The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-11-18

only . boy, know. but his dislikes
meant something. and II 1t ever hap
pened that he spoke out his whole
bitter words passed"
Was this meant ~ an innuendO!
Impossible to tell Such nervous
fussy little bodies often possess minds
OF unexpected subtlety Deborah gave
up all hope Of understanding her and
accepting her statements at their face
value. enusively remarked:
"for must have a very superior
mind to draw such conclusions from
the little you have seen. ! have heard
many explanations given for the
breach you name. but never any SC
reasonable"
A flash from the spinster's wary eye
then burst of courage and the quick
retoft:
And what explanation does Oliver
himself give? You ought to know
Mrs. Scoville." 4
The attack was as sudden as 1t was
unexpected Deborah flushed and
trimmed her sails for this new tack,
| and insinuating gently. Then you
have heard" waited for the enlight.
eminent these words were likely to
evoke
1t came quickly enough
THAT he expected to marry your
daughter? Oh. yes. Mrs Scoville: it's
common talk here now. l hope you
don't mind my mentioning It,"
Deborah's head went up She faced
the other fairly. with the look born of
mother passion. and mother passion
only
"Reuther is blameless In this mat
ter" she protested. She was brought
up in ignorance of what ! felt sure
would prove handicap and misery to
her. She loves Oliver as she will never
love any other man. but when she was
told her real name and understood
| fully what that name carries with 1t.
she declined to saddle him with her
shame. That's her story. Miss Weeks:
one that hardly fits her appearance.
which is very delicate And, let me
add. having once accepted her father 9
name. she refuses to be known by any
other ] have brought her to Shelby
where to our own surprise and Reu-
ther's great happiness, we have been
taken In by Judge Ostrander, an act of
Kindness for which we are very CRATE
| full"
Miss Weeks got up. took down one
Of her rarest treasures from an old
etagere standing In one corner and
laid it in Mrs. scoville's hand.
For your daughter" she declared.
Noble girl! hope she will be happy"
The mother was touched, but not
quite satisfied yet Of the giver's real
feelings towards Oliver, and, after
thanking her warmly. remarked:
There is but one thing that will
ever make Reuther happy. and that
she cannot have unless miracle oc.
ours. Oh, do not wonder you smile
This is not the day of miracles. But
If my belief in my husband could be
shared: if should be enabled to clear
his name. might not love and LOYALTY
be left to do the rest? Wouldn't the
judges objections. in that case, be re-
moved? What do you think. Miss
Weeks?"
There! we will say no more abou,
it." The little woman's attitude and
voice were almost prayerful You
have judgment enough for two Be
sides, the miracle has not happened.
she interjected. with smile which
seemed to say 1t never would
Deborah sighed. Whether or moi
! it was quite an honest expression OF
her feeling we will not inquire She
was there for definite purpose and
her way to 1t was, as yet, far from
plain The negative with which she
followed up this sigh was one of sor
rowful acceptance She made haste
however. to qualify it.
But have not given up all hone
know as well as any one how impos
slble the task must prove. unless can
light upon fresh evidence And where
am to get that? Only from some
new witness"
Miss Weeks polite smile took on an
expression Of indulgence This reused
Deborah's pride and. hesitating NO
longer, she anxiously remarked:
i have sometimes thought that
oliver Ostrander might be that wit
ness. He certainly was in the ravine
the hfght Algernon Etheridge was
struck down"
Had she been an experienced actress
OF years she could not have thrown
into this question a greater lack of ali
innuendo Miss Weeks, already un
der her fascination, heard the tone bu,
never thought to rotice the quick rise
and fall of her visitors uneasy bosom
and 50 unwarned. responded with al
due frankness:
i know he was But how will tina,
help yol? He had no testimony tc
give in relation to ,ais crime. or hs
would have given it."
mat Is true. The admission fell
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