The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1912-08-31
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jacket. his hat beside him,
his scanned. rugged face up
turned. lay dead Mt our feet, n
knife wound In his throat. Just be-
yond. with head slightly uplifted on
protuberance OF rock. lay a woman,
her slender figure draped In faded
red wrapper. her gray. struggling locks
half concealing her face. Between
them was The knife. n thin bladcd.
deadly noniard.
Both dead. No doubt Daniels died
first from the knife wound, but he
must have reached her in the strug-
gle, hurting her down with him. As
she fell her head struck the rock and
the knife dropped from her hand"
said Donald after our investigation
Tendcrly ne pressed back the gray
hair. revealing the woman's face.
Death had softened Its expression. Civ
ing younger look. yet even now 1t
retained the appearance Of suffering.
A ,hrob OF pity came TO me as | looked.
81 remember her now" Donald said
gravely. 'But how the years have
changed herr Calvert. she was your
mother"
For answer Dunn dropped npon his
knees and bowed his head over the mo.
ticnless body.
We bore The bodies DOT blythe way
Of the cabin entrance; taking them
both into the main house. Dunn re-
NAMED with his mother, thoroughly
broken down by this revelation. and
Lucille Joined him. 'Donald himself.
forgetful OF the feud, went to Maria
with the news Of her husbands death
and brought her and the eldest boy
back with him to sit beside the body
There remained nothing for me to do.
and. depressed and lonely. returned
to the deserted library and waited.
was still n prisoner. and | won
dered what Donald intended to do with
me- Without doubt ne understood by
now my connection with Jean, and he
might not feel so lcnient toward me.
Where was Jean? Could she be avoid
ing me. ashamed Of her avowal and
fearful lest 4 should have taken her
hasty words seriously? Donald might
have convinced the girl it was better
we should never meet again
The whole thing came to me In a
fash. Donald had reason to fear
Dunn and not me. My marriage to
Jean Denslow was a service which he
was willing to repay. Previous to my
appearance the love between these
two was hopeless, the girls father fa-
voring Dunn's suit and forcing her to
immediate marriage. had blocked
that by. pure accident Delay was in
evitable. for the form Of a divorce
would have TO be gone through with
before Dunn could again claim her.
All this was to the advantage of Don
aid. His only immediate desire would
be to get rid Of me. leaving him In
possession of the field 1t was not
pleasant to think about-to realize
that the girl was being played with in
this manner and that l was utterly
helpless If she cared for'me the sit
uation would be different, but my love
was Of no service while her heart be-
longed to another Played with? Be-
yond question she was part Of the
play, acting her role at Donald's die
tation, as anxious as he was that
should disappear from the stage.
l had reached this gloomy conclu
sion when the man himself came In,
closing the door behind him and cross
ing the room to stand with his back
toward me looking out OF the window.
Finally he turned and looked ut me.
bis own face in the shadow.
king" he said gravely, las n Con
federate officer it is no doubt my duty
to hold you as prisoner Of war.
suppose that when Dunn RECEIVERS
from his present shock and his old ma
ture returns he will make some sort
Of report of this matter and endeavor
to get me into trouble. The fellow
dislikes you cordially, and. from all /
hear. with good reason. However
what he thinks doesn't affect me, and
| am going to gi"e you horse and
snfe passage into your own lines-you
and your wild Irishman."
IL thank you very much. Colonel
Donald" rising to my feet and speak.
ing rather sti.ily.
mot at all, lieutenant. I believe |
owe you my life. but that counts even
less with me than Jeans desire. |
have promised your release TO h"r"
could say nothing, and he went on
gravely:
81 have Just been given the details
Of what occurred Mt Denslow's plan
tation and your connection with the
affair. 1t makes very peculiar
story. ] had heard 1t limited Mt be.
fore. but had no reason to suppose
you the man. May ask. do ycu
propose taking advantage OF this stu,
alton in any way?"- ~
IL am aware OF that. Colonel Don
aid. and will answer frankly. | mean
TO make every amend In my power.
/, respect and admire Miss Denslow
sincerely and will never stand In the
way Of her.hnppiness. I pledge you
my word to this and ask your conf.
dence." ~
You certainly have that. King" he
said heartily. II feel that can trust
you both. This is an occasion when
tire blue and. the gray can clasp