The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1910-08-13
CHAPTER Il.-Continued.

hdt Is StoppNu
here last night on purpose to see him.
and now | fear that | must leave"
and he smiled the Griswold smile,
which was one of the secrets of his
popularity at the university-'T must
leave Columbia in a very few min.
utes."
"The Office does not keep very early
hours" remarked the girl. "but some
one will certainly be here in a mo-
ment. | am sorry you have had 20
wait"
at was not l." said Griswold. who
so rudely shook the door. beg that
you will acquit me of that violence"
The girl did not, however. respond
to his smile. She poked the floor with
her parasol moment, then raised
her head and asked:
who was 1t, If you please?"
"a gentleman with brown beard,
a red necktie, and bad disposition"
II thought as much" she said. half
to herself, and her eyes were bent
again upon the point of her parasol,
with which she was tracing a design
in the rug. She lifted her head with
the abruptness of quick decision, and
looked straight at Griswold. The
negress had withdrawn to the outer
door, by which she sat with sphinx.
like Immortality.
81 am Miss Osborne. Gov. Osborne
is my father. Would you mind telling
me whether your business with my
father is"
She hesitated, and her eyes met
Griswolds.
Miss Osborne, as | have no &C.
quaintances here, let me introduce
myself. My name is Griswold. My
home is Charlottesville. Pardon me,
but you and were passengers
from Atlanta yesterday evening.
am unacquainted with your father
and | have no business with him ex,
cept-"
He was not yet clear in his mind
whether to tell her that her fathers
life was threatened; 1t did not seem
fair to alarm her when he was power
less to help; but as he weighed the
question the girl came out into the
reception-room and sat down near the
window.
Wont you have a seat, Mr.. Girls
void? May ask you again whether
you know the gentleman who came
in here and beat the door awhile ago?'
81 never saw him before In my life.
THAT is very well. And now, Mr.
Griswold, ! am going to ask you t.
tell me, II you will, just what it l!
you wish to say to my father"
| She was very earnest, and the re
quest she made rang the least bit i'm
periously. She now held the whit,
parasol across her lap in the tigh
clasp Of her white.gloved hands.
my reason for wishing to see you
father Is, to warn him that II Grim
inal named Appleweight Is brough
back from his hidingplace on thu
North Carolina frontier, and tried 70
his crimes in South Carolina, tn
governor of that state, your father
will be made to suffer by Apple
weights friends"
That is what | thought" said tn
girl, slowly nodding her head.
And now to be quite honest abou
It, Miss Osborne, / must confess tina
received this warning last nigh
from a man who believed me to
the governor. To tell the truth, | toll
him | was the GOVERNOR
The girls eyes made fresh inveI
tory of Griswold, then she laughe
for the first time-a light laugh c
honest mirth that would not be gail
said. The beautiful color deepened /
her cheeks; her eyes lighted merrill!
as though at the drollery of Griswol
standing, so to speak, in loco parents
II have my own confession to max,
I heard what you said to that man.
had gone to the rear platform to sc
what was the matter. The stop theT
in that preposterous place seemed il
terminable, You must have know
that | listened"
Il didn't suppose you heard whf
that man said to me or what | sal
to him. | don't know how | came
palm myself off as the governor
, ON not in the habit of doing sue
things, but 1t was due, think, to til
fact that had just been saying to
, friend of mine at Atlanta"
Distress was again written in Mis-
Osborne's face She had paid HIT