The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-09-29
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worst. It was his figure, his face,
but not the rest of him; was sudden
| ly certain that it was not he."
General Kenyon looked slightly i'm
patient. II am afraid I don't under
stand you. If it was Captain Winstan-
ley to all appearances, why should you
| think it was not he?"
A wave of scarlet flooded Ursula's
| temples. She cast an imploring glance
at Winstanley, and, as she saw that
he took no notice of it, hear heart
leapt with conviction. 1T was not him.
self. I seemed to be certain of it in
a dozen ways all at once. It was that
| which gave me such shock. He did
not answer me; he terrified me by his
manner; and then his hands were not
his-they we're hard and dirty and dis
colored, and the nails broken; that
! was the thing that struck me first"
His hands! You see them at this
moment. Do you mean to say that
they seemed different to you last
night?''
@'They were quite different! I ex-
claimed when saw them. They were
| like the hands of working mana
! man out of the Streets
General Kenyon shook his head in
credulously. He had no other idea
but that Ursula was unwilling to bear
witness against the man she knew and
liked. my dear young lady, fear
| you mistook in the dim light, for what
you say sounds impossible. If you
thought Captain Winstanley was sleep
walking or not himself in any other
way, it would be more likely to assist
us in finding out this mystery than any
such speculation as this
But Ursula only met his look reso-
lutely, while a faint CLEAN of a new
thought crossed her face. 81 know it
was not he-I am sure of it-sure as
that am speaking to you, Tcdon't at
tempt to understand it,: It. terrified
me last night, and it frightens me still
when I think of it now. was SO Ger
| tain that it was he for the first mo-
ment-and then it seemed equally GER
tain that it was not" Winstanley was
listening attentively, hardly drawing
! his breath His own idea was that he
had been asleep, or in some kind of
strange seizure, in which he must
have acted without consciousness. But
now Ursula's words gave him a sud-
den hope of inspiration. What if it
were some one else after all?
Il am afraid you are trying to con-
vince yourself in the matter" said
General Kenyon, rather sharply.
What possible feeling could make
you certain that a man you saw be-
fore you and recognized and spoke to
was not himself?"
Ursula stood up suddenly and
crossed the room to Winstanley's side.
She laid her hand boldly upon the arm
that shrunk from her, and she faced
the general with a sudden pride. Il
am engaged to be married to Captain
Winstanley,"- she said, with a simple
dignity 1.-THE man l saw last night, l
touched him, and that told me. His
touch did not move me as. this does
now!'
Winstanley unclasped the arms he
held tightly folded, and one hand went
suddenly over the little fingers that
clasped his arm What thanks, what
understanding, what recognition
passed in that close pressure from
| one to the other, no one else knew.
General Kenyon looked at them
both with a face that softened, though
he shook his head 'That is not evi-
dence that any one would accept from
you, my dear Miss Hamilton, however
convincing it might be to yourself.
am afraid, on the contrary, that what
you have> just been good enough to
confide in me. would only make your
testimony of no value in the eyes of
the world. Don't you see that your
very desire to clear a man who stands
to you in such relation might be
taken by other people as the weight
to overthrow all your doubt of his
identity, which I am afraid others
would not share?" j.,