The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1908-01-23

don she would have TO face on her ra-
trrn or on the morrow.
But she never seems to mind the old
Iady's upbraidings; she takes them with
an apparently philosophical calm" be
thought Il wonder whether. a~ai,.st
all the stress that Will BE brought ~
bear upon her. she will with ctra.
calmness and philosophy persist il her
devotion to Abe. | should think she'd
! find it hard to hold out against the
cold blooded obstinacy of that brutGl
old MOrnncstar-hard than again
the woman's warm temper l fa.
| the Dutchman could I've cruel UNI
some circumstances. Now. I'm l.
clined to think Eunice would fare lc:-
ter If she favored that sheep that ca,ssr
to court her this cvcninG-IIcn Nue.
benny. He looks inoffensive AMI =,
| hearted, while Abe Morntnestar is =
genuine son of his father-small soul
ed, selfish and brutal But she doesn't
know that it is she Hen came to see,
and the Mornngstars will take c.:ro
that she doesn't find it out. | might
uO ucf Il Sobt tuIH ny ttiiliiS HI -
the quiet
His meditation turned at last fro:l
sheer WEAKNESS into another chanu"i.
and he fell to thinking Of the awkward
situation he would have to confront
when. on his return to town. he shonid
be obliged to meet Miss Fllery aLsl
Miss Parks in his true character How
he was going 10 carry it off was Il
question which not iHfrcI"ently oc,~-
pied his leisure moments
~ wonder whether GCorgiaua was
in the least shaken ont of her orbit i.v
the shock of FUrice'S cOrrectir" har
quotation from Izaak Walton ana &C.
Ginning to he Il recipient Of charity
that was the damsels phraseoloGy. i'
remember. Probably not. She couil
hardly forget herself long enough ~
entertain more than a mere passing
wonder about another woman.
"Her wishing to give that dress II
Eunce-it was not because Of any
sympathy with Eunice: it was merely
an exploiting of herself, an insistcn"c
upon her theories, which she feels set
her above and apart from the common
herd. If something could happen 10
her to knock out of her her own fool
idea of herself and make her just y
simple, natural girl, why, with such
beauty and distinction as she has. she
might be very charming woman.
He took his pipe from his month
and cLasped his hands behind him ~
he bent back his head to the stars
while he dwelt upon the picture of
revised Georgiana which his fancy
called up. He was just wondering
whether the deception he was playing
upon her in his disguise might not 80
made in some way to work such re-
vision in her when his attention was
arrested by the sound of approaching
carriage wheels.
In the quiet of the country evening
the beat of the horses hoOfS could he
heard from distance. and he had
time to decide that it was no doubt
the buggy containing the truant low
ers that was coming up the road and
to wonder how their return would lie
met by the angry heads of the house
when the vehicle drove in at the barn,
and he saw as he strolled In that di
rectiOn that Abe was alone.
What had the fellow done with EU-
nice? Kinross was surprised into u
quick feeling of alarm for the girls
safety. He was on the point of STEP
ping after Abe into the barn to i'll
quire after her when he bethought him
that he would do better to keep out Of
the "mixup."
Its none of my business. OF course
Abe would justly resent my sOlicitude
for the girl"
So, with the reflection that he was
living in the midst of fast thickenins
mysteries, he shook out his pipe and
went indoors for the night.
To reach his bedroom he had to pass
the opening to the long, narrow hail
which led into the redoubtable back
building, and it was just as he came
to this passage that his step was ar
! rested by something which gave him
a momentary thrill of excitement. The
lamp he carried shed light down the
passage, and his eye was caught by "a
white figure moving swiftly and noise
lessly at the farthest end of it. AL
most instantly the figure disappeared.
Whether it had run around turn in
the hall or dissolved into ether he
could not be sure. Was it wrath or
what? Should he pursue it? No; its
garb was too suggestive of a woman's
nightgown to make pursuit on his
part advisa BILE. He would get Mrs.
Morningstar's permission to sleep down
there some night. and then, if ghost it
were, he would surely make its ac-
quaintance.
With this conclusion and feeling ac-
tually exhausted with the evenings
succession of episodes he went to bed.
CHAPTER MI.
~ INROSS' aversion next morning
| II to departing with his books into