The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1911-06-08

~ look up q Asr 10 surpriss tAso
t10@ Now" ~ said. I'm going To
eAbs OF these boots a yours, which
~ yet. but Which vill serve sxcsl
1aoay. nevertheless. for . pillow. a.A
~ are to take o9 that heavy coat
~ get inside this haG Have you evsr
49, In oasr'
- vas already txGgiAg st 90 oe
- Boots. and her protest west uA-
boeesd-it vas oaly . hafhsarte1
Dgo1sst after all.
When he had taksa OF ths boots.
sho submitted. without Asnur. 70 his
unfastsning the froGs O. her Asavy
sealskin coat and sliDping 1t u her
6AesIders.
When finally. WITH ssos assistaAes
fsso him. she nsstis1 Aovs i.si6s tAs
gTees heecslinsA baG. vAsa ~ had
re,1ed her snail beots i1to . bsAlls
~ made . Dlllov a thso for Ass
hea1. - As AAA ~ ~ vosA. sAs
s1elaimed. AaH.sseollieualy. q tAs
ss0fort Of Il an.
N 10 20 Asliciossly warn aAA seft"
- said. Il liAn't k1ov yos were
~ being . lsxurioas sybasits vhss
~ refused . saattssss and . pair ot
bsaaksts O he yacht. II oaly yos
eosA bs warn. too. and confortabls."
7 shall b." he assured her. TN
Daks . cushion ol that great coat oe
-osss and sit lowa here at the foot
of the bunk. You're not 70 bother
aSeut me- You're to prove the sAcacy
q The slespins-bas BY going to slssp
n H."
"And what will you DO all the while
sitting there and keeping watcAf
Would you-would you like to read
fathers Journal! II you would. rA
hes to have you. aftss what you sail
log ago about the men Who risksd
aa4 lost their lives trying to reach
The pole. think II you will rsad
tAat book. you win understand, n
SPITE Of your wings. And-wsll. I'd
IKE TO have you understand"
He moved the bull's-eys to another
Dast Of the hut. where the light from
Il would not shine in her eyes. and
veaA illuminate the passs Of the
beek she offered him TO read, while hs
eaA wrapped in her great coat, at the
foet Of the bunk.
Once ~ he passed BY her In the
eonplstion Of these arrangements. she
withdrew her hand from the bag and
held It out to him. You've been very
good to be-" she said-'T don't mean
BY risking your life and plunging down
into that bank of fog when you knew
! was in danger. A brave man would
do that. l suppose-some brave men.
any way. But you've been better than
that"
He told her not to talk. but to go to
sleep: and without any moro words
ensconced himself at her feet, drew
his legs up under him. tailor-fashion.
and began to read.
She saw him close the book at last
and sit there. as she had sat. with It
upon his knees. absorbed, reflective.
Suddenly, he took up the book again,
opened 1t and referred to the entry on
that last page.
He was thinking now. not dreaming
His mind was on the active present
Before long he stole . look at her
She met his eyes.
I'm glad father told Us that the
man was left-handed." she said grave.
ly. because the man who killed Mr..
Hunter was left-handsd. too"
She had spoken the very thing his
own mind had been cropping for with.
out finding. and he started and stared
at her. why do you say that!" hs
demanded. "How do you knowr"
1T was . left-handed stick. tool
It up IN my left hand and II fitted
that was when I was fetching It out Of
the cabin for Uncle Jerry"
Then that was how you knew ]
hadn't done IT,"
mo. I didn't need any proof
knew already without that"
Suppose had turned out to bs
left-handed. too?"
81 didn't think of that. But II
wouldn't have made any difference to
me. When you really have faith in
anybody It isn't easily shaken: not by
mere circumstances, at least"
when you really have faith.'" he
repeated. "Yes, suppose that's so. II
He pressed his hands against his tenn.
pies. But there isn't too much OF
that divine commodity in the world.
There was long silence.
cHAprERx.