The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-06
BY NELLIE SANFORD.
Copyright, 1906. b Homer spragie)

said. when she had done. but never
wrote any such letter When did YOU
90 TO wyoming" she added as she
studied the envelope and noted that the
/ letter had been forwarded from his Cali
fornia address
Il wrote you az the time" he explained
in surprise. Jim BOlan took It TO town
with him and mailed il there. II was
shortly after ] got out there. The com
pany changed and I went over to Wyo-
ming 10 prospect
Did you meet your wife there or after
you went TO Arizona ." she asked.
Well. that's a good one" be laughed.
Who told you that I was married."
You wrote that you were tired Of hard
work and that you had married a half
breed woman who had a mine"
Did the letter come from Arizona" he
asked.
mo. it came from san Hernandez. You
/ explained that you were going 10 Arizona
the next week"
when did this happen" he cried. do
1 you remember the date27
1T was some time in February" she
explained. 4 got the letter on St Valen-
/ tines day"
That was a pretty sort Of valentine.
/ he commented See here. Ruth. did Jim
/ Bolan ever ask you 10 marry him.
/ Twice" she said once before you
went away and again when he was on
/ here last Sumner"
( Il think I can see how il was he said
/ quietly. Jim was bookkeeper at the
! mine and made up the mail He must
/ have forged my letter to you and when
/ he received one Of yours after 7 left, be
steamed open the flap. inserted a forgery,
/ and forwarded it 10 me.
L-rs
/ tain that We should not write each other
/ and compare notes. and he thought he had
/ disposed Of me and would be able 10 gain
your consent 10 marriage 70 him."
/ ''I don't think he is clever enough 10
/ forge" she declared.
/ He was sent 10 prison for forging" he
said. when he came East last summer
/ they went over his accounts and found
/ that he had been forging signatures 10
vouchers right along. They sent him 20
/ Jail. but he ESCAPED somehow and has
/ meyer been located
Then that is the way il was" she said
I somehow I could not believe that il WAS
true"
And there is no one eIse?" he asked
/ She shook her head.
/ There never has been any one else"
I she said softly. Unmindful Of the crowd
/ he caught her IN his arms.
! There never has been any one else
F here" ne said. "aud there never will he"
I Just as their lips met, a revolver shot
rang out above the din Of horns. There
/ was cry and in an instant ring had
/ formed on the outer edge Of the sidewalk
/ Berrian. with a Easty injunction not 10
move away, sprang into the crowd, press
/ ing his way through the crush. Presently
I he came back with q white face.
Another one Of those fools who did
not know il was loaded. he said Erdvely.
/ Let's get out Of this as quickly as we
/ can"
/ With Jef~s huge bulk il was an easy
matter 20 stem the crowd. and presently
/ they found themselves out Of the din I'm
I a side street A sleepy cabman d0zeG ia
I his seat in the hope of getting a fare.
/ JEFF woke him up and, giving him an
order. helped Ruth into the cab. taking
1 his place beside her.
/ Il have told him 70 drive TO Dr. Mount
/ fOrd's. he said. We DO not need a IL
/ cense and want 10 begin the new year
/ a married man. Is it all right. dear?"
/ 1t seems almost too good 20 be true
/ she whispered as she pressed the arm
/ through which she had thrust her own.
+ ITO think that Jim Bolan's treacheTy
I might have kept us separated forever.
/ Don't lets speak Of that he said with
/ a slight shudder. IT was Jim who was
/ killed by that pistOI-ShOOunE fool. He
/ had grown a beard but I recognized him
/ by the scar on his forehead"
/ Poor jim she shuddered- After all II
was because of his love for her that he
/ had committed crime.
/ Don't lets think about it, he pleaded
! as he put his arm about her. The clocks
| are striking Let US think Of the JOY that
/ the new year is bringing TO us.
Its such a different New Years than
/ 7 anticipated" she smiled up at him, as
/ the cab drew up in front Of the minis
/ teT's residence.