Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1914-02-26

4AGutE MU AsNMs y1ssH%Hs
got every one oSstae gan1 169K5cea
I'll crooks \ hoSe & . Ment MIMI
With q sudden chanSs to the e1peet<dsA
ii his manner, why don't ycu5sA1tt
fresha III give you every chance Sin
the world. I'm dead IN the level With
you this times
BY now Mary had herself well In
hand again vanity ashAmed az thal
short period Of selt betrayal caused by
the oflclaIs arftfceiagainst her heart
~ she listened NJ the inspectors NJ
surancea, the mocking expression of
her Face was not encouraging I'd thAtl
astute individual. bnt De p~ersevered
n1anfully.
ssJust you waltz he went on cheer
fully, '.snd MI prove to you that I'm
on the level about this. that I'm really
your friend. There was 4 letter came
for you 70 your apartment nv men
brought It down to me- TvezTead ttsg
Here 1t III. I'll read Ii 70 y0ul"
He picked mp an envelope, which had
been lying on the deaks aud drew out
the single sheet OF paper At contained
Mary watched him, wondering much
more than her expression revealed over
this new development Then. 81 she
listened, quick interest touched her
features to d new lifes A
This was the letter:
I can't "a without telling Won how sor.
rygI am. There Won't neyar&be q time
that I won't remember IL was me rot you
sent up that you did tine In my place
+ amt going to forgive myself overland q
swear I'm going straiEht always. yo'ifi
true friend HELEN NORRIS
For once. Burke showed q certain
delicacys when he had finished the
reading. he said nothing tor long
minute.
Mary's eyes were luminous III tho
Joy De the realization TINT Tor her, afterI
all. rehabilitation might be In q mea-
sure possible. though nothing could
ever repay the degradation Of years
Infinitely worse than lost,
Burke's harsh voice, cadenced To Il
singular sympathy. broke IA on her
reverie or pleasure and OF pain.
Yo knew this? r. he Inquired.
Yes, two days
tsDid You tell old Gilder?'' be asked.
Mary shook her hend In negation.
what would be the user she 10
minded him. q had no proof. No
one would believe me"
They'd believe this. Why, This LETT
ter sets yon clear. III old Glider should
Gee this letter. there's nothing lie
wouldn't do to make amends to you.
He's a square guy himself, IL At comes
to that, event be was hard on yon.
Why, this letter wipes ont everything
Then, the insistent question beating
at his brain forced him to speak
roughly. building hope on The letters
inestimable worth 70 tho woman be.
fore him.
Who killed Griggs re-
There was no reply. And, presently,
he went on, half ashamed over his
own intrigue against her.
Say he said. ana, for once. his
voice was curiously suppressed. you
tell me who shot Griggs. and III show
this letter to old Glider. Now. listen.
he cried eagerly. X give you my Wort
OF honor that anything you shy In her,
Is Just between you and me, Uncon
sciously his eyes darted to the window
behind which the stcnographer wa.
busy with his notess
Tint single Involuntary glance was
enough FOR the keen Instinct or thu
woman to make q guess as ii thu
verify.
sJust tip me Off to the truth. Burke
went on overwhelmingly. ,.and Ill gel
the necessary evidence In my own
way. Now. there's nobody here bul
just you and me. Come on. now-pul
nae wiser
'sAre you sur no one viii eve
know
Nobody but you and me. Burke
declared. all agog with anticipation D,
victory at last. III give yon my word
Mary met the gaze OF the inspectoi
fully. in the same instant, she fashet
on him q smile that was dazzling. til,
smile OF a woman triumphant in be
mastery or the situation. Her fac,
was radiant. luminous with honest
mirth.
She spoke In Q most casual voice
II dtSpitc Liz AdNcluS UetlBuI III uST tdCe
The tones were drawled In the mat
ter OF fact fashion OF statement tina
leads a listener to answer without
heed to the exact import of the ques
ton. unless very alert indeed. Thi
Is what she said:
I'm not speaking loud enough, an
III stenographerg'
And that industrious writer OF short
hand notes. absorbed In bis task
answered instantly from his bidder
place In the corridor.
mo, masam, not quite"
Mary laughed aloud. while Burk,
sat dumfounded. She rose swiftly
and went to the nearest window, ans
with a pull at the cord sent the shad,
flying upward. There was revealed
the busy stenographer. bent over BIZ
pad. A groan OF distress burst from
him. and he lied the place IN ignomini
GUS rout
The smiling Mary was returned i,
her cell.