The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-12-09
CHAPTER XIII.
WHERE THE MILL STREAM RUNS FIFRCEsr
Two o'clock.
Three o'clock.

Three O'Clock
empty two Office %sn we're yff,, talking kin ;d 5slow their br,aths in the otherwise
80 80 C G"gm, muttered one into the ear OF the other. ITS
was VS i've months at the bottom OF it. before it came Up at Clarks
The man beside him shiyered and his hand roamed nerou.ly
ca ns,uFow himself oycr-fOm homestcIness, or some Such
We d Wa we don't say; on account Of his old mother, you know,
other man rose and walked resuesdy to the window
freni iss' p Poor % Rnn .s ur he h. mu tered The lanterns 60 BY like
hs hand wandered TO that breast pocket where the cdge 81 u 49, 49,.
mem nfn could be seen have half a mind to go out myself: anv-
von But he sat down just the same Mr.. Harper was no longer a
The storms batting observed the one.
~ TOT ne cold Throw on a stick; I'm freezing"
Inc other mar Obeyed; then looking I'D. stared o1 sAood
6eloEe them in the doorway. Anita, with cheeks ablaze and eyes
her head the red shawl she pr "aeP@G to camp any i h3, B BsF heels ST. and on
der PeeTed the anxious face of Mrs Dec.
IN gong Out" cried the former in the loud and rnn,o5,1.+o4
come eoTe 90 % inc ne ear al lie don't come back! he don't come back I'm
II. dhe LAWYER rose and bowed; then resolutely shook his head.
ne ana not know whether She had appealed to him or pot Sha ~
+o"st tC 49, At mm' mad not looked at any one, but he felt that he
"Ibeg you not to do so" he began. 81 really
he here :. and wait whine You can do no good and the result @i tm maV
fore 90 pt ths 1.m6. But he knew he was talking to deaf ears even be-
used fs ersr dos si@n 5 91[ n, "a word I've talked and talked to her. I've
Il you'd dress and she would go out; you'll see" N ~ S''~
a quick whiI of her 1.-the body, w5s atf the f1 re- tn wild thing, with
instant had flashed through it and was gone. anu III A"o'"e
1t IS my duty TO follow her" said theI ,u-.o- I'll,
with my coat; I'll find some one to guide me-" = "Gp III on
Mrs. Der Is Sb "a ta s5mn o n< rmef me for not no going with you" pleaded
went stoicany out. mM' ad
He met a man on the walk in front. lie was faced his way and
was painting heavily. anu
Hello" said he, what news?"
H. TIhey I%y found her; but there's no doubt she went over
te ia- The fellow who calls himself her husband has lust been
reading a letter they say she left on her bureau for hin. II ,vas
good-by, l reckon, for you can't tear him from the spot. He saws
he'll stay there till daylight. I couldn't stand the sight OF his misery
myself Besides, it's mortal cold; I've just been running to to @g
warm VINO was the girl who just went scurying by out of he1e7
MS Tic place tr w1mmen down there One lost gal is enough"
That's what I think" muttered the lawyer, hurrying on.
lie was not a very imaginative man; some Of his best friends
thought him a cold and prosaic one, but he never forgot that walk
or the sensations accompanying it. Dark as it still was the vav
would have been impossible for a stranger, had it not been for the
guidance gwen by the noisy passing to and fro of the awakened
oownspeople- Those coming from tht river approached in a direct
Ane IRON one spot; those going to il advanced in the same line