The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-09-07

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M some old friends In the
A/ valley. aud Shirley. left
IN alone. carried 10 the Ia
- bic several letters that
iad come In the late mail. The events
4 the afternoon filed her mind. and
he was not sorry TO he alone. IL oc-
urrcd TO her that she was building up
formidable tower OF strange secrets.
nd she wondered whether. having he
.un by keeping her own counsel as 20
he attempts she had witnessed against
ohm Arnll,aee's life. she ougai now %
mold an She knew 10 her father or %
lex. In the twentieth century L0ml-
ide was not common practice among
zen she knew or was likely 10 know.
nd the feeling Of culpabllify TO- hr
Hence crossed lances WITH q deepening
ympathy for Aral:agr sac hIl
armed where he was h.dlns an1 she
,mlled at the recollection Of the triGins
Jlt OF strategy she had pNcilced upon
-hauyenei.
She had kept Dicks letter IN the
asst. lie wrote tea aud Ia the key Of
us tax. She dropped n lump OF sugar
aio her coffee cup aud nedd his hur
led scrawl.
"What do you think has happened
9ow; have Sil worth OF telegrnms
rom Senator SanGerson virin; from
tome God forsakcn hole Ia Montana
hat It's al rot about Armitage bclns
hat fake Ban'n Won hlsscl The news
iaper accounts Of the eXpOse az my
upper party had jest reached him
md lie says Armitage was on his tAr
nl,ag,'sl ranch all ilai summer the
ioble baron was devastating our rorth
IN seacoasi. Where, may ! ask, doef
his leave mcf And what cad gave
hat story 60 the papers, Aud where
md who IN John Armiiager Keep this
mum for the present. eyea from the
governor. n Slndersou Is righ'. Arml
iase will undoubtedly turn up again
ne has n weakness for turning up IN
your neighh Jrhsoi and sDoner or~latcr
he's bound o. settle accounts with
Chauvenct. Now that | think of II.
who ln the devil Is hei And why didn't
Armilage call him down there at the
ciubf As I think over the who,e busi.
ness my mind grows added. and feel
as though I had been kicked 10y a
horse"
Shirley laughed softly. keeping the
note open before her aud referring 10 q
muslngly as she stirred her coffee. She
could not answer any ~. Dicks qucs-
lions. but her interest In the contest
between Armitage and Chauvenet was
intensified by this latest turn In the
affair. She read for an hour In the
library. but the air was close. and she
threw aside her book. drew on r light
coat and went out upon the veranda.
A storm was stealing down from the
hills. and the fitful wind tasted %
rain. She walked the length OF the
veranda several times. then paused nj
the farther end Of a. where steps led
out into the pergola. There was still
mist Of stsrlight. and she looked gu,
upon the vague outlines of the garden
with thoughts OF its needs aud the
gardeners work for the morrow. Theu
she was aware Of light step far out
Ia the pergola and listened carelessly
10 mark II. thinking II one OF the house
servants returning from a nelghbor's.
but the sound was furtive. and as she
waited II ceased abruptly. She was
about TO turn into the house 10 sum
mon help when she heard n stir In the
shrubbery In quite another part Of the
garden. and IN n moment the STOPPING
figure Of a man moved swiftly toward
the pergola.
Shirley stood quite still. watching
and listening. The sound OF steps In
the pergola reached her again. then
the rush Of flight. and out In the gar.
den flying figure darted In and out
among the walks. For several minutes
two dark figures played az vigorous
hide and seek. Occasionally gravel
crunched under foot and shrubbery
snapped back with a sharp swish
where II was caught and held for sup
port at corners. Pursued and pursuer
were alike silent The scene was like
a pAntomlme
Then the tables seemed TO be turned.
The bulkier figure Of the pursuer was