Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-04-22

separated from them Dy a paTtiuoh' I
there brooded another human being
helplessly awaiting a message which ]
would never come. and listening, but {
how vainly, for the step and voice for
which he ~hungered. though they we're
the prelude to further shame and the
signal for coming punishment
So strong was this thought in both
their minds, that the shadow deep
ened upon both faces, al though a
presence had passed between them;
and when Mr.. Black rose, as he very
soon did. it was with an evident dread
of leaving her alone with this thought
They we're lingering yet in the hall,
| the good night faltering on their lips.
when suddenly their eyes flashed to-
gether in mutual question, and Deb
orah bent her ear toward the street
An automobile was slowing up
stopping-stopping before the gates!
Deborah turned and looked at Mr..
Black. Then the bell rang. Never
had it sounded so shrill and penetrat-
ing. Never had it rung quite such a
summons through this desolate house,
Recoiling, she made a motion OF en-
treaty.
Go" she whispered. open! /
cannot"
Quickly he obeyed. She Leard him
pass out and down the walk, and
through the first gate. Then there
came a silence, followed by the open
ing of the second gate. Then, a sound
like smothered greetings, followed by
i, quickly advancing steps and a voice
+, she knew:
! How is my father? Is he well? !
, cannot enter till l know"
, 1t was Oliver!-come from some dis
. tant station, or from some other line
which he had believed unmatched.
g Tumultuous as her thoughts were, she
q dared not indulge in them for a mo-
d ment, or give way to gratitude OF any
r other emotion. There were words to
be said-words which must be uttered
on the instant and with as much i'm
: periousness as his own.
uIOWlll Tic uOOl NAuNi phS S0H
down the steps:
"Yes, he is well. Come in, Mr.. Os
I trander, and you, too, Mr.. Black
Instructions have been given me b.
~ the Judge, which | must deliver a
70 once. He expects you, oliver sh'
7 went on, as the two men stepped in
He babe me say to you immediatel,
upon your entrance that much as h
~ would like to be on hand to greet you
he cannot see you tonight. For tt
night at least, and up to a certain hou
= tomorrow, you are to keep your oW
counsel. When certain persons who's
names he has given me can be gotte
together in this house, he will Joi
you, giving you your first meeting !
the presence of others. Afterward
he will see you alone. If these plan
distress you-if you find the della
hard, l am to say that it is even harde
81 for him that it can be for you Bl
q circumstances compel him to act thu
" and he expects you to understand an
n be patient"
= Young Ostrander bowed.
81 have no doubt of the facts" he a
\ sured her, with an unsuccessful etfo
sAI to keep his trouble out of his voic
Y "But as my father allows me sor
explanation, I shall be very glad
HP hear what has happened here to oct
1Ii sion my imperative recall"
HIM ] 20 r. n1.z1 ~I--AAI 81 hnhnr0h w
YW was slipping away. When they foul
iH themselves alone together, Olive
manner altered,
sT One moment" said he, before n
IN Black could speak. 81 should like
M ask you first of all, if Miss scoville
I'M better. When l left you both so 81
NM denly at Tempest Lodge, she was I
M we'll. +"
. She is quite recovered, Mr..
4M %trander."
81 ~Involuntarily their g~lances met il
. question which perhaps neither desil
Fl to have answered. Then Oliver
nj. marked quite simply:
MY haste seemed warranted by
3 TdLl6T 5 mbSSdb6. ilNS hihubS
v it minute even is of great importaI
t of when you have but fifteen in which
late catch a train"
the and by such a route!"
yer's you know my route" A short la
escaped him. Il feared delay
ured sibly the interference-but why
did cuss these unimportant matters!
but your reason for these hasty SUNNI
that Is what ! am ready now
{ am hear" And he sat down, but in S
a way as to throw his face very N
ming into the shadow.
over, This was a welcome circumstf
An to the lawyer. His task promises
s in be hard enough at the best. B
etter night had not offered too dark a SC
between him and the man thus sud
your ly called upon to face suspicious
' you very shadow of which is enough t
stroy a life. The hardy lawyer shl
from uttering the words which W
make the gulf imaginatively ope
between them a real, If not impass
one. Something about the young
appealed to him-something 8
from his relationship to the sud
that something inherent in himself.
ought haps 1t was the misery he betr'
Snows Perhaps it was the memory of
theirs faith in him and how that
owed, must suffer when she saw him
Illness instantaneous reflections, but {
lmilar making in a mind like his. Ais
'uld it Black had neve hesitated befo