The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-10-18


Frevile entered, unannounced.
The two men were in sharp contrast
--Iarrlnghnm. cool, phlegmatic. Gym
ical, with the blue eyes, fair hair and
beard OF the Saxon; Freville, dark inn
pctuous, full-blooded, generous, quiX-
otic-a yertable Celt. Their friend
ship was the alliance of negatlons, Sc
cured by the cement of antithesis.
How long is il? Eighteen months?'
. 1.-TWO years to the day"
$50 longr
1T seems TO me an eternity, but
the calendar is rigid. 1t neither meas
ures sentiment nor registers feelings"
II never quite knew why you went
away"
Il expect you will the less under
stand why | have come back"
Then l shall not try. If the cause
Is obscure, the result is satisfactory,
which cannot be said of the other
inexplicable spring Of your move
ments"
Had Harringham asked for solu-
tion Frevllle would probably not have
given it. Unasked, he proffered It,
That is why truth is rarely disclosed
in the witness box, evidence being II
playful game of question and evasion.
Il heard three words-accldentally
"And you went away for two years.
That seems to lack symmetry. 1t
ought to have been year a word or
nothing"
Harringham was quizzing but his
friend was not listening Frevlle was
talking because h. couldn't help him
self. He had been silent TOO long to
trouble himself as TO the attitude of
his listener.
You know how cared for Di Le-
strange"
Most people did. You made no Sc
cret of it,"
"She had always seemed especially
kind-to care for me. / had never
said anything nor Of course, she to
me. But there is Il light in wom-
ans eye-sOmetimcs"'
II know; dangerous light, like Il
wlll-of-th-wisp."
80 II was IN my case. I,found 1t
out at the Leiglan ball Di and Alec
fore | knew who il was, or, in fact,
that any one was there--I had only
just come upI heard hi say:
You need not think that | care
for Freylle."
THAT was more chan three words"
nterjectcd HQrringham.
II never slept that night Next day
left England
For the Arctic regions TO cool your
heated blood;"
G'rcvllle did not look exactly rs If
the remedy had been chicacious.
4 Yunawc horse attached to a
smart brougham, in Regent street;
people scattering in all directions,
women falnting and shrleking men
chlyalrously retreatlng into doorways.
\ 1.-THE figure steps off the curb and
seizes the frightened brute by the bri-
die. They sway TO and fro, while the
lrougham CRATES ON its axis and
threatens every moment to topplc over.
Two terrified women, blanched with
terror, look out breathlessly at the
unequal struggle being waged on their
behalf
The man slips. He will fall No,
he WON'T He Is firm on his legs
again. He holds on like grim death
and the horse is forced back. The
modern dress does not lend itself TO
herOcs; but there Is certain herOsm,
nevertheless. in the tense figure. A
policeman runs up; then another. The
horse yields to superior numbers.
Freyille let's go the bride aS soon
as his hand is no longer required. Hia
face Is flushed and an angry welt
across his right wrist Is the outward
slgn of strained muscle
A girl jumps from the brouglam III
most into his arms. 1t is hi Le-
strange-or 1t was two years ago
I'VE can never thank you enough
Mr.. FreYllle, ana I-you have saved
our lives. must go back TO her. She
Is feeling faint Won't you come and
see us tonight at nine o'clock? Ther
we can hear Of your return and thank
you"
Freville had hardly taken in wha
Miss Lestrange was saying. The ex
of the meeting, SO sudden and uneX
pected, the old glamour reawakened -
stronger than ever.
"Wherc;" Frevllle managed to STAN
mer.
I'm the old place. 10 Curzon street
where else should you think"
Diana was recovering her compos
ure. Frevlllc ga2od at The girl hal
incredulOusly.
"Still In Curzon street -youi"
why where elseY
II thought you were --"
"Wellf"
Married"
Di laughed
You say It as II you meant buried
10 whom, prayf"
"'lo Alec Travers.'
"Alec Traycrs. The last man. Why
] never thought OF him In my ..fc, Nov