The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1914-08-01

Ora's pleading tones broke in upon
this outburst:
Father. dear, wake up You have
been sleeping on your way home and
dreaming. You are not In the court
room. You and | are sitting in the
cart outside our own gate, and II you
won't hold the reins while | open the
gate how shall we ever get through itg'
"Ora, my daughter, go home. This
is no place for you. The jury has
been poisoned against me-bought over
by money wrung from the soil / have
been defrauded of. | am being ousted
from the home of my ancestors by an
accursed plebeian i%nterloper. whose ia
Their vas In service under my father.
All Blakevilie knows Il. Gentlemen of
the jury, you all know it. And shall l
tamely submit to be driven from my
own HEARTH"
Father. wake up. You are dream
ing; you are raving. | don't care what
Mr.. Saterlee's father was. Mr.. Safer
lee is a gentleman. and you must meet
him as a gentleman. But you are not
In the courtroom. This is the darkness
of night, md we are standing quite
still on the wrong side of our own
gate. Try to understand what / am
saying to you. father"
Wrong ~side-wrong side. Who says
we are on the wrong side? My daugh-
ter. are you going over TO the enemy?
Are you. too. going TO turn against me
in my lonely old age? Foes without
and foes within. Gentlemen of the
ju-ju-ery"-
His words trailed of slumberously.
He dropped back upon his seat and
folded his arms.
"Oh. what shall | do, what shall l
doF' Ora sobbed helplessly.
Saterlee had been an unwilling audi
tor of all that had passed since that
sudden awakening of his foe. He now
stepped forward resolutely on Ora's
side of the cart. He held out both
hands TO her, and there was a sooth-
ing note In his voice that made sweet
music in her ears.
Leave YOU father to my care, Miss
Voolfolk. There are some things the
best and bravest of women cannot
encompass. Leave him to me and go
TO your ROOM"
''Oh. thank you: thank your
She placed her hands in his with the
motion of n frightened child. He lift
ed her to the ground. heroically sup
pressing a desire to add one word of
comfort to his simple offer Of assist
ance. 1t was luxury he denied him
self. He even schooled his voice to do
his bidding.
IF you will be kind enough to open
both sides of the gate as you pass
through the pony and ! will do the
rest. One word more. Miss Voolfolk.
Kindly indicate Mr.. Woolfolk's room"
The front room over the parlor.
but
Pray go ut once to your own apart
ment and do not regret your delegated
responsibility. Doubtless he will not
be in a very complimentary mood
when he discovers who is your substi-
tute, but we shan't be any the worse
foes for that"
"Oh. | wish you were not foes at all,
ut all"
$50 do | most f%ervently." he answer
ed gravely as he gathered the reins
into his hands and sprang TO her place
in the cart.
The night was some hours older
when Ora heard her -ather'S room door
open and a firm quick foot fall resound
through the silent hallway.
Her cheeks burned with the humilia-
ton of II all. Tonight she was Fred
erick Saterlee's grateful debtor. To-
morrow she would G nothing to him
but the daughter of his antagonist,
whom he had been compelled TO ana In
trouble. What a miserable snari 1t all
was.
Her fathers door opened again. His
voice. imperiously pitched halted the
~retredting figure;
..NIr. Frederick Saterlee.
Saterlee swung arouilu " A"o "
with a curt: well. sir"
.You have placed me under opiga-
lions. sir. that ! resent. lou nave
forced upon me services that should
NV he nroffered by personal friends
of the closest standing
Yes. sir"
.As men of common sense l rope
w. both recognize the fact that what
has passed tonight in nowise alters
our relations" .x.,or,or
.They are altered In no particular
sir"