The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1907-02-14

harm 10 tell yon." JscA sss's
~fhouxh we never speak OF " ~a
~ II present His Ieg vas sf1@a
In q rats~ay aeeltent. trying w s~fe
d. girl 10 whom hs was w1x@ssa
~Ipsa Inc saws herr
Yes"
'-rhea why wers they NOT mhrFs"a
~Oh. she threw him over sox = msa
swaes hts age. and tbs triainx sala@~*
Of x3.0N0.oeo"
gertrude woodford drsw bar oF~&sa
sharply.
.shs tried 10 stuff II down stspas1's
threat that she was saersnelnx asS*a's
10 save her father from financial Fuias
and ! think he believed asr." JACK wsas
on. s~Then she attempted a pl&soaae
! correspondence with him after hss aaaF'
riag~, but he would have Hoas VI u
All tbs same. / dent believe hs hA
eysr quite forgotten her. anyway, 10
could not do 50 now, even II ne ~Sa
what do you meanf
-.For she Is Ma shs L. hsrs -
Jean Ingelow says In The Lstfsx l.
-HereY~
ayes; at the Ocean yiss. saw Dec
on tbs piazza tonight as ! came up
from the train Handsomer than essss
by Jovss Tall woman with es0ezs
hair
..pronzed, you mean. I saw ner ar
rive this morulng." Gertruds said eaia-
b.
THE Oh man very eoasifoxatev
.shutsed OF this mortal col! two years
ago. leaving her complete mistress ef
bis millions" Jack gambled o. MY
own opinion Is that this ~alizhtlns next
door 10 where sie knew sre2hsa waa
staying, IN the sabdued atsractissne~a
q second mourning. Is tina beginning
a the end. yoa should have sesn nin
start wfhen he saw heT Ga TIE hotsa
piazza tonight
Gertrude rose quickly.
How cold Il = up here she said
with a sksver. -Lst as set baeS |"
the house.
A group from the sumns~s hotels xad
rottages was standing near Mira Wood
ford's house. watching the sunset. waen
they descended Gertrude would have
passed GA. bur JACK CLIFFORD detained
Der. Unwilling a. she was. shs had q
submit 10 an Introduction 70 Ars ARA
ltage. stephen Garzts f9rtaes aaneve
The latter turned 10 her at oaee With
a scraiinlzinS look. The girl wa t~s
pretty moi 70 be dangerous.
1T Is beautiful hare IN thsss late
SIMMER weeks" she dsaws~l
4 think IL beautiful AZ all lme The
cope Is my home Gsrtrate snsweret
quietly.
~Indeed. Then you aFs a-uafite
I should hardly have thought IL
A faint color r5se under the girls
skin al tbs sugereiiious tens
-sfsSs woodford'A forefathers set
lied here oyer two hundred yeara axs
Garst broke In quietly. 4 belleve her
ancestors for SIX generations back srs
buried IN the little eemessFy al Piun
Cove. MOI many OF Is can ~ AZ far
back as that
Mrs. Armltase booked quietly frosu
Gar~t TO the girl beyond him But Ccr
trude had left tae grFup Nish bee aess
held high She wanfsd none og Carsf's
vlndleati0a for her family. shs hsf a.
most reached the house when he over
took her.
zone moment be pleaded. n want
50 mueh % speak 70 you ~to-uixht-
Il am afraid must ask yaa - 81
cuse me- she said, ieiiy.
Had Cart know that tie cold. 81.
rect lock which she seat iato his eyes
was really the outeeins Of burning geal
ousiy. he would not hsvs turned swsy
with 80 heavy a henri
Jack Clifford had hard wsrk TO per-
suade her Il accompany gaesn 90 the
yachting party arranged Tor the asxt
morning.
~You forget that I am q 'aslive' The
summer people might object.~ she said.
with q bitter little smile. and Garss set
his heel Into the ground ss Ne rs
tened
when they reached tie wharf Gee
srude turned to Jack Clifford
-oM Capt Lufkin Is sick AMI can't
so. the boy tells ne. she said quickly
II think we had better give up the
trip
Miss woodford~-1ack booked AZ
her with mock ~reproach-"I am panied
that you should thus undervaIus my
workmanship. Nothing but patriotic
feeling prevented my Offering my ex
pert services 10 Sir Thomas for Sham.
rock III. Step on board the wldseon.
ladies', and fear nothing
But fear entered Csrtrude'a heart
more than once when they had left the
little harbor and she noted the darken.
ing horizon.
Mrs Armitage was sitting near
Garst. beautiful in her soft white dan.
mel yachting suit After half an hours
sailing Gertrude crossed to where JACK
Clifford sat at the helm. thus bringing
herself on Garsf's other side.
do put back she whispered 70
<s4sFFMwa esf7.