Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1892-10-06

;,o +boroh of course You had no ldea
| If the CHASTITY effect it would have. bus
ro,, never told me how you reached
that balcony"
Easily enough, doctor. | simply took
a light rope and graphing hook from
the frehouse. climbed mp the rear porch
~ fine end away from where Kathleen
and Murphy were, went along the south
slope of the main roof to the chimney
81 ing the rope about it and lowered my
self gently to the balcony, then threw
off nv oyercoat and stood at the open
window. She had gone. and ! thought
| was too late, but catching sight OF the
very picture whose return she had de-
manded and which had sworn TO nave
again as well as to see her, was just en-
tering when | heard her step upon the
stairs. | did not see her. lido notsee how
| II was possible for her to see me; yet there
came that scream of terror, and the fall
and then the rush. 1t all flashed over
me in an instant that had been guilty
of mad Drained prank-that 1t would
never do to be caught there; 1t could
never be explained. was up on the
roof in a second, snatched away the hook
and rope, crouched down to the back
porch. waited a moment for Murphy
and Kathleen to run inside, then slid to
the ground, hid the rope under the wood
pile in the dark cellar, squeezed through
gap in the fence into the captains
yard next door-they were all over at
the Hazletts then donned my overcoat
and joined the men running up from
the laundresses quarters. Late at night,
as the sentry told Captain Rolfe, went
back. ostensibly to get my pipe, and re-
covered the rope and hook. That was
ALL
Holden ponders moment:
"My wife has told me what she knew
of your interview with Mr.. Guthrie
after poor Jacks death; but Miss Guth-
RE would never speak of what passed
between herself and you
On the pale, clear cut face the lines Of
care and sorrow and privation seem to
deepen. The shadows darken about the
mournful eyes. 81 suppose | should
never have blamed her as | did," he
answers, "hut was mad with grief over
Jack. with helpless, hopeless indigna-
ton over Percival's accusations; and
then, Of all others, TO have her turn
against me as she did-that was the bit
terest cupi Her fathers influence in
her overweight condition was what
did it, suppose; but she drove me from
her sight as though | were indeed a
felon. demanded the return Of every
line and trinl1et she had ever given me
even that priced little carte de visite
| had carried about me for a year. 1t
was then, when she declared she would
never look upon my face again, that /
went wild with misery, or despair, sup
pose. swore that sooner or later she
should see me, and that before | died
her picture would be back here in its
old place, and then / left her. God
knows, the experiences of the years that
might have knocked the ro-
mantle nonsense out of any man. NY
poor sister seemed TO be the only one
who had any faith left in me. wand
iered all over the west as Ralph ErrolL
mining, grub stalking, working like b
log.
IL was starving in the hills wlMi
Brewster came to my aid. | couldni
AXE his money without telling hin
Of my story, but | gave 70
lanes. He doesn't know today nly-
hing about the old trouble-doen't
lream that he well knows the ueple
Who were once my most chefihed
riends. 1t was through him erikted,
nd within three months a mine had
coated and yet couldn't sell for dol
ar began to pay. By the tins we
cached Pawnee my half inter4S in it
roved worth all my years of ton Then
thought TO see her again-took ny fur
Dugh at the very time her faiier was
1est trying TO find me and hndo the
'rong he had done, and-ya know
be rest. She was here, and lreturned
My to learn that she wac about to
ave and that Captain Rdlh was her
ccepted lover. Bearded aged, uni
)rmed as | was, believa she would
OF know me even if we Fere TO meet
ice to face. and believing more, that no
estige Of the regard She once felt for
lie remained. believing 4i0o, that she
as TO marry Captain Roife | was bit
II, brutal. mad encukh TO strive to
srry out my vow. TFce had seen
er ON that balcony on d. moonlit even
gs, and determined FIAT the night of
ar departure she She ~ see me for the
st time Yon know be rest. shaved
can, SO as 20 look a5much rs possible
| did in the old dsks wore my civil
N dress and-nearly lilled her.
at was q fearful xrer;meat. saws
olden gravely. About the maddest
ing you could havt done"
Il was mad. aocar, when heard she
as to marry him. Col Knows have
allied it daily. hourly. ever since.
nd yet, how could she have seen me?
lie never reached the door
Simplest thing in the world. Moth
-. IL