The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-07-05

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ornaments. and really / don't think a
man has a right to such a delightful
manicure set 1 felt terribly nervous
in the lavatory, though. / could hear
some one in the billard-room all the
| time"
That's all right" he declared 1--WE
locked the door there, and have the
key in my pocket. No one can get
in from that side
| please talk, and don't watch me-"
she begged. I'm ashamed to be so
hungry"
| He smiled and helped her to some
more chicken. If he talked he was
scarcely conscious of what he said. All
+, the time his eyes kept straying towards
her. She had taken off her jacket and
was dressed simply en- Il in a blouse
of some soft white ma, Il and a dark
skirt. Everything. from the ornaments
at her neck, the dull metal waistband
and the trim shoes. seemed TO him TO
| be carefully chosen. and the best Of
their sort. She wore no rings and her
| fingers had the rosy pinkness of health
If she had seemed graceful to him be-
| fore in the drawing-room of Runton
Place, and surrounded by some of the
most beautiful women in the country
| she seemed more than ever so now
seated in the somewhat worn chair of
| his little studio. The color too, seemed
| to have come back TO her cheeks She
seemed to have regained in some meas
ure her girlishness. Her eyes were ever
ready to laugh into his. She chat
tered away as though the world after
| all contained nothing more serious for
her than for any other girl. Duncombe
hated to strike another note, yet he
| knew that sooner or later il must be
done.
You are quite sure that you will
not have anything else?" he asked
Absolutely. thanks, I have never
enjoyed anything so much in my life
He glanced at his watch. 1t was
half-past eleven.
II am afraid" he said, that / am
| going TO be a nuisance to you, but
ones friends often are that. I want
| to be your friend. | want to prove
myself such. ! am not an inquisitive
person, by any means. but fate has
declared that I should be your inquis-
itor There are some questions which
| am bound to ask you
| Her face grew suddenly grave
| There is so little" she murmured
(which I can tell you"
I'VE shall see." he answered. I'm
the first place, Lord Runton has been
! here. He is one of my Oldest friends,
and a very good fellow He came to
tell me that Won Rothe had been
> robbed in his house of some valuable
papers. He came partly to ask my adj
vice. All the time I was sitting op-
posite to him, with those papers in
my pocket
| She looked at him strangely.
| Perhaps" she said quietly. you
gave them UP to him."
Il did not he answered. You know
very well that / did not"
1T was your duty" she said in a
! low tone
| Perhaps so. On the other hand. -
he continued. you trusted me. The
papers are safe"
Does he know that you have them? ''
| she asked.
He knows nothing
She looked at him steadfastly-not
with any appearance of doubling his
| word, and yet as though she were re-
volving something in her mind concern
| ing him.
Il am thinking" she said, how much
better ii would have been for both Of
us If we had never met"
1.-The fates thought otherwise" he
answered Il searched Paris for you,
| only to find you at my gates. The
fates meant you 10 be my friend. We
must De Careful NOT u uiSdppoii't
| Them
She shook her head little visit
| fully
You have been very good to me"
she said. but you don't under
| stand
Precisely" he interrupted. II don't
understand / want to. To begin
| with-what In this world induced you
| to throw in your lot even for an hour
with the man who called himself Field
ing?"
II can answer no questions concern
ing myself" she said sadly.
He smiled.
Come" he said. ''it isn't so serious
as all that, is it? Sooner or later your
friends are sure to find you, and they
will not be content with such state
ment as that You were summoned one
day to Paris by or on behalf of your
brother. who had unaccountably dis
appeared there You Immediately APP
pear to have followed suit. You had
no friends in Paris-neither. / think.
had he. / believe am correct In say
ing that you had neither Of you ever
been there before. If your brother has
fallen into bad hands, and if those
same people are trying to work upon
your fears by leading you into this