The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1909-11-26

The princess was once more at his
side. He had clasped her arm to lead
her securely In the wake Of Neenah's
electric lantern. She came to q sud-
den stop.
"And pray, Mr.. Chase" she said
sharply, as If the thought occurred to
her for the first time, "why didn't you
stop them? You had the advantage.
You and Selim could have surprised
them-you could have taken them with
out struggle"
He laughed softly. deprecatingly. not
little impressed by the justice Of her
criticism.
"No doubt you consider me cow
ard" he said ruefully.
"You know that do not" she pro-
tested. IL can't understand your
motive; that is ALL"
"You forget that am the represent
alive Of these very men. l am the
trusted agent of Sir John Brodney,
who has refused to supplant me with
another. l can't very we'll represent
Sir John and at the same time make
prisoners or corpseS of his clients,
even though / am being shielded by
their legal foes. I'll not have Won
Blitz saying, even to himself, that I
have not only stolen his wives, but
have also cast him into the hands of
his Philistines. 1t may sound quixotic
to you. but think that Lord Doping
ham and Mr.. Browne will understand
my attitude"
But Won BlitL has sworn to kill
you." she expostulated, with some heat.
"Yon are wasting your integrity,
must say, Mr.. Chase"
would you have me shoot him from
ambush?'' he demanded.
mot at all. You could have taken
him captive and held him safe until
the time comes for you to leave the
island"
'He would not have been my cap
tive in any event. could do no more
than deliver him into the hands of his
enemies. Would that be fair?'
But he is q thief"'
mo more so than Taswell Skaggs
and John Wyckholme. who unquestion-
ably cheated the natives out Of the
very treasure we have seen carried
away. l am not a constable nor a
. thief catcher. l am a soldier Of the
, defense, not an officer of the crown, at
this stage Of the game. Today l shall
) contrive to send word to Rasula that
Won Blitz has stolen the treasure
= chests. Mr.. Won Blitz will have sad
!, time explaining this little detection to
his friends. We must not overlook the
r fact that Lady Deppingham and Rob.
r ert Browne are quite willing to take
e everything from the islanders. Every.
e thing that Taswell Skaggs and John
e Wyckholme possessed in this island
|, belongs to them under the terms Of the
t Will"
= They were at the top of the second
t fight Of stairs by this time and quite
e a distance from the treasure chamber
a His GOODNESS. the absence of any sign
y Of returning sentiment, was puzzline
= her sorely. Half an hour before she
had been carried away. rendered help
Y less, by the passion that swayed him
Now he spoke and looked as if he had
forgotten the result Of his storming
n Strangely enough, she was piqued.
ed upper corridor he proceeded ruth
;. lessly to upset all Of her harsh calcu
n lations. He stopped suddenly. step
II ping directly in front Of her. AS sh
drew up in surprise he reached dow
II and took both of her hands in his
~ For the moment she was too amaze
to oppose this sudden action. Sh
looked up into his face. many emo
n tons in her own-reproof, wonder, dis
ID pay. hauteur, joy.
WATT" he said gently. They wer
"a quite alone. She saw the most wor
m derful light in his gray eyes. Her lip
ID parted in quick. timorous confusion
n II love you. l am sorry for what
a did down there. couldn't help it.
nor could you. Yet | took a cruel az
!, vantage Of you. know what you'v
% been thinking too. You have bee
"a saying to yourself that l wanted t
see how far could go. Don't speak.
>, know! You are wrong. I've absolute
>. ly worshiped you since those first day
~ in Thorberg. wildly. hopelessly, da
y and night l was afraid of you've
- afraid of you because you are pril
" cess. But I've got over all that, G
nevra. You are a woman. Twin
~ real woman. with the blood and IL
~ heart and the lips that were made fl
-, men to crave. / want to tell you tn
ue here In the light of day, not in Il
nc darkness that hid all the truth in n
~ except that which you might have fe
in my kiss"
eo "Please-please don't" she said on
ne more. her lip trembling. her eyes fl
lis of the softness that the woman wi
loves cannot hide. "You shall not .
Il, on! 1t is wrong!'
'oi at is not wrongr' he cried hotl
KS MY love is not wrong. | want "
re n understand and 70 believe car