The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-04-30

uoudi III HIS dppcdIdlCcS dAIu Wall
alarm made highly indammable by
what she had already heard she rose
and faced him %anxiously.
"How strange you look!" she cried.
els there more bad news:"
"Oh, no." he answered reassuringly.
"But let us sit down. You have some
thing to say to me, I assume"
1T may not be of consequence" she
began, 'but you warned m to keep
you accurately informed"
He nodded with keen expectation.
Here was an avenue Of knowledge alb
%solutely clear, for even Bendict, with
all his foxlike shrewdness, would
scarcely indulge in such elaborate STRAIT
egg as to talk fiction in the girls
presence. He listened tensely for what
this beautiful informer was to say, for
every scrap of her information must
be kept intact for Marsh.
at has been decided to begin the
transfer of the gold tonight" she con-
tinued. "There are nearly a thou
sand kegs, father says, and it will take
time. The cargo in the hold cannot be
removed till daylight, because the
%searchlights must be used to guide the
boats"
Eyes, 1 understand" nodded Brill as
the girl paused. as that all"
Marion inclined her head and in the
fascination of the moment he dimly
remembered that he had something to
tell her. Marsh and the conference
and the war plans seemed far away
o,-1 ncolocc -, TIM rrocnn0n nf This
glorious woman so evidently fashioned
to be loved. But a chance glance from
a portfolio and the sight Of a film OF
smoke not from the Olympiad's funnel
recalled him to the duty of the hour.
"There is another link in our chain Of
circumstance he said, with an effort.
1--WE have every reason 20 believe that
Captain HUMPHREYS is concerned In this
conspiracy"
At the instant he would have recalled
his words, for the girl shivered ever
so slightly and her lips moved fitfully.
at seems almost inconceivable.' she
! murmured, 'the captain of a great
t steamship who has been trusted for
} years.
unfortunately the temptation of
wealth has ruined many trusted men"
said Brill, tritely enough, as he knew.
: How much better If he could have
taken this a~pprehensive creature IN
his arms and banished her fears In
the way as old as man.
Instead he watched her fingers nerv-
ously entwine themselves in n an
others rosy beauty in her lap. Sud
: denly she spoke and with an energy at
which he rejoiced.
0 1T may be foolish to speak OF 1t
now, but l had a feeling OF repulslon
when talking With him Sunday. l was
thanking him for his kindness to the
a parents of that poor little baby. l spoke
of it ut the time to Mr.. Benedict"
Brill knew now that the Mexican hac
claimed full credit for his share in the
kindness to the English immigrants
and than he had taken Marion to the
captain. In the first flush of unreason
" ing anger he was tempted to pour out
the whole story of Benedict's plotting
e to carry off the golden millions OF hel
q father and his associates. The thought
II of Marsh, calm, cool. sagacious, as In
e dolent as a fat spider in the middle OF
his web, vet as fiercely swift wher
e the time for action came, kept him 81
lent.
If the girl knew she could not, strong
though she might be, conceal her al
o tered feeling for Benedict, and thai
e clever scoundrel would be sure to see
y that his plans were suspected, If no
known. All this Marsh had pointed
out, and Brill had approved. Besides
L, he felt that in the battle against Bene
IL dict for the winning OF a heart he mus
It fight openly and without the weapon o
'e the detraction OF a r1val.
He was silent so long that the CIR
looked at him curiously, but kept he
N thoughts within her own pretty head
S. At last Brill suddenly started into men
lie tai and physical activity.
re You will not tell your father abou
to the captain or the rest" he said ear
it nestly. "It would multiply his anxiet.
and would be no aid. The gold Will no
IN be moved tonight, and before it can b
lg we shall act
Act. In the very word was a splen
I'd did rush of conviction that victory wa
to come to the little company Of thre
working in a darkness into whicl
every hour brought new illumination
u Brill began to cry out to his w hear
that some great purpose had inspire
lir that following Of a lovely face. tina
impulse that had seemed to crown
er life of escapades by an act Of suprem
Iot folly. Now all was clear. He was a
instrument of destiny, a good destin
ep that meant to give him what he Wishe
ok in return for his services.
he The trembling voice of the girl pl
ais an end to his rhapsody.
You are very, very kind and dea
err good friends, Mr.. Marsh and yoursel
ng of-of-my father"
his Her dark eyes surely moistene'