The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-08-02

utes after ! had left iia neighborhcod
my imagination pictured room after
room shut up from The light OF day, but
bearing within them the impaipable
aura Of those two shadows fitting
through them like Che ghosts Of ghosts,
as the detective had tellingly PIT IT,
The heart has its strange surprises
Though my whole ride and the lh-
duigancs Ia these thoughts / was con
( scious Of a great inner revulslon
/ against all ] had intimated aud even
| honestly felt while talking with the
Inspector Perhaps this IS what tals
wise old official expected. lie Ind let
ne talk. and the inevitable reaction
1 followed ] could now see only Mr..
/ Grey's goodness aud claims to respect
aud began 10 hate myself that / had
not been immediately impressed by the
inspectors views. ard shown myself
more willing to drop every suspicion
against the august parsonage ! had
! presumed TO associate with crime
What had given me the streueih TO
persistS Loyalty to my loverf His
4 innocence had not been involved In
deed, every word uttered ia the in
! spector's office had gone TO prove that
he 30 longer occupied a leading place
In police calculations; that their eyes
were turned elsewhere, and that had
only 20 be patient to see Mr. Durand
! quite cleared ia fheir minds.
But was fhls reSny so? WaS he as
SAFE as tnutf what II this new clew
failed? What if they failed to nnd
Sears or lay hands on the doubtful
Wellgood? Would Mr. Durand be re-
leased wltho,t trisl3 Should we
hear nothing ily,re Of the strange and,
TO many, the suspicious circumstances
! which linked him to this crirnel 1t
would be expecting too much from
either police or official discrimination
No: Mr. Durand would never be COM
I pletely exonerated Til the true culprit
was found and all explanations made.
! had therefore been simply fighting
his battles when | pointed out what /
thought 70 be the weak place ia their
present theory. and s0fe as / felt In
contemplation Of my. seemingly heart
less action, was not the upimpres-
sionable Anticipated nonentity | must
have seemed to the inspector.
Yet my comfort was small and the
effort # took to face Mr. Grey and my
young patient was much greater than
l had anticipated / blushed as ap-
preached 10 take my place al Miss
Greys bedside. and. had her father
been as suspicious Of me at thet mo-
ment as was Of him. am sure that
should have Jared badly IN his Thoughts
But he was not on ths9watch for my
emotions He was simply relieved to
see me back / noticed this lmmedi-
ately; also that something had occurred
during my absence which absorbed his
thought and filled him with anxiety
A Western Union envelope lay at his
feet proof that he had Just received a
telegram. This under ordinary circum.
stances would not have occasioned me
second thought, such man being
naturally the recipient of all sorts OF
communications from all parts OF the
world but al this crisisfwiih the worm
Of half stifed doubt fIll gnawlng at
my heart, everything khat occurred to
him took ON importEce and reused
When he had the room. Mis-.
Grey nestled uxsf me With the seem
Insty ingenuogNfemarS
EPoor papa gomething disturhs him
lshe win not t9ll me what. / suppose he
,Khlnlss ! am not strong enough to share
his troubles. but / shall be soon. Don't
you see am gaining every day."
Indeed ! DO" was my hearty re
eponse. La face Of such a sweet con
ddence and open affection doubt van
ished, and I was able to give all my
thoughts 20 her
~ wish papa felt as sure Of this ss
you DO" she said "For some reason
he does not seem 10 take any comfort
from my Improvement When Dir Ere
ligiu9ays. We'll. well. we are getting
on finely todayR ! notice that he does
not look less anxious, nor does he even
meet these encouraging words with 3
smile Haven't you noticed it2 II,
looks us careworn ana troubled about
me now as he did the first day | wai
taken sick Why should hei Is il be
cause he has lost 50 many children be
cannot believe IN his good fortune al
having the most insignificant OF all lefl
to bimfe
Il do not know your father very
well," / protested, and cannot jude,
what is going on Ia his mind, but n,
must see that you are quite a different
girl from what YOU were week eg,
and that, II nothing unforeseen hap
pens, your recovery VIII only be "a mat
ter OF IA week or two longer"
"Oh, how love 10 hear you say that
10 be well again 70 read leitersg' she
murmured. "and 10 write thelnw Ang
1 saw the delicate hand falter mp {,
pinch the precious packet awaiting tha
happy hour l did not like to discuss
her father with her. so took this oppor
tunity TO turn the conversation aside
into safer channels But we had no
proceeded far before Mr. Grey return
ed and. taking his stand at the foot o
the bed, remarked, after monentl
gloomy contemplation OF hs daugh
tarig face.