Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1904-12-22


THAT is no, because OF any merit
my .lov.l ma, hase. dear" the author
e.ss :erlit.d /, panied expression on hei
face. Ii it we.e, the FIST book i l,ae
| Written al. The greatest rubbish
that Was evcl pennet it woulo
| have lhe same SADIE; The pub
! lie reads ii out of curiosity and Il,
the hope of discovering between tn
| line, some revelation Of a ch;lracte,
accused OF crime.
Naleiius TUNED abruptly "way so-
ward chat cornes of the room wher,
the shadow was deepest. lest the emo
tioM he was unable to restrain might
herself for the bent which tie con-
| veisaton had taken.
George I'cs,c,k, who Was not les.
moved by her words than they, slrove
to extract from her mind some OF tht
pain ii felt.
You lake too sweeping n View of the
matter. he said. 'lefore ;ili; novel
vas written You had already ohtance
4 Vide ,ircle Of readers who became
| Your friends. This hook il;s special
merits Of its own. ANA you may We'll
( feel proud Of having written il"
/ So you should. mother" added NeI,-
oIi, 4 bray0N
Perfumes, Olive Dninbaian ~
/ swereG In her c,llln Voice. With lis ui-
,ieftone Of rllhos. 'i3ul n;lw nothing
4 seems 10 touch Me o. ~ ;lwsik M
/ TO a sense of iivina. feel Isolated
4 one apart from the world enc to whom,
nothing could ever restore what is
lest.
Mother, dearest" Neronita broke
/ eo,ni,,y fn,.,.,...l H. ,ba, -
| around her n,othe9s neck ;,,d l:issaa
4 her lovingly
Georce Rostock walked a, Tho vim
1 dow, :nsuirerable pain to,turine him.
| his eyes fixed on the gloom beyond,
/ where Inc litrh, I,,d ,ybaii,, f,5I,.d
II was wrong To say va u;,ch ). 0,i,.p
4 Dunlbarton remarked rresantlr bun
/ the words escaped me Won, kS,,y
there are times when We m,,st c,.,, n,,,
or die. And when thinl, of WIN,
am accused
Her face E.as white her e,as I'M,
/ of agony that Appealed to .hose who
watched hcr. while her hands tren,l,,ad
4 from excitement, and She ,nl,l nov
/ finish her sentence because of The fear
and misery that nfssesse,i No..
/ ooh. mother n,othes dr,rn., f" va
onica walled between the sobs sha
sought TO suppress.
ValeriI,s cn,,,c SLOWLY f.rr.s., e.,,,,
he shadows lam, ma s4 pv bs sormnd ir"
might be Judged ,he s,rons, nfrn,t.. l.,
which he strove to overcome lha feel
.,-s which swaycd him.
.,s1,ive. YOU mustn't give ,yav IN .Iis.
w. - he said :innealinslv
so no; was wrong. l,now. vvas
e.--a, g." SHE answered, tho nr,,.n,,..
NV It, Kings around her white Inns sbo,;.-
In. she had moi yet rrc;,inea i,ar 1>,,,,,
posture. "But when / tLin,, ,h,t in u
A weeks more the Triad win ha.iu ana
that nothing has vet hao,, d;s,',l,,.,,... /,
/ to throw any light o,,--,nv henri, si,,,ss
my heart sin,s.'' she sail pjtaous,y.
Much may happen in six weeks ;.
1 Nalefius remarked.
"Ol nothing" shn rfiui,sl
81 feel that in IA littls While vo,ir ia
nocence Will HI. n.,,la ,,,.,i,, ,.5,N,,'. ~
world" her cousin said ''''o'e '''V
/ His words. slowly ana nslibe,,,,.i,.
/ SPOKEN. and accenlua,ed bv ti,e snl'.,,,s
nifty of his manner. Impressed be,.
How do YOU know" she ashe, In
an eager, aaitstra voice
his clear blue eyes TO thuse of 6;eDrcl.
Bostock. who having 4lvnnc,.,l
nciselessly from the window du-;np ,ha
conversation. now stood within sl,ort
distance of them. For Il second ne
Two men regarded each crl,er vim !
keen. fixed and luminous glance dur ii
4 which each strove to read the sec,..is
of the others heart. Then Vale,.i1,s
whose lips parted as if TO declare ,hat
which.he believed. and whose hand Ms
raised as il To denounce. suddenly fcll
back step from out the rsddy GLOW
of the firclisht. Looking toward him.
they could see the Wilderness Of his face
/ through the gathering gloom. and could
| near his breath coming quick and heavy
/ through the painful silence that en-
sued.
George Eostock was scarcely less dts
,urbed. though his control was creator.
| With his eyes still seeking those which
had gazed into his own, he persisted in
repeating the question Olive Dunbar-
ton had ask