Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-08-08

" ou' .ne gas In her ~,
the chamber she CALL parls !
her way to the evening ma,
Joe escaped as soon ~sal
though not before the co0S. y b
er sins had been set bs,o.I ssua'
detail. In mass and in an ~ | ~
breadth . and thickness. n, \ ~ a,
but once after noddlng s bs.as 'a''s
hrm all points of Mrs
cital. Lona.
You better use any IDs,
got with your brother" 'sac sa
gene, ito make him COM s w
can't do anything with ,' =
gets in trouble, he needn't sua aa
III never help him again
OF itr' ~ u
Joe's movements throusho,.
Her part of that evening a.. !,
tain report. 1t is known ,A..s
a partial payment Of As cent :
ondhand book store for
volumes, "Grindstafr on To,s
some Others, which be b,a
on the installment system
believed that he won q OsD,.
seven-up in the little n0r
Louie Farbach's bar, but tbs.
are of little import compare \
established fact that at il ~
was one of the ball guests a, =
mansion. He took no actly,
the festivities, nor was he "a.
dancers. His was, on the coD,,,.
role of a quiet observes. 4
stretched at full length upoD 4
of the inciosed porch-one Of A.
OF canvas was later found 10 N,
loosened-wedged between A,
railing and a row of palms !
tubs.
1t was not to play eavesdrsu-
the uninvited Joe had come 4
not there to listen, and II hr
that had the curtains Of Other y
afforded him the chance TO ~.
dance he might not have ual
dangers of his present posts
had not the slightest Intere,
whispered coquetrles that IA
He watched only to catch m
then over the shoulders Of u.
a fitful glimpse OF a pretty hi
fitted across the window-u,
hair of Mamie Pike. He hlru
the drafts, and the floor Of as
was cement, painful to ebsv
knee, the space where he lay d
and narrow, but the golden bu
her hair, the simmer Of hs
pink dress and the fluffy van
lace scarf as she crossed and N,
In a waltz left him appareut
discomfort. He watched va
lips, his pale cheeks reddenha
ever those fair gllmpses wen i
last she came out 10 the vesui
Eugene and sat upon a lltth d
close to Joe that, daring wAX
shadow, he reached out n,
hand and let his fingers rsi d
end OF her scarf. which N
from her shoulders and Nd
floor. She sat with her hd
as did Eugene.
"You have changed, %
last summer" he heard her 4
lively.
"For the worse, ma chen,'
expression might have been u
Ing when Eugene said ma th
II was known In the Louden y
that Mr.. Bantry had failed %
examination In the French 90
"No," she answered. "BH y
seen so much and accOuph
much since then. You have "a
polished and so"- She pSA
then continued: But perhiF
Ter not say II. You might be q
"No. l want you to say I
turned confidently, and bis q
was fully justified, for she Ii
"Well. then. | mean that ~
become so thoroughly q mas
Now I've said IL 10
ended. aren't your
Not at all; not az all ~
preventing by a nass
'ort his pleasure from shoEiE
ace.
"Then I'm-glad." she whlse
Ioe saw his stepbrother H
iand, but she rose quickly
he music" she cried haPplg
waltz, and It's yours"
Joe heard her little hlgh
ing gayly toward the w'nao.
d by the heavier tread OF 10
Ie did not watch them 80.
He lay on his back, WIZ
hat had touched NAMES S
d across his closed eyes
The music OF the waltz w
Id fashioned swingingg
ort. and IL would be hand %
ong IL was after that eeloN
ear the air played without
( the bitterness of that m0Ss
hythmlcal pathOs of the
a such accord with a fam
which be heafo
resentiy that for a little = !,
eyed this sound TO be pan - :
Ic and part OF himself,
! no ,,o,,a distinct. and be =