The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1910-11-19
(continued trom yesterday.l

NlSOuLLQueQa LE0ULrSgo -
He bowed to the truth of this, then
again braced mp bravely- 3ut tins
gentleman seemed quite interested
He's over to the BIgelow House now:
think III step over and have talk
with him
.sYou,d much better go and have a
talk with BlInky Lockwood sne tosu
him brritaIly. lies within for you
nj; the bank and said he wasn't goin
to wait after 10 O'Clock neither4
Gwen. perhaps you're right. III 80
there. It's after II, but He start.
ed to get his hat and stopped with an
exclamation why, Natl didn't
know you'd got backF
Duncan was at the back OF the store
clearing the Inst remnants OF the olu
stock from the shelves. Yes" he said
pleasantly, without turning. We been
here some time cleaning ulp the cellar
to make room for the stun that's COM
ing in. l came upstairs Just q moment
ago, but you Were so busy talking you
didn't notice me"
He paused. swept the empty shelves
with a calculating glance and came
out around the end of the counter
''Everything's In dptop shape, ne
said. al checked up the bill of ladinS
myself, and there's not thing miss
ing, not a bit OF breakage- Mt Ora
ham, he continued, dropping gentle
hand on the old mans shoulder
you're going to have the hnest drug
store in the state within six months
with the stun that Sperry hns sent US
we can make Sothern s Lee look
ike as cents on the dollar. We're
going TO make things hum in this
old shop, and don't you forget it
ne laughed lightly. with a note OF
encouragement But he avoided Gra'
hams eyes even as he did Betty's. he
could not meet the pitiful look OF the
former, any more than that stare oil
hostility and defiance in the latter.
'sIts good OF you. my boy, Ora
ham 01ayered. ''sI-but I'm afraid j
WON'T
"sNow don't say thatF' Duncan inter
posed firmly. '.And don't let me keeT
you. I think you said you were going
out on business2 And III be busy
enough right here"
And. without exactly knowing how II
had come about, Graham found him
self in the street, stumbling downtown
toward the bank
When he had gone Duncan would
have returned to the shelves for ma
redding up. He desired least OF all
things an encounter with Betty In her
present frame of mind With sud
den movement she threw herself in
front OF Duncan.
$50 you were 1istening|
''Pm sorry" he said uncomfortably
az didn't mean to hear anything" be
argued plaintively. 'I was I'm the
room before understood and by the
time did It was too late-you had
finished"
"oh, don't try to explain. II hate
your she continued.
He held her eyes inquiringly. Eyes.
he said in the tone OF one who solves
puzzlIng problem. 81 believe you do"
She looked away. shaking with pas
sion. you just better believe it.
But" he went on quietly, ''you
don't hnte your father. TOO, do you.
Miss GrnhamT'
what do you mean by that. NIr.
Duncan?"
81 mean" he said. faltering. 'I'm
going to give you u bit OF advice
Don't you talk to your father again
the way you did just now"
wen. you amt mel" she cried saw
ageIy. "You nin't me! Understand
that2 When want advice from you
I'll ask for It Until 1 do you let me
alone"
very well" he replied so calmly
that she lost her bearings for a mo-
rneut. And Inevitably this. emphasiz-
ting as it did nil TINT she resented most
III hirn-his education, wit. address, his