The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1907-03-14
She mt the sugar in. and John went

it is just beginning to rain, have you
got such a things as an awning"
'Take him--taxe him-an u1nbrel
la," she stammeged, too miserable
now even to care what all the people
were thinking.
Shall | take him some hot toast?'
asked Lord Bobby mischievously. She
pretended not to have heard the ques
ton.
Each visitor on departing found a
most elegant young man, beautifully
dressed, sitting. with legs crossed
under an umbrella just outside the
door. He was cheerful but would give
no explanation. He promised to cal
soon on all those he knew, provided
they would let him in.
Il wouldn't care to do this sort OF
| thing often, you know. Excuse my not
| getting up, won't you? I've got a nice
dry paving stone at present and it will
get wet il | %. Wet paving stones are
so uncomfortable. aren't they? Yes,
indeed. Good-by.'
| AS the last guest went John was
| hastily summoned TO the drawing
| room, where Eva was looking out of
the window in fury after an outburst
of tears
why do you allow that person to
annoy us like this all the afternoon?
she said, angrily, turning round.
'He wouldn't go, miss. l told him
you were all out every time anybody
came 1t didn't seem to make no diff
ference"
''Why don't you send him away?"
She STAMPED her foot.
Cant the Iciice do anything?"
"Well, miss. they would remove him
IL they kew you wanted it,"
want it? OF course We want it!
Tell them to send him away at once!"
VERY we'll. miss" said John. He
went to the door The shades of eve
ming were falling and the crowd was
getting larger, noisier and less respect
full There were three olicemen near
at hand in earnest deliberation with
note books. Eva watched the proceed
ings from behind the curtains.
II am afraid you must go, sir" said
John. I'm very sorry
Not at all, said BERTHE. who
says 500"
Miss Rowen, sir"
81 thought you said she was out"
John coughed. Yes, sir, so she was
in manner of speaking"
who's to send me away" said
BERTHE, looking thoughtfully up into
the umbrella.
John beckoned sorrowfully to the
policemen, who approached in solid
formation. The crowd ckeered
Kindly remove this gentleman who
is trespassing."
Hal" said BERTHE. you use force!
Mind, I'm only coming by force.
Where are the handcuffs?" He held
out his hands.
So they put them on. Eva saw it
and felt twinge of remorse. The
party moved off with the rabhle at
their heels.
An hour or so later policeman
called with ragged and dirty
scrap of blue paper folded and a6-
dressed to Miss Rowen. 1t contained
in shaky writing, done with some red
substance which might have been
blood, but was probably ink and en-
bellished with many blots and sput-
tiers which were caused possibly by
emotion but probably by police sta
ton pen, the following words:
my heart is broken. You may have
forgotten my very name. l do not
blame you. l am sitting on very
hard bench. Next to me is a very
old lady. She is very drunk. Her
head is on my shoulder as l write,
but l cannot go without one last word
to one who deigned to love me once.
The very old lady has awakened.
Darling, l cannot speak of her Ian
guage. Farewell; may you be happy.
Think of me sometimes in my lonely
cell. Oh, my broken heart. Farewell
forever. Berthe
"P. S. Any time will do of course,
but get Mr. Rowen to come as soon
as you can, dear"
She read this pathetic document
twice through her tears, and then,
though it was nearly time to dress
for dinner, she hurried on her hat
and coat All the blots on his noble
nature were erased, and he shone
forth a martyr to her hasty temper.
She hurried down to her father, who
had just come in, and explained that
BERTHE had been wrongfully impris-
oned through her fault, and he must
come round and get him out now at
once, without waiting for the car
riage; one never knew what a wasted
minute would mean in dealing with
the swift and relentless fury of the
law.
They drove in a hanson to the
dingy police station. A policeman
said. yes. there. was young gent who