Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-04-25
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CHAPTER U.-Continued.

HAPlER ll.-COntlnued.
t'This bandage." said Brodnar,
"seems to imply doubt of you, Dick,
but believe me it has its proper use.
In the future, if accident should con-
front you with the-woman, neither of
you will be embarrassed. She will, it
Is true, know your name, but unless she
Ghould look you up in days to come she
will never see your face. is that COM
forta bic ?-yes? Well, a moment and
we are gone. Your hand my friend,
now, and your word of honor. You
Util not look on this womans face, nor
seek in any way to discover from her,
from me, or from anyone aught that !
am seeking to conceal; under all cir
.cumstances you will yourself conceal
from everyone the facts of this nights
business; and you accept the woman
TO whom we go as your wife with all
the limitations have outlined. Iknow
that in your own heart you are re-
solved, but the honor of woman is a
stake. and you must promise me as
man to man"
AS man to man, then. and upon the
honor of Richard Somers, I promise.
lead on!" The chance passer-by who
saw a blindfolded man led from the
elegant apartments of DR.. Francis
Brodnar was not surprised. The ex-
planation was easy But Somers him
self was distinctly surprised at the
Length of the ride and the number of
corners turned. 1t seemed to him that
Che carriage traversed more than once
the same road, for in spite of himself
ne could not but take notice of such
things. DR.. Brodnar deserted the drift
of his thoughts.
For a man to note the direction of
.a journey" he said, sis a natural, an
slmost automatic, action of the brain
'cells-an Inheritance from both animal
Pad human ancestry. Therefor Dick,
III l have sought to confuse you by my
@0ieer route. it is only through dis
1rust of the original and savage
o. omers, and to save all parties embar-
EASEMENT. / trust few people. Here
we are at last" Dismounting, he led
his companion on pavement through
narrow gateway, the gate of which
he unlocked, along gravel walk with
shrubbery on both sides for about 60
PAGES, up two stone steps to a door that
had neither bell nor knocker, and into
q woman's room.
How weak is human invention.
Richard Somers gathered these facts
without mental effort from small
signs. The football upon the pave
nent, the search for the KEY. the
clicking lock, the crowding, the gravel
under foot, the touch of shrubbery,
two steps at the door, and the inde-
Enable air of every lady's room-the
faint, blended odor of powders, toilet
waters and pressed flowers That it
was the room of a refined woman he
was sure in advance. Had he not
been, there was the deep carpet into
which his feet sank noiselessly.
And it was plain that he had come
into garden from a side street, since
no residence would have opened from
n woman's room into a walk that led
directly to main street.
Here, then, was a woman who lived
<rpon first floor with a private gar
den at her disposal. He had heard
*he gentle FLASHING of water outside;
there was a fountain in this garden.
On the morrow he had but to walk
the city until he found the premises,
IF he would. So much for the secrecy
of his friend Brodnar!
BY this time Richard Somers was a
deeply interested man. Despite his
resolution to carry off the affair
lightly, he began to feel the presence
of something like a tragedy. Where
was the woman who was to make use
@f him blindly and go through the
form of a marriage? Dimly at first,
perhaps as a matter of logic he was
&snscious that she was in the room
.&nd near him. Then without more
reason he became certain of it. The
SOON was not dark, for he felt light
upon his bandaged eyes. Instructive
iy he stretched out his hand.
Then there was laid within it an
4ther as soft as silken velvet and small
and tremulous. The touch thrilled him
from head to foot it was the hand of
IA young wOman-the timidity be-
ionged to girlhood- instantly
deep sympathy moved him. 1t was
indeed an urgent cause that forced her
Unto this situation-forced her, because
new she was softly crying, and her