Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1908-05-28

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full to Esther He did not speak, but
stood waiting slightly bent, only his
somber eyes pleading |
VIII you drive with me, Gideon%'
she asked quietly
Without word he put On his nat
and stepped In beside her, tucking the
robe carefully about her. Every move |
ment had a gentle depreciation foreign |
to the Gideon she had known
The team was FESTIVE, the streets
crowded, and she could do no more |
than drive until mile or more OF hills
had taken the first mettle out of her
horses.
When they were on the road, fol-
lowing the sh1mmering bay shore
around Fort Point to the sea, the
plangent waves at their feet. the salt
air blowing clean upon them. the vast
fairness of blue ocean sweeping away
petty thoughts. bringing eternal vert
tiss-there Gideon and Esther found
a common meeting ground
Gideon freed her from her promise
and would have explained but she OBJ
lected. It's past, Gideon Alfred is
safe, we'll. Let me forget what know,
hear no more" Her heart bounded.
yet was leaden again Freedom had
come too late. Alfred no longer loved
CO.
Yes, one thing would know. Did
Phineas Cadwallader have anything to
do with AIfred's-capture?"
No"
What makes him hate Alfred,
them"
He hates him on more than one
score Vincent knows some important
secret of his, and Vincent has also
caught Cad in one or two tricks
against the company. Cad's afraid he'll
be reported. Besides all this, Cad was
the last man seen with Vincent before
he disappeared; and if the case is ever
clear himself"
Were you? Did any one find out
-? Why were you not arrestedg'
There was not scrap of evidence
against me- My alibi was perfect"
| Esther was long silent Gideon
| looked out to sea, and waited
| Have you told any one?" she asked
| finally. '.You-you had the thing done,
! if you didn't do it yourself, didn't
your"
Yes And 1--we told no one-must
not"
I s-arre+ ,,% 9,r, che o,,e-rfo,o4 ,-ordar
ingly. She knew he did not lack
| courage
| Drag you into such foul comp1f-
cation-the trial, your hearts secrets
| exposed, prison, To be sure, didn't
think of that three years ago Now
But Justice" she began, as he
halted. Ought respect for a name to
stand in the way of that?"
I've thought of that But Vincent
is free, as well in health as ever; No
| trouble or disgrace attaches, and he's
better off in pocket than if he had
not suffered from me, for I've been
able to throw thing or two his way
There are the lost years, and-and
you Do you think at this late day ii
would please him If I dragged your
name before the public? Wouldn't
that rather distress him."
ON account of his own name, per
haps; he cares nothing for mine" She
was thinking of Amabel's face as she
had waItzed by her the night before
| looking into A1fred's eyes
of course. I knew that always
{ On the verand2 of the old Cliff house
!. they stopped as does the tourist of to
day to watch the endless f1ip-fop O
wet, glistening seals clamber1ng thu
gray rocks only to drop into the SEE
again The same brilliant, HmIt1es:
panorama unfolded westward then a:
. to-day-beetling cliffs, the sapphir,
sky, white, fantastic clouds, twin greer
promontories guarding the Colder
Gate, the misty enchanted FaralIones
!. the eternal roar of the surf But IA
ture then was all unsubdued
They fingered little. both silent
. Gideon nearer content than for years
Where have you been this long
long time, GideonT Esther asked on
. their way back to the city.
II Many places Twice I went t.
PoughkeepsIe- /. saw you, though yo7
. didn't know it, saw that you were vel
and happy"
} Gideon" Esther exclaimed, aston
ished-
Il I've grIdironed Nevada and Utal
J deserts looking for gold, and for wagol
/ routes. and have found both The Las
J few months I've spent between Sa
Francisco and the ranch I've see
} you often, Stella" He looked at he
} wIstfuIIy
Seen mesv
Yes, in tfseaters, on the stree
2 wherever society notes IN the paper
] gave me cIeW to your guings
3 And you never came never srok
: No I knew ron could not marr
!. VIaeeElt- He loves Charley Croker