Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-01-07


That's because speak nothing clsa
| at home, because | could not speak
English like you or anyone else who
has been educated, because Taras
! wished mo To begin new life, and
break away from all that had gone be.
! fore"-
Look here, Madcmolselle. Gordon
said, stopping me with apprehension In
his tone, III this sort OF thing will
upset you, you know"
mo, no. Im stronger now. / must
tell you what had not tho courage to
tell You yesterday. | ought To have
told you tho first thing, because I've no
right to profit by your Kindness until /
know whether you can forgive mo or
not"
"Oh, say, don't you know"-Gordon
eXpostulated uneaslly.
Disregarding his remonstrance, / told
my story as simply rs | could. relating
all that had taksn place between Kav-
anagh and myself truthfully and with
a desire 20 say nothing which might
bias his judgment.
His pipe went ont as no listened.
astonishment holding him spelbound.
! We looked each other straight In the
eyes until | had spoken the last word.
! Then dropped my head and waited in
trembling uncertainty FOR his verdict.
He did not leave mo long In doubt as
TO his present feeling.
"You are a brick" he said; "a regu-
lar brlckH' aud taking my hand he
pressed IL warmly.
IL didn't expect you to think So"
said l.
"Why. you don't think could have
any Rrudge against you for making m q
useful, do you? You have led mo to do
no more than / should willingly
have done To save old Taras II had
been asked, and IL It were otherwise
that would not alter my esteem for you
not bit It's this devotion that
admire yon for. A real, genuine, wo-
manly woman, don't you know, should
! stick at nothing, but go bang through
| thick and thin for q man. Judith,
believe, would do as much for me il 10
came TO the pinch. II not land know
Dwell, she would be my Judith,
that's all. Don't give way, llttlo wo-
man." he continued. seeing my lips
twitch perhaps, for his generous enthus-
iasm touched me greatly. You have
done ell that you could do. and it's
bound 10 turn out right. have un.
bounded confidence In Kavanagh"
"ilave your" asked hopefully
81 should think sol Why, he's one
OF tho subtlost shrewdest, cleverest
mon in London. Ils's not fool, / can
tell you"
mo: didn't think no might DO that
exactly, BUT
81 see. You thought 10 possible that
he might DO something worse. Well,
that's eXcusabie, for when man owns
no to doing other people you can never
baf 10. Il
You see, We can't all tell the truth and
hit straight out from the shoulder.
Why, take this case, for example.
without lying, how could Kavanngh
have circumvented the smartest police
In the wOrld-hOW could be have got
over the minister OF police and those
crafty rascals and upset their yillainous
game2'
"Gs II certain that be Is decelylng |
them and not us2" / asked.
"Wait a Bit This wants deuced
lot OF cool judgment. Let mo have a /
pipe"
lie lit bis pipe and puffod ont great /
streams OF smoke before he spoke again. |
When he bad taken three or four pulls |
he said:
But is there any iact-ha anything |
occurred which directly supports your /
suspicions2 That's what / shonid like |
70 get at
"Kavanagh led me 10 believe that, |
when you wero arrested, / shOnld be /
free % return 20 Taras. Can you toll /
me why / was brought on board with |
your"
you would come, you know"
"But there Is evidence enough that 4
had not come o. ny own accord /
should have been brought here by 4
force. From tho very outset 10 was /
known on board hero that was % be- /
taken away with you"
"HanR me N / can explain that ar /
ranRement. Can YOUR
yes; IL was necessary to get rid Of /
me-"
"Why?"
That I might not tell tales"
"But IN the whole story is 20 come
out2"
1T IS not 90 come ont,"I said, with
the emphasis OF conviction. clio never
Intended that 10 should. II this affair
we're mede public, inquiry would lead
90 the discovery OF his share Zoo &c.
discovery that would be- fatal 10 him"
"BUt the truth must come out in
time" be demonstrated, still with his
face turned from me.
why whom can We tell ia Russia?
Who will hear our voices when we are
in Siberla?'
"But the police must learn I'm time,
by his works, that Taras Is stll free. +"
"Is 10 likely that they will will send /
you back TO England 70 prove their
fauit2'
lie knocked out his pipe slowly on