The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-02-20

! hapS, incOnSlStently patting himself on
! the head for his perspicacity in having
| recognized that Eunice was of no
common stock. s.rr.
He himself had no doubt of the
| truth of the confession and of Ell-
| nices identity with the stolen child
| But while the moral evidence seemed
clear and convincing, would it be suf
| ficient without the legal proof which
| he recognized was lacking to persuade
Miss Wolcott of her duty to give up a
/ fortune after nineteen years posses
; sion of, it? Here would be test of
the "good blood" Of which she was so
proud. - ..., ..u".
'It would be more than common hon
esty; it would be heroic. But if she
takes after her niece she won't lack
/ the heroism!' ...:4 .,,,.r .. IS. IL.
/ The, fact that the communications to
| Miss Wolcott Of Beatrice Daniels, the
trained nurse, had been, ignored did
not promise well for Eunice's. case just
now. .
Kinross, threw, himself back on his
pillow and clasped his hands under
his head. No use to-. unGress-he
couldn't sleep. The thought of this girl.
brought up as a, servant to the Morn
ingstars, her marriage, to their son
opposed because her poverty made her
mot good, enough fur our Abe" her
Ignorance. of life combined, with her,
knowledge Of books making her unique
ito the point of being pathetic-this
young creature to suddenly find herself
ia great heiress. The speculations
iwhich the situation gave rise to drove
sleep far from his brain. Would she
4be good enough for "our Abe when
her story was known? He chuckled
when he thought of old Morningstar's
earnest endeavors to hang himself.
metaphorically speaking. by opposing
his sons marriage to a great fortune
'She may imagine she's in love with
that fellow Abe, never having seen
any other sort of men, but of course a
few months in the world will cure
her" -.n
He wondered whether he would do
well to tell her at once all that he
seen Miss Wolcott and learned whcth-
er or not there was going TO be dill
Guilty about her coming into her own
1t would be cruel to raise her hopes
before there was some assurance Of
ther being realized. He would do we'll
% put her off when they met toln5-
row night in the haunted room with as.
little as would. satisfy her for the time
being. He would then communicate at
once with Miss iWolcott If she was
spending this summer at her Newport
house he would run on to see her inn
mediately. If she were abroad (shc
frequently spent the summer IN Swift
zerlanda he would cable her to return
home fat once on important financial
business. b-:1 hua 9Hii
"A good thing for Eunice that this
matter has fallen into my hands," he
thought, zone Wholly disfnterested and
with time, ninelination and, L fatterr
myself, SKIN to, work the thing out fof
her in the BEST possible way, not mere |
ly FOR THE fun of the. excitement Of the
case, though there's that side of it, too,
but for the spice that there is in see
ing beastly wrong righted.'
He fell to wondering what had be-
come of the husband OF, Beatrice lDanf
iels," whether jher death had been!a
suicide or q ,mprder, and whether il, the
man could be found his presenceyI
would lend. any proof ,tolthe 5;'eonfee-
siona jud. ;eabiTirGo s. rol guidofd
The The lQfti nii iH his lamp was nearly burn,
ed out as he reached this point in his
meditations, and he rose, blew out the
fickering light and in the dawn of the
early morning flung Off his clothes. }