Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-01-02

Robert. what business can you have
with me that wouldn't wait tin norm.
ing! Look here. I'm Desperate"
80 am l." retorted Abbott. Bob.
you've been to Springfield"
Robert Clinton snatched epen tbe
yard-gate. muttering. That's my buss-
ness"
Miss Noir sent you to unearth =
secret"
Obi" exclaimed Robert In an A.
tered tone, stopping in the gateway.
did she tell you about ~"
"No-but you've brought back that
secret. and you must NOT tell II to
Miss Noir."
mot tell her? That's funny!" Rob
ert produced q sound which he EXPECT
ed to pass a. laughter. $50 that's
what you wanted to tell me. 10 it! Do
you know what the secret is?"
Il do not. But you mustn't tell it''
However. that's what I'm going to
do, a. soon a. reach that door
take your hand on. man. my bIood's
up. by George! Cant you see my
blood's up? It's a-boiling. that's what
it's doing! So all you want " to
ask me not to tell that secret?'
mot exactly all"
We'll, well-Quick! What else?"
ITO see that you don't tell It."
How do you mean to see that
/ don't tell it,"
You will listen to reason, Bob"
said Abbott persuasively.
mo. I won't!" cried Robert. Mot
me! No. sir! I'm going to tell this
minute"
| you shall mott" said Abbott, in q
lower and more compelling tone His
manner was 20 absolute, that Robert
Clinton. who had forced his way Al
most to the porch-steps. was slightly
moved.
see here, Abbott-say! Fran knows
all about 1t. and you pretend to think
. good deal Of her. Well. it's 70 her
interests for the whole affair to -
laid open to the world"
II think 20 much Of Fran" wss ~
low and earnest rejoinder, that 4 I
were better fixed. ia ask her to marry
me without moments delay. And I
think enough Of her, not to ask her
to marry me. until have cpod %.
sition. Now It was Fran who asked
me to zee that you didn't bstrsy he
secret. And I think 20 much Of NJ
that I'm going to see that you don'tl~
For . moment Clintoa was s1ents
then he said In desperation: ''Whsto
II your nice dark alleyf Cone q.
then. let's get In III"
When they were cafe from intsrrup-
ton. Clinton resumed: "rou tell NJ
that Fran wants that secret kept? r.
think she'd want It told sverywhere.
This secret ID nothing ct al but the
wrong that was done Fran and her
mother. And since you are 20 frank
about how you like Fran. III follow
suit and say that have asked Grace
Noir to marry me-, and know IN
stand . better show By getting her
out Of the hypnotic spell Of that mis-
cradle scoundrel who poses - beat
ing sheep"
Abbott interrupted: The wrong
done Fran? How do you meant"
why, man, that-that hypocrDte IN
wool, that weed that infests the
ground. that"
I'm short, Mr.. Gregory But what
about the wrong done Franr
Amt telling you! That worm
eaten pillar Of the church that's made
me lose 90 much faith in religion that
I amt got enough left worth the post
age stamp to mall 1t back to the ~
vival meeting whAre It came from
For heavens sake, Bob. tell NJ
what wrong Mr. Gregory did Fran!~
Didn't he marry Fran's mother
whom he wasja college chap in Spring
feld. and then desert her? Didn't he
marry again. although his frst wife
Fran's mother-was living. and hadn't
been divorcedf Don't he refuse u -
knowledge Fran - his daughter. max
ing her pass herself Oh - the daush-
ter Of some old college chum! That's
what he did. your choirleader! I'd
ike to see that baton of his laid over
his back; I'd like to lay 1t, myself. =
Cro BE CoNTINUED)
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