The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1911-08-30

OF you are old playmates OF mine. but
| Arthur
had to tell her had to dash her
small hopes 20 the grouno.
Forgive me. Ella" ! said. but
cannot carry him this message or even
get II 10 him secretly. am watched
myself. There is n man who sees him
constantly and may be induced TO as.
sure Arthur OF your belief and con
tinued interest In him. That man Is
his lawyer. Mr.. Moffat. Any one will
tell you how to reach him"
mo. no." she disclaimed hurriedly.
breathlessly. My last hope was in
you. You wouldn't think the worse Of
me for-for what I've done. or let
mother know. I couldn't tell stranger
even IL he went right to Arthur with
IT," Then. stepping up to my side. she
whispered in my ear, There Is some
thing could say which might
I stopped her. Right or wrong. /
stopped her She possessed evidence.
or thought she did. which might help
to clear Arthur. Evidence Of what?
Evidence which would implicate Car
mel? The very thought unnerved me-
81 had rather not be the recipient
of this confidence IL 1t is all important
or at all in the line Of testimony. Re-
member the man mentioned. He will
be glad to hear Of anything helpful to
his client"
Her distress mounted to passion.
"It's-it's something that will de-
stroy my mothers confidence in me.
would never have let me do If she had
known. IL used to meet Arthur in
the driveway back by the barns.
had key made to the little side door
so that l could do it. used to meet
him late. would get up out of bed
when mother was asleep and dress
myself and sit at the window until |
heard him come up the street. Then
would steal down and catch him on
his way TO the stables. IL had
good reason for this. Elwood. He
knew I would be there. and II brought
him home earlier and not quite So
so full of liquor If he was very bad
he would come up the other way. and
would sit waiting and crying till 8
o'clock struck. then creep into my bed
and try to sleep. Nights and nights
| have done this. Nothing else i'm life
seemed so Important. for ii did hold
him back n little. but not so much as
if he had loved me more. He loved
me some. but he couldn't have loved
me very much or he would have sent
me some word or seen me. IL but for
q minute. since Adelaide's death. And
he hasn't-he hasn't-and that makes
it harder for me to acknowledge the
he never went through our grounds
for the second time that night. He
went once. about o. but not later |
am certain of this. for | was looking
out for him till in the morning. If
he came back and then returned aft
erward TO town it was through his
own street, and that takes so long
he would never have been able to get
to the place they said he did at the
time they have agreed upon. ! know
that he needs some one to come out
boldly in his cause. and I want to he
that some one. and | will be. too.
whatever happens to me. Tiff | must"
she family added.
| was dumb. but not from lack of in
terest or from unsympathetic feeling
for this brave hearted girl. The sig
nificance of the situation was what
held me speechlesS. Here was help for
Arthur without my Drawing all the
horrors of Carmel's downfall by any
impulsive act of my own. For mo-
ment hope in one burning and renew
ing flame scared high in my breast. |
was willing to accept my release i'm
this way. | was willing to shift the
load from my own back to the delicate
shoulders of this shrinking but ardent
girl. Then reason returned if consid-
GRAFTON halted, and | asked myself:
"But is the help she offers of any prac-
tical worth? Would her timid declara-
tons, trembling as she was between
her awe of her parents and her desire
TO serve the man she loved. weigh in
the balance against the evidence ac-
cupulatcd by the district attorneyp