mad! I'm
not going to ask you about it. I'll bet
if she did no one could tell it from the gen.
time article. The joke of it is that she's 80
proud she'd rather have died than done it if
it hadn't been for him. TIN be rather rough
on her when she finds out about the other
woman" -Ethel German Clarke, IN Hartford
Times.
How They Were Coiored.
l heard such funny story from an
old man about how the darkies came
to be black. 1 hope you don't know it,