The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1914-01-02
fashion he had at times.

fashion he had at times
II wouldn't dare she countered.
Then their eyes met and chung to-
gether in a glance of the deepest un-
Outstanding.
"I'm devilishly hard up" he said.
$50 am l." she returned.
Sartoris swallowed hard. then when
he began to speak the thought that
was vaguely in both their minds his
first words were tremulous. but as he
went on his tones became cold. de-
cisively emotionless.
Suppose tonight you drive up In
your motor-to village church-and
the date in the register and on the GER
tificate were put back ten days and
the names came out as yours and Bran
casters?" he asked.
In her excitement. now that their
hitherto unspoken mutual thought was
out, she got to her feet.
'1mpossible!" she exclaimed. 1.-THE
risk!"
What risk? A bare chance of re-
covery-and none of memory. You
heard Sir Andrew. He'll never be able
to deny that he'd married you, since
he wouldn't be able to remember any
thing that had happened during this
period. And when he'd forgotten the
special license. the marriage certificate
would remind him. Where's your
pluck?'
In her turn the woman clinched her
fists and swallowed lump in her
throat.
Where's your parson?" she asked.
He smiled pleasantly at the prospect.
How much?" she asked in a hard
voice. thinking of the only motive that
could impel him she knew.
With shrug Of his shoulders Sar-
toris returned:
I'VE needn't bargain. I'll see to my
share"
where's your parsonT' she asked
again.
As If in answer to her urgent re-
quest for spiritual adviser the Rev.
Werner Haslam passed along the ter
race on his return to the vicarage.
With contemptuous gesture Sartoris
indicated the man.
"There he is" said he. Then with a
quick stride he passed before the cler-
gyman and stood directly in his path,
while the woman sank down on the
bench again. covering for the moment
her face with her hands.
"Well, Haslam," said Sartoris, leer-
ing into the others face. what are
you doing hereT'
Hasam made a motion toward Fall
conhurst.
"I"- he began.
II know what you are doing at Fal-
conhurst." went on Sartoris. "But I
mean in the village?"
II am taking the wears duty" he
said, as his head sank beneath the
others contempt.
"Has the vicar any idea who you
are?" came brutally from the captain.
Does he know you are drunkard
and were deprived of your livingT
For one brief moment Haslam raised
his shamed head.
"My bishop knows-that have striv-
en- to conquer an evil habit-that all
but ruined me. He knows that l am
striving to win back"-
And what else does he knowT
broke in Sartoris. "You have several
other little habits that aren't credit
to your cloth. There was a card scan
dial when we were in Paris"
II beg. entreat you-if that were
known-may not man repent sim
cerely of everything"
by all means go ahead. but you'll
find that that is rather large order.
Tell - me - any marriages in your
church latelyY
"None-for three weeks" said Has
lam. glad that his tormentor seemed
turning from his immediate object.
In seemingly happy humor Sartoris
slapped the man Of the robe on his
back.
Capital" he calculated. mo dates
in the register for three weeks! Now,
If marriage took place and some
how-owing to your habits-names got
a bit muddled and dates a bit set back