The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-06-30

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"Teu me" he said, chow she did IT,
Steinmetz was playing Win 'ne YUM
pen again. ,a, ,o+peen
h,,shon and wife" he said. "bampor-
oneh turned up at Thors and asked ior
= nicht,s lodging on the strength OF u
very small acquaintance. lie stole tne
nonars from Stepan's study and LOOK
Them to Tver, where his wife was
waiting for them. She took them on 10
paris and sold them to Vassil1. bam
borough began his journey eastward.
knowing presumably that he coulo not
escone by the western frontier, but lost
his way on the steppe. You remember
+he man whom we picked up etWeen
here and Tver with his face Oil u 10
pieces7 He had been dragged by the
stirrup, That was Sydney Bambor-
ough. The good God had nit PACK
quickly"
GLOW long have you known thlsF
asked Paul, in a queer voice. i,
81 saw it suddenly in the princess
face one day in Petersburg-a sort Oh
revelation. 1 read it there, n she sa"
me reading. I should have liked to
keep it from you, for your sake as wei
AZ for hers. This might have been one
of hem, But TIE Chauxville found it
out. and it is better that l should tell
you than he"
"Of course" said Paul, after a long
pause, Il have been a great fool.
know that. But
He turned and looked at Steinmetz
with haggard eyes.
"But l would rather go on being a
fool than suspect any one Of a deep
ton like this"
Paul walked slowly to the chair he
usually occupied opposite to Steinmetz
at the writing table. He walked and
sat down as if he had Travelled q long
distance.
"What is to be doney' asked Stein
metz.
II do not know. l do not think that
It matters much. What do you recon-
mendY'
'"There Is so much to be DONE" an
swered SteinmetZ, that it Is difficult
to know what to do first. We must
not forget that De Chauxville is furi-
Gus. He will do all the harm Of which
he is capable at once. We must not
forget that the country is in q state Of
smoldering revolt and that we have
two women, two English ladies, in.
trusted to our care"
Paul moved uneasily in his chair.
His companion had struck the right
note. This large man was happiest
when he was firing himself out.
eyes; but about Etta?' he said,
And the sound Of his voice made
Steinmetz vince. There is nothing so
h~eartrending as the sight of dumb suf-
fering.
"You must see her." answered he re-
1ect1vely. "You must see her, of
course She may be able to explain"
Lanovitch's ruined life. She can hard
ly explain away q thousand deaths
from unnatural causes every winter in
this province alone"
This was what Steinmetz dreaded,
justice.
"Give her the opportunity" he said.
Paul was looking out of the window.
His %slngularly firm mouth was still
and quiet, not a mouth for eXplana.
lions.
ct will ~ 1,c,, lilo ba co;I
II do like. Paul. I beg Of you to do
it. And remember that-she is not q
man."
This, like other appeals of the same
nature, fell on stony ground. Paul sim
ply did not understand it. In all the
years Of his work among the peasants
1t is possible that some wellspring Of
conventional charity had been dried
up, scorched in the glare of burning in
justice. He was not at this moment in
q mood to consider the only excuse
that Steinmetz seemed to be able to
urge.
The sun had set long ago. The short
twilight lay over the snow covered
land with a chill hopelessness. Stein
j.. metz looked at his watch. They had
J been together an hour, one of those
hours that count as years in a lifetime
lie had to peer into the face of tho
watch in order to see the hands. The
room was imost dark, and no servant
ever came to it unless summoned.
I'VE must dress for dinper.u said
ste1nmetz. "Afterward-well, after.
ward we shall see"
YES" answered Paul. And he did
not go.
u 90 not want you to think" he said
at last, that it is as bad as If m,ch+
9 nave been. 1t might have been worse
much worse, had l not made q misto1,a
n regard to my own feelings whon :
married her. I will try and do tho
right thing by her. Only at present
there does not seem to be mroh 80.
:. except you" 'ei'
steinmetz looked up with his oro,n+
~ resigned smile.
An, yes" he said, II am tbero .,
WAYS" -" 'neie Ill
: (To be continued.)
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