Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-11-02
Gilbert's Sacrifice

BY Troy Allison

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mortified flush came over the paleness
of her cheeks.
The man went to her suddenly and
put his arm around her.
your young married sister," ne
asked quietly.
She looked at him with food ~
gratitude in her gray eyes.
"Yes-she's my twin sister-she was
Mr.. Rawlton's typewriter before she
ever knew Dick,--and she had written
some very foolish letters. Mr.. Rawi
ton was madly in love with her ana
wanted to marry her. Marjorie Is fooi-
ish and imprudent, but she's a good
girl" anxiously. She had let him
give her a diamond ring and hand
some presents of all kinds. After she
met Dick-she sent them all back. Mr.
Rawlton has worried her ever since.
The notes were undated, and he has.
when drinking, threatened to show
them to Dick. Marjorie was very del
icate just then and when she received
| the note containing his threat
thought 1t would kill her--I went TOT
| see Mr.. Rawlton that night myself II
made the appointment with him oyer
the telephone, and he had sent the
servants out purposely. He had been
drinking-he took the letters out of
the desk and waved them tauntingly.
in my face. There was pistol in the
same drawer where the letters had
been. He picked it up suddenly and
said he had great mind to blow his
brains out-just to make the mink I'M
happy for the rest of her life-to let
her think she was the cause of 1t. He
was as crafty intoxicated by then as
man could possibly be. / seized the
pistol to prevent any chance of his
harming himself. The pistol went of.
hitting him in the forehead. I only
had one lucid idea-that must not be
found there / put the letters in my
pocket. and the pistol, which had been
partly in my hand when the shot was
fired-I also put in my pocket uncon-
sciously. / slipped through the side
. window and went home. That's all"
she said.
Gilbert lifted her face with both
hands and looked into her eyes.
why did you apply to me for a
position as stenographer?" he asked
, quietly.
She returned the look quietly as one
, who had told the worst and no longer
: feared.
Il saw in the papers that you had
charge of the case, and / wanted to be
where / would know the minute you
found out anything. could not bear
to expect to see my name in any paper
l CHANGED to pick up. The suspense
was too dreadful"
Gilbert sat on the edge of his desk
:. and reviewed the circumstances rap
: idly.
: "No-theres too much circumstan-
!, tial evidence-you would perhaps be
!. acquitted, but there would always be
= people who remembered-and who
: doubted" he said Mary, will you put
: the affair in my hands entirely and
: let me manage 1t as / think best?"
Her face suddenly relaxed into re-
! lieved content
!. II could not find more capable
: hands, she answered softly
= At the end of 80 days Gilbert re-
. ported to the chief.
= You can mark me down one fail
= ure." he said. lighting cigar. non
: chalantly. I'm tired of the blooming
n thing. I'll acknowledge that haven't
been able to give 1t my undivided at.
tention. The fact of the matter is
. I'm going to be married tomorrow to
= Miss Silverton, granddaughter of old
Gen. Silverton you know"
The chief raised his spectacles
:, above his shaggy eyebrows.
"Confound 1t, Gilbert, I thought you
! had more sense than the rest of EN-!
!, But there are times when no man has
:, the use of his brains"
= He rose and put his hand on the
o younger mans shoulder.
q But good luck to you. boy: goot
luck! 1 shant expect anything-er-
sensible--of you just now"
Copyright. 1906, by Daily Story Pub. Co.