Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1910-10-27
CHAPTER II.-contlnusd.

CHAPTER ll.-contlnued.
"That is unfortunate. stopped
here last night on purpose TO see him,
and now I fear that l must leave"
and he smiled the Griswold smile,
which was one Of the secrets Of his
popularity at the university 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 to
walt"
ct was not I" said Grlswold. "who
20 rudely shook the door / beg that
you will acquit me Of that violence"
The girl did not, however, respond
10 his smile. She poked the floor with
her parasol a moment, then raised
her head and asked:
who was it, If you please2"
"A gentleman with a brown beard,
red necktie, and a bad disposition"
Il thought as much, she said, half
10 herself, and her eyes we're 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negress had withdrawn to the outer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
ike Immortality
Il am Miss Osborne. Gov. Osborne
e my father. Would you mind telling
ne whether your business with my
father is"
She hesitated, and her eyes met
ariswold's.
Miss Osborne, as have no &C.
auaintances here, let me introduce
myself. My name is criswold Ny
home Is Charlottesville. Pardon me
but you and were fellow-passengers
rom Atlanta yesterday evening.
an unacquainted with your father
and / have no business with him ex
sept"
He was not yet clear in his mind
whether to tell her that her fathers
fife was threatened: It did not seem
lair 70 alarm her when he was power
ess to help; but as he weighed the
question the girl came out into the
-eception-room and sat down near the
Nindow.
won't you have a seat, Mr.. Girls
void? May ask you again whether
Tou know the gentleman who came
a here and beat the door awhile ago?'
Z never saw him before in my life.
"That is very we'll And now. Mr.
3riswold, I am going to ask you t
ell me, If you will, Just what It Il
sou 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
oarasol across her lap in the tigh
slasp Of her white-gloved hands.
"My reason for wishing to see you
lather is, to warn him that If a Grim
nal named Appleweight is brough
Jack from his hidingplace on tn
North Carolina frontier, and tried 70
ais crimes in South Carolina, tn
governor Of that state, your father
win be made to suffer by Apple
weights friends"
That is what I thought" said th
Eirl, slowly nodding her head.
aAnd now. to be quite honest abou
t. Miss Osborne, 1 must confess ths
received this warning last nigl
rom a man who believed me to b
he governor To tell the truth, tol
aim ] was the governor"
The girls eyes made fresh invei
DRY of Griswold, then she laughe
or the frst time-a light laugh {
1onest mirth that would not be gai
said. The beautiful color deepened
aer cheeks; her eyes lighted merrill
IS though at the drollery Of Griswo
standing. SO 70 speak, iu loco parenti
u have my own confession to max
heard what you said to that man.
aad gone 10 the rear platform to 81
Hhat was the matter The stop the
n that nreposterous place seemed
lerminable. You must have know
hat ! listened.
81 didn't suppose you heard VII
shat man said to me or what I sa
3 him. ] don't know how I came
aalm myself OF as the governor
IS not Is the habit Of doing sul
hines. but Sc was due, think. to e
Taci thaE I had Just been saying to
nand 81 mine a6 Atlanta
Distress was again written 70 III
astorne.s sace She had paid lit