Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-07-07

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to avoid her everywhere We CO."
Has h said anything to you about
1t?' he asked, uncomfortable. He was
very unhappy over Joan. The pain that
mis- resolve a brought upon him was
almost more than he could bear. His
had been SO short. and she would not
understand why it a ended. There
We're moments when he called himself
q brute instead Of a martyr, 49, .
She is hurt. Eric, terribly hurt. Hon
estly, she doesn't seem like the same
girl of late. Haven't you noticed hat
she doesn't come here any more?"
.! amsso busy examining for my ex-
ami be began lamely, sick at heart.
Rubbish" blazed Mary. You don't
have to cram. You're just plain dis
agreeable. that's all. She has been so
about everything else. too Why are
you so mean to her?"
Il must go up to say goodbye to
her. he said, shifting his gaze sud-
"And what's worse, I don't under
Wall every. day or two. They were
jolly times for me-. But now-why, now
you won't go near the dear old place
with me. You never get any farther
than Uncle Jabe's. and I'm tired Of
feeding hes squirrels. if you must know
~. we 4iuSS SSS OVOI O6lIlk CIllOTGH
some time, Eric. We can't always feed
squirrels and listen to ghost stories.
Now, you're going away next week, and
I shan't see you till Christmas time.
Won't you just try to be nice and
agreeable for awhile? Be nice to Joan,
To her establishment, he turned
abruptly and almost ran away from
her. She heard the sob that broke
through his drawn lips after his back
was turned. n she saw the convul-
s1ve movement of his shoulders. Then
her dear little heart instantly filled
with love and pity. but he did not turn
back. Her warm, adorable face wen
very pale and the tears sprang to the
lovely eyes
The long expected letter from Adam
" agitated. Eric refrained from OPEN
ing 1t at the house. or in the presence
of others, but hurried off to the seclu-
sion Of the woods above the town.
Here he had spent any hours during
the past few weeks, alone with his med
itations. The broad green meadows
stretched out below the borders of the
forest, sinking gently toward the rock
grit coast to the north of TOdville on
the Point. Here at the edge of the
woodland the shade was most inviting
on the hot summer days, cooled by the
" IA1O sea dllO IlOlS WlIIl
the breath Of ferns and the MOSES.
The blazing sun Of midday never pen
etrated this sheltered area, nor were
its rays intense enough to shrivel the
bright green grass that carpeted the
Sunken meadows.
his strange adviser and accomplice.
Adam wrote from New Orleans. where
he had gone, he said, in connection
with a matter quite foreign to the Blag-
den affair. He was writing, however.
to the president of the bank to inform
him that the defaulter had sailed for
a port at present unknown to him, but
that time would tell" There was a
grim, relentless humor in his reference
to C~hetwynd's whereabouts. OF course
Che went on), Eric had kept himself
informed as to the earlier features of
the investigation and the chase. He
must have seen in the newspapers that
Bunnie De Winnie quite readily salts
fled the authorities, as we'll as himself,
that h knew absolutely nothing of
young Blagden. She was particularly
eager to have it known that she had
time. Indeed, h averred, in a Ian
guage of her own, Chetwynd made her
tired and she had chucked him weeks
before the smashup. She admitted that
he had spent a neat bit OF none or
her, but that it wasn't a marker to
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1t really wasn't much more than pin
money, as the wind was blowing in 9th
er quarters. Miss De Winnie, with an
asperity that did not go very well with
her scornful attitude. gave it as her
belief that Chetwynd had taken w
with a girl named Blanche Something
or other. h couldn't recall her last
name. which wasn't her own. anyway
Adam went on to say that he had
made it a point to ferret out Miss
Blanche Something or other. He found
her on the o with a big burlesque
show, making Philadelphia and Boston
as side steps from Broadway. Her con-
tract. it seems, stipulated that she was
to go no farther away from New York
than these two cities, and she was tc
play in no one-night stands. She had
a very small salary, but diamond pin
to prove that h knew nothing OF
young Blagden's whereabouts. He Ger.
tanly was not trailing her."
In h concluding paragraph of this
unsatisfying letter. Adam very briefly
expressed the hope that Eric's first
me-. Rather grimly he suggested that
the first year is always the hardest tc
get through, no matter what you're
Undertaking. After that, it's easy
Proceeding. he urged him to allow ne
outside influences to worry him, but tt
0eVOte ali ms time ana energies TO the
work ahead. Then he signed himself
Your staunch friend until death, Ad
am Carr" undermining the words '.un.
til DEATH"
It was Adams way OF convincing hi.
friend that his secret was safe.
Eric reread the letter several times
conscious Of a primal disappointment,
that gradually gave way before a sens,
of security in view Of the really subtl,
wording of the epfstle. Adam told hin
everything. and yet to the casual oh