The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1910-11-09
"Thls gentleman wants to go over


denly and looked up nj Madden. Plead
ingIy, cntrcatingly. her eyes sought his
: she stood lcsltating
Are yoiI coming:" the owner asked.
III Is not necessary TO go inside
Madden said unexpectedly. Il can
form pretty good opinion Gu, here"
4 Then the girl flashed nj him II smile
Of gratitude. IL thank YOU" she
murnurcd softly MY patient dislikes
. To- be- disturbed :"
/ Miriam. nS ia thought he called her.
was quite friendly after that and
would often lingcr ut the gate to talk
when he passed the hOuSe upon one
prctcnse or another. thou.ll the
tangled branches seemed to bar him
ont ms completely aS an iron door
might have done Bat he had been
sent upon al important colnE!ssion
and still d,'iibrratCd lnng how best
to acculnr!iyh his purpc Sc. 80 when
upOn mpo.llght NIGHT h. had been
irrl+iStihy lraWn toward the hpuse
uppn he hill he passed nuisclcSSly
through The gateway. then on through
the 81 serted @Vr,'cns 10 WHORE Il light
shunp from BEN ath hair drawn cur.
tain If he could only succc q in his
thin" whicl he had urGertakUn IL he
could finally sAis.y himself that the
man whom b. sought was there.
SitoGpin" he prcrrd under the blind.
"rcrllrpS." s., Il n low hooking
voice. you Will be Kind enough to tell
me what YOU expect 10 find in my
house"
Madden s,raiyhtcncd suddenly and
looked ia the direction of Il shadoNy
corner where II Iris white clad figure
was di,Aly Ou'lilcd. III beg Your
pardon for hayi.g frightened YOU" he
said in confusion
IL am not afraid in the least" the
owner Of the voice returned calmly.
but your actions are littlr-er- I'M
usual. don't you think
"IncXcusable." he replied promptly
and advanced toward her. 1T is time
should be frnnk with yen. The man
whom hoped to find in that room is
Robert Reynolds. Of whom you have
heard ="
The girl arose Her face shone very
white in the moonlight. and her eyes
were VIDE with hurt surprise. lie is
NOT in that house" she said slowly.
Haze not told you so:'
You have" lc answered doggedly,
and you win think me worse than i'm
pertinent now when confess that |
thought YOU might he conrealing this
mans identity out of Il mistaken idea
Of benefit Ia hir","
She interrupted him angriy. IL will
listen tO You no longer" she said.
"l'h,rc Is no reason why should
trouble to prove NJ ruthialnesS.
Nevertheless y u, waved her hand
toward III" srr#l. si,cnt housr-"you
are 1T liEc. - to convince yourself. |
Will rr!ni;A mere"
Madden ignored the offer. "Wlll YOU
at least ALLOW ne the privilege of cX-
pIain,n%," lir asked desperately. to
If you would b. So kind:"
The girl Turned from him ANA slowly
rs cudcd he steps. At tile doorway
morrow. >lr said hrGkcniy. while !
shall confess"
Miriam" he called. uncunSciouSly
speaking her naine. for he knew that
she was crying. but the door closed,
aud the rusty bolt sl,d raSpingly into
place.
She came To meet him up,n the fol
lowing morning, such Il pathetic, drnop
ing little leuTc that Madden in his
auNirty To- hasten through the ordeal
would have spoken AZ once. l,lt she
put out Il protesting hand If YOU
please" she asked. may tell my
story iir>tf'
He silently nodded assent, then stoed
lpul,in% gravcly down upon her rs she
sat before him
"lt is needless 10 tell YOU" she began
in low hopeless tone. that Robert
Reynolds is my father. You are also
acc"ria,ed : IN the faces wE.cll made
il necessary for us to- hide away in
this Isolated village. They were too
ready to judge him. | think. those
boastcd friends Of his and To emblaZon
his guilt in all the papers" She
covered her face with trembling hands.
II seem to see always the garing
headlines: Robert Reynolds. Treasurer
of the Elite club. AbscOnded' But
there are some things you do not
know. How this disgrace. following
as it dill 50 closely upon the failure of
the business which left Us pennilcss,
my father from strong re-
liant man into child startled ut every
SOUND. Ard L. who had never been
taught to decide for myself, had now
to act for Us both. SO, wisely or un-
wisely. ! brou"ht him here where |
have been dlil. my best to allQy his
fears trying to coax him back to
courage
~ did not come to prosecute your
fl lid," said Madden II have
be searching for him. that is true
but il VAS IN orlrr to bring him good
news. 80 clear his name If a false inn
Miriam gave u little cry. ooh. how
shall ] know it i truc:" she said.