The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-12


He did not look towards had left but as he
walked quickly away, voice followed him
Eagle-face had jumped out of the moving train also
and running after him eager strides It was be-
meath Breakspears dignity to run Also moment
the man was at his back. you've cheated were the
words painted into his behind you had five pa
pers. You have only given me four"
Jim turned on him. hound! threw YOU all had
ne SAID II IKE you to doubt you've
got ana be thankful for I've nothing give, and
want no of YOU"
So saying flung the other Off with q conten,n+uo,e
movement OF the arm and instead of perssenty following
as Breakspear had half expected back Had
Jim glanced over his shoulder he would have
standing STILL stunned yellow white his lips
apart But Jim did not shoulder He went
on doggey knowing that he had deliberately away
his chance of meeting girl very picture had been
more to him than the reality woman knowing
ls yet not sure whether he had been man.
what the fellow paying when he accused mo
OF keeping back something's? angrly Ied
yet" NN ~ p"' anu
men in hearing neither vivien Oakley nor Eagle
face What should he do? Would it sign of driveng
iuocy ne went to Dartmoor and tried way to
Satan's Tor?
viven had kept the sketch Breakspear had made
for her She had kept because honestly loved him.
because everything that he did precious her eyes
When she reached Red Down hail. strung to their
ignest tension with many fears, anxieties
taken the folded from the pocket Of
her coat where she had hastily slipped travelling and
having Kissed the marks of Jms pencil sketch
away with TWO or three other tring him. which
she had tendery preserved
1t was not until his letter vvien had thought
VI examining the other side of the but his question
regarding instantly to make inspection Then sbe
recognized handwriting mem and
at a glance the Importance of her discovery.
She was delighted that paper had fallen into her
.ho she could not decide at once exactly what
make OF It. She wanted to do the could for
herself and the thought that in choosing line
OF conduct might affect her whole her
Judgment Only one thing clear the moment
She must neither allow the Breakspear
or let her refusal to give the set forth
upon it, anger him against her.
AS for the was now in her power to mako +ors
with man who had held her mercessy his control
and she longed to use her advantage to the utmost vt
of She
love- and her head always dominate her heart
There another reason WHY she was Glad tbo+ b w..
the paper If she liked might bold STEP and dis
cover thing which ardenty wished to know To take
step would be foolish womansb 1o,,,d 80 ~ .
rsA Wnch might endanger She knew
wen that she ought for her herself against
the temptation, yet in her heart she 1uas .1,nost
she would yield to it.
With her mind n turmoil viyien let dav or two
go by before answering letter Then she wrote
SAVING she mad looked everywhere the
sech winch she dmy remembered having her coat
pocket in the train (Ths case Jim had seen her
dispose OF the folded Hoping it, she had
delayed writing she went been dis
appointed and she had other side the
sheet being interested only in the tell
"netner or not there had been notes the paper
ended by sending invitation friends cordalv
seconded by herself for Jim to visit Red Down
or tour days And he begged to April oath
the day after that which invitation
1here was to be an informal dance evening viven
couched IN very aering terms the first
waltz with JIM She had something too she said
something very Notwithstanding which he would be
interested. "
This letter arrived on Tuesday morning and oddly
enough 1t drove in the last nail which decision
TO go to Darmoor and Satans fact that he
was asked to be present
mat IT he did to Dartmoor snatch the
secret of the black portmaneau Maltese cross he
would deeply regret it when telcgraphed to
vlv1en Oakley Extremely engagement pre-
vents accepting kind invitation and took the first train
to Exeter.
Already, before he had the Journey
Breaspear had looked He knew that
to reach NeWTake Farm where his people had
lived he must to Mavsock by then drive for
eight or ten miles passing the quaint village allery-Tayy
NIB rod NeU -vralro Eorr
old hanorhouse grandeur had denared when
more than half the building by great
lire on the nearly years ago. little
later the passed into the possession of
tarmer and even the name had been changed was a
lonely place one OF the most Isolated the moor
Breakspear recalled long drive between the village of
Malery-Tavy and New-Take; tho how many miles it had
been could tell.
The ridiculous of his that he did NOT
know the hour Of the appointment Tor if APP
pontment it really He only something was to
happen at the place April Perhaps IL was
not his satans Tor. but another