The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-12-14

after you, but don t speak to the driver
When he stops on the ferry and ask!
you where to go next, tell him to driv,
back to the stables and that vii
pay him in the morning. See?''
The boy saw, for he was in the car
riage in no time. The dor closed will
n bang that thoroughly woke. tn.
driver, whose educated brain caught III
the thread precisely where he hat
dropped it. Before his eyes were vel
open, the blankets were off. the horses
the whip had cracked over them, ant
they had started most satisfactorily.
! Stanton watched them from TIL,
shadows. a moment later the tips O.
his teeth appeared under his mustacht
as a carriage came from the side stree,
and followed his own with the messen
ger boy.
Oats him. he muttcred, and was
still looking after the lost interest
when, another hand touched his arm
and another voice, softer than the mes
senger's, repeated:
''Mr. Malcolm?" H. ~
It was a time of swift vicissitudes
for one guided by instinct. In the first
quiet thoughts of his waiting he haG
honestly determined to give up the
plan for the sake of her who was to be
the sacrifice. a moment later he was
turning away, disguised that he had
ever thought of trusting her. It took
but touch of opposition, in the shape
of Raymond round the corner, to de-
termine him to carry out the plan at all
| hazards. Now the determination van
ished in an instant, whether because
the sacrifice stood before him or be-
cause the way was clear of opposition
and he replied:
II was this morning, but l an
ashamed of it. My name is Stanton
Robert Stanton"
milne is Esther Thorndike. My
friend explained to me what is required
and I am ready to act for you"
The young lawyer hardly realized
what she was saying. He was looking
for the deformity. It required but 8
moment to decide that at least it was
not in her body. Whatever was wrong
was surely under the veil. He could
not even see the outline of the face.
She stood as if waiting for a reply
but he was not aware that she had
asked question. He tried to recall
what she had said, and then took refuge
in expressing his conjunction.
1--we begun to realize that my plan
was very cold-blooded and. selfish
idea, and I've grown heartily ashamed
of it, he said.
"a plain business bargain is hardly
open to sentiment" she replied, quick
ly. II am quite ready, and if you are
we had better start"
eyes, but my carriage. 1t, has just
gone with your messenger-boy to Jer.
sey City," He paused as his ear caught
low laugh tinkling under the. veil. 1t
was contagious. He was smiling, too.
as he continued. .'Shall we have an.
other carriage and go on, risking q
meeting? 1t seems cowardly to run
from an yone. but there are many de-
testable things which we might do that
would delay us till after midnight, in
spite of anything hut common law
which would be to degenerate alto
gether. I hate to run the other way
but perhaps it would be wiser, tonight,
to go to Brooklyn instead. Does ii
matter to you?" Fl"
CDR. Atwood is my pastor, and I
would rather not go to him. But to
anyone else. Yes. I think it would be
better to go to Brooklyn" she said.
"Rev. DR.. Borden was witness to
the will. 1t might save publicity, in a
legal way, afterwards, to have him also
perform the CEREMONY
It occurred to Stanton that this was
really a remarkable idea, and he was
wondering that it had not occurred to
him before, as the lady replied:
II know just where he lives, and per-
haps it would be better that we should
not go together. I will be there as soon
as you.''
She had hardly ceased speaking when
she literally disappeared. Stanton
looked after her for a moment, and the
tips of his teeth appeared as he nut.
tered:
She'll be there some time before me
at that rate. To say the least, she's not
cripple" Then he followed her.
On the way conflicting sentiments
so thoroughly disturbed his first i'm.
pressions of that new idea that by the
time he arrived at DR.. Borden's he
heartily wished himself anywhere else
in the world, and it appeared the most
fortunate thing that the good lawyer
was attending a conference in lower
New York and could not return before
ten.
The lady talked necessarily, upon
subjects which had always interested
him, and more than once Stanton
found, to his astonishment, that he
was laughing heartily at her wit and
joining eagerly in arguments, fire.
quently with the conviction that he
came out of them overmatched. HI
wondered that he was not bored. and
said to himself that + it wcrt. not fol
the business ahead of him he should
count it one of the Pleasantest even
ings Of his life. Sometimes it occurred
to him that he would have been fortun.
ate if he had ma6o tho hnrro;n To-. q