The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-11-17
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!. And how do YOU co.ae to Be- herr

how do you co.ae to SbeS here ~
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s She told him how she had nursed her
father in his long LIN ess, and hen he
died, and she was left alone, had taken
to nurse others, partly & from habit,
partly to be of some service in the
world; partly, 1t might be-, for amuse-
ment. 1T There's no accounting for
TASTE" said she And. she told him how
she went largely to the houses Of old
friends, as the need arose; and how she
was thus doubly Welcome, las an old
friend first, and then as an experienced
nurse, to whom doctors would confde
the gravest cases. a q a@5s I'll &ag Il.
sand, indeed, it is a rare farce my
being here for poor; Maria" she con-
tinued; @tbut your father takes her all
ments to heart, and I cannot always be
refusing him. We are great. friends,
your, father andSI;%she was very kind to
me long ago-ten years ago. r. :='s gs b.
"A strange stir came in Johns heart.
All this. while had; he, been thinking
only Of himself? #All this while, why
had he not written to Flora? In peni-
tential tenderness he took her hand,
and, to his awe and trouble, it re-
manned in his, compliant. A ! voice
told him this was Flora, after all-told
him so quietly, yet with thrill of
singing. 49,. 49, l.. :. - Il =.
.tr"And you never married? ?" said he.
mo, John; I never married." she
replied. "a! s.:
The hall clock striking two recalled
them to the sense of time. ,--r +.
.*And now" said she, tsyou have been
fed and warmed, and 1 have heard your
story, now it's high time to call your
brother" .: 49, :. + r. Z
Oar cried John, ,chap-fallen; "do
you think that absolutely necessary"
Il can't keep you here; am stran-
ger" said she. do you want to run
away again? thought you had
enough Of that" ,'..@ ..,. r..
He bowed his head under the re-
proof. She despised him, he reflected.
as he sat once more alone; a monstrous
thing for woman to despise a man !;
and strangest Of all, she seemed to like
him. Would his brother despise him.
too? And would his brother like him ?,
And presently the brother appeared,
under Flora's escort; and, standing
affair off beside the doorway, eyed the
hero Of this tale. : +: A.. ~ ~, =.
So this is you? he said, at length. :
Yes, Alick,s it's me-it's JQhn,''' re-
Piled the elder brother, feebly. n,
,'sAnd how did you got in here o.,
inquired the younger. l. >,<s,5 =: 4.
: "Oh, had my pass-keys," says John.
The deuce you hadp said Alexan-
= der. 'Ah, you lived in better world!
There are no pass-keys going now
well, father was salways averse to
them" sighed John. And the CONVEX
sation then broke down, and the broth
ers looked askance at one another in
silence. T. -.-s - ,..:- +, X.
We'll, and what the devil are we to
dog said Alexander. s@I suppose if the
authorities got wind of you, you would
he, taken up?" 49,. - -, ~
1T depends on whether they've found
the body or not" returned John. "And
then there's that cabman, to be sure!"
"Oh, bother the body!' said Alexan-
der. S"I mean about the other thing.
That's serious ~ -,
us that what my father spoke
about?" asked John: 81 don't even
know what it isl -. . .%E&}s f..
About your robbing your bank in
California, of course replied Alexan-
der. IT,. T. {. ~, ~. g.,
It was plain, from Flora's face, that
this was the first she had heard of it.;
it was palmer still, from Johns. that
he was innocent. %s.$ t+
"I!' he exclaimed. II rob my bank!
My God! Flora, this is too much; even
you must allow that" ~ Z : .: ,
Meaning you didn't" asked Alex
ander. ~ 3..Ss III, %@s r. r. : :
II never robbed a soul in all my
days." cried John; Except my father,
if you call that.r obbery; and, I brought
him back the money in this room, and
he wouldn't even take it," 4. y g, 4
! Look here, JOHN said his brother.
"1et us have no misunderstanding up
on this. Macewen saw my father; he
told him a bank you had worked for III
San Francisco was, wiring over the
habitable globe to have you collared -
that it was supposed you had nailed
thousands; and it was dead certain you
had nailed three hundred. So Macewen
said, and I wish you would be careful
how you answer. / may tell you, also,
that your father paid the three hum
dred on the spot Z 5fo3 n s.5
Three hundred = repeated John.
Three hundred pounds, you mean
That's fifteen hundred dollars. Why,
then, it's Kirkman!" he broke out.
ank heaven! 7 can explain all that.
I gave them to Kirkman to pay it for
me the night before 4 lef fifteen hum
dred dollars, and. a letter to the man
ager. What do they SUPP pose i would
steal fifteen hundred dollars for Pm
rich; ! struck It rich in stocks. Z s the
|silliest stun I ever Of. IL that lat i
needed la 10 cah1a fH + ~ tl1n$ r1a11apnr.