Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-02-06
A Knave Of
Con science
BY FRANCIS LYNDE.
lCopyright 1900, By Francis Lynds.)
CHAPTER XIV.

The threatening storm had blown
over and the moon was shining fair
and full upon a placid lake when the
family dinner party at DIR. Farm
hams adjourned to the veranda.
Griswoid and the Raymers were the
only guests. and in the marshalling
Oz chairs Griswold was skillful
enough to cut Charlotte out OF the
gronp and SO secure her for himself.
AT the dinner table the talk had
turned upon the pivotal point of the
strike. but that subject was coming
to be pretty well threshed out, and
On the veranda Charlotte spoke of
&he wind-blown incident of the after
1oon and of the castaway on Oak
ISLAND.
~1t was terribly reckless thing
for you to do-to go out after him
fn the Sprite." said Miss Farnham.
Now next to being exalted as a
Semigod by the woman of his choice
q man loves best to haze her believe
hFzn fearless. So Griswold dismissed
the matter lightly.
"What is man for?'' he asked.
But as for that. the danger isn't
worth mentioning"
~Yon may think so, but Gertrude
and did not. We stood up here on
the veranda and watched you. going
and coming. Gertrude saws I pinched
: Aer black and blue grabbing her and
saying: oh. she's Comet when the
acnd or a big wave would hide you"
Here was small admission which
NO mere human sympathy could ac-
count for, and Griswold pinched him
. self black and blue in the ecstasy of
&C. It was coming, slowly, perhaps,
but surely, and the name OF it was
Rove. a.
'tBut think of it, he said. willing
60 make that string vibrate some
saore; ~think of how you and Miss
Gertrude would have shone in the
borrowed effulgence Of me If I had
fseen capsized. The Morning Argus
exould have had you out to identify
the remains. and" o
"Oa,. please hush!" she said, and
saer hand was on his arm; where
Npon he went obediently from the
.Erewsome to the matter-of-fact.
-Really. there wasn't any danger
Uorth speaking of; and the fellow
was glad enough TO be picked up, I
assume yea"
"Who was hep" she asked.
-'Ne one whom you know; a man
= canned Griffin-a summerer, J. fancy"
81 do know him." she asserted
And then: 'T don't like him."
.Griswold was both puzzled and
curious
May I ask how and why?-how
you came to meet him and why you
don't like him?"
She was silent while one might
count q score, and when she spoke
&er rejoinder was a half reluctant
question.
81 wonder If I might dare to tell
Sou about it?"
81 have been hoping that the time
would come when you would dare to
cell me anything"
She passed over the implication
and went on, following out her own
thought.
ut is rather dreadful. and
6aven't told anyone about my part
IN it; that is, not anyone but this
ar Griffin. and he had a right to
aaix," she said; and from this as a
Beginning she told him the story of
the bank robbery in New Orleans,
and of her part in the apprehension
0f the robber.
Griswold's lips were dry and there
Svss an invisible hand clutching at
Ais throat when she came to the
->end. but he made NO sign
They arrested him in st. Louis.
= sosr sayf"
eyes; but he escaped again"
he moisteaed his lips TO say: 81
-saida.t hear OF that mean / didn't
sead Of it In the papers"
rEor did T." she admitted. This
ar. Griffin told me-
then ne is a-a-~
"a detective; yea. It seems that
&c came to the conclusion that q
woman had written the letter to Mr..
Eaibraith. He took the Belle Jules
passenger list and sought out every
enc of the women on it till he came
Acre and found me. I was sorry.
Aut had to tell him what knew"
sOf course. But why should you
&e eorry2'