The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-06-28


me so wholly" ventured. "a Yankee
and stranger and one under such
! grave suspicion OF crime Why should
/ you trust me. Miss Deuslowr"
Indeed l do not know" as If the
thought had but just occurred to her.
"only the act Is natural to me. | ell
Their trust fully or not at all. l have
been like that from a child-the serv-
ant OF first impressions.
"Yet you have not forgotten my uni
FORM"
mo. although there are times when
l seem to forget" her voice hesitated.
81 was brought up TO hate my enc
mics. to fight them bitterly and TO the
death. That was the feud spirit. and
we took this feeling with US into the
war. We Of the south chung together
| sincerely wish could take a broad
er view"
And you do already. You are here
now with a Yankee whom you trust.
Peculiar conditions have brought us
into sudden intimacy. We are really
friends. are we notY
I'll am hardly ready to promise
that l feel kindly toward you. but 1
do not know you. Lieutenant King.
and-and all my friends are on the
other side"
"Oh, no they are not. Miss Denslow.
l am your friend in spite of every
difference between US. SO long as
live there will be one heart under a
blue uniform you MAY feel confidence
In. | do not even believe you are as
hard hearted as your words would in
dictate. Shall | be entirely forgotten
as soon as this episode is over? VIII
you not retain some kindly memory
Of me?"
81 could not be Indifferent to the
claim Of gratitude
Nor can you refuse friendship
while show myself worthy. can
your"
She remained silent. silence | did
not understand. yet | was unwilling
to accept IL as negative.
You gave me your hand IA few mo-
ments ago because you were trighten
ed and nervous. Ii was Il comfort
then for you to feel the nearneSS of
one upon whom you relied for protec-
ton. Will you not give me the same
hand now in token of friendshipT'
Ii seemed TO me | waited a long |
while. my own heart beating like n trip |
hammer. as she sat there motiOnleSs /
In the dark Then there was a slight |
rustic of her loose sleeve as her hand /
slipped hesitatingly along the arm OF /
my chair. 4 held 1t for q moment in
silence. not daring TO utter the mad
words that came thronglng 10 my lips
Il thank you." | said at last: your
friendship will mean much TO me"
Il do not know why ! am so foolish.
capped her control. Somehow you
make me do things. even against my
will IL haven't liked Yankees. you
know. and it Is pretty hard to iearn to
ike even one Yankee
But you are going to try
| could hear the breath between her
half opened lips.
Il don't think shall have to try
very hard. Somehow you do not
seem like Yankee at all"
Good. am not going to seem like
least not IN the sense you
mean"
Ii | could have read the expression
q her eyes ! might have dared more.
,ut In that darkness. her words barely
udibie from the cautious whisper in
which we conversed. my courage fail
d Already mad gained much. more
ven than ! could justly have expected
he bad trusted herself TO me. and
we're ! TO take unfair advantage of the
ituatiOn ii might cost NE all | had
lready gained of her good will
tiptoed forward and peered into the
brary Judge Dunn sat just as be
ore. his posture unchanged his head
ent forward upon the table Sud
enly my ears caught The creak of q
GARD sounding from the top OF the
falrS was not even certain actual.
heard 1t. yei ! stepped aside into
1e deeper shadow OF the coat rack.
very nerve a-tinGie. my haud reach
lg for the revolver III my Delt
could see nothing. the circular
atrcaSe Il mere dark blur barely dis :
nGuShable. yet FAINT as the sounds
ere. was convinced some one WIS
descending sep hy step. feel (
= way cautiously through the
Dom Who could II be? WHAT Dur I
ose could account for such pres $
ice? felt no doubt that this was !
le murderer. seeking 10 complete his c
ork OF blood but how could | meet /
m! With n shot. ending his career T
III one pressure OF my finger against =
e trigger or should ATTEMPT tax
= him alive. thus the more thorough \
vindicating myself Of an <liSu,sion, =.
Had | been older undoubtedly
ould have chosen the safer method I
II as IL was | felt confidence ina ms 4
renSth ana In the advantage OF sur q
ise and was urged into rccklessness
desire 10 prove before lean Dens n
W the extent OF my courage Thrust b
e the half dra yn revolver bock in,o y