Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-03-05

TeIeI at DenOldlng scene OF peace.
Arthur Holbrook still stood with
bowed head by the table, his back to-
his brother, and I felt suddenly the
girls hand clutch my wrist She with
her fresher eyes upon the scene saw,
before grasped it, what now occurred.
Henry Holbrook had drawn a revolver
from his pocket and pointed it full at
his brothers back. We two at the
window saw the weapon flash menac-
1ngly; but suddenly Arthur Holbrook
flung round his brother cried:
i think you are lying to me, and
want those notes-I want those notes,
l want them now, You must have
them, and I can't go to Patricia unit:
1 know they're safe.''
He advanced several steps and his
manner grew confident as he saw that
he held the situation in his own grasp.
would have rushed in upon them bu4
the girl held me back
Watt Waltz" she whispered
Arthur thrust his hands into the
side pockets of his flannel jacket and
nodded his head once or twice.
why don't you shoot, Henry?''
Il want those notes. said Henry
Holbrook. You lied to me about
them They were to have been de-
stroyed. I want them now, tonight
If you shoot nae you will undoubt-
eddy get them much easier,'' said Ar
thur; and he 1ounged away toward the
wall, half turning his back while the
point of the pistol followed him. But
the fact is, never had them; Giles
pie kept Them
Threats cool quickly, and I really
had not much fear that Henry Hol-
brook meant to kill his brother; and
A <1.e
was having it's disconcerting effect on
Henry The pistol barrel wavered;
but Henry steadied himself and his
clutch frightened on the butt. 1 again
turned toward the door, but the girls
hand~held me back.
Wait she whispered again THAT
man is a coward. He will not shoot"
The canoe-maker had been calmly
talking, discussing the disagreeable
consequences of murder in a tone of
half-banter, and he now stood directly
under the foils. Then in a flash he
snatched one of them, flung it up with
an accustomed hand, and snapped it
across his brothers knuck1es. At the
window we heard the slim steel hiss
through the air, followed by the rattle
of the revolver as it struck the ground.
The canoe-maker's foot was on it in
stantly; he still held the foil.
Henry he said in the tone of one
rebuking a child, you are bad enough,
but l do not intend that you shall be
a murderer. And now 1 want you to
go; 1 will not treat with you; 1 want
nothing more to do with you, 1 re-
peat that 1 haven't got the notes.
He pointed to the door with the
foil. The blood surged angrily in his
b,1t hi
control as he went on.
Your visit has awakened me to a
sense of neglected duty, Henry. I
have allowed you to prosecute our sis
ter without raising a hand! 1 have no
other business now but to protect her.
Go back to your stupid sailor and tell
him that if I catch him in any mis-
chief on the lake or here I shall GER
tainly kill him.
l lost any further words that passed
between them, as Henry crafty
threatening, walked out upon the deck
to his boat; then from the creek came
the threshing of oars that died away
in moment When I gazed into the
room again Arthur Holbrook was
blowing out the lights.
Il am grateful; 1 am so grateful"
faltered the girls voice; but you
nluSI not De seen mere PI0dSe go
nowi l had taken her hands, feeling
that 1 was about to lose her; but she
freed them and stood away from me in
the shadow.
I'VE are going away-we must leave
here! / can never see you again" she
whispered.
In the starlight she was Helen, by
every test my senses could make; but
by something deeper I knew that she
was not the girl / had seen in the
window at st. Agatha's. She was
more dependent, less confident and
poised; she stif1ed a sob and came
close. Through the window I saw Ar
thur Holbrook climbing up to blow out
the last light.
L could have watched myself, but
l was afraid that sailor might come;
and it was he that fired at you in the
road He had gone to Glenarm to
watch you and keep you away from
here. Uncle Henry came back to-day
and sent word that he wanted to see
my father. and L asked you to come to
help u.s.
I thank you for that
And there was another mana
stranger, back there near the road; /
could not make him out, but you will
be careful-please, You must think
very i'll of me for bringing you into all
this danger and trouble
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