The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-01-28
CHAPTER xv.--tcontinued.)

his being. he you'd not be even
more comfortable and happy IL he
thought OF what he ought to do for that
child of whom he had spoken and fo1
whose future he wished to provide.
And since thou art feeling better
my dear Revere, it Is perhaps the OPP
portuntty to put everything in order In
that life which thou art about to re-
cover. and which will be a new life
He looked flxedly at nc with his
beautiful eyes. 1t was "a profund re
gard, n / saw that he divined my
thought.
Thou nrt right he said firmly.
No Weakness
arose. stood upright, refusing even the
arm which 4 held out to him, and in
his dressing gown, which hung about
hiln. he seemed to me taller, thinner,
even harldsomer. He took two or three
steps, at first a little unsteady: then,
strengthening up. III walked directly to
his safe. turned the letters and opened
IT, after having smiled and said:
had forgotten the word-four
letters. IT ts, however, a little thing.
Ny head is empty.
Then, safe opened, he took Out pa
pers--of value, without d~oubt--papers
which he took back to his lounge,
spread out on a table neal at hand,
and said:
Let US see. This which / am going
TO give thee Is for her. A will-ycs, l
could make a will, but It would create
siaik, ~ would be asked what 1 had
done, It would be searched out, dug
out OF the past. 1t would open a tomb.
cannot. What I have shall be hers.
Thou wilt give 1t to her-thou'-
And his large, haggard eyes search
ed through the papers.
All, here he said-here are some
bondK-Egyptian-of q certain value to
the holder, at 3 per cent. I hid that.
Where did ! put it?'
He picked up the papers turned
them over and over. became alarmed,
turned pale.
But I said to him. is 1t not
among those papers:9
n shrugged his shoulders and dis
played with an tronical smile the en-
graved papers.
ON certificates of decorations
tbs hricabrac OF q consular life
Then with renewed energy he again
vent to the snfe, opened the till, pulled
~ out and searched again and again.
s'SOycrcome with fright, he ex-
claimed, It In not there!'
10 u 10 there?'
And he gave mo another ~look-hag-
gard. terrible. His face was fcarfully
contracted. He clnsped his head with
bothssshai1ds and stammered as IL COM
q out Of q dream.
."s'lt To true, 4 remember have hid
den 1t. Yes. I hid 1t I do not know
wherein some book. In which onef?'
4c looked around him with wild
eyes. The cerebral anaenlia which had
made him e robbery again seized
plainly showed that he was enduring
the o OF a man who is drowning
n ,FhO does not know where to cling
In order to save himself.
9Iie was still standing, but as he
turned around he staggered.
renonfo3 in n hOa rua fr9rhfopad
voice: Where. where nave I hidden
that7 Fool! The safe did not seem
to me ecure enough. Where, where
have Iput it2'
mt.lnent-that the concierge entered
and saw us standing face to face be-
: those papers of which she has
spoken. I must have looked greatly
embarrassed, very pale, showing the
violent emotion which seized me by
the throat. Revere q to her rather
roughly. What are o here for??' and
sent her way with a gesture. Nine.
MOEtclle had had time to. see the open
safe and the papers spread out. which
she supposed were valuable. ! 1nder-
stand how h deceived herself, and
when I think Of 1t I accuse myself.
Y There was something tragic taking
place between Revere n me. This
woman could not know what 1t was,
but she felt 1t.
~ y ~ w e Nd6e IICkIlOlS,E Il HUH.
1red times more terrible, when she had
disappeared. There seemed to be a
battle raging In ROvere's brain, as be-
tween his will N his weakness. Stand
anE upright. striving not to give way,
q atrnggling to concentrate all his brain
power In his effort to remember, to find
some trace Of the hiddenSplace where
he had fOOlishly put this fortune be-
tween the leaves OF some huge book.
Revere called violently, %ardently. to his
coInbot against h anaemia which
took away tho memory of what he had
done. He rolled his eyes desperately.
found nothing. remembered nothing.
ut was awful. this combat against
r1enaOry which had disappeared, fed:
this aspect OF . painting beast, a hunted
boar. which seemed. to seize this man,
Z shlvered when, with a rage 1
shall never forget, The dying man
rushed In two steps to table, bent
owe the papers, snatched them up
with his thin hands. crumpled them up,
his feet. with an almost maniacal
laugh, saying in strident tones:
80. .Ah! Decorations! Brevets! Bau-
hlesi Childish f~0olishnessi What good
Are they2 Would they give her a liv-
ing?
ed himself over the papers, which he
stamped Under his feet unit! he had
completely exhausted himself. He
gasped, I stffie,' and he half fell over
lounge. upon which / laid him. I
fully believed that he was dying. I
experienced q horrible sensation, which
was agonixing. He revived. however.
hut how. after that swoon and that
crisis. could 1 speak to him again of his
daughter, OF that which he wished to
sfsave her. to give in trust for me? He
became preoccupied with childish
thtngs, returning to the dreams of a
sich man.He spoke OF going out the
snext day. We would goStogether in the
i8ois.s We would dine at the pavilion.
would like to travel. And thus he
Ee9n1bled on.
= said to myself: Wait. Let us
sNalE Tomorrow. after a good nights
56l0opy he will perhaps remember. !
d0n1ely hayo some days before me. To
to hiDlltoday would be to provoke
6@noW crisis.
s@aSsM ma I helped him to put back in
Hh0a6a6e the crushed. torn papers with-
MISUNDERSTANDING me, or even himself
S66gs3ontn4Eho they had come there,
sSSohAdEEthroWn them on the floor or
1Geha1opsned the safe. His face