The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-10-30
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 By GEORGE DYRE ELDRIDGE
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By GEORGE DYRE ELDRIDGE
copyRIcnr, 1909, BY GEORGE DYRIs ELDR1DeE


the absurd device of wrapping himself in sheetr'
 It was challenge, but he did not use it. The picture was taking too real form for him to give w igs2t to tr1fle. He saw her waiting in the chamber unable to warn her brother. uncertain what he could do to escape the compromise of a discovery. anx- 1ous for her father. and torn with a woman's tenderness for the injured man. enemy though he was to her and hers. The horror of the night and the wonder of her stand against it grew ! on him n1omently.
 When Horace dropped the sheet in the entryway I was waiting and let
 him into the sitting room. but even ] ] then he would not give up the search, and I had to wait until you had re-
 turned MApd made your examination. bThen wey caught you out of doors and locked you out. after which Horace went through the trunk of papers. He
 deserved some reward for his deter minatio and perseverance," 1 Then he found nothing?''t asked Grimbleshaw.
 Nothing! If there were or are pa pers they were too carefully hidden t , be found by such search. I don't believe there were any,
 Grinbleshaw weighed the chances pro and con. s
 | Why should he have saved any thing of the kind ?" he asked "They could only serve to compromise him.
 T suppose there was no reason. ex- @s,.-- r- . done it.''
 She felt the hopelessness of the hope. and it was not until a nonent's pause that she resumed the story
 When we had got away and ridden about half mile it suddenly occurred to us that we had left the doors lcck- led and that you had no means of get i ting into the house again. excepting by breaking in. I. was too late for isus to go back, but we did Stop at a shop on the outskirts of the town and Horace telephened. It was an awful risk, but it was the least we could do under the circumstances.''
 Thus Grimblesflaw had the story of l the night. supp1emcnting the impress I sion he had gained from his talk with the older Calden. Some thflgs it made tclear to him. and It strengthened him lin his resolve to stand with Judi tn and I her brother. None the less 1t gave new point to the question. who had done this deed for which. unless the I actual criminal was discovered they
 were sure to stand accused through Tout their lives? Indeed he saw 1t as
 rot impossible that they might be 1 bYought to trial and threatened with punishment.
 There is some terrible mystery here" he said. ssbut it must be capable
 of solution. Let me be your help to resolve it. and free your brother and
 fatter from this cloud of evil"
 'sBut Trafford.' she said. with a
 shudder <, @He can't make black white; he can't
 make innocence guilt!,' he cried. "Wi h Horace freed from the threat that
 hangs oyer him. and your testimony and Horace's will do that-,'
 'iRut.'e' she interrupted, .'he won't tell the story. He won't speak!s
 "He must said Grimbleshsy. stern T ly 'TIe must be made to see that the
 only hope for any of you is the utmost frankness. He's got to see it! Youl I fathers safety for the time. across the line. gives me chance to get at Horace and read him a lecture. Fl s's I doing nobody kindness by this fcourse Tn fact, he's simply making 4 people believe that he knows tl1inge
 which. in reality. he merely guesses We've got to work this outi''
 .T believe you can if any one can.'
 she said. gently. and with sthis word 9of confidence he was obliged to con.
 tent himself for the moment, thougt
 he longed to take her in his arms and
 tell her why he was ready to do and dare for her sake,