Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-03-10

ldsse scouIlurel, III Il voice just IOud
enough to reach her ears. But, at
any rate, you want to leave this house,
do you not?'
Yes. oh, yes. You will help me,
won't you? You will tell the police, or
something? You won't leave me here,
shut up like a wild animal within these
four wallsT'
leave youI Certainly not! How
can you believe that | should do such a
I thing? L did not answer you when |
first heard your cries. because | did
not wish the people of the house TO
know that / had recognized your
voice This was the first excuse that
had occurred to him, but seeing. in Il
moment, that it would not be a safe
one, he went on quicklyl-"But ! soon
saw that they knew l had heard you,
and ! have been trying to persuade the
master of the house to set you free at
once He is not very willing. There
may be some difficulties, and, perhaps,
a little delay, but | will come to-mor-
row and insist upon seeing you, and
I He was interrupted by a cry of dis
may.
"Oll, | thought you would surely take
me cut tonight. Don't leave me here
another night, | entreat you. Perhaps,
when you ONE tomorrow | shall not
be here, / believe that dreadful old
man is capable of anything, even OF
numbering me, If he could find no 9th
er way of-silencing me. If you only
knew how / dread 10 be left alone here
until tomorrow Her voice ended in
q pitiful, waillng note that touched the
heart of her false friend, hard as il
was.
Wait a m~ement-let me Think he
said and Ursula patiently waited.
Gould yoI leave the house at once
tonight. and trust yourself with me-"
he asked, presently.
Yes, oh, yesr' cried the girl, asking
the former half of the question rather
than the latter. Yet she knew no rea-
son why she should not trust herself
with Clovis, who had been her fathers
friend as well as her own. The great
thing, TO her mind, was to get out of
that house. away from the power of
the man who had kept her a prisoner
SO long. She would have risked death
n dozen times, in order to escape.
Have you any luggage-sOmething
light, in which you may carry what
You want for the PRESENT.
II have II little hand bag and a dress
ing bag"
These will do. We will try to get
possession of your trunks later on. AS
you say, the great thing is to get away:
and | am ready TO risk anything to Sc
cure that"
"Oh, thank you. thank you. A hun
dred thousand times!'
Make haste, then. and get ready. l
will 90 and force them to give me the
key of your room.'
Is it any wonder that the friendlcss
girl looked upon this man as a hero
her savior, her rock of defense? Had
he not done all that man could DO?
Had he not taken great risks upon
himself, and put himself to great trou-
Bile TO rescue her when she was in des-
pair, and had none TO look to? Her
heart was overlooking with gratitude
TO him as she thrust some linen aud
other things into her two little bags,
and stood with them at the door of her
ROOM, ready for the signal of her re.
lease. In spite of her efforts to keep
ccol and have all her wits about her,
she was trembling with excitement
from head to foot. She could scarcely
believe that it was not all "A dream-it
seemed impossible that this should be
her last hour in that hateful room.
Meantime Clovis had gone back to
ktsch, and said to him, In his ordinary
tone, Il want the key to that ROOM
You sha'nt have it,"
every good. / shall find n way of
forcing the door, | have no doubt"
II VIII call Roberts"
"Do you imagine that Roberts would
obey you, rather than me? Call him,
ii you like, and try. But we are vast.
ign time. VIII you give me that key
or not: You foolish man. he contin-
ued, in a pleasanter tone. seeing that
the Jew was h%esitating. don't you see
that our plan has failed? | was wrong.
| admit it. Either the girl really does
not know what has become of the dia-
monds, or she is possessed by such an
obstinate demon that she will not open
her mouth. though you were to keep
her there till she became an idiot. The
sooner we can get ont of it the better,
and you ought to be obliged to me for
taking all the trouble of getting her off
your hands"
And how am l to know that the
moment she is at liberty she will not
go straight to the policeY'
II say again. that 1t will be my bust
ness to see that she does not" said
Clovis. firmly. you and l are in the
same boat. Don't you see that for m,
own sake l must see that she tells no
talesT'
That's true" said the old man,
with a grin, al he drew forth a door
key and handed it to his accomplish.
And besides, IL the worst comes to
the worst, l can always charge her
With stealing the diamonds. You will
try To find out where they are, won't
you, Mr.. Clovis? Work on her graft
tnde, and perhaps she will tell you
The jew came close up to him aud
laid his skinny paw on the sleeve of
his coat. Clovis threw 1t off impa-
tiently.
II tell you, she has no more idea
than have where they arer' he shout
ed and the old man drew back, as il
satisfied. But his suspicious now took
a new turn. Why did Clovis now pro-
fess to believe that the girl knew moth
ing of the diamonds? Because he in
tended TO marry her, and keep them
for himself! He would now pose as
her champion, her deliverer; and he.
Isaac kisch, had been the cats-paw
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