The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-22

IueuldCely leCuIHSu Will d SAdsS VI
water. Their chances clashed; thou
sand mute, angry questions in her eyes,
q thousand mute, humble answers In
his She accepted the glass, and her
hand trembled as she dipped her i'm.
gers into the cool. depths and t1ecked
the drops into the unconscious man 8
face. - ,
Meanwhile Karloff stood with folded
arms, staring ENTHUSIASTICALLY into the
CRATE, where his dreams had d1Sap-
peared in smoke.
By and by the colonel sighed and
opened his eyes. For time he did not
know where he was, and his gaze wan
dered mistily from face to face. Then
recollection came back to him, recollec-
tion bristling with thorns., He strug-
gled to his feet and faced War
burton. The girl put her arms
around him to Steady him. but he
" Are you from the secret service,
sir7 If so, am ready to accompany
you wherever you say. L, who have
left my blood on many a battle
ground, was about to commit a trea-
sonable act. Allow me first to
do with me as you please. I am guilty
the penalty" His calm was ex-
at H him 1 With Sparkle tD of admiration.
AS a plummet plunges into the sea,
SO the girl s look plunged into War
burton's oul; and had he been an off
have utterly disregarded his duty.
SIR" he replied unevenly. "If t
were, '-pointing to the CRATE, "vour
plans would not have fed the fire.
"Who are you, then, and what do
you in my house in this guisef''-
proudly. -
the present. 1t was all by chance. !
came into this room yesterday to get
book on veterinary surgery. I acct.
dentally saw plan. 1 have been a
; soldier. I knew that such a thing had
no rightful place Elm this house. >. .
was coming across the lawn, when ]
not for mt to 59s ad gn Tou SIR My duy
lay in destroying those plans before
they harmed any one"
said the colonel. II have gamble6
away my daughters fortune. To kee1
her in Ignorance of the fact and to re
turn to her the amount I had wrong
fully used, I consented to sell to Rus
:. country, such as I could draw from
8 memory. No, it is not for you to judg
me; only God has the right to do that
IL am only a groom said Warbur
ton, simply. ;, "What 7 have heard
: shall forget.'
2 All, had he but looked at the girl >
: face theni
!. A change, came over Karloff's coun
. tenance; his shoulders drooped; thu
. melancholy fire died out of his fac
ND ~ 81 -,
4 and a clear sense of the proportion o
{ things. he reached. out and took up tn
i note upon which Annesley had scrawle
~ his signature.
= Warburton, always alert, seized tn
=. count s wrist. He saw the name Of
bank and the sum Of five figures.
Ht IS rs mi 1als re ha eimf aRe
Warburton released him.
D. HE speaks truly,'' said the colone
,, "The hour of madness Is past,' I'll
=, Russian began, slowly and musicnll.
ious of his surroundings and that thre
II, pairs Of curious eyes were levelel
y his direction: He studied the not
- creased it,, drew it. thru his finger
re smoothed it and caressed it. "And
e. should have done exactly as I threa
-, ened;; There is, then, a Providen
'ol which watches jealousy over the i'm
lis cents And I was a skeptic! y
er Two hundred thousand dollars ''-pic
IL. ing up the packet Of banknotes al
*, balancing it on his hand. "Well, it
all sum large enough to tempt any ma
How the plans and schemes Of n,
re- crrlmble to the touchl Ambition is b
nv the pursuit of mirages. Ma
emoiselle, you will never know VIII
&C. the ignominity of this moment has &C
me-. me-nor how we'll love you. cor
w. w. Of race of men who pursue tn.
lie hearts desire thru fire and wa ter. c
ho stacles are nothing; the end is ever
70 thing. In Europe + should have We
,op in honor or in dishonor. HAt tt
,"nft American people, do not quite upd
'o' stand them; and that is why I ha
-, played the villain to no purpose :
lou He paused, and a sad, bitter SIN
n.y. played over his face.
TMademoiselle, he continue
es- Hhenceforth, wherever / may 90, We
oth face and the sound of your voice sh
lly abide with me. I do ask you to forg
she but ask you to forgive Again
paused.
I've She uttered no sound.
oho "Well, one does not forget nor t
I'M give these things in so short tn
And, after all, it was Jour own fathe
leir folly Fate threw him across my ps
ing at a critical moment--but | had Ie
to oned without YOU. Your father Is