The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1913-02-20
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vas to take her away With hin. faS
fro0 Ill the ugly possabihtss tAat
erspt sp fron ali si6ss 70 thrsstsa
her. Mary Braddoek rses1iasA from
telling Christine svea % DueA - she
had told David eooessniAg the plans
Of Asr Husband. fAs giFi vas allow
ID to believe that tie man vas a.
ready o. his way TO tie far vest.
Thsre vas . rather trying sesos
whea Christine learned that It voald
b impossible for her 70 80 her
tAtAss.
"sone day l shall % to sss hin.
mother" she had said With rssoluts-
nsss that brought . strange glsam to
tAs eyes Of the older woman. II
an sosry for him. He nssds some
one to love hin. An sure he y not
% wicked a."
Mary BraAdock lived undsr tAs
most intense strain Of Suspense aad
aporshension. Uppermost In her
mind vas the question. Had he seo-
ooodsd In sluding the watchers who
were On his trail?
At I O'Clock she went to her fathsr.
She held nothing back from the old
man. not even Braddock's grewsome
design.
The old mans last tremulous words
to her were these: well. Mary. God
shows all Of us the way. Sometimes
the way 10 hard. but We reach the
end II We look neither to the right
nor the left-noP behind. What you
have Just told mo 10 terrible. IL It
the only way?"
Yes. 1t 10 the only way"
He bowed his head and said NO
more.
David and Christine were married
At z O'Clock. Mr.. Portman. gray-faeed
and tsciturn. gave the bride In mar
riaSe. There were but three Wit
nesses outside Of the family. Joey
Noakes and Ruby were there and .
single college friend to whom David
had gone In the stress of necessity.
Mother and daughter said their
farewells in private. Christine sob
bed in her mothers arms. imploring
her to come away with them at once.
to be happy forever Mary Brad
docks eyes were dry and burning.
her hands were cold. her heart like
tce.
Il will come some time, my dar-
ling. but-not now. You must make
your home before l come to see you
in 1t. shall go abroad. ~ told you
this afternoon. Father agrees with
me that It is the thing to do under
the circumstances. When l return.
my child. l will come to see
you in Jenison Hall. You will
be its true mistress by that time.
You will have discovered the true
happiness Of life. Until then. my
darling, you will not have lived. Even
l found Joy and happiness in their full
est estate before came to know bit
ternes and unrest. You are to be
very. very happy. l will come to you
in the midst of 1t all.
After they were gone and the lights
were out. Mrs. Braddock, wide eyed
and tense, stole down to the stables
and waited for the father Of the
bride.
Suddenly he grew up out Of the
darkness. almost at her side.
"Tom." she cried out softly.
We'll. I'm here" he said in q
hoarse restrained whisper. Have you
heard what's happened?"
They are not pursuing you? What
Is 1t, Tom!'
Grand has been murdered. Mary"
Her voice was shrill with agony
when she finally broke the silence
agony, despair, horror. all combined in
one bitter cry.
You promised me you wouldn't do
"Sh! Be careful" he whispered,
coming close to his side. Il didn't do
it, Mary-so help me. l didn't Wait!
Listen to me! I'm telling you the
truth" She had fallen back against
the wall Of the building. Her breath
ing was quick, as II horror was
strangling her. They caught the
murderers-a couple Of gamblers at
Broadso's, heard. didn't hear much
about It, The newsboys were shout
ing 1t over In Broadway half ap hour
ago"
He is dead? Oh. Tom. Tom. you
swear to me that you had NO hand
in it. couldn't bear that now"
Il swear 1t. Mary. l was not with
in a mile Of Broadso's. am as inno-
cent Of that murder as you are. You
will know the truth tomorrow, even
II you don't believe me now. I'll never
hear the true story. Oh. don't mind
saying l would have given my very
soul to have been the one to do II.
Maybe you think I'm pleased that he
is dead! Well. I'm not! begrudge
those fellows the pleasure they had in
l.illing him"
She swayed toward him. He caught
her on his arm-an arm Of iron. She
put her hand to his face.
A Redemption 10 Crowned.
Tom" she whispered, God has
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