The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-03-12

call. and she grew impertinent at last"
"You sent her away
Yes. She said that she would never
come again.
Because of your hardness and harsh
ness?''
''She carried effrontery and desperation
in her face
Its lie.'' shouted Reuben Culwick !;
'you don't know what you are doing
what you have done, in your heartless-
ness. There was a soul to be saved, and
you have wrecked it,"
"No." said Lucy. growing paler still.
you don't mean
II mean that that girl is my cousin.
for whom you tried TO obtain an honest
place in life he replied, "fcr whose sal
walton l have been struggling after my
useless fashion. | found her in Lon
don. and tried to save her from the evil
that was surrounding her. She saved
my life, perhaps, then. and rendered me
forever her debtor. When there was
chance for her. she was to come here.
She came" he said, fercely, land you
sent her away. How will you, with all
your narrow views of charity. and Gods
mercy. and Gods vengeance. answer for
it. if you have cut from her the last
thread which led her to better life?''
Lucy Jennings WAS cOwed by his re-
proaches. by his vehemence. Suspicious,
awfully suspicious as she was, she was
still religious woman. and the horror Of
having cast back a stubborn, willful na-
ture on itself rose before her even in more
terrible colors than he had painted it.
"Why-why didn't you tell me?" she
gasped forth; why didn't you trust me :?
| will find her." said Lucy. very meekly
now. II will bring her back"
1T is impossible"
II will tell her that | was wrong in
my judgment. | will ask her pardon.
You must not charge the loss of this girl
to me. Where did you see her LAST"
I'm Potters Court"
Il know tin the Walworth road"
said Lucy; lit is part of my mission to
go among the people there. What is the
number of the house,
Two"
Where the Petersons live--the Irish
people | will go at once; don't judge me
too harshly. till have made amends for
my mistake" she pleaded.
1T is too late" said Reuben. gloomiiy;
the house was empty two days since.
There were coiners in it. and the suspi
cion that ! might betray them. or that the
police were on the scent led them to
leave the premises
II will find them" said Lucy: Il am
known. People trust me there, who know
me better than you do" she added, al
most disd ainfully again
Lucy Jennings walked out of the room
with her hands rigidly clasped together;
in few minutes afterward she had pass
I'D OUT of the house.
1t was late, and when John Jennings
and Reuben had taken counsel together
and had arrived at the conclusion that
she would not return that night, Lucy,
tiff-backed and grim. came up the front
garden with tail girl, who walked with
difficulty, resting OIL her arm.
Here's your Second-cousin Sarah"
she said to Reuben. in her old jerky ran
ner. as the two women came into the
house.
Il am glad that you have come" said
Reuben. heartily. John, this is my Sec
ond-cousin Sarah"
How dye do. marm!' said Mr.. ien-
nings. with a solemn bow.
Sarah EastbelI was very like Sarah
Eastbelrs ghost as she looked from one
to another, and tried hard to raise a
smile. without success.
Cant you find the girl seat. instead
of staring at her" said Lucy. sharply, TO
her brother. who Immediately rendered
her his own chair.
you have been i'll. said Reuben to his
cousin. "a she sat down YEARLY; ''how's
that?"
Not i'll exactly. A little weak. per-
haps." answered Sarah: II shall be het-
ter in a minute"
II am very glad that you have found
her. Lucy" said Reuben to Miss Jen-
uinGs, who was untying her bonnet
strings in rather n violent manner; won
will let me thank you for all the trouble
that you have taken:'
Il never cared for peoples thanks"
she answered.
''Shc has been very good to me" Sarah
Easthell murmured II made mistake
when | thought her very hard--but my
life's been pretty well all mistakes,
rhink"
'She wants rest" muttered L,,cy .ien-
ungs.
Il don't want rest-only n few hours,
that is. said Sarah. correcting herself.
land then hope Ia set off to Worcester
have been thinking of what you said to
me ut Potters Court. and when Tom and
his wife left me in the lnrch--they went
3way in the night while | was asleep. ms
ii they had grown suddenly afraid of me
i came to this place. | wanted you TO
take me down to Worcester 20 stand by
me. Besides, | want YOU to have the
five pounds.
What five poundS!" asked Reuben
that | gave your grandmother when"