The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1901-09-20

the first line, for her face went deadly
white, and her eyes turned upon. .me with
wild, beseeching slookas Tardlf de-
scribed It, the look Of creature hunted
and terrified. | thought she would lave
fallen and put my arm round her. She
fastened both her hands about mine, and
her lips moved, though | could not catch
q word she was saying.
"OliyiaH cried, OLIVIA! do you sup
pose | could do anything to hurt you? Do
not be so frightened! Why, ams your
friend truly. | wish to heaven | had not
shown you the thing. Have more faith
In me, and more courage"
But they will find me, and force me
away from here" she muttered.
"No," l said; ''that advertisement was
printed in the Times directly after your
fight last October. They have not found
You yet; and the longer sou are hidden
the less likely they are to find you. Good
heavens! what a fool | was to show it to
to your
"Never mind,' she answered, recover
ing herself a little, but still clinging to
my arm; 81 was only frightened for the
time. You would not give me up to them
If you knew ALL"
"Give you up to theml' repeated Bit
terly "Am | JudasY
But she could not talk to me any more.
She was trembling like an aspen leaf,
and her breath came sobblngly. All |
could do was to take her home. blaming
/ myself for my cursed folly.
Tardif walked with US to the top OF the
cliff, and made me formal, congratu-
latory speech before quitting us. When
he was gone, Captain Carey stood still
until he was quite out Of hearing, and
then stretched out his hand towards the
thatched roof, yellow with stonecrop and
lichens.
This is a serious business, Martin, |"
he said, looking sternly at me; you are
in love with that GIRL
81 love her with all my heart and soulF'
cried
The words startled ME as | uttered
them. They had involved In them so many
unpleasant consequences, so much cha
grin and bitterness as their practical re-
suit, that | stood aghast-eyen while my
pulses throbbed, and my heart beat high,
with the novel rapture of loving any
woman as | loved Olivia.
Come, come, my poor felloww said
Captain Carey, 1--WE must see what can
be done"
1t was neither a time nor a place for
the indulgence OF emotion Of any kind,
1t was impossible for me to remain on
the cliffs, bemoaning my unhappy fate.
l strobe on doggedly down the path,
kicking the loose stones into the water
as they came in my way. Captain Carey
followed, whistling softly to himself. He
continued doing SO after we were aboard
the yacht.
Il cannot leave you like this, Martin,
my boy" he said, when we went ashore
at st. Sampson's; and he put his arm
through mine.
"YOu will keep my secretT" said, my
voice key or two lower than usual.
Martin" answered the good-hearted,
olear-sighted old bachelor. you must NOT
do Julia the wrong Of keeping this a Sc
cret from her"
Fl must" / urged. 'Olivis knows moth
ing Of 1t; nobody guesses It but you.
must conquer It"
Martin" urged Captain Carey, come
up to Johsnna. and tell her all about 1t. y
johanna Carey was one Of the powers
in the island Everybody knew her; and
everybody went to her FOR comfort OF
counsel She was. OF course. related to
US all. | had always been a favOrits
with her, and nothing could be more nat.
ural than this proposal. that l should 50
and tell her OF my dilemma.
Johanna was stanling at one Of the
windows, in a Quakerish dress Of some
greg stuff, and with e plain white CAP