The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-30
By SAMUEL HOPKINS ADAMS
Copyright. 1912. by the Bsbhs-nserriII
 Company
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Peace. if you will. = said he. "A truce at least-s'
 T should like to know just how much you know
 "An offer. I will tell you whenever you are ready to tell me ali that you know! think we are mutually in need of each Others'
 q wish you were at the bottom of that pit" retorted the other. grizzly. { aY0u and your scoundrel of q friend with ycu.s'
 wick If you were twenty years younger would break every bone in your body for that
 Steady. Frank, put in Kent. Judge no man by his speech who has been through what Alexander Blair has been through tonight Mir. Blair,' he added, you've refused my offer. It fs stf7I open. And as an extra will undertaks for MT. Sedgwick and my self that this nights affair shall be kept secret And, now, the next thing is to cover the evidence Spades, Frank
 The two men took up their tools.
 '4I1l spell ycu,'' said Akexander Blair. and they hurTiedly reanterTed the sack of clean sand which bore the name of W1lfrid Blair.
 And now, said Chester Kent. pet ting his bltstered palms as the last shoveAfuI X of dirt was tarnped down, aHf to Gedgwfck's place and do the best I can for yom till the morning. Ahout 6 o'clock weaIa find you uncon- scaca1s below the clifa where you fell In ehe darkness. Eh7'i
 Despite his pain the sherif grinned. sT guess that's as good as the next lie, he acuu1eseed. ''You fight fairs { professor"
 .-rhen anesper me a fair question. What were you doing ak Hedgerow house tonightT
 s<Why, you see," draw8ed the od8- e1aI, 4sT saw you hshfn' that sdream, and it come to my mind that you was caAtfn' around for more than trout that wasn't there. But I didn't hard lv think you'd come so soon. and I was asleep when the noise of the spade on the coffin woke me.''
 Bad work and clumsy commented Kant, with a scowI. Come along. My car will carry three. Sedgwick can sit on the door. Good night MT. Blair. All aboard, Frank. :"
 There was no answer
 " nAI DSct1AAlS OAa Ss1es sN4 4~A t " nnanded Kent.
 .eHe was here half minute ago. < I'll swear to, that, 2 muttered the sher- 4fr.
 Kent stared anxiousfy about him. s.Exank, Franks' he called half under his breath.
 .;Not too loud.s besouEht Alexander. BIalr.
 The clouds closed over the moon Somewhere in the open a twig cracked. sedgwi iclz had disappeared.
 Hope had surged up sudden and fierce in SedgW1ckas heart at the gleam of candle in Hedgerow house. Silent fy he laid his reVo1y CT beside his spade and slipped into the aosvs.
 He heard Kent atient query. He saw him as N up the re- Anquiehed sEeaPc Earalned It. and, estimating tA nper of his friend was sure tha the scientist would not stop to search for. him. In this he was right; Taking the. sheriff t[ by the arm, Kent guided him through the creek and into the darkness be yond. Mir Blair, walking with heavy steps and fallen head, made his way back to the house Sedgwick heard the door close behind him. A light shone for time in the second story. It disappeared With infinite caution, SedgyTick made the detour, gained the rear of the house, and skirtlng the north wing. stepped forth in the bright moonlight, the prescience of passion throbbing wildly in his breast
 She sat at the window. head high to him, powered in roses. Her face was turned slightly away Her long, fine hands lay, inert, on the sill. Her face, purity itself in the pure moon light, seemed dfnmed with weariness and strain. a flower glowing through a mist .
 With shock of remembrance that was almost grotesQue, Sedgwick real ized that he had no name by which to call her. So he called her by the name that is Love's own.
 She did not change her posture But her lips parted Her lids dropped and quivered. She was as one in a lovely dream.
 Be stepped toward her and spoke again.
 t.You!'' she cried, and her voice breaking from a whisper into a thrill of pure music, Your
 Bending, he pressed his lips on her hands and felt them temble beneath his kiss. They were withdrawn and huttered for the brtefest moment at his temples. Then she spoke, hurried ly anI softly.
 sYeu must goat once! At oncel''
 When have just found you?''
 eff you have any care for me-for my happiness. for my good name-go away from this house of dread"
 4'What?'' said Sedgwick sharply. ''Of dread2 What do you do here, then?''
 Suffer- said she. Then bit her lips. tsNo, no! I didn't mean it. It is only that the mystery of it. I am un- strung and weak Tomorrow all will be right Only go.''
 q will.'' said Sedgwick firmly. And you shall go with me"