Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-03-17

ohiy q man would talk ike tnat,
she exclaimed, and then-"Only a
man would be so ungrateful."
Il m 70 the charge. You set a
great crowd of DULLES on me to hold
me down by violence, and then talk of
lngratitude! DO you not see, my dear
girl, tnat l must know what is going
onH How can / lie here when there is
so much Observation-Disclosures so many
things may happen? Please do as /
tell you n let Captain Larry know
at once"
She came ana stood by my bedside,
and touching my fingers for an instant
with her WA gesture which thrilled
me as though some strange current
OF a new life burned in my veins-she
said very quietly:
There is nothing happening, DIR.
Fan. If o went up to the bridge,
you would see nothing but the fog.
That is what Mr.. McShanus is looking
at now-at that and the punch bowl.
We cannot see the others-we shall
never see them again, / hope"
1t was calmly said. and yet what a
tale or woe 1t voiced; days Of her own
agony among the ruffians, intolerable
hours of suffering and distress /
thought her then one of the bravest of
women think SO to this hour.
Joan" I said, "how did you come
here? Where did Okyada find you? I
have thought much about it, and /
believe that | know. But you must tell
me yourself. You hid in one of the
boats, did you not-one Of the three
boats the men lowered when they
wished me to go on board their ship.
/ thought 1t must be so. There was no
other way"
She had seated herself by this time
in a girlish attitude al the foot Of my
bunk. her feet swinging together as
though TO express a sense of her indif-
ference; her hands clasped, her eyes
avoiding mine as though she feared /
would read the whole truth therein.
you were a wizard always, DR.. Fan.
My father, that is General Fordibras,
said so-Mr. McShanus thinks it, and
so does Captain Larry. Yes, it was in
the last of the boats that l hid myself.
| saw them lower 1t, and then, when
they all got into the first two, l climb
ed down from h gangway, and hid
myself under the tarpaulin. Have you
ever been really afraid, DR.. Ean-afraid
for an instant of something which
can imagine? Well, l have been afraid
like that ever since Mr.. Imroth took me
on the ship-afraid in a way ] cannot
tell you--yes, so afraid that / would
lie for hours. and shut all sights and
sounds from my ears. pray that the
udy WOuIu lllu ile uedu. 1 tell you now
that you may not speak to me of it
again. could not bear it, God knows
| could not"
For an instant, and an instant only,
her courage failed her, and burying her
face III iIer hands she wept like a child.
Herein l think she gave expression to
sion to that pent-up anguish she had so
long supported silently. and alone. /
did not seek to comfort her, did not
answer a word to her pfteous entreaty.
The circumstances of her rescue must,
in the end, De their own answer to her
fears. / thought.
I'VE will not speak of it, JOAN" I
said gently. 1T was a clever thought
to hide yourself in the boat, and I
wonder it occurred to you OF course
/ should have been disappointed if 1
had been wrong. Directly they told
me that yan were net Oh the ship, /
guessed that you had jumped COW
into one of the neglected boats, and
that Okyada would find you there.
That is a fellow who reads my mind
more clearly than I can read it myself.
He is the true wizard. We must keep
Okyada always with is when we go
back to the old home in England, Joan.
/ woCld not lose him for all the riches
IN our Diamond Ship and more. Yes,
indeed, we must never part with Oky-
ada.
HIS was Sdiu with some meaning.
and Joan Fordibras would have been
unworthy of the cleverness with which
| credited her, had the intent of it
failed. She understood me instantly
/ knew that it would be so.
IT must go to Paris" she rejoined
with a dignity i~nseparable from such
an answer. General Fordibras will
be waiting for me there. I must go
to him, DR.. Fan. 1t was never his in
tention to send me on the ship-no, /
will do him the justice to say that
They tricked me into going-Mr. I'm
roth and those with him. My father
would have taken me back to America.
He promised me that the day went
to Valley House. i believe that he was
in earnest--he has never told me a lie.
"A point in his favor and one of the
best. Then it was Imroth who took
you away that night my friends saved
me. I should have thought OF that. /
should have guessed as much.
Insensibly, o will see, / had been
leading her to tell me the whole story
of her life since we had been separat-
ed at Valley House. Her determine
ton to go to Paris / found worthy of
her attitude since the beginning; her
loyalty to this arch-villain, Fordi-
bras, remained amazing In it's consist
ency. After all, / remembered, this
man had shown her some kindness.
and, IN a sense, MAD acted q father
part toward her. / did moi believe
that he had intended deliberately to
brand Der with the crimes his agents
had committed. That had been I'm
roth's work--the work of a man who
was the very keystone OF this stipend
Gus conspiracy. / could not blame
Joan because she had the wit to see II.
You will remember that it was after
dinner. DIR. Fan, n | had gone to my
ROOM" she said, replying to my ques-
ton. Il had been there perhaps half
an hour when the old servant. who used
TO wait on me, came up and said that
my father was waiting for me in the
gardens. / ran down at once, and fol-
lowed her to the mountain gate, which
the General alone made use OF. There
/ met the negro. who said that 1 must
accompany him TO the observatory
which is On the cliffs. as you know. !
did not suspect anything; why should
III? My father was often at the obser-
vatory with Mr.. Imroth, and / i'm
agined that they had some good news
for me-. That was a child's thought,
but l am not ashamed OF it. No sooner
had we passed the tunnel than two OF
the sailors ran up from the cliff road
and told us that the General Ead gone
on board the yacht, and hat I must
follow him.. 1t was a trick, OF course.
4 Tn, Yacht was waiting for mo buf fha