Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1912-07-11


absolute pauper." explained as she
read my letter, Il must 50 out there
and look into these things"
Going away again?" She looked
up at me. startled.
For couple OF weeks. And when
| come back. Miss Grace
So now | was up TO the verge OF
that same old, definite question.
She sat up in the chair as though
pulling herself together In some sud
den resolve and looked me straight In
the face,
Jack" she said. why should we
waltz
10 be sure" said |; "only do not
want you to marry n pauper II any act
OF my own can make him better than
pauper in the meantime"
You temporize,' she said bitterly
You are not glad, Yet you came to
me only last spring. and you
Il come to you now, Miss Grace"
said.
All. what a difference between then
and uowr' she sighed
For time we could find nothing No
TO say, At last was forced to bring
up one thing | did not like to mention
Miss Grace" said |. seating myself
beside her. last night. or. rather, this
morning after midnight found n
man prowling around in the yard
She sprang mp as though shocked
IN f,,n
You have todd" she exclaimed. My
father knows that Captain Orme"--
II was my own turn to feel surprise,
which perhaps showed
Il have told no one. II seemed to me
that first | ought To come to you aud
ask You about this, Why was orme
there?"
She stared Mt me. He told me he
would come back some time" she ad
mitted ut leugth, All the while she
was lighting with herself, striving. ex,
actly as Orme had done, to husband
her powers for an impending struggle
You see" she added. he has secret
business all over the country. will
own believe him to be In the secret
service OF the inner circle of mum
Der OF southern congressman and bust
ness men He is in with the southern
circle~~of New Orleans, OF Charleston
Washington For this reason he could
not always choose his hours OF going
and coming"
Does your father know of his pecul.
lar hours?"
IL presume so, OF course"
Il saw light ut window" be-
gan. whose window | do not know,
doubtless some servants. II could not
have been signalY'
"A signal2 What do you mean2 DO
you suspect me of putting out ben.
con light for cheap night adventure
with some man? DO you expect me to
tolerate that sort of thing from your"
II ask you to tolerate nothing"
said. II am not In the habit OF sus-
pecting ladies'. But ! ask YOU If you
can explain the light on that side OF
the house"
Jack" she said, 1inging out her
hand, forgive me admit that Cap
tain Orme and carried on bit OF "A
Irritation after he came back~-after he
had told me about you, But why
should that-why. he did not know you
were here"
No" said | dryly. II don't think he
did. am glad to know that you found
something to amuse you in my alb
sence."
let us not speak Of nmusements In
the absence Of each other" she said
bitterly. Think OF your own But
when you came back 1t was all as 1t
was last spring. | could love no other
man but you, Jack. After all. II we
are quits, let us stay quits and forgive
and forget Let us forget. Jack"
sat looking mt her as she turned to
me, pleading. imploring In her face
her gesture
Jack" she went on. "a woman needs
some one to take care OF her. TO love
her ! want You to take care OF me
You wouldn't throw me over for Just
little thing. when all the time you
yourself"-
The light shone for miles across the
valley" said |.
Precisely. and that was how he
happened to come up. do not doubt
He thought we were still up about the
place. My father has always told him
to make this his home and not to 90 10
the tavern They are friends political
ly. In many ways, as you know
"The light then was that Of some
seryantf'
Certainly it was know nothing
of It, 1t was an accident, and yet YOU
blame me as though why. 1t was all
accident that you met Captain Orme
Tell me, Jack. did you quarrel? What
did he tell your
Many things He IN no fit man for
you to know nor for any woman
"Do not know thatf | will never
see him again"
No he will never come back here
again; thar is fairly sure lie hns
promised that. and he asked me to