News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-11-06


81 wished to discover if he could keep
a secret"
81 dare say you did,
81 have intended nothing dishonor-
able"
"Fudge" She snapped her fingers
and her eyes at the same time.
you don't believe me. Very well,
don't believe that you were not caves
dropping"
Il was not eavesdroppingw she cried
hotly. "You have the word of a south
ern lady"
"And l was not trying to get your
secret. You have the word Of a. l
stopped short. l had run against
snag. She gave me a glance of con-
tempt and triumph. Her head was up,
a little to one side, her nostrils dilated,
her breath slow and measured.
Miss Stanforth," l said was near
betraying what demanded secrecy-I
will prove to you before nighttime, not
before night, but soon-that l had an
other object. l will no longer remain
in a house the inmates Of which,
made step toward the door.
MIR. Branderstanew
Miss Stanforth"
"In addition to sailing under false
colors you are now going to endanger
your life by
Fudge! What is my life to you?"
snapped my fingers.
"a good deal just now. 1t is I'M
pleasant to have person die on ones
hands"
l was in no condition for this en-
counter. A buzzing was going on in
my ears, tingling sensation in my
limbs. My knees were giving way,
and | was obliged to sit down on the
sofa. looked longingly at a bottle of
brandy that stood on the table, but was
too proud to ask for it. In a moment
Helen had poured some of the liquor
into a tumbler and held it to my lips.
l drank a reviving draft. She put
her hands on my shoulders and gently
forced me to lie down.
"This must not occur again." she
said. you have no strength to go, and
! have no right to excite you while in
your present condition. believe what
you told me-" She put out her hand.
Pardon" | said humbly. "When
calm, would as soon think of accusing
you Of eavesdrOpping as | would accuse
Diana of unchastity. ] have been IN
gallant rude-rude to a woman"
Forget it. Lie still, and you will
soon be yourself again" She sat down
by a table and took up a book. 81 will
sit here and read while you recover
your strength"
She read for perhaps half an hour.
/ supposed she was interested in the
book, for she turned one page after an
other and seemed to have forgotten me.
At last she put down the volume. and
by her first words convinced me that
instead of being interested in it she
had been thinking of my puZzing iden-
tity.
81 want to ask you one question"
"Ask it."
! w bClC dlNi JCu NOliIS LlOii tbN NhJ
the shooting occurred?"
Huntsville"
She had asked the one question and
had received her reply. knew by her
expression that she wanted to ask an
other.
81 suppose yod were there long enough
! to become acquainted with the city,
It's beautiful place"
81 was there a week."
The limit of one question having been
overstepped in this indirect fashion, il
was easier for her to proceed.
what were you doing thereY
Looking for some one"
"a man"
eyes"
"What for?"
did not reply at once. was think.
ing of some plan by which to put an
end to her catechising.
"If tell YOU" said presently, twill
| you promise to ask me no more ques'
| tionsY"
IF you prefer that I should not"
"You wish to know why was seek,
ing my man at Huntsville"
II do"
"You will keep what l tell you Sc
cret"
"Yes."
ITO kill him."