Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-09-02

best, perhaps, 10y asking ycu 70 scan
what j offered 20 the fat Scoundrels
respectful consideration. my dear sir"
He leveled a foreunger at the card.
At first glance Il conveyed nothing ~
the younger mans beniShtcd iRtelli-
gence. lie puzzled over IT.. twisting
his brows cut OF alignment An ordi-
nary oblong slip OF thin white card
board. ~ was engraved in fipe script
as follows; "Mr. George Burgoyue
Calendar. 81 Aspen Villas. s. w"
"Ohv exclaimed Kirkwood AZ length.
standing up. bis face bright with Sn-
derstandins. You
Il" laconically asscntcd the cider
man
Impulsively Kirkwood leaned across
the table. Dorothy" he said ten
derby and when the girls happy eyes
met his quietly drew'her attention to
the card.
Then he rose hastily and went over
To- stand 10y the window. staring mist
NY Into the blank facS OF night be
yond SITS unseen paneS
Behind him there was CONFUSION
OF little noises the sound OF chair
pushed hurr!edly aside, rustic OF
skirts, "A happy sob cr two, low vohces
iEtermIngilne- sighs ONt OF IL finally
came the fathers accents.
There. there. my dear. my dearest
DEAR protested the old gentleman.
Positively l don't deserve 1.-THE OF
this r. The young old voice qua
vored and broke in happy laugh.
You must understand" he continued
more soherly. that no consideration ol
my sort IS due me- When we married
was too old for your mother. child.
We beth knew IT, both believed II
would never matter. Rut Il dfd. Ry
her wish ! went back TO America. We
were 10 see what separation would do
90 heal the wounds dissension had
caused. II was n very foolish expert.
ment Your mother died before
couid return"
TNcrc fen 2 silence, again broken
by the fatheT. after that I was I'm
=. haste 10 return. But some years
ago | came to London 10 live. l com.
muuioatcd with the old colonel, ask
Ing permission 90 see You. IL was re-
the subject being rcopened by me. |
was Informed that II | persisted I'm at
tempting 90 sec you YOU would he dis
Inherited He was very angry with
me-Justly, | admit One must grow
old before one can see how unforgiva-
bly, one was wrong in youth So |
settled down 10 a qmet old nge. de.
termined not 60 disturb you i'm your
happiness. h-IArl,wOod"
The old gentleman was standing. his
arm around his daughters shoulders,
when Klrkwood turned.
'Come here. Philip I'm explaining
TO Dorothy. but Won should hear. The
evening ! called on you. dear boy, at
the Bless, returning home / received "A
message from my sOllcito~s. whom |
had instructed 10 keep an eye on DUro-
thys welfare. They Informed me that
she haS>dlsappcared Naturally 1 can.
ccled my plans 10 80 10 Munich and
stayed. employing detectives. one Of
the first things they discovered was
that Dorothy had run off with an Old
erly person calling himself George
BurgOyne Calendar the name / had
discarded when / found that TO nc.
knowledge me would Hmpcril ms
daughters fortune. Ehe investigation
went deeper. Charles let us continue
TO call him, had been 10 sec me only
this afternoon TO inform me of the
plot they had discovered. This Hal
lam woman and her mt seems that
they were lcgitmately I'm the line OF
Inheritance. Dorothy out OF the way.
But the woman was aha bad lot.
Somehow she got into communication
with tins fat rogue, and together they
plotted IL out. Charles doesn't believe
That the IIailam woman expected 10
enjoy Tie BurgOyne estates for very
many days. Her plan was 10 step i'm
when Dorothy stepped out. gather up
v That she could, realize on N and de-
emp. That IS why there WAS SO rpucb
excitement about the Jewels aturnlly
the most valuable item on her list, the
most easy 20 convert iHto cash. The
man Aulready we do not place Ito
Eoems TO have been a shady character
She fat rogue picked up somewhere.
Tho lottoT,s ordinary lire III business
was diamond smuggling, though he
would condoScend TO almost anything
in order 10 turn dishonest penny.
That seems 20 exhaust the subject.
But one word moro. Dorothy. 7 am
ola enoDgh and have suffered enough
e. know the wisdom ~ selling ones
h"pri7cgs when one may My dear.
70 'i'tlo WHO ago you did worry brave
ar.i. UldCr,Gra You said n most cour-
er'us. Womanly. crodl'abIc thing.
Nnd Philips rcjoiuder was oIdy second
SID mobility t5 yours do born 10
goodness thnt you two blessed Young.
sicrf won't l"t any uddlc patrd ssru.
PIES ind between yourselves and
lhr rriz' NJ romance, your inaHenablo
iphcl.1uoe+'
Abruptly HrCntw'ck. who was no
lSrer Hrertwick. Dut tho octual chi.
cH"ar ro..1sed the girl from hts en-
brace ana hoped nsnbly toward tho
al