Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-10-16
governor of South Carolina, and /

heed 10 the latter half of Griswold'
recital though she kept her eyes fixe
gravely upon him. In moment tn
gentleman in blue serge who ha
manifested SO much feeling over tn
governors absence strobe again int
the room
"Ah, Miss Osborne, SO you ar,
backis'
/ He bowed over the girls hand will
a great deal Of manner. then glanced
at once toward the door of the private
office.
| Hasn't your father come in yet?
have been looking for him since eigh
o'clock"
my father is not home yet, Mr.
Bosworth.'
Not home! Do you mean to say
that he won't be here today?"
i hardly expect him. replied the
girl calmly. Very likely he will be al
home tonight or in the morning"
| Griswold had walked away out Of
hearing; but he felt that the CIR
! purposely raised her voice so that he
might hear what she said.
II must know where he is: there's
an important matter waiting-a very
serious matter it may prove for him il
he isn't her today to pass on it.
must wire him at once"
Very good. You had better do so
Mr. Bosworth. He's at the Peach Tree
club, Atlanta .
| Atlanta! Do you mean to say that
he isn't even in this state today?'
No, Mr.. Bosworth, and l advise
you to telegraph him Immediately il
your business is so urgent"
ut isn't my business, Barbara; it's
the states business! it's your fathers
| business, and if he isn't here to at.
tend to 1t by tomorrow at the latest,
1t will go hard with him. He has
enemies who will construe his absence
as meaning"
He spoke rapidly, with rising anger,
but some gesture from the girl arrest
ed him, and he turned frowningly to
see Griswold calmly intent upon an
engraving at the further end of the
room. The colored woman was doing
in her chair. Before Bosworth could
resume, the girl spoke, her voice again
raised SO that every word reached
Griswold
"If you refer to the Appleweight
case, must tell you, Mr.. Bosworth,
that have all confidence that my
father will lact whenever he sees fit"
But the people"
My father is not afraid of the peo-
ple,' said the girl quietly.
"But you don't understand, Barbara,
how much Is at stake here If some
action isn't taken in that matter with
in twenty-four hours your father will
be branded as coward by every news
paper in the state. You seem to take
it pretty cody, but it won't be a
tritling matter for him."
Il believe" replied the girl rising,
that you have said all that | care
to hear from you now or at any fur
Their time, Mr.. Bosworth, about this or
any other matter"
But, Barbara"
Miss Osborne turned her back and
walked to the window. Bosworth
stared moment, then rushed angrily
from the room. Griswold abandoned
his study of the picture, and gravely
inclined his head as Bosworth passed.
Then he waited a minute. The girl
still stood at the window, and there
was, Griswold felt, something little
forlorn in her figure. 1t was quite
time that he was off if he caught his
train for Richmond. He crossed the
room, and as he approached the win
dow Miss Osborne turned quickly.
ut was kind of you to wait. That
man is the states attorney-general
You doubtless heard what he said to
me-"
yes, Miss Osborne, could not help
hearing. l did not leave, because I
wished to say
The associate professor of admiralty
in the department of law of the Uni
lost Miss Osborne's eyes were brown
with that hint of bronze, in certain
lights, that is the distinctive posses
sion Of the blessed. Health and spirit
spoke in her bright color. She was
tall and straight, and there was some
thing militant in her figure as she
faced Griswold.
81 beg to say, Miss Osborne, that ii
there is any way in which can serve
you, my time is wholly at your dis
posal"
81 thank you. fear that you have
already given yourself too much trou-
BILE in stopping here. My father will
wish to thank you on his return
Her lips trembled, and tears were
bright in her eyes. Then she regained
control of herself.
"Mr. Griswold l have no claim what
ever on your kindness, but l am in
very great distress. / don't see just
where 1 can turn for aid to any one
know. But you as a stranger may
be able to help me-if it isn't asking
too much-but then I know it Is ask
ing too much"
Anything, anything whatever"
urged Griswold kindly.
Mr. Bosworth, the general,
warns me that if my father does not
use the power of the state to capture
this outlaw Appleweight, the results
will be disastrous. He says my
father must act Immediately. He de-
manded his address, and, and gave
it to him." ii
"But you must remember, Miss Os-
borne, that the encouragement prob
ably knows the intricacies Of this case.
He must have every reason for uphold
ing your father; in fact, It's his sworn
duty to advise him in such matters as