The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-04-22


ry It down to the sea. Say the word,
heart o mine!"
He made a quick movement toward
his pocket, but she caught his arm.
DO nothing foolish or hasty, john
Tearing up the evidence would not
undo what is done. Sooner or later
murder will out. II my father is culp-
able, II in his thoughtless greed for
money he has robbed the poor, he
must be made to restore what he has
taken. l know my father; what he has
done appears perfectly legitimate to
him. Can he be put in PRISON." e,
ut all depends upon how we'll he
defends himself" evasively.
She went on. "T have been dreading
something like this; so it is no great
surprise to me-. He is money-mad.
money-mad; and he hears, sees, thinks
nothing but money. But it hurts,
John; l am a proud woman. MY
! grandfather" Her lips shut sudden
ly. Money!" with a passionate wave
of the hand. How I hate the name
Of 1t, the sound of 1t, the thought of it!
love my father" with a defiant
pride; he has always been tender
, and kind to me; and should not be
of his flesh and blood had l not the
! desire to shield and protect him."
"The remedy is simple and close at
hand" suggested Darlington, gently.
Simple, but worthy Of neither of
| us. abhor anything that is not Who'll
ly honest. 1t is one of those strange
freaks of nature (who holds herself
accountable to no one) to give to me
honesty that is the sum total of what
should have been evenly distributed
among my ancestors. If were to tell
all know, all have kept locked In
my heart"
Don't do it, girl; it wouldn't matter
In the least. You are you; and that
is all there is to love. Why, I could
not love you less If your great-great-
grandfather was a pirate" lightly.
Love asks no questions; and ances-
tors worry me not at all; they are all
comfortably dead"
mot always. But If my perception
of honor were less keen, I should
laugh at what you call your evidence"
'Laugh?"
'Yes, indeed. I very well under.
stand the tremendous power Of
money"
mot more than l." sadly.
She laughed brokenly. More than
you. 1 can picture to you just what
will happen" She rose. There will,
of course, be great newspaper clam
or; the interstate commissioners will
put their heads together; there will be
Investigations by the government.
That will be the attack. The keenest
lawyers are on the side of corpora
tions; that is because the state is
niggard with her pay. Let me outline
the defense. Father will resign from
his high Office, to be reelected later
when the public cools off! A new di.
rectorate will fill the place of the pres
ent one. Suddenly falsified entries
will be discovered; the head book
keeper will have disappeared. All
fingers will point to him. He will be
in South America, having been paid
several thousand to go there. All this
will make the passing of the dividend
perfectly logical. The matter will
never be tried in court Money will
do all this"
My dear little woman, you reason
like Pythagoras; but" Darlington
added, gravely, when | undertook to
untangle this affair, realized its huge
proportions. For every redoubt your
father has, have an assault, for every
wall a catapult, for every gate a
petard. But, as l said before, you
have only to say the word and for the
present nobody will be any the wiser"
IF l permitted you to do this.
should destroy my faith in both of u.s.
1t would erect a barrier which would
be insurmountable. That is not the
way out,
N'I have weighed all these things"
discouragedly.
He took the document from his
pocket and caught it in q way that
indicated how easily it might be
ripped into halves, the halves into
quarters, the quarters into infinitesi-
..
Once more, shall I, Kate?"
NO, John. That would only make
our difficulties greater. But do ask
this one favor; put your evidence into
the hands Of strange attorney, have
nothing to do with the prosecution;
for my sake"
Il must. have the night to think II
over. Most of my attacks are not
herein written; l dared keep them
only in my head"
Il am very unhappy" said the girl.
He took her hand and kissed 1t
reverently. He longed to console her,
but no words he had in mind seemed
adequate.
Fore" came lazily over the knu.i
They were no longer alone. So to
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