The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-01-23

enough. II Mr. Bro;herson kDew q
place where they would be left updis.
turbed, he would listen 10 him i be
would be very brief.
For reply, the other pointed Ia s.
small room quite unoccuoje6 which
opened out of the one in which they,
then stood. Mr.. Chaiioner bowed and
IN another moment the door closed up
On them, to. the infinite disapposnt-
nent OF the men about the hearth.
What do you wish to ash ya waa
Mr.. Chalioner's immediate inquiry
This. make no apologies and ez
pect In answer nothing more than an
Rnequivocal yes or no. You tell me
that you have never met my brother
! Can that be said of the either mem
bers Of your family-cf your deceased.
daughter, in fact?'
mo"
"She was acquainted With OemA}s;
Brotherson."
"She was?"
Without your knowledge:"
Entirely So"
"Corresponded with him?"
Not exactly"
How, not exactly"
He wrote to ENTHUSIASTICALLY She
wrote to him freQuently-but she Bey.
ir sent her letters
"Ah.'
The exclamation was sharp. short
end conveyed little. Yet with liz es-
cape, the whole scaifoi'ing q. this
mans hold upon life ard his own, fate
| went down in indist;n sgishable .haos.
Mr.. Chalioner realized a sense Of
havoc, though the eyes beDt upon his
! rountenance had not waverei. nor the
ftalwart figure moved.
/ have read some Of those }ettsrs."
tbs inventor finally Acknowledged.
The police took great pains to place
them under my eye, supposing them
| to have been meant for me because of
the initials written on the wrapper.
cut they were meant for Oswald You
believe that now?"
II know it,"
And that is why / found yon in
the same house with him.
Git is. Providence has robbed me
Of my daughter; if this brother Of
yours should prove to be the man
am led to expect, shah ASK him 10
take that place in my heart and ljfe
which was once hers
quick rccoil, smotferes7 escla-
nation on the part Of the man be ad-
dressed. A barb had been hidden 10
Ibis simple statement which hass
reached some deeply-hidden but vui-
nerable spot in Brotherson'e breast,
which had never been pierced before
It was sight no man could see uu-
moved. Mr. CballoRcr turned elpr1-
~ away, IN dread of the anyss which
lie next word he uttered might o,.an
between them.
Eut Orlando Brothcrson rcssessefY
resources OF strength OF winch ,os-
sihly, he was not aware himself. When
Mr. Challoner, still more Affected b.
the silence than by the dread have
mentioned, turned to confront lsiY3
again, it was TO find his features con,-
POSED and his glance clear He had
conquered all outward manifestation
Of the mysterious emotion which for
IN instant had laid his proud spirit
low.
You are considerable Of my broth
err were the words with which he re-
opened this painful conversation. "You
will not find your confidence nljs-
placed. Oswald is straightforward
fellow. of few faults
II believe it. No man can lie ar np,-
sersaIly beloved without sore. very
substantial claims 20 regard Err,
glad to see that your opinion, though
given somewhat coldly, co;Dcidee WITH
that OF his friends"
Il am not given to eyaegaratjot ="
was the even reply.
Nothing which had yet passed
showed that this ma: realized The fact
that Oswald had been kept IN iep,-
rance of Miss Chailoner's death. u
these brothers we're to meet on the
morrow, it must be with the full ur,.
berstanding that this especial topic
was TO be completely avoided Hui In
what words could he urge sscb a re-
quest upon this man? None suggest
I'd themselves, yet he had promised
Miss Scott that he would 5Bsn-e b,a
silence in this regard, and it was with
this difficulty and no other he had
been struggling when Mr.. Brotherson
came upon him in the other room.
"You have still something ia say."
suggested the latter, as an oppressive
silence swallowed up that icy sentence
] have already recorded.
i have" returned Mr.. ChalioneT, re-
gaining his courage under the exigeD-
cies Of the moment. Miss Scott is
very anxious to have your promise
shat you will avoid all disagreeable
topics with your brother till the doc
tor pronounces him strong enough to
meet the trouble which awaits him"
You mean"
He Is not as unhappy as We. He
knows nothing of the affiiction which
has befallen him. He was taken IL"
The rest was almost inaudible.
DO you think ! should be apt TO-
breach this subject with anyone, let
alone with him, whose connection
with 1t shall need days to realiseH
I'm not 30 given to gossip. Besides
he and have other topics OF interest
have an invention ready with which
I prnnoco ~ o~x,n,s~rorx a. -aS.s