The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-02-22

him. He gently closed the door and
locked II on the inside.
She came on and turned the knob
feebly. timorously.
Good night" he called out from the
most distant corner Of the room
Fully ten seconds passed before she
responded. He felt somehow that she
held her breath during that time.
Good nlghtg' she cried. a vfbranr
note in her voice. He heard her as she
went down the hall. She was running
Christine had beer mistress of Jeni-
son hall for three days when the ex-
pected and a~nxiously looked for letter
came from her mother. David had
seen the newspaper accounts of the
murder of Colonel Grand and had BEEN
UNNECESSARILY shocked to find that
Dick Cronk was the self confessed as
sassin. There was no mention OF
Braddock's name in the dispatches, yet
he could not Danish the fear that ulti-
mately the man would be implicated.
The letter from Mary Braddock was
addressed to Christine. The mothers
heart cried put in the opening pages
David. at least, could read between the
lines. There were the tenderest protesta-
tons of love and the most confident
of prophecies, uttered with a buoyancy
of spirit that convinced and delighted
the girl.
Your father" wrote Mary Braddockl
has changed his mind about going to
the mines in the southwest. | saw
him after that dreadful thing had hap
pened at Broadso's. He was afraid I
might think he had a hand in 1t, so he
came at once to reassure Inc. OF
course he was not implicated in any
way. 1t will please you, Christine, to
know that my father had a long talk
with him on the day following the
murder and that he was more than
merely impressed by the change in
him. He firmly believes that your faith
er means to lead an honorable, upright
life. |, too, believe that he "A work
out his own redemption. He loves you.
He wants to reclaim your love and re-
spect. That is all he has to live for.
firmly believe. For this reason, If
for no other, l am confident he will
make a brave, a wonderful effort.
What he needs most of all is encour-
agement, sympathy, the promise of
ultimate reward.
"He is now on his way to your
grandfather's ranch in Montana, of
which he will assume the management
next fall. implore you to write to
him often. 1t will mean so much to
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and yours. He insists that you make
no effort to see him. You can well un
derstand how he feels about ii. Let
him come to you in his own good time.
That is best, l am sure. l strongly adj
wise you to respect his wishes in this
connection. l am going to the ranch
with him. He needs me-
That was all she had to say Of her
self or her plans.
With his fair young wife Jenison
journeyed to New York toward the
end of their first month of married
i life. His first act was to send a large
check to Joey Noakes. This was fol-
lowed by numerous encouraging let
ters to Dick Cronk. David went to
the office of the great criminal lawyer
who had been engaged to defend the
Cronks. There he was met by Joey
Noakes, Casey (no longer a contor-
ZIONIST, but the owner of a well estab-
lished plumbing business descended
from his father and young Ben
Thompson, newspaper man, who soon
was to become Ruby's husband. The
lawyer was brutally frank. Richard
Cronk did not have the ghost of a hope
TO escape the extreme penalty. Ernest
would be discharged. There did not
seem to be the remotest chance of saw
ing Dick from the gallows.
IT. h. 1e.oi.L.L