The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1910-03-16

MNOie tHlHS away, YOU underestimate
Caruth took the letter with Il hand that
trembled in spite of himself. He did not
want to read it; to do so seemed sort of
d dns;ea lack Of consideration for the
desires OF Miss FitZhugh. On the other
hand 1t would be madness to let slip what
might very we'll be his only chance to ac-
quaint qua tn, himself with letter she had bought
spell life and death to him and to her
His uncertainty must have showed in his
race i;n IT for the other encouraged him. Go
none"
Caruth opened the letter. 1t read as fol-
lows:
Dear jim: There's been a fight and
everybody on board is dead or dying The
Orkney is sinking and we're ali due to
drown If we live long enough 1t was the
told 1s,l US about it. and we jumped the officers
ineS fo ought hard, but we worried 'em
e Ms are pf1 it the and are nsdw xiag b.
Get the gold you can. No more from
Your Rrosher Bin
&c, Garnth,s s. hands dropped and he. looked up.
HIS cheeks were white SO this was the
explanation. The girls quest was for gold
The letter she sought contained not. as he
had Inferred, the names of revoutionists,
of gold that seemed already to have cost
many men their lives. 1t all seemed very
sordid to Caruth He had never earned
or lacked a penny in his life, and to struy-
gle for mere money seemed to him little
short of disgracefu 1t speaks volumes
for the impression Marie Fitzhugh had
made upon him that it never even occurred
to him to misdoubt her interest in the mat
ter. or to question whether she might not
ne mere adventuress. the tool of private
thieves rather than the agent of public
consprators. Perhaps. after all. this was
because he was tenacious of his beliefs
and. once having formed them, did not
readily change.
one thing, however. stood out in his con-
SclOuSneSS: lie 1iSpoynr bar VIII
ahouts and tell her that her letter had
been n. found. He had no qualms in regard
to Wilkins. The man had forced his conf
d den upon him, and he was under no OBJ
legation to preserve it, Miss Fitzhush owned
the letter. She had bought it from its
owner .,s,n and had paid for it, and was en-
titled to know its contents. His part was
To find out if she still wanted it, and to
make sure that the man who held it would
be available if she did.
He turned TO Wilkins who had waited
patiently for MIN to speak. II can't help
you off,hand. he declared, but perhaps
may be able to do later. Perhaps
er | can or not, but l will try. Certainly
can learn something about the wreck of
the Orkney, and that ought to help. Your
brothers room is vacant. Suppose you oc-
cupy it tonight. and meanwhile l will see
what l can learn. And if l were you
SHOULD T,, keep that letter to myself
Don't you worry about me monet he re-
sponded. II amt takin no chances. I've
had time to arrange things. Do you know
what would eventuate if didn't show up
for such and such time? Well! I'll tell
YOU Copies of this here letter would go
to half dozen newspapers lnucho pronto
An l judge. that would queer the game
some for folks that did for Jim
1t was this interview that had caused
Caruth TO consult Bristow and to tell that
clever newspaper man IL great deal more
than he had dreamed of doing when he
began though for reason not entirely
ineligible to himself, he did not touch on
the arrival of the westerner.
Continued next week.