The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1906-06-14


Thar sntrauce-~a bulls-ese lantss ,
fhrowing IL powerful rays on vac ~ =
Reside him-knelt the late ATttsa as ~
/ fathers frtend-befofc hsf 1~s'~'
safe.
rae,ne her. beside window tfol
$3.50 so,,r3aIned feceases he nAo ~
IDENTIFY iust stepped. covering the 49, -,
S'5sn me noiut ~ cleaning Ris1pa ~ -.
81 stood her nameless cavalier - ~
ssrsv evening His eyes pflaht az,
STEADY. were lmmoyably iAstrnSs =
the man before him.
Hands up he said. 400, m
An inarticulate sound came $50. .'s'I I,via
other mans throat MIS- taeS ,,t,Tara
ssSxho me devil are your he erisas ~
nearh MS teeth. His eyes Msts AAN'
with deadly hatred upon ms to9. -
Eov h moment no sound put tn1s =
she falling embers OF the dying hfs ~
turbed the stiffness that feishsn "''''''
Anne stood motioniess. her nsatl
humping wildly. wondering Mhas ~ ~
end would be. Then. suddenly the =
| lence was broken BY the distant s 100
OF horses roofs coming nearer. go =
OF wheels on the gravel oass.4f
Qulek-spoken order 20 ths ~ ~
sume one came along the porch. VI -. =
fhe hall and into th1 room. Anhs 49,
quick little cry. OF reflex anu -
Daddy" she cried ,..st,,.
He stopped IN amazenent, ioe s.,',
from the men 10 Anne, and tnen .. -.
Anne back TO the men. lie aatAs.-s
one ala not relax his vigil lie ~aS
rather pale, but perfectly seh-possssss -.
and kept his eyes on the man 1sLo.s
MIN. but at Anne's glad cry Ok Daa-
dy!" slight smile crossed nis laee.
Then suddenly, uneApeeNediS' 49,. ls'.-
the grim quiet OF that aWtAs ~ -
came an unmlstakable ehacAie. ana s1'N
Wy .sS ~ surprising. Rexall. ! waFssd
you things we're pretty lively nsfs--ih
March
The day. begun so strenuoasly. was
fast drawing to an snd fnc snAdoM7
closed softly IN on the white world OUT
side. inside the bright hsht of US
great pine IRE streamed ehecFsiy oFsf
Anne tucked herself comfortably %
one corner or the huge Davenport lf
this thing keeps up much lonkefs 81
announced. dramatically. Il shah lose
:" SAs bad as thatf laughed John Rex.
Every Bit Thls last narrowing r.
cital 10 Tom makes the thira sineT
luncheon.
II can understand. shs wsnt On. 70
fectively. 'thas that man might a1tv
gotten hold o. your telegram q H9tts
way. either al the station Or on sne
road. and % discovered that ypu Nsfs
expected ard delayed. and In fh4t way
conceived the idea o. imDefson2tlhx
you That part il clear enough. h4t
what I cannot unlerrtand - bow ~
knew we did not know yC1 ~ sisht
"Hla face gak familiar ! havr seen
him somewhere before. Probably -
was hanging around the camp last fall
and Judged 1 would know odiY trc doe
tor. lie had ~ take some fisks-prosfs
ably conceived the whole idea AZ oaee
VIXEN he saw the doctor leave. Sort o
spontaneous Inspiration a. u wsfr.
Ills weak point was 10 not knoWins
you had come"
-TIe ara NOD know Il Al nrst. fancy
he had a fairly clear ldea % my PRES
enss later Ia the game"
"fIut il he"
''Scver mind him now hs pleassd
by your own statsmsnt yOu are ~
danger Of losing your voice over hifn
and I want yDu % save your rpics.
b. continued. SORRY. Tor better pur-
poses
Anne looked Up Al hlm. -YssT- sas
queried.
n want you 20 save u 20 talk % me-
10 promise mo scgaethinS.- hs Wurt On. /
"a rnestly.
a wave OF debate color DYED Aaae's
f4rE from hrntr "a rhla Hsr egs. faff A
before his.
TO iet me know you bettsr-to rFsss \
10 me. Then. perhaps. nsxs yssf. ahsn 4
the crccuses come again. you1t promise 4
mo nore-Ehen you know me-
His face was very grave.
Well perhaps. .--Anus's diupiss 4
showed In sudden mlschicf-''iu MARCIA 4
she added. when the rrocuaeu couin b. 4
March--again. The Star.