The Red Cloud chief., 1901-08-23
BY J. L. Harbour.

paper and read. tic L.ouisScr 1ueh Ca.
3ettc.
ITS the town where father lived
before hc and mother were married.
l am sure that Justin ID. wye and the
man who signed his name TO that note
are the same. And he is worth .
million dollars
She took her scissors. ana cut OFT
the lines she had rcad Ti.en she got
an old atlas and looked up the city
of L~Ouisborough.
1T must be II long distance from
here" she said. with n sigh. IF IL
were only nearer. ! do believe I'd 90
and remind Mr.. Gye of his promise
to pay and ask him II he thought 1t
had been 'Outlawed' In the sight Of
Cod
All day she pondcred over what she
had read. Toward evening she had
TO 90 down To one Of the village stores.
She was passing the railroad station,
when IN idea suggested itself to her.
I'm go In and ask the agent if he
can tell nTe how far t. Is to Louis
borough. and how much It would cost
to go there"
The information she received was
di~scouraging. II would cost at least
twenty-five dollars.
And that L. every dollar we have
IN the world" said Martha. I'm have
to give IL up"
But the more she thought about 1t
| the less willing she falt Ia give II
| up. On the morning of the third day
| she said to her sister:
Ann. do you think that you and the
little boys could get along without me
for two or three days and nights II !
got Jane Lewis. the seamstress. 10
come In and stay nights with you:"
I'D rather have her than any one
else. hut where are you going. Mar.
thai"
I'm going to q place called Louis
borough on n matter of business" said
Martha. with a sense of importance.
She would have liked to keep her
going II secret. but this was impossible
In n little town like Osborne. BY the
time she was ready to start. the entire
village knew where she was going and
with what purpose. The general
opinion was that IL was II FOOLS
Grand" but Martha was not to be-
moved.
II took her n day and a night to 90
to- I.ouisbOrOugh. She had never been
In such a large city, and the hurry
and hustle confused her. Some in Os-
borne had told her TO ask II policeman
how to find Mr.. eyes house, and when
she saw n bluc-coated officer at one
end of the station platform. she Went
up to him and said:
Can you tell me where Mr.. Justin
ID. Gyc livesT"
He lives three or fOur miles from
here. miss, but his place of business
isn't more than five minutes walk"
~ don't think that l want to go tC
his house. | want TO see him on-oa
business"
, Then you'd better 20 to his office
Go right up this street until you com,
, TO X street. Half Il block down tina
, youll come to u big marble from
building. Take the elevator and TIN
| elevator boy will show you just wher
IL Is"
: Martha's timid. forlorn appearance
appealed To this big guardian of til
@ law. and moved him to he thus OK
plicit. Ii was well for Martha that sh
It did not hear him say, as lie move
q away
II What can she want with old eye
II she's on Il begging errand, she
better ave her breath"
" Martha easily found the marbI
building, and her heart began 10 flutt,
10 Il little when she saw Il shining bra,
plate NJ the side OF the doors with III
il name justin ID. eye on il In blac
lie letters, Below the plate she rca,
Id Rooms "a aud 90" .
She did not taxa the elevator, III
ic climbed the marble stairway. and
i'm the head of the first flight she foui
nj rooms - and ri, with eyes name
he both doors,
on An almost irresistible impulse to'h
ed from the place and take the first ira
re- for Osborne seized Martha. The We
rs. atmosphere OF the place chilled n
lie depressed her. Its marble splend
as made her realize her shabby appe;
or, ance. Her dusty, worn old she
a: looked out of place on the mari
hin floor. The cheapness of her bla
me skirt, her worn jacket and faded stri
in hat impressed itself upon her. Il
cal ungloved hand trembled ms she laid
ant on the shining brass door knob.
In the oom she entered half
The ! dozen clerks were ut their desks q