The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1911-12-28

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-Ds yoa know" said 0ormly, I
Soat think we're out OF the woods
YET. ] believe that blackguard u q,
pahas of surrounding the house a.A
preventing the delivery .oe any Of
these letters To the papers"
What good would that do him.
1T would give him time
Give me what you have written, .
said Haldane. my cars down below,
He won't have had time to do any.
thing yet" He picked up the chiers
pistol Give me this. too. and II any
body stops me. II wont - . happy
thing for him."
Good" said 0oemly. taxing the
hrst batch. He marked them for the
most important of the morning ps,
psrs. III you can deliver these. ven
chance the rest. rll send the others
out BY somes and Chaloner."
Have you any objection" said
Haldane. a. he picked up the batch
Of papers and buttoned his eoat. ito
my telling Eleanor!"
Il wish you would do 10. You win
confer . favor on me by doing II i'm
medistely."
II will. Jovs! wasn't It lucky that
beard this from my father tonixht
and came down here to warn you.
0oodby. Well win yet"
He vrung the others hand and
dartod from the room. A. he stspped
into his car . number of men turned
into the street and approached the
house. There were omcers amonr
them. but most Of them wore plain
clothes.
Hey, stop that carl" roarsd q deep
voice which Haldans recognised a.
that of Connsll.
0ormly's suspicious were 1ustinsA.
The car had already fortunately start
cd when one or two men leaped at
him. One Of them gained Q footing
on the car. With one hand Haldane
threw on the high spsed. with the
other he showed the pistol In the
mans face. The man foil back. The
car leaped suddenly forward. The
chance was gone.
A moment after Gormly himself
came out Of the street door. The mon
were huddled in front Of the apart.
ment house. He could hear Conueil
cursing terribly.
"Ah. chief" said he urbanely, "un.
f0TfnnAfRIV
nrst batch Of copies has gone by the
hands Of Mr.. Haldane in that car
Goodnight. gentlemen"
He turned and walked back to the
hallway and took the elevator to his
own apartment.
He had put bold face upon tho
whole matter. He had taken the
brave. the wise. course, which after
all was the only prudent course to
take. He had not weakened under the
tremendous pressure of the situation
for single instant. He had borne
himself with amazing coolness and
courage. Yet the man was absolute
ty stricken to the heart. What the
effect of the disclosures would be up
on the campaign. how the people
would receive 1t, whether or not he
would lose their confidence, whether
or not the honorable reputation he
had built up by years of Just and gen.
erous dealing, would vanish, he could
not tell; and to be truthful, at that
moment. these questions were not the
chief of those which filled hts heart.
He asked himself how Eleanor Hal.
dane would receive the disclosure. and
what effect 1t would have upon her.
Although she had been overwhelmed
by the revelation of her fathers po-
sition. Gormly had learned from
young Haldane that he had not there.
by forfeited her regard.
Now what difference would this
make to her? She had said several
times that what she admired in him
was his splendid record, his unblem.
ished honor, his unspotted past And
now what would she think?
He might have made his defense
stronger. He might have said that
the woman had shot the man. He
might have declared her abandonment
OF him In the snow storm, her leaving
him to die. He might have pointed
out that he had assumed tho guilt to
shelter her; but chivalry was strong
in Gormly.
He thought long time about the
situation. plunging in deeper and
deeper gloom and sadness as the
hours dragged by. At last he aban-
doned all hope Of ever winning tho
woman that he loved. Well, he would
devote himself with more singleness
Of heart on that account to the in.
terest of the people; II indeed. after
this, they still thought him worthy Of