The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-01-30

August I should like to say that at
 these people will be out of the coun
 try, or have developed into good
 sound, law-abiding citizens: There i'
 less to fear from them than yo, think
 There was something so quietly matter-of-fact in Elwood's manner that 1t was impossible to doubt hi.
 sincerity. Guy listened because h, had to. And in spite of his feel
 inss. in spite of his hatred of tn.
 man who was thus calmly forcing hi.
 will upon him. he found himself try ing to estimate the nature which prompted these actions. He had ( feeling similar to that of . mar
 bound hand and foot, who. power. less, has lost all desire for resist
 ance. and is left mute and wonder. ing, calmly awaiting what is to hap pen.
 His handsome face was serious. Il
 was something more. There were drawn lines about his eyes ant
 mouth, lines which suggested menta
 strain. But he was unconscious oi such a strain. His brain at that moment was superlatively active, bu
 with a sort of sub-conscious thought fitting through it. just as curious fear was gripping him of which ht had no realisation. And the trend of both thought and fear were no of his baffled enterprise, but of thu purpose of this man. For the firs time since its making the compact stood out first and foremost in hil
 mind. threat. an overwhelming dis. aster. A nervous dread wrung him It was the irresistible force with which this man was driving him or
 to his fulnlment that brought i
 about. Nothing deterred him. II
 was like the methods of the savage
 hunters who begin drive in the op.
 en with only the golden horizon bounding the view. The herd starti to run. They run in the direction they choose for themselves, aiway.
 keeping the hunters wsil-behinc them They run without thought with little real fear. Then sudden. ly they discover that they have beer hsrded into a vast, wedge-shapei drive, always narrowing. narrowing down. There is no escape; they mus
 % on. And at the end yawns a gap. ing pit filled with sharp. driver
 stakes. And so the eno.
 But sub-conscious thought is the
 fountain of inspiration, and while Guy remained silent. waiting for his companion 10 continue, something like inspiration came to him. Like
 all men of such nature as his, the
 way out appealed to him at all times and before all things. A morally
 braver man would think only of com. batting danger. A way out had oc. cured to him now.
 He pulled himself together. Fol q moment the drawn lines of his fac, became less apparent. Something of his usual nghtness of manner re. turned to him and helped to concea the mental condition which had Jus'
 been so apparent.
 'T admit myself defeated" he sait
 with a smile meant to disarm his op. porent. but which did not in any way deceive. Let us suppose that all yor say Is right. For a moment consid' CT me as the bearer of certain let ters to certain people which, to bt effective. must reach their destina'
 tion at certain time. Very we'll
 you have made it impossible for m, to deliver them. Your work is don. -absolutely. The success is yours
 All this. of course, throws a new light on the compact you forced up on me. I zee now that in aIottial twelve months to it's fuldlment yot
 merely desired an excuse for dogEins
 my movements without arousing sus. picions as to youf true purpose. l was clever. I raise my nat to you
 I frankly admit that you have siver
 me many anxious moments, and
 had not the smallest suspicion tha-
 you knew anything of our schemes
 However, this time limit is now nc
 longer necessary If you so choose we can shorten it. By mutua
 agreement our trouble can be settled in a week or two's time, and tel
 you at once am prepared to talk. the chances-if you are.'
 His smile broadened and he threw into his manner an assurance he 1T lno way felt.
 'I am. not seeking this concession | solely for myself" he went on. 'I is chiefly to relieve Mary from tht | false position in which you have
 placed her. It means that one ol the other of us will pass out of If. | earlier than we intended, which will consequently be more satisfactory ts | the one who remains. You, I pre- | sume, are a man of courage, so tha you are not likely to be influenced | by any fear of the result. If I re turn to Mafeking at once will you D, content to settle this matter on, week later? ?"
 | Elwood listened very carefully tt h,,t +ha Al