Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-01-18
On h Boston
Cypress
By EDITH J. HUBERT
Copyright, 1905. BY Homer sprague

IL pituitary sigh of relief.
Either Of these two vacant seats
MI do he said.
The porter consulted his book.
.No. II Is engaged, sab, but you can
, e 10"
".AIl right said Wentworth, taking
pcsession.
After his belongings had been fin
geged Cor the conventional length of
tine and the dusky official had re
treated Wentworth looked at his
W sch.
Five minutes to starting time" he
L. injured, 'and no sign of her yet, for
y itch fact the lady has my heartfelt
n stitude,"
MY, won't Collins be in the deuce
I 4 funk, thought lie seems to be I'M
. ,ainonly keen over the affair. I'll see
hat he says again" And, fumbling
] mis- pocket, he produced a crlmpled
Zip of paper.
Smoothing 1t out, he read half audi
bly: Look out for Annette Blain on
D9ston express. She has wind Of the
State's intention to call her as a wit
Tess In the Brent murder trial and Is
{, 3ing to cross the border. Is about
| Venty-two and slender, with brown
air and gray or blue eyes; tlmld man
Ter; dresses well, but plainly. Get an
iateryiew with her and find out all she
Knows about the case. Don't let this
slip. Should be a beat. Other papers
not on"
Nice thing to foist on a man just
Gtarting on a vacation" grumbled
Wentworth. Anyway I've been
through all the cars-they're all jam
med-and there's no such person in
sight. That lets me out, and-Jover'
The porter had come back, followed
by a heavily yelled young woman in a.
long dark blue travelling coat. AS she
sank YEARLY into the seat opposite
no. 10 a warning shrek came from
the great engine, and the train pulled
slowly out of the station.
Wentworth eyed her furtively, while
the porter punctillously arranged her
luggage in the rack.
shy victim undoubtedly" he solilo-
quized. Poor ehildl / wonder If she
thinks that covering her face with a
thick veil when the thermometer is
80 is a good way to escape notice.
How had | best open up the attack?
Moral certalntySal's very well, but I'm
afraid mine would become shaky if she
should deny her identity. There's
something about the polse of her head
That indicates she'd have the nerve to
~ II, too, and I've really nothing to
70 by. Confound that veil!"
at this point a small leather hand
bag obligingly slid off the newcomers
lap, and Wentworth promptly present
cd it to her with his best bow.
Thank you,'' she murmured politely,
SIT Ia a tone that distinctly discourag-
ed any attempt at conversation on his
part. lie felt instinctively that il
would not be advisable even to make
any suggestions concerning the win
dow or the chair. He resumed his seat
and sulkily regarded the flying land
sC1pe TOT SeNerdl mlnufeS.
When he turned again, his vis-a-vis
had thrown back her veil. AS he look
I'd at her Wentworth found 1t difficult
to suppress an exclamation of amaze
inent. She was so like and yet SO I'M
like Collins terse description of the
fugitive witness. Slender she certain
iy was; twenty-five she might be, al
though sixteen would seem nearer the
truth, and her manner was undoubted-
ly tiwid. But surely the phrase brown
hair Eonxeyed no adequate conception
of those ripping, gold necked chestnut
waves that swept away from her
broad white brow and were gathered
In q loose coil az The nape Of her neck.
Surely the ma who had told Collins
about her sgray 0r blue eyes, never
Eiid picked vioIets ~dlamonded with the
dew Of an early May morning. Surely
20 d but q brute could endure the
thought OF the delicate pink of those
softly rounded cheeks deepening to
scarlet and those exquisitely curved
lips ~qulverIng under the pitiiess fire OF
RANotiDhihN HUN nhtA q uUAcn
regarding the hideous details
Of the Brent murder case.
Her testimony was not essential. The
case Of the state was sufficiently strong
without 1t. Justice would lose moth
Ing by her absence. Her flight was not
only entirely ~honorable-it was a sa-
cred duty she owed herself and her
Fortunately she was safe enough
Soon after passing the next sta
ticn they would cross the line into Con-
1ecticut, and there would be no ques-
ton OF further pursuit. If only she
were d shade more a~pproachabIe he
WAS sure he could give her some valua-
BILE advice in the matter.
AT this point In his reflections the !
train am to q full stop. why, we're
there already he muttered. glanclng
ont OF the window, and then involnn-
sasiiy he smiled alphabetically at the
gIrI,
She. however. did not seem to be at
all Ia a mood to receive congratula-
lions. She was very pale; her lips were
t~svitching nervously. and when, Just as
the train started again, the porter en-
fnred the cAr. followed bv the cond,1ct.