The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-02-01

.us SO leave ler flsAt here. ] ,aai
take ler'
Wcthefford looked at him with
steady eyes. lnio which j keen light
leapea ~pont ycu intend - marry
hef
Ross turned aVat Aost dq1t
mean ittpo
1y nots Don't ieli7le g9iiie III
lsly M FRIED s. ibis VIII
inenactn tone
nos III not 1iltte ptit' he
Stopped without making us meaning
plain I'm gqtne to rave tt conntrg
( Ketherf lsllt him = Eeeksi
on understa and what son can. You
consider LIE aud me iirid esirable par
aents not lust the Kind you'd seut mt q
the herd of your own nee WIN. Well
that's all right I don't blame yo1 So.
flr IS I'm concerned But You, can for.
get me consider me a dead one. N,
never bother her nor yoIi!a u
cayanagh threw 6dt an Impatient
hand. II 8 Impossible = he protests
ed. Its better for her and better for
me that i should 90 So. I'm going
baci 70 Iny5 own people:2 Il
Wetherford vas tlIoroughly reused
now. Some part of his old time FIRE
seemed to return 70 him, He rose from
his chair aud approaehed the ranger
firmly. we seen you act like asllail,
Ross Cayanagh. You've been good
partner these last few days-sa son
couldn't have treated me better and
bate to think IN Of you But my girl
loves you'll Gould see that. could
see her lean to yon.n
Ross saia slowly: ut Will be hard
for you to understand when ten syou
that 1 care a great dead Tor your daughi
ter but d man like me an Eng lishInan
cannot marry, or he ought not to
marry for himself alone. There areso
many others to consider his friends
his sisters
Wethertord dropped his hand. u
seer His tone was d spaiting. when
was young We married the girls We
loved In defiance Of everything. But
you Eare not thateklnd. Yon may be
right I'm nothing but a debilitated
old cewppncler hi anded by the state
a man who threw away. his chance
but I can tell you straight I've learned
that nothing but the love of a woman
counts" ri
Intthe meantime Lee ylrginin waits
ed with increasing Impotence for
Ross CavandgtNs return. expecting
each noon toesee. him appear at the
door, But when three days passed
without word or sign from linn her
uneasiness deepened into alarm. The
whole town was profoundly excited
over the murder. that she knew, and
she began to fear That some of the
Ringers enemies llttl NJ nfscd tlielrevGJ
viii upon him. Y.tg s,e7@t
Vita this vague telr in lipr .heagt.
she went forth datn tlle street TO In,
1uire One Of The first men she mel
was Slfton. who vas sitting, ass usual
outside the livery barn door. smiling.
Inefficient, content, OF him she asked.
Have ron seen II. C9raingh2'
Yes heSansse red; II sawfhim yes.
! terday, just afteFi dinner, down at the
i postoffice. He was writing a letter at
the desk. Almost Immediately after
ward he i4Saate4 ahlrode aW8y. he
was much elSuP daef his clslefs dis
mlssal."
"NNhy las lie not written 70 me-
she asked herself. and why should he
fhave gone aSSayi without word ;ot
greeting. explanation or goqdby?. II
would have taken !. but ii moments
time to Gull ut the'aocr,"
The more she dwcls urCn this neg
lect the more Significant 1t became
1: After the tender lock in his eyes
after the ardent clasp of his hand, the
thought chat lie could he 81 Indifferent
was at once a source Of pain aud scli
reproach.
/ With childish ftankness she went tc
Lie and told her what she had learn
!, ed. her eyes Gin with hot tears
Ross came to town and went away
back to his cabin without coming t.
sec me-"
Are you sure he's been here?"