The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-08-13

blessed little man" The masni
tude of this new experience for the son
of her soul brought Sue fiuttering tC
take him to the window.
The car came back from the early
train-the next and the neXt-without
Pen. When Sue turned from the door
at the third disappointment Horny
went to the telephone and tried for
Bond and Griscom's Office. He got no
reply. The superintendent of the
building. finally brought to the other
end. told them that Mr.. Bond had dis
missed his clerks early and left for
home-as he supposed.
Horny began calling Trudell at every
likely place.
1t was after a halfdozen failures.
while he was looking up other club
numbers, that the house call rang. But
1t was not Trudell. 1t was a woman S
"a giTls-voice! asking if Mr. Bond
had reached home. Horny looked over
his shoulder insttnctively and saw Sue
Waiting-watching.
MOI" he barked, and hung up the
receiver with muttered word about
wrong number" Yet, when the call
sounded again, after a brief interval.
he answered, peTfOrce, fearing it was
the girl and that Sue would answer.
please, listen" said the voice--clear
and quiet. Il am Mr. Bonds stenog-
rapher. I have word from him that l
must give to Mr.. Trudell. Can you
Mr.. Trudell is not here. I don't
know where he Is. I'm trying for him.
If | find him shall +"
He will be there on the next train,
which is probably late" the voice in
terrupted. Il will call till | get him.
Thank You"
With a mental shake to liven his
thinking self, Horny turned and lied
glibly from sheer pity as he met Sue s
eyes.
PENS stenographer, said he, and
Pen and Trudell have been delayed
and will he here on the next train.
Something about business"
1t was OliVia-OliVia who was never
III and VINO never lied-who got Sue
upstairs on pretext OF an alarming
pain when Horny gave the signal that
meant the cars return from the sta
ton. The chained tires crept up the
drifted drive, the lights fighting fog
gly through the shrilling riot of white
that but served to make the nights
baCkness more dense. Trudell sprang
out before the spuming wheels stopped
and ran up the steps-alone. They
spoke rapidly.
What's up, Tru'?''
Don't know Haven't you-"
Not a word, except from a woman
who says she's his stenographer and
wants you and will ring again and
There she isl
Trudell was across to the instrument
before the ring ceased, and as he heard
a reply to his hello" heetook off his
ha1H hi 10 "a
listened and answered
Il understand. No | hope
you're right and I believe you are.
You've done wonderfully.
will. Please take a cab home, it's noI
night for you to be-eh Err
no, you can do nothing more, thank
you don't worry-GoOd-bye
He hung up the receiver, put on his
hat again, absent-mindedly, and took
it off finally, putting it aside
Nothing to do but wait" he an
swered Horry's look. Pen closed the
Office early. He was tremendously ex-
cited, and had been-er-celebrati
too much. She stayed around below
and watched. He kept buying things
and bringing them to the Office in q
taXi-and going after more. FINAL
started for the station. She left after
'phoning me that I'd better come out
with him. I just made the rear car
as the train pulled out--went through
it-no Pen. If l missed him I was &c
let her knoW-but she beat ne On
her way to dinner she saw HMM the
taxi-headed the other way. She has
an-intuition, I suppose you call it
that he's coming home in the machine.
And now We"
Who" Horny asked, rapidly, us
this stenographer? How does she
know" Trudell looked up quickly,
his eyes like Opaque ice, and Horny re
called his taking off the hat as the girI
telephoned. II had been instructive.
and all suddenly he knew his question
to be mistake.
The young lady" Trudell said
quietly, is the one to whom I went
for enlightenment in this matter.
put the case-and our concern-before
her, and she did me the honor TO con-
fide what she knew of the business en-
tanglement. Her motive-needs no
justification"
of that" Horny made amends with
gravity, Il am sure. What are we to
tell Sue?"
Everything" she said, clearly, and
stepped around the carved screen be-
hind them. Her head was high, but
she was white and her blue eyes
burned black. Horny counted
the slish-slish-seven soft, silken
sounds in the hush as she went to Tru-
dell and put out her hand to him. He
took 1t in both his own.
Il eavesdropped," she told him stead
lily Il knee there was something
wrong. I've heard all you've told
Horry-I want to know all that has
gone before You must-one of YOU
tell me everything"
And Billy TrudelI put her into a
chair and told it her-wonderfulIy
brief and gentle. Olivia came down.
and stood by Sues side, a
steadying hand On her shoulder.
Horny listened, head turned away. And
when she knew all Sue got to her feet,
walked aside from them and stood
alone-as her heart decreed she must
stand when Pen could not share her
to bear il.
I" she broke out once. ITO
think never guessed. I-of all"
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