The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-04-17
CHAPTER xXxIII.
AT the Gate.

All the tate.
But in another moment she was
back, her eyes dilated and her whole
person breathing out a terrible pur-
pose.
do not look at me, daItnot notice
me, she oried,r bat in q voice so hoarse
no one but Mr.. GryceAcould fully I'M
derstand her. "I ann for no ones eyes
but Gods. Fray that he may have
mercy upon me- Then, as she saw us
all instinctively fall back she control
led herself. and, pointing toward
Mother James cottage, said more dis
tinctly: LAS for those men, let them
dig. Let them dig the whole day long
Secrecy is for us, a secrecy so abso-
lutte that not even the birds of the
air must see that our thoughts range
beyond the forty rods surrounding
Mother James cottage
She turned and would have fled for
the second time, but Mr.. Gryce stopped
her. You have set yourself task be-
yond your strength. Can you perform
it?'
She turned and would have fled away
stopped her. You have set yourself a
| task beyond your strength. Can you
perform it 2"
II can perform it," she said, If .Lo-
reen does not talk, and 1 am allowed
! to weep my tears alone"
But had never seen Mr. Gryce
so agitated-not, not when he left
| Olive Randolph's bedside after an hour
of vain pleading. But to wait all
day! Is it necessary for you to wait
| all day."
cit Is necessary She spoke like an
automaton. Tonight at twilight, when
the sun is setting, at the great tree
| just before the road turns. Not a min
| ute sooner not an hour later I will be
nothing, not fora word from Loreen or
a OBTAINING touch from Mr.. Gryce, she
| flew away for the second time This
time Loreen followed her.
WELL that is, the hardest thing I
| ever had to do,s said Mr. Gryce, WHIP
ing his forehead and speaking in a
| tone Of real grief and anxiety. do you
| think her delicate frame can stand it?
| Will she survive this day and carry
| through whatever it is she has set her
| self to accomp Ish?"
'tShe has no organic disease" said I,
| "but she loved that young man very
much, and the day will be a terrible
| one to her"
Mr.. Gryce sighed
II wish I had not been obliged to
resort to such MEANS said he tbut
women like that only work under ex-
| element and she does know the secret
| of this affair.""
| do you mean" I demanded, almost
! aghast, that you have deceived her
with false telegram; that that slip
| of paper you holdr-
Read it," he cried. holding It out
| toward me.
I did read 1t. Alas, there was no
| deception in it. 1t was bona f1de and
read very much as he had said it did.
''However'-I began.
| But he had pocketed the telegram
! and was several steps away before l
| had got any further.
II am going to start these men up"
| said he "You will breathe no word
| to Miss Knollys of my sympathy nor
| let your own interest slack in the in
vestigations which are going on under
/ our noses"
And with a quick, sharp bow he
made his way to the gate, whittier I
| followed him in time to see him set
| his foot upon a patch of rosemary.
"You will begin at this place. he
| CRIED land work east, and, gentlemen,
| something tells me that we will be
| successful
with almost simultaneous sound
a dozen spades and picks struck the
ground The digging up of Mother
| James garden had begun In earnest.
1 staid about that gate most of the
! day If I moved away, 1 imagined
| that Mr.. Gryce was uneasy and want
| ed me back under his eye. So as Luz
cetta was invisible and Loreen in a
strained and anxious mood, followe d
! the example of many of the other vii
| layers who hadaventured into the lane
for the first time in months, and now
| stood watching every shovelful Of
| earth that was thrown out disappoint-
ing as the task had become as hour
after hour passed without any discov-
cry.
/ Along toward noon had diversion