The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-07

thought, moved towards the other WIN
dow which was behind him There
they stood hand in hand. their eyes
following every movement of the old
man. Joy did not know, of course,
what was in the letter; but she had
seen it before in the garden at Amble-
side and when he had posted it before
setting out on their motor ride. And
So piecing her information with the
idea conveyed by her lovers recent
words, she was able to form some sort
of idea of it's general import. A soft,
beautiful blush suffused her face. ana
her eyes gliStened as she stood think
ing: in the effort of thought she re-
called many sweet passages. She now
understood in a vague way what was
the restraining influence which had
moved her lover to reticence during all
those hours when he had tried to tell
her of his love and his hopes without
actually speaking words, the knowledge
of which given without his consent
would have incensed her father against
him. and so wrought further havoc
So moved was she that Athlyne, whose
ewes were instinctiVely drawn to her
from the observation of her father,
was amazed and not a little discon-
certed. There must be some strange
undercurrent of feeling in her that he
could not understand. Joy saw the
look on his face and seemed to under
stand. She raised to her lips the hand
that she 50 strongly clasped in hers
and kissed it. Then she raised q finger
of her Other nanQ anu IOuCHeu HSI
lips Thus treasured of her love and
understanding, Athlyne followed with
his eyes the trend or hers; and SO to-
gether' they continued to watch her
father, trying to gather from his bear
ing some indication of his thoughts
Indeed this was not a difficult mat
ter Colonel Ogilvie seemed to have
lost himself in his task. and expressed
his comments ON what he read by a
series of childlil1e movements and
CALCULATIONS. Athlyne who knew what
the letter contained could apply these
enlightening comments, and even JOY
in her ignorance of detail could infer
entially follow the text. Colonel Og1l-
vie did not say a word of definite
speech, but the general tendency or his
comment was that of SurprlSe-aston-
ishment. When he had finished read
ing Athlyne's 1etter-it was the last of
the batch-he sat for quite half a min
ute quite still and silent, holding the
paper between finger and thumb OF his
dropped left hand. Then with a deep
frown on his forehead he began to
read it again. He was evidently look
ing for some passage, for when he had
found it he stood up once and turned
to them. By this time Joy. warned by
the movement. had dropped her lovers
hand and now stood some distance
away from him. The old man began:
"Sir . There is a passage in a
letter here which I understand to be
yours So far I must acknowledge
ly did send the letter. and I evidently
received it. Listen to this: Having
heard in a roundabout way that there
was a woman in New York who was
passing herself off my wife under
took a journey to that City to make
investigation into the matter; and in
order to secure the necessary secrecy
as to my movements took for the time
an assumed name-or rather used as
Christian and surname two of those
names in the middle of my full equip
ment which 1 do not commonly USE
What does all that mean? No, do not
speak. Wait and 1 shall tell you. You
say the lady-woman you call her
took your name. For saying such a
thing. and for the disrespect in her
description as woman. you will have
to answer me. Either of them will
cost you your life Athlyne answered
with quiet. impressive dignity which
helped in some degree to reassure Joy
who stood motionless in open-eyed
wonder-her heart seeming to her as
colo as ice at the horror of this new
phase of danger. 1t was a veritable
'bolt from the blue" incomprehensible
to her in every way:
(To be Continued.1