New-York tribune., 1913-07-20
SUNDAY MAGAZINE FOR JULY 20, l9l,

Peter Darvcl3 Where did you ever hear Of him; What
made YOU think il might be hi, e,tatc:'
I'm not very sure about il, said Pamela. 81 found
some things among my fathers effects alter ms death
that led me To- think it might be.
Then she rose and came a little nearer him. Ana as
he rose too She spoke 10 him with only the width OF the
little center table between them.
I'm not irving 10 get the better OF you, Snc Sld,
and one would have thought the wstfu note Of appeal
in her voice would have sp'cncd the hardest heart mat
ever beat "Caut | somehow make you believe lndt,
that am not TRYING inurc YOU, and that YOU nccdn
bee SO carefully guard against me- You could heIp
me. And you would make me very grateful, II you
would tell me what YOU really know.
Hiram Williams shook his head and cleared his
throat Il know absolutely nothing, ! tell you, ne
said IF saying anything more than that Is q condi,
ton without which The bill cannot be- put together and
redeemed then it can't be. Am % take that as part
aXo,~ sIil Pamela. 4I'n think about it. II youT
call me up here tomorrow morning, I'll let YOU know.
LIE started toward the door and then turned back
III The element Of time Is important, he said 81
don't mind admitting that. II there is any chance Of
your changing your decision, can't YOU change II now:
Because / really know nothing There IS no other an
sgcr | can make 10 the question you have asked.
Well Of course that might Dee true. hc i-li1, 50 dr
as Pamela had found them out were all with him. On
the other side was nothing but gucss,S and atrng OF
queer condolences. Even the messages She had read
from old Peter Darycls wndowsladc gave no real con-
frmatiou 10 her theory. And the man was really in
straits There was Il haggarl look in his face Pamela
didn't like to See an cagcrncss that struggled it seemed
with doggcd resolution and great fear. But it was
her last ,hancc-hcrs and Johns.
It was John who spoke before She made up her mind
what 10 say. "If its question of settling IN estate,
he observed " don't see how the matter Of time can be
important
Hiram shook that question of rather than answered
it. and turned again TO Pamela.
But Pamela had been thinking. at seemed TO me-
she said "whcn ! first came into the room, that you
looked at me as ii You knew me- or at least as II made
IL. g .l.,.1. y,
"Not in the least, said Hiram steadily. "You came
in rather suddenly and had formed the expectation Of
seeing a different sort of person. That's ALL
"What makes il stranger Pamela went ON, and now
again though she was speaking softly her voice had the
ring Of q bell, "what makes it stranger is that seem
to remember YOU. 1t long ago. when was quite
little girl 1t was at a summer place where my father
took me- and the name Of it was Green Springs Mchi-
gan.
TIirams long jaw set His long upper lip grew longer,
COMPRISING his mouth into thin straight line. His
eyclids narrowed as II ne was thmbng' Green
Springs" he repeated at last, Screen Springs, Mchi-
gam Then YOU must be quite mistaken because was
never there in my life He turned and opened the
door.
"You will call up tomorrow then about the bill" asked
Pamela.
Hiram Williams was already out in the corridor
"Ycs, he said. "Good afternoon.
DAMEI.A closed the door after him. To Iohn who
had remained in the position of outsider during
the between Pamela and her visitor, it looked
if they had drawn blank again. Hiram might have lied
about the bill,-probablv ne had,-but it would be
practically impossible to prove it. 1t looked to him like
another case Of "No Thorougfarc' And the discour-
aging thing about it that it seemed to be their last
chance.
So he was totally unprcparcd for the gcam of triumph
he saw in Pamcas face she turned to him and leaned
back against the door.
Hes frightened, she said "or he wouldn't have told
that lie He 50 frightened that he didn't even tell
it we'll
"What lic2' said Iohn.
"Why, it to Green Springs that he took his wife
the summer before their baby was born. 1t was at