The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1905-10-28

vyIIa, 1.s IN tae hands OF a--of A
IMAM; . villain, Mary, who wllI rob
\. ~ q ! know not what, before rat
them back. Don't ask mo anv mos.
ooAt tel any one what have saId 7
must nave told some one or I shorld
nave died. Don't speak TO rno sho ,,t' =,
must think-I must think. oAi 49,, ~
IN all my life before ala I have ia MA tS;nS
SO hard" '" '" 1"AnA
Hs could eat no dinner; this morn,nv,.
business had taken away ali issirs a.
1000. He made pathetic alIus,onS r. ~ ~
0orkhouse. -" " 'nS
,,,.t Come, uncle" said Mary, you will
MAKE Yourself LII Il yeu fret. You have
sac TOr nix years that you had lost this
money and now 700 And that you really
nave lost It. and you cry ever il "A If l.
was now thing. Nonsense about The
MoEkhouSc; you are az rich AZ you were
Mary" he said. 'David has been here
@eain; he says Il II all q Judgment"
All what, uncier'
All the trouble that has fallen unor
ms-ths fall from the pony, the loar Of
the papers, the very paralysis: he saws
y ID judgment for my taking his land
70 you thtnk that 1t IL a Judgment,
NARY Perhaps I was hard upon the
Doy; put one couldn't stand BY and see
beautiful piece Of property going to rack
ana ruin without stepping in to secure
IT. IL hadn't lent him the money on
mortgege, another would: II I hadn't
SOLO MIN mp, another woodland It In all
In the family; that's what David ought
10 think and not TO come here swearing
ana threatening. II 1t 10 a iudxment
Mary~" He paused for a word Of
comfort. VIVIAN "A
We'll. uncle" she said, ave are
taught that we bring our suGsrinRs >upon
OurSslvsSI and be sure, II everybody vas
good' there would be q great deal less
that" ~-N N'
But not such lot Of judgment, Mary,
An this fuSS because David had to sell
hiS farm, and I bought It'll I can't BE-
li0ve that Why don't other people get
judgments, thenY'
Patience, uncle. Think-whatever
happens now about that money, that 1t
was lost six years ago."
"AhI you keep on saying that You
don't understand what II La to have the
thing you had dSspaired Of recovering
dangling before your eyes and then taken
away again. What does & woman under
stand about property? David laughed.
There's something come over David. BE
S taSt AZ slow Gs ever In his speech,
and In his ways, but he's grown clever.
No enc could have guessed that David
could 50 on as he went on here this morn
Ing"
What has David to do with IT., IN
cloT'
with the property Nothing, Mary,
nothing" he replied, hastily. Don't
think that no has anything to do with
it." He grOansd heavily, remembering
how much. how very much, David had
to do with II.
"Can l do anythIng1 Can George do
anythingT'
George would like to see me wrong
cd. II L. an envious world. There 10
one thing he could do. 1t seems a big
thing, but 1t Is really a little thing. II
George would do 1t, WOULD would
i would-noI because I should only
lose the money another way"
"You mean you would give your con-
sent, uncleT'
'No-no, I can't do that I couldn't
yesterday; much less to-day, Mary"
"Wali, what IL this thing that George
could do for your
"A villain has got my property, Mary.
George might 80 and take 1t from him.
II had the use Of my limAs, I'd dog
and watch the villain. would and out
where he had put the property. l would
tear 1t out Of his hands II I could get 1t
no other way. Old as am, I would
tear It from his clutches"
"Qeorgs can hardly do that Tor you,
uncle. Especially when you refuse your
consent to our marriage, and are going
to drive him out Of 6idcotO, as you drove
David out Of Berry"
''Its business, girl; It's business. How
can I help itT'
swell, then, uncle, If you are In real
trouble, send for George, and let him
advise you"
George, adviSs-me! Mary, my dear,
when begin to want advice Of any man.
send for the Doctor and order my CONN.
I might use Georges arms and legs; but
my own head Ia enough for me, thank
you. There is another way" he said.
'But doubt whether you have sufacient
affection for your uncle to try that way"
s'Is 1t something that could DOT OF
course will do It, II I can"
"Wnl your It's this, girl. Hushl don't
tell anybody. It's this: David has got
A secret that I want to and out. Now,
his voice sunk to a whisper, David was
always very fond Of you, Mary; and he
in that sort Of 8 man as q woman can DO
what she ploasSs with him. Pretend to
let him make love to you-prstsnd that
you are in love with him WheSdle the
secret out Of him, and thea tell me what
It TO-"
"And what would George say while I
was playing this part? Uncle, II you
have such thoughts 90 that, you may
expect another Judgment"
He groanOd, a good deal shaken 9no
aRitated. Then he dropped asleep. But
his Slumber was uneasy, probably By rsa-
SON of his agitation In the morning; hi1
head rolled about, he moanSd In bis
sleep, and his fingers fdgsted restlsssly,
At four o'clock he woke up with start
and a scream, glazing about aim with
terror-Stricken eyes, just as he had dens
once before. -,
"HsIp" he cried. '*Hslp! He will
s- vnf HhI wiIIaiu I know FoH