Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-04-14

Pretty low down / was in Sar
Francisco" went on the other, medi
~tatiyely. Short of money-short OF
everything; and waiting all the time
for that woman. Didn't find her, after
all, but came across something con
corning her in a curious way"
Enoch was listening c~ourteously
and sitting a yawn or two at inter,
walls.
Il was lounging round a horse deal
er's one day. and l lighted on a mare
| knew-her mare. Last time I'd seen
her on that mare was one night when
she rode with me down TO some UNI
known, outlandish town in Nevada,
and came on a cabin in the wilder
ness-outside the town itself. Pretty
hot running it had been that day, and
we were looking for shelter"
Enoch flame had stopped a yawn
in the middle and seemed to be very
still. The other a vent on, speak
ing carelessly enough.
And there was the mare, at this
horse dealers in San Francisco. |
knew the beast in a moment, and |
couldn't understand how she'd got
there. | knew the man slightly who
had bought her, and | began to make
inquiries. The woman | was after had
been there a few days back and had
sold the mare. The funny thing,
was, though, that she had given the
mar a name that wasn't hers to give"
What was that for?" asked Enoch
Flame. watching him closely.
Heaven knows. she was always a
tricky sort. Curiously enough, the
man had got the name put down in
his books; l suppose he had an idea
that the mare was stolen and he might
be able to trace her. The woman had
said that she was starting straight
away for England, going first to New
York; the name she gave vas Grace
Yarwood.'"
suddenly and his hands gripped the
edge of the bed; for a moment or two
he did not speak. When &C last he got
out words. his voice was altogether
different from that the stranger had
heard before. !,
"WLy did she choose that name?"
he asked. And why do you tell me
this story?"
Il thought I'd like to tell some one"
said the man. IF she wanted to
be quit of me, she might have done it
without taking another name, mightn't
She? Can't quite make out why she
should take that name"
In the mind of the old man was the
suspicion that this affabie stranger
knew more about the business than
he cared to say-the feeling that this
was no mere coincidence. On the 9TH
should know all he could about this
woman who had taken the name of
the girl who was then in that house.
He resolved to try to find out some
thing mor
What was the real name of the
woman?" he asked.
II don't know that I need to tell you
that" the younger man replied. slow
ly. "It might have been only a freak
that she should have taken that name,
after all, and I wouldn't like to get
her into trouble. Come to that, /
don't quite know what made me tell
you the story; I'm a lonely man, with
no one much to talk to. Where are
you and the young lady going, now
you've reached England?" he asked,
carelessly.
We've have no settled plans"
said Enoch. Then, as the other man
rose and prepared to quit the room,
Enoch suddenly sprang up and put
himself between the stranger and the
door. mo, you shan't go like that"
he said, in that curious, restrained
voice which told the visitor that the
girl was probably in the next roo
and might overhear what was said.
"who are you, and who is this woman
who masQuerades in a name that does
not belong to herr"
well. how does 1t oncer your"
asked the younger man. What have
you TO do with Grace Yarwood?"
This to do with her: that the
young girl who travels with me under
my name and as my daughter is the
real Grace Yarwood, heiress to one
OF the biggest fortunes In England.
This woman whom you lost In San
Francisco and who has come to Eng
land, obtained all the papers belong
ing to the real Grace Yarwood by
means OF trick. She believed the
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