Evening star., 1909-08-31

and been in my room an hour before I
was called on the phone. AS matter of
fact, l had come in a short time before.
Do YOU suppose any one could prove
had been here IL that was the question? ?"
The door of the sitting room opened and
CaIden joined them just as Grimbleshaw
wa @"ne speaking.
What is all this meant to proven he
asked. struck by the earnestness in the
j, faces of the two.
Simply replied Grimbleshaw. that
where so many things might have hap
pened it's folly wasting time guessing
which one did actually happen. let alone
the chan1e that that one thing Is the one
| of all others that you might not guess at
| all
Calden drew them into his room before
| speaking again. Then he asked:
You were at the camp last night?
"Yes. Your mother expects you to come
for her this morning as early as you
can"
Then father is not there now?'
This open speaking indulged In now by
either of them for the first time served
to mark the degree to which they had at
last given him a part with themselves In
| this affair.
Still Grimbleshaw was unable to respond
| fully to the confidence they gave him. for
he held the secret OF another, given under
conditions that forbade revelation. His
professional training stood him in good
telling too much. He gave an outline of
what had occurred. and the result. so far
as the flight TO Canada was concerned
but he left the details to be assumed and
both accepted 1t as the better way. He
consented to remain to breakfast, for it
gave him another half hour or SO with
Judith. and, at Caldens suggestion, a boy
was called by telephone who took the
sleigh back to Lanceboro. This brought
| 1t back TO the stable at the earliest pos
sible moment. and it also enabled Grim
| bleshaw to return to town through the
| woods. by which means he might reach
/ his rooms without it being known just
| when he did SO.
| "Of course Trafford knows that you and
| mother left town last night in that sleigh.
if he's back from New York, as l sup
pose he is said Calden, land. Of course.
| he'll know as soon as it is back and that
The important question is. how much
does he know OF what's happened be-
| tween times?"
| by far too much.' replied Grimbe-
/ shaw basis for letting them know
| how closely the camp had been watched.
THE first thing / do nowadays" said
Calden. when anything happens is to ask
myself, How soon will Trafford know it
and what will he think Of it?'
How do YOU make il out he'll inter-
pret this?' asked Grimbleshaw.
| ''As indicating that In the waiting game
he's playing he's won a point by making
us move before we wanted 10, and SO un-
cover in part at least"
could We have helped it," asked the
doctor
"Proba bly, not" said Calden, but that 8
not justification. That's weakness"
AS soon as breakfast was over Ca1den
| FASTENED away to rescue his mother from
what must be held Imprisonment. and
Grimbleshaw was left with Judith and
| the task of convincing her that she was
| in need of morning walk. which she
| could best take through the woods. pro-
vided she had company. to come back by
/ the highway. With opportunity he grew
bold to what he would not have ventured
| twenty-four hours before.
| What do you fear for your father"
| he asked. for he had determined II pos
/ sible, to get her mind to accept his ver-
sion of the affair." that they will take
1 him back to the asylum
She grew so pale that he had a touch
of fear lest. in his brutal application of
| his proposed remedy, he had acted too
promptly. At the same time he recog-
nized the probability that but a few
hours We're left in which to prepare for a
move on Trafford's part. even If the time
was not rather to be measured by min
uteS.
/ That has ceased to seem to me so very
dreadful she gasped.
! Il am positive he said from what
now know that your fathers only fear
/ in connection with John Altenburg S
1 Qedtn IS tHdt he may De Cdileu as b VIII
ness against some one who he thinks may
have done this thing, but who, / am
equally positive, could not possibly have
done it,
| He had looked to see instant relief show
in her face and manner at this statement.
| Instead she staggered and came near
falling that he was compelled to support
| her.
| Don't you see" she asked. making a
| strong effort to recover herself. in which
she but partially succeeded, that what
ever carries hope in one direction carries
death to hope in the other? Was ever a
daughter and a sister placed In such a
cruel position?"
But, he said. chagrined at her failure
to weigh values, you came here with
| Horace and know what happened. There
fore. If your father has no fear for him
self" He stopped short. 1t had be-
come impossible to talk without saying
or implying the most brutal things.
But" she cried II don't know what
Horace was doing, or even where he was.
for two hours before he came to bring me
here"'
(To be continued tomorrow
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