The evening world., 1912-06-26
Adventures Of q Man With
Hoodoo Hands. Of An.
other Man With a Hoo
doc Hat. and Of a Freak.
ish ortune and the
Girl That Went With 1t.

could only look at her and trsn,b,s.
MY uncle sent me down." she said at
last; Il am Nancy Bond"
Then. God be thanked, some Kicker OF
manliness came back to me. and I went
over TO her, and stretched out my
gloved hand.
DO you know why am here" I
"fs. You are the man who has been
cnosen for mo TO marry"
res I sad sravely. II am th,t
mar; but now. God help me. I am mora
! am the man who has come. to, mar
VOW Y you will. but to help YOU 20 tho
pest OF his poor power IN any way thai
you may DEERE
You will be saNns me more than I
uncle's wish." she sSd. and IN ,or,.
way the formal l.ttis sentence seem.s
to me all Of tragedy.
but can you wish 10 too?" I Der.
sistsd az gently a. could. "Forsiv.
me. but how can 4 woman such a.
you are dare trust q man shs hs.
never seem DO you know that
came In answer to q newspaper ~.
vertisement. that I came, a common
iss OF money!"
49,. 80 ssi"' KNOW that Let
us not talk OF Il any LONGER You ar
gentleman. ss my uncle promised.
.ns' 10 all that ! need TO Know FOR
the present. 1 dare not tel, YOU every.
thinB now; trust you: that is enough
Come. my uncle will be growing i'm.
patient" ''"
She held her head braveiy. but tearr
nAd crept into her eyes. and her
cheeks were red with modification.
1t was more than I could b.a,
surely. I said. II can help you in
some o,her way " your trouble"
But she shook her head.
DO you know about my handsr. I
asked. """'''
Yes. something"
But you must know more I would
rather have stood naked In the stree,
IMAM have shown her my dreadful han IL
but I shakinRy took Off my gloves. ana
held my hands IN the light.
she drew back with something like 4
sob. 1T was very like Uncle Ephrai,n.'
she said at last.
bowed my head In silence. NY hear,
was choking me. Then felt her hand
softly upon mine. ami looked up 20 see
pity In her eyes and the tears now now.
ing freely down her cheeks
you are very brave" she whispered
softly, "a very brave gentleman. HAlp
me TO be brave too; for I am afraid
and I need your help
looked beyond her with new found
courage. with new grace TO meet the
world. and eyes that looked yearninglv
into the future. Then my thoughts came
back TO earth again with rush for
saw that the portleres at the door were
gently moving. and the CLEAN Of an eye
showed nickerlngly ut their parting.
strobe over to them suddenly ana
my hand grasped through them the solid
arm OF a man. VITA a wrench It was
torn away from me. I SID the curtains
back with Jerk ana stepped into the
hall. I gl!Hipsed a moving shape at the
dim further end; then door opened AMI
shut, and / WAS alone IN the hall. No.
not alone. for behind me stood Nancy
Bond, her hand to her heart and all the
flush OF color fed from her face.
I turned to her and put SteadyinS
arm about her shoulders. For moment
she leaned weakly against me, shudder-
ing IN o voiceless terror then sne mas
tered hersek somewhat and stood erect,
while my arm fell back again 20 my slle.
did you see him:' she whispered.
Did YOU see his face"
NO" I said. There was some one
but he got away too quickly. II was
probably your uncle. come to hear how
well he might trust US. There - moth
ing to he afraid Of" Indeed now
thought OF It. It conli be none other
and vet his arm had felt more muscu-
lar than I should have expected. lie
seemed 10 be very tricky Old gem
tleman.
But Nancy Bond shook her head
mo, II was not my uncle, / do not
think II was. at least. Yet Il couldn't
have bcen'--
Nancy" Ephraim Bonds voice
sounded softly from the head OF the
stairs. II he had run UP by the back
way ne certainly showed q surprising
activity for his age. Stili. who could
II have been, who was II that had so
driven the color from Nancy's cheeks?
Had rho just stopped short OF anoth-
er's name that. as yet. ! knew nothing
OF? thought all these things, az
slowly followed the woman I WAS going