Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1913-05-09


Faith looked ct him anl auula NJ
understand. This seemed . d19sront
Peter from the q she haA known.
So she new into . passion.
How dare you, Psteri" she storm
ed. Who are you to lay down the
law to met What right have your
Captain Framley II not At Tor your
acquaintance. Edith" said Peter. That
was all that he said. but somehow
Edith knew that he had Witnessed the
scene By the window.
And suppose no isn'tf' she asked.
What right have you to tell M sof"
Il have the right" said Peter. "be
cause thsre II nobody slss = claim
IT"
How much DO you earn. Pstsr3"
asked Edith, quietly. "Twenty-nvs
dollars . wesk. isn't IT."
No. thirty" answered Peter. sThey
raised me ive last month. Whyf"
Because" answered Edith. you
don't seem to me to have made such
. success Of your own life that you
can afford to take charge Of mine"
Peter went away, but he came back
again. Edith stormed and Knocked
and jeered q him. But Potor va not
to BE- thwarted. He Wa resolved 70
save Edith trom herself, for he knew
that she had the bit between her
teeth and ~ running away, inst q
his father had forstold.
He learned about Mr.. Framley
quite BY accident. An ill-wisher Of
the captain told him, and whom Peter
learned Of It he VA very thouehtful.
He knew that It would DO Edith NO
good II he were to blurt out the fact
to her In his simple fashion. Loyalty
was Edith's strongest quality; abe
would have refused to believe him.
would have asked Framley, and
would have believed his denial. Peter
resolved to 50 to Framley himself.
He would save Edith. sven II it meant
his own death. So he unbuckled his
fathers old aTmy holster, took ont his
pistol and slipped : single cartridge
inside. Then he went to Framley's
quarters. He had not been there be-
fore. and It Was two weeks since he
had ID Edith.
"cap'n Framley. sir?" inquired the
colored attendant In surprise. "Cap'n
Framley's done resigned. cir. and 60
Ing west. He'll never come back no
more. sir"
Thanks" said Peter. when -
he going? And from whereY"
Il don't exactly know, sir" answer
ed the man. 'but l done heard ray he's
gone to New York nrst. sir"
That was all Peter could learn. So.
having NO other course in mind. he
went to Edith's house. Az he walked
up the garden path he noticed that the
shades were drawn. and dreadful
fear assailed him.
Miss Edith's gone away. Mr.. Ca
rev." said the maid. "She left for
New York yesterday, sir. She left 4
letter for you. Mr.. Carsw. In case you
called"
She brought Il to him. and presently
Peter Was reading II
my dear. dear Peter" It ran.
when you read this l shall be far
away and to come back. I am
going with the man love. You
thought me happy and wilful. but |
was only wanting to be loved. -
every woman wants. and he loves me
q no one else could do. Yes. you
know who he II. Peter. and you may
know more. but though he has no
right to make me his vito I love him
none the less. o. Peter. II You had
not been 70 slow! II you had made
me love you instead Of letting me
send you away! 0oodby. and forget
me. Peter"
There was much more, half inco-
herent, and half uninterligible. and
the letter was blurred - though By
tears.
Peter arst tore the letter into tiny
pieces and let them ~ away one By
one. Then he took train for New
York. He knew that there wero thros
or four lines leading west, ana his
chance Of intsrcspting them WAS ct
the minimum. But the simple have
luck. they ray. and % It came that
Peter met Captain Ffamley fumins
and fretting In the Occidental waiting
room halt an hour before the train
started, They saw each other stimuli.
taneously ana the captain got out hia
question just in time to stop Peters
mouth.
where II Miss Tarrish?" he asked.
Peters heart gave . great bound then,
for he knew that they had not met
since each left Longville alone.
III you have kept Miss Tarrish
from me-" said Captain Framley. III
you have gone to her with any lying
tales, I win best you like : cur" The
captain raised the 1.-the Malacca oaus
which he carried and advanced threat.
eningly. his face distorted with pas
sion.
Captain Framley." said Peter mild
", while he fumbled with what lay IN
his coat pocket. you will 60 home
and never zee Miss Tarrish again
don't want to harm M Of your kind;
you are following your own nature
but here's where you stop. Face about
and quick march!"