The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-07-29

ITS ~IFtNht w 6NtEf SNt-r
NV uda t1u atJicre rs,at IN my
hand. It was not natural one Tor a
young woman TO hold. a woman whose
taste ran more toward healing than
inhicuug wounds. but ! forced myself
to forget why the end Of its blade was
rusty aud looked mainly at the devices
which ornameuted the handle. ! had
not been mistaken in them. They he
lonaed TO the house OF Grey and 10
none other. Il was n legitimate in-
gulry had undertaken. However The
matter ended, | should always have
these historic devices rcr my excuse.
Ny plan was to lay this dagger on
Mr. Grey's desk at moment when he
would be sure to see it and l TO see
him. II he betrayed guilty knowledge
OF this fatal steel. If. unconscious Of
my presence, he showed surprise and
apprehension. then we should know
how 70 proceed; justice would he
loosed from constraint and the police
feel at liberty 10 approach him. IL
was a delicate task this ! realized
how delicate when I had thrust the
stiletto ont Of sight under my nurses
apron and started 70 cross the hall
Should find the library clearf
Would the opportunity be given me TO
approach his desk, or should ! have TO
carry his guilty witness of world
famou crime on into Miss Grey's
room ana with its unholy outline press
ing scmblance of itself upon my
breast sit at that innocent pillow, meet
those innocent eyes and answer the
gentle inquiries which now aud then
fell from the sweetest lips have ever
seen smile into the face of a lonely,
preoccupied stranger?
The arrangement Of the rooms was
such as made it necessary for me TO
pass through this sitting room in or
der TO reacn my patients bedroom.
with careful tread, so tmiG as not
10 appear stealthy, | accordingly ad-
yanced and pushed open the door The
room was empty. Mr.. Grey WAS still
with his daughter aud I could cross the
floor without fear. But never had /
entered upon task requiring more
courage or one more obnoxious 20 my
natural instincts. hated each step /
took. but ] loved the man for whom
took those steps, and moved resolutely
on Only, rs l reached the chair in
which NIr Grey woa accustomed TO sit
/ found that it was easier to plan an
action than to carry it out Home life
and the domestic virtues had always
appealed to me more than mans
greatness. The position which this
man held IN his own country, his nse-
mlncss there, even his prestige as
Statesman aud scholar, were facts, hHt
very dreamy facts. 10 me. %hile his
| feelings as father the place he held
| IN his daughters heart these were real
to me, these ! could understanG, and It
was of these and not Of his ,l;ive as n
man that this his ffvcrite seat spokf
TO me. How often had beheld ban
sit by the bSur with his eyes Oh the
door bohizd which his one darliAg lay
| inl Eyen now it was easy Tn me to
| recall his face as J had Sometime
| caught glimpse Of il through the
crack OF the suddenly oTened door, and
7 felt my breast heaTe and my hand
| falter as / drew for.h the stletto and
moved 10 place y where his glance
would fall upon It on his leaving his
daughters bedside.
but my hand returned quickly TO my
breast. and fell back again empty. A
!, iatters lay before me on the
] OTen 30 o. Jlip '''~ '"n one was
addresse6 TO me win ;ss.s word ',ttaee1l
tapt' written in the corner did roI
know the writing. but / felt thGt
should open and read this ietter tefor'
committing myself or those wbJ stool
back Of me to this desperate under
taking.
Glancing behind me and seeing tina
the door into Miss GreTs room wal
ajar, | caught up this later and rushe'
with II back into my own room AS
surmlsed, It was from the Inspector
and as l read it realized that | ha'
received It not one peoment too soon
In language purFosely noneommittal
but Of H.eauing not 70 be mistaken
IL advlzed me that some unforeseel
facts mad come to light which alterei
al former suspicious and made the IN
tie surprise l had planned no longe
necessary.
There was no allusion TO Mr. Durant
but the final sente ce ran:
"Drop all care and give y0ae Hnd
yided attention TO yorr patient