The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-07-28
Continued from Yssterday.)


| place In the woods toward which she
nae seen Frederick go. The moon,
which was particularly bright that
| night. shone upon a certain hollow
| where q huge tree lay. Around 1t the
| underbrush was thick and the shadow
dark, but In this especial place the
opening was large enough for the rays
to enter freely. Into his circlet of
light Frederick Sutherland had come.
Alone and without the restraint i'm
| posed Upon him by watching eyes, he
showed a countenance so war and full
of trouble that 1t was well 1t could not
be seen by either of the two women
whose thoughts were at that moment
fixed upon him..
He had bent at once to the hollow
space made by the outspreading roots
| just mentioned Inc was feeling with
an air of confidence along the ground
for something he had every reason to
expect to find when the shock of a sud-
den distrust seized him, and he flung
himself down in terror, feeling Int
feeling again among the fallen leaves
and broken twigs until a full realiza-
ton of his misfortune reached him,
and he was obliged to acknowledge
that the place was empty.
"She has been here. She has taken
IT," And realizing for the first time the
subtlety and strength of the antago-
mist pitted against him he forgot his
new resolutions.
He understood her now. He rated at
its full value both her determination
and her power, and had h been SO
unfortunate as to have carried her i'm
prudence to the point of surprising him
at that moment in one of the hollows
of that midnight copse it would have
taken more h the memory of that
days resolves to have kept him from
using his strength against her.
A lamp was still burning In Mr..
Sutherland study over the front door,
and the sight of 1t seemed to change
for a moment the current of Freder-
ick's thoughts. Stopping with the gate
in his hand. he considered with him
self and then with a freer countenance
and a lighter step was about to pro-
coed inward when he heard the sound
of q heavy breather coming up the
hill and paused, why he hardly knew,
except that every advancing step &C.
casioned him more or less a%pprehen-
sion.
The person, whoever It was, stopped
before reaching the brow of the hill
and painting heavily, muttered an oath
which Frederick heard. Though 1t
was no more profane than those which
had Just escaped his own lips in the
forest, 1t produced an effect upon Fred
erick which was only second in inten-
sity to the terror of the discovery that
the money he had so safely hidden was
gone.
Trembling in every limb, he dashed
Town the hill and confronted the per-
son standing there.
"Youl" he cried. "You!' And for a
moment he looked as If he would like
TO fell to the ground the man before
him.
But this man was a heavyweight of
no ordinary physical strength and
adroitness and only smiled at Fred
erick's heat n threatening attitude.
II thought 1 would be made well
come" he smiled. with just the hint of
sinister meaning In his tone. Then.
before Frederick could speak, he said:
II rave merely saved you a trip to
Boston. Why so much anger. friend?
You have the money. OF that l am
positive"
"Hush! We can't talk here" whis-
pered Frederick. Come into the
grounds, or, what would be bstter, into
the woods over there"
81 don't go into the woods with you,''
laughed the other. mot after last
night, my friend. But I will talk low.
That's no more than fair. I don't want
to put you into any other man's power,
especially If you ave the money"
Observation-Disclosures one was
broken, almost unintelligible. What
DO you mean by your allusion to last
night? Have you dared to connect
me-,
81 don't care anything about last
nights work or who was concerned In
il. That's nothing to me. All l want.
my boy, is the money, and that I want
devilish bad or I would not have run
up here from Boston, when I might
have made half a hundred off q coun-
tryman Lewis brought in from the
Canada wilds this morning"
"Wattles. I
But the hand he had raised was
quickly drawn down to the other.
DON'T said the older man shortly.
1T won't pay, Sutherland Stage talk
never passed for anything with me.
Besides, your white facs tells a truer
story than your lips, and time Is pre-
cious. I want to take the IL o'clock
train back. So down with the cash.
Nine hundred and fifty-six 1t Is, but,
being friends, we will let the odd six
GO"
The young mar had flung himself at
the older mans throat as If he would
choke off the words he saw trembling
on his lips. But the struggle thus be-
gun was short. In a moment both
stood apart, painting, and Frederick.
with lowered head. was saying hum
bly,:
II beg pardon. Wattles. fbut you drive
me mad with your Suggestions and
conclusions. l have not got the money,
; but l will try and set It. Wait here"
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