The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-03-13

II my ears a-t nv progress sadly
hanper by the long trailing skirt
over which tripped and stumbled.
and which. / wilI remark IN passing
was ir-eyocably ruined
/ do rot know why | ran, nor Shy
I stopped up my ears. since had 10,
heard q word Of any kind. aac was Ger
tainly Il no personal danger. bit
rushed wildly on and finally cast myself
5reathless upon my bed. my pulses
throboius painfully and ny who.e oe-
ing esits-.ag with sense of shame
Fer l had SO nearly loved him
knew IL now. even as l knew his IN
wo-thiuess Had he not He'd TO ne
that afternoon Lied about 50 sim
pie matter that / should then have
understood he had something to COZ
ceal-scmething Of which to De
ashamed Ard nov he was tryi.g to
force an entrance 10 the boAthc1se-
But why Was he q common th5ef:
Oh. no l cried. aloud; no. 10,
that
Then | sat suddenly upright. for
renen bsred the safe in the dining
roou. with the Jewels locked in #
the pearls which belonged to Lady
Edichs mo-he--z1d l remeu oered
also ny ind5screet disclosures re-
gzrdEug it. and the questions he had
asked even while processing his disap-
rroval-keeu. searching questions as
10 the exact location Of the safe and
the form q lock upoh it. And / had
told kim everything he wanted TO Know
Willingly
Oh cried again I'm . fool,
aad he kre~ II. aad used me fer a
tool"
Therein iay the chief sting He hsd
used ne Is q tool and my wcUza's
vanity was wounded to the quick-
Going inIo the next room. I ieaued
eat ot the open window. lookins TO
ward the ocean and watching for
something ! was not sure what The
sezrchiight was al work again. and by
lis light 7 saw 4 little dark boat steal
away from our slip and make lis wzy
toward the point q he island cozli
see r~o figures in its stern so knew
the ksy had Tot b@en successful aai
or boatho1se was stili closed s.p
posed also that the presence @, the
searchHght had frightened them away.
and felt grateful for il
heard the voices Of the girl. ard
returned 70 nv own room kastsly re-
moving uy dress and slipping into
bed Tomorrow would tell then. but
not tonight could aot talk tonight
| could not even thilk
She's sound asleep whispered Ca
briene after Al iaaui-ing peep over
TIE bed 1t must De later THAI sc
thought
~lt's awful the way ne forge he
aight Ct tine when ws GET to taking
returned Elizabeth reuorssfuIly. AID
thes lowered tAeir light and moved
softly. 4 order 10, 10 disturb ne
pat / lzy with widely opened eyes
staring into the darkness, long AFTER
their quiet breathing told me hey
cad gone peacefully 10 sleep Hox 10,
the pillow was, turned II res-lessiy,
hoping the ether side might contain 4
soPorttc influence zzd I could ss.
away from the torueotiaS ev---recur-
ring GCes-loz- What did he want N
there So far as ~e knew. The place
vas empty. Why. then Should any
ua1 want 10 force az e1r-azcet
Perh4rs after all il ~aS nothing
that could rot De explained would
~-,ts hi1 II the morning and tell him
quite frankly what had seSz aad ASK
for aa explanation And Re q course.
would answer promptly Thea re
zeuhe7sd the sca-f-Pln % tie Sphinx.
head ard knew -ha- alr erplzaatior.
60 matter tow plausible. would a.
~sTs Dc accompanied by 6oub. IL
ny o~l mind
/ remembered something else also
Ms B1z6ys eEs-al6s- and he sup
position that tie one Who socs them
had Departed without ~aiilzg to-
breakfast Hal lie no- ey Is ova
showing lst- tie hossI very sarty il
deed the morning after tie s-orz+
! tried 70 PIT this thcS-Et- array
from ne. eEt II rs-E-ceG again sad
again With ei9euus Pe--1ac1Jy. urIil.
Ai-s- long tine. ~ senses became
iuzlet a-t tsil TITO a. uzezxy dose.
where hard LAZY Edith 5e-antiag
ss- uo-1s-s pearls ot G1-1aa Bec-
cst- xh5ie - Insisted ke IS kAviz
them ss- into sl3s-co-bs for ne. And
ccZld not thA sto-e. comply nth her
request