The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-12-15
CHAPTER VIII.


THE water front had a strong at
traction for Helen Chester and
rarely did 4 fair sI;ty pass with
u out finding her in some, quiet
spot from which she could watch the
shifting life along its edge. the ships
at anchor and the varied incidents Of
the surf
This morning she sat in dory pulled
high MP on the beach bathed III the
bright sunshine and staring at the
roller while lines of concentration
~rinlled her brow The Wind had
blown for some days till the ocean beat
heavily across the shallow bar, and
now. rs it became quieter. longshore-
nen were launching th@.. craft. pre-
pairing 10 resume their traffic.
: Net until the previous day had the
news of her friends misfortune come
40 her. and although She no
him OF fraud. she boz, So, fhat
they were involved IN n ,,.'-,,,~ t-ns+s
TO the questions wil5c't liz cautiously
puf TO her 4ri1c3e Ire had reItseti that
Their difficulty arose from Il technical
ny in the mining laws which another
man had been shlpwl enough To profit
by. Irwas a complicated question, he
said, aad one requiring time To thrash
out to an equitable settlement. She
had undertaken To remind him of the
service these men had done her but
with Il smile. lie interrupted. He could
not allow such things to influence his
Judicial attitude and she must not en-
deavor to prejudice him in the dis
charge OF his duty Recognizing the
Justice of this, she had desisted.
For many days the girl had caught
scattered talk between the judge and
Mcnamara and between Strive and
his associates. but it all seemed foreign
and dry, and beyond the fact that it
bore on the litigation over the Anvil
creek mines. she understood nothing
and cared less. particularly as Il new
interest had but recently come into her
hfe, an interest in the form of man
-NcNamara.
He had begun with quiet, half con-
cealed admiration Of her, which had
rapidly increased until his attentions
had become of a singularly positive
and resistless character.
Judge StilIman was openly delight.
ell, while the court of one like Alec
Mcnamara could but flatter any girl.
In his presence Helen felt herself re-
belling at his suit. yet as distance sep
arated than size thoaght e}er m0Te
kindly OF it. This state of mind con-
trasted oddly with her feelings toward
The other man she had met, for i'll this
country there were but two. When
Glenister was with her she saw his
love lying markedly in his eyes, and ii
exercised some spell which drew her
to him III spite Of herself. but when
he had gone back came the sIistrust,
the terror of the brute She felt was
there behind it all. The one appealed
to her while present; the other pleaded
strongest While away. Now She was
attempting To analy2e her feelings and
face the future. seatarely, for she real
lied that her affairs neared q crisis
anu this, too not Il month after meet
Ing the men. She wondered IL she
would come to love her une-le's friend
She did not know. OF the other she
was sure-she never could.
Busted With these refieesions, she no
6ced the familiar figure of Dextry wan
dering aimlesslv. He WAS not un
kempt, and vet his air gave her the i'm
preston of prolonged sleeplessness
Spying her. he approached and seatee