The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1914-12-24

8Ays An4Tcn1et, OecFlea war ana played
out pat1iotism and Is placed under arrest
Colonel Lanstron everhearing. be9s him
on. LAnstron calls on Marta at her home.
he taks with Feiler. the gardner. Marta
tells I-Anstron that she believes Fel1er 10
b. . spy. Lanstron confesses 1t 10 true.
CHAPTER vi-ceatiavsd.
~Oh. Ms you. Lanny-Colonel Lam
stronl" he exclaimed thiokly. II saw
that some one had come In here and
naturally I was alarmed. ~ nobody
but myself ever enters. And Miss Cal
land!" He removed his hat deferentiai-
" and bowed: his stoop returned and
The hDes Of his face dropped. Il was
% staDad: II did not occur to ne that
yoa might be showing the tower To
Coaooel LAnstroa."
We are sorry 70 have given yos .
hiGhti" said Marta very geatly.
EAf Eh!" Qseried Feller. again
Ssa1 Fright? Oh. NO. no fright. II
might have bssn some boys from the
tsvn 8araudinG."
Hs vas about 70 withdraw. in keep
tag With his eircamspect adherencs
% his part which he played with .
sincerity that half-convinced even him.
ssaf st times that he was really deaf.
when the are aickered hack suddenly
to his eyes aAl 10 glanced from Ian.
stroa 70 he stairway in desperate in.
sui1.
WAIT Fsller! Three Of us share
Tie secret now. These afe Miss Gal
la8d's premises. I thought best that
she shosld know everything" said Ian.
stroa-
"Evsrything!" exclaimed Feller.
"EvssytAins-" the word caught in his
throat "Yoa mean my story. too?" He
vas neither young nor old now. "she
Knows Who I am?" he asked.
His story!" exclaimed Marta. with
. Duszlsd look to Lanstron before she
tar1ed to Fsller with . look Of warm
sympathy. "Why. there 10 no story!
You came with excellent recommends.
tiona. You are our very efhcient gar.
dener. That u all We need to know.
Isn't that the way you wish it. MT.
Fellerr"
"Yss, Just that!" he said softly, rails
ing bis eyes to her. Thank you, Miss
GAlland!"
He was going after another Thank
you!" and bow: going with the slow
step and stoop Of his part, when Ian.
stfon. with . masculine rouEhness of
impulse which may be sublime gentle
ness. swung him around and seised his
hands In . firm caress.
''Torgive me, Gustav6i" he begged.
Forgive the most brutal Of all in.
juries-that which wounds . friends
sensibihties."
why. there 10 nothing could ever
have to forgive you. Lanny." he said,
returning Lanstron's pressure while
for an instant his quickening muscles
gave him q soldierly erectness. Then
his attitude changed to one OF doubt
and inquiry. "And you found out that
was not deaf when you had that fall
on the te,race" he asked, turning to
Marta. '-Ehat is how you happened to
get the whole story? Tell me. hon.
estly!"
YES"
You saw so much more of me than
the others, Miss Galland." he said with
a charming bow. "and you are so quick
to observe. l am sorry"-he paused
with head down for an instant-"very
sorry to have deceived YOU
But you are still deaf gardener
to me-" said Marta, finding consolation
in pleasing him.
'Eh? Eh?" He put his hand to his
ear as he resumed his stoop. Yes,
yes," he added, as a deaf man Will
when understanding OF remark which
he failed at first to catch comes to him
In an echo. Yes. the gardener has no
past" he declared in the gentle old
gardeners voice, when all the flow.
ers die every year and he thinks only
Of next years blossoms-of the fu.
ture!"
Now the air of the room seemed to
be sitting him. that of the roofiess
world Of the garden calling him. The
bent figure disappeared around turn
in the path and they listened without
moving until the sound of his slow,
dragging footballs had died away.
when he is serving those Of his
own social station l can see how II
would be easier for him not to have
me know" said Marta Sensitive,
proud and intense" and q look OF
horror appeared in her eyes. "As he
came across the room his face was
transformed. imagine 1t was like
that of . man giving NO quarter In q
tayonet charged"
Feller had won the day for himself
where . friends pleas might have
lfailed. This was - 1t should be, Ian.
stron thought.
The right visw-the view that you
.vero hoaa1 70 tAko!" ~ said.