The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-16

Ing that she had not been tracked she VEN
tured to send for me. 1 tell you. Joe, she
was an object-a pitiable object. She might
have been any age. l never saw such
shadow"
but what are you going to do with
herr" / asked. Fifty, or was it thirty
pounds, won't last long in lodgings, and she
will be known sooner or later. 1 mean it will
be known that she is here. Someone is
sure to recognize her."
Eat first all that fitted through my head,
blonde head wisely at me- me. Il was boiling
over with passion, so much so that I was
fairly beside myself She entreated me to
tell nobody at all of her whereabouts, only
to let her rest for a few days until she
could make up her mind
CHAPTER III
Il had my own idea all along as to what
would be her wisest course to follow"
Rosey went on, "but 1 said nothing about
that. just let her babbIe on about getting
out to California or to New Zealand, and
being servant to someone other. Servant
indeed" Rosey wound up Indignantly.
"Well?"
We'll. Joe. kept the secret safely
enough going every day to sit with her.
ana got her some clothes fit to be seen,
Tor she was all in rags and | took her mort
70 drink, nice things to eat. and a few
peasant things to use-scent and washes
arid nee SOAPS and so on. But after sew
puIed together a little, they tracked her."
Her own people?"
Yes; II you can call them So for she had
not relation in the world only those who
were connected with her through her mar
rage with John Bronson"
put her mother-Mrs. Rolleston was her
mother, wasn't She?
YeS-but she is dead: She died a vaar
ago. Mllllcent does not know whether the
s, mad hand in helping her out of the
way or not. She only knows that she died.
L trao Lxod boY. 70
Northtowers and to Queen Elizabeth
sStIeetnthey. | mean the brute who wanted
uer-tne brute who helped to reduce her to
the cowed skeleton that she is. and then
suddenly changed front and began to make
ms loathsome love to her. 1 walked right
IN as usual and found him holding her in
ms arnS and she shuddering and CRYING.
Oh, don't touch me, don't touch mel /
n naye yon ~ tbd Ill never marry you-never-
world l would not look at you!"
but there is another man. he Kissed.
assure you, Joe, his face was livid and muir
uer0us. 1 never saw anything human look
SO IKE a fend in all my life before. She
shrank away for a minute or so as though
she expected MN to strike her. and then all
at once she drew herself up and faced him.
les, she SAID, In ringing voice, there is
another-a man-one as far above you and
S = en- as you as God is above the earth. He
Is not Tor me-stained as | am with contact
with such wolves as you are. but the mere
knowledge that he loves me is shield for
ever from all the evil that l have known
and mingled with. Now. kill me if YOU
ike-the sooner the better
He caught her" Rosey went on, her eyes
plaZlEg, her hands moving to and fro, ac-
cordlng to the dramatic need of the mo-
ment, by the throat, if he meant to
garry her words out to the very letter. My
ploCd was up, Joe; l made a step forward
ana called out at the top of my voice,
stop Take your hands off that lady this
He was so surprised that he let go of
her and wheeled round to face me. l sup
pose L must have looked very small, Joe,
Ior he burst out laughing as soon as he saw
me. Hullo! little six-pennyworth of cop
per, who are your he asked
i was so angry, joe / could have faced
an elephant. Leave this room instantIy' /
said. as sternly as / could
He just sat down on the nearest chair
ana roared; and If | had not been so furi-
roared myself. However. fortunately,
was still so intensely angry that the hui
morous side of the situation never struck
whipped out that little pistol which Major
Brooke gave me and leveled it at him. If
you stir LES 50 much , as finger said you
explosive bullets and I'm a dead shot. [
expected something of this kind and pre-
pared myself for such an emergency.
IF he had turned on me, Joe, ] should
nave been done for there was nothing but
an ordinary pellet in it, and don't know if
I should have as much as winged him
However. luckily, he was as big a coward
as ne was bully. and he got up without
by then, and issued my orders as If / had
been born in the far West. could hear her
sobbing behind me as if her heart would
break and | determined to rid her of the
brute once for ALL
Hands Quit" / said and out went his
hands with rapidity that showed me that
ne fully believed in my explosive bullets
Get up! Sit down at that table, take pen
and ink and write: T-whatever your
this moment. to modest Millicent Bronson
in any way whatsoever Sign itv I thun-
dered. Now take this Bible and swear to
what you have written
HE was not very willing, but I made
movement of the. pistol, and he thought
better of his first impulse. to refuse.
Now remember said to him. 4 know
practically the whole of your life One
word, one ugly look and set the police on
your track. l shall have no scruple. no
believe in and rejoice in the punishment Of
the guilty, | shall only hold my hand out
OF &c, c9nslder r;, for my friend here. You
but for the future you had better bear in
mind that in some situations small things
are oiten OF great moment: Now 60 and
never let me catch so much a glimpse
of you again
''IIe got. up from the table and looked at
little devil he began, and then | made
step forward and he bolted.
Il assure you, Joe, that when / realized
by sheer bluff. sat down and laughed till
| was almost in Mysteries She, poor
crushed soul, ruSned to the door and locked
it, and then came and wept and sobbed
over me as though her poor heart was
breaking. He would have killed YOU for
half a word she sobbed. You
" Pooh! The man is an arrant coward
l returned.
g oh but you don't know how strong he
is. | thought he would have broken my
wrist just before you came in Seei' and she
pulled back her sleeves, showing her poor
arms all covered with cruel bruises The
sight of them decided me. 1 babe her lock
herself in. and told the woman of the
house that horrible things would happen
to her If she let that man in again and
then II went and told the archdeacon all
about it. told him everything
'Archdeacon Lister?" / cried.
Rosey looked at me seraphicaIly "No
other archdeacon takes any particular in
terest in poor Millicent," she said. mildly.
but he can't marry her-an archdeacon
perhaps he has forgotten by this time
1 blurted out.
HAS hep said Rosey significantly my
poor Joe, how little you know human ma
ture in spite of your public school and
varsity training. l tell you the archdeacon
looked ten--twenty-thirty years Younger
before 1 had finished. Take me to her
he said. God bless you for good wom-
am"
So she went on, Il took him straight
to Queen Elizabeth street and into her
room. She gave a sort of cry at the sight
of him, and can't tell you any more of