The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-05-01

LET 10 my no more Of It." pleaded
Professor Bolton.
Mr.. Aagee walked about the room.
Warily the professor turned 30 that
the other was at no instant at his
back. He looked so helpless. SO little.
20 ~inefectual, that Mr.. Magee aban.
doned his 6rst plan of Ieaping upon
him there in the silence.
II suppose" he said, your love of
fresh air accounts for the strolls on
the balcony at all hours of the night?'
The old man merely biinked Mt him.
Il mustn't STOP" Magee continued.
II just wanted to make my apology.
that's all. 1t was unjust Of me. Muir.
der-that Is hardly In your line. BY
the way. were you by any chance in
my room this morning. Professor Boil
toni"
Silence.
pardon me-" remarked the profess
o at last. III / do not answer. In
this very essay onion liars. Montaigne
has expressed it so well. And how
much is a false speech less sociable
than silenceY | am a sociable man."
"Of course" smiled Magee. He
stood looking down at the frail old
scholar before him and considered. OF
what avail a scuf1e there in that chill
room?
He went out through the open win
dow. and in another moment stood
just outside Miss Norton's room. She
put a startled head out at his knock.
'Oh. it's you" she said. II can't in
vite you in. You might learn terrible
secrets of the dressing table-mamma
10 ~bedecking herself for dinner. Has
anything happened?"
Throw something over your head,
Juliet" smiled Magee; the balcony il
waiting for YOU"
She was at his side in Il moment,
and they walked briskly along the
shadowy white door.
II know who has the money" said
Magee softly. simply through a turn
Of luck l know. l realize that my
protestations of what I am going to do
have bored you. But 1t looks very
much to me as II that package would
be in your hands very soon."
She did not reply.
And when l have got it and have
given 1t to you-if l do" he continued.
what then?"
Then" she answered. Il must 20
away-very quickly. And no one must
know Or they will try to stop me-"
And after that?"
The deluge." she laughed without
mirth.
Up above them the great trees of
Baldpate mountain waved their black
arms constantly az though sparring
with the storm. At the foot Of the
buried roadway they could see the
lamps Of Upper Asquewan Falls: un-
der those lamps prosaic citizens were
hurrying home with the supper gro
ceries through the night. And not one
Of those citizens was within miles Ut
guessing that up on the balcony Of
Baldpate inn a young man had seized
q young w0man's hand and was say
ing wildly. Beautiful GIRL love
you."
Yet that was exactly what Billy Ma
gee was doing. The girl had turned
her face away.
"You've known mo just two days."
she said.
III l can care this much in two
days." he said, "think-but that's old.
isn't it? Some time soon I'm going to
say to you. Whose girl are your and
you're going to look up at me with 4
little heaven for two in your eyes and
say, I'm Billy Magee's girl So before
we 60 any further l must confess ev-
erything-I must tell you who this
Billy Magee is-this man you're going
to admit you belong to. my dear"
you read the future glibly." she re-
piled. Are your prophecies true. l
wOnder?" ~
Absolutely. Some time ago-on
my soul, it was only yesterday
asked IL you had read a certain novel
called The Lost Limousine and you
said you had and that it wasn't sin
cere. Well. l wrote it,
"0hp" cried tho Girl