Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-11-30
CHAPTER MKT.

The, blinds of the carriage in which Mi
riam( Hermann was driven off We're
down. and it was some time before she
noticed this. She tried to roll them up,
but they were so fastened that she could
not raise them. The horses were being
driven fmriously and the vehicle swaycd
from side to side. Holding UP the blind,
she looked out, and to her surprise and
horror. she saw that they We're entering
the grounds OF her old home. The pant
ing horses were refined in before the vine
covered porch
Chratham opened the carriage door,
and putting in his head. he said. with
more familiarity than he had ever he
fore assumed. and with 81 pcrcmptoriness
of manner that increased her alarm:
Miriam, l have had to take you home
by Stlatcgem."
Nor said you woul,! take me to DIR.
Mathson's. You have deliberately and
m.lcously lied to me-" she said, an
gri!y.
Il have deliberately planned To get YOU
here. have the law on my side. Come.
he good enough To dis,nount.'
While C'catli:im WAS speaking Miriam
had an opportunity 10 regain her self
control and give Thought to the situation.
She realized that She WAS i'll this mon
ster'> power. and that opposition to his
orders nj this time would destroy all
cl,tnce of regaining her liberty OF COM
N.,nicating with her friends.
After ALL" she said. II have right
to In here
OF course you have. This is your
home All. how graceful ard active YOU
hre.' said Chcatham. us Miriam, with
OH! noiicin. his extended hand sprang
out uf the carriage.
Shr entered the house and Went direct
ly 10 hcr own room; everything WAS as
she had left it. This WAS The room with
which all her earliest rrcolcctions were
associated. in which many of her happi-
ast hours We're spent. On the walls were
.hc benevolent faces of the man and
woinl,i she had believed her parents
through all the years of that ;lntroublcd
past.
She dill not take off her tat and shawl,
thou@i. thr impulse to ,lo so WAS nearly
irresistible when first She entered the
roo'a She drew an armchair TO the bay
window facing the river. and sat down
and looked out. but she SAW nothing. She
was 81 absorbed with hcr troubled
thonshst tha, she did not hear the black
man in The hall. nor did she hear the door
lose. nor the key turn in the lock.
Gbcatiam Went to tho library, where
he fcund Carpenter lying on Il sofa. with
his feet elevated. his hands claspcd
above his head, and Il long. black cigar
between his lips.
Hello, Dave" shouted Carpenter,
''did you capture the birds!'
Il got onr of them" replied Cheatham.
i'll great eler.
".rhc young onc-my pretty cousin.
eh?"
Very good, Charley: very good indeed.
Yes. your pretty cousin"
Chcatham Went out quietly to the
kitchen, where he found his nephew. Sim.
In conversation with the black man, Tell
ing Sim To follow him. Chcatham led
him Ia a scat in an arl,or Hear by, and
asked.
'Havc you made up with your wife,
as l told you?"
she has threatened to kill me if I
came near her. I saw her OIL tho street
to-day believe r told you that found
out where they live?"
"You have. Sim"
We'll. thought would go and speak
to her mother. / climbed up stairs, and
learned from the janitor that Mrs Mum
roe was out. but hc said there was a
man In there watching the house.
went into the room. and who do you
think l saw?"
"Wn are not proposing conundrums.
Tell mel" said Cheatham. cxcitedly.
II snw Paul Neville. looking like a
ghost"
And what did he say to you?"
Nothing
And he said nOthing?'
'Ycs." replied Sim: for ghostly look
ing m,n lie showed more strength than
ever saw in one person since was born.
/ didn't think he could get mad, but he
was mad. otherwise hc would not have
kicked me down six flights of stairs"
And he did this without speaking q
word?"
lie was as dumb aud determined all
the while as a steam ram. But, + say,
hns Carpenter agreed to let up ON me-?