Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-01-09
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third person. ! had not heard any
thing about any third person, What Is
more, | did not haV1 any use for a
third person In this business, The
stars forbade It. wrote and told her
so and said If there was any outsider
rung IN the stellar courses would nave
sudden change OF heart' Iheh ! put
my best ROBE III Il Dag ana DOught
ticket Tor Carrs Jnhcloh you can
believe that WhlIe / was gong tllrough
the woods was keeping DrlSht eye
ont for any thlrd party. well lie was
not there not Wheh ! arrived anyway
Where ne was oil tlle 'llIle 10 not
Know never saw NM but hearu
. nm l"tef. can near MN YET III Hlsht'
Eod he'p me-
"She was leaning against IL I'ttie tree
III me eu&e OF tue l''''Ncl "heh ! nrSt
saw her' mere was plenty OF hght
irom llle NOON ana II Slltea uo"h
through the tfeeS ana Ir'' acro"" her
hea" ana hech' H"'Iceu " QUEER cir'
clet around her neck The stones were
Ike soft pink fires. Lad not ever
seen any Ike them before ana stood
there trying to figure whether they
were rWbles and how much they might
be worth. While | was wondering
about 1t she half turned, and | got my
first look at her face.
"She was younger than | had reckon
ed on and not bad to look ut, but
queer queer Something about her
struck me all wreng-gay me sort
OF ugly shlyer Another thing struck
me all right, though, That was that
she had jewels on pretty much all her
fingers. In one Of my letters to her |
gave her hint about that-told her
that gems gave the stars Il stronger
hold ON the wearer and she had taken
1t all ill., She certainly was an easy
subject
"a bundle done up in paper was on
the ground near her | duckcd back,
very still. and got into my robe. The
arrangement IA her letter was for me
to whistle when | got there. | whis.
tied She Strengthened up.
"'Comc, she said. L am waiting
Her voice was rather deep and soft.
But 1t wasn't a pleasant sOftness.
Some way did not like It any better
than | liked her looks. [ stepped out
into the open and gave her the grand
bow.
"'Tha master Of the stars at your
command, snId.
"You arn NOT as I eypected TO see
vou shn sold
oTbot wos a stclier II mipht meon
most ANYTHING took chance
,,Oh we'll, suid we all change,
Tt went we change as life
changes she said "Pbey never found
Won. did tbevY
"From tbe wov she snid # I saw she
eypectpl me 70 sny NO So / said NO.
"oThot WINS loft for me TO return
and do, she wont an win n kind ot
nunep Inv thot ravn mo tbn sbIvnr.
apoIn rrbe Irstnpt saw vour stofn
ment IN fine newspupcr knew # wa,
vonr soul calling to nina across tb,
ooos com. hoot IL NJ tbn shornr,
ain tbnt nst letter she mentioned
a shin. And now here was this boat
business. lAftrrward looked for d
sign OF either but could not find any
thought perhaps II would explain
the other part Of the we ana our
II | was going to elopc by sea want
ed to know II, aud | said us much.
care You stcadtastt she asked,
"Well, there was only one answer tC
that ] said | was. She opened heI
package and took ont con OF rope
1t was thls srlE'Whlte rope, sort o.
clothesIIhe, ana II looked slrohB
W nat now l "SNeu her ,,
a 10 U'uu US ,oBp'n'r' sue S%"iu %
'oS'' ''oHg ,, '"s'tnv,' .I,''',, ""u ,r'1 wv Nv
pWuEe' o, iu's ','ur 'v lue'u S''''' w u' m
'"h'u'v i., "S ,"'' Wv, u' ".u o',u ei,g oi !"
",'"T"' ys,5o 1'' ,I , "" % t,iIn '"I ''''
mrn s,,,'t sai1 G,,,gina niahr
hor1 Il I,n,t nnitn % s"o Ihn nnInf " ~
mIs'
"DIln't / curse mvsclr for nor RI
mamhprInu vhnt bnl written her
n, o,,w nyc,nt thnt IN, rnn,' snuI vn
n,rmh llnnyl IN, dInny for ma m mar
ry M nny mIco II wouldn'l 'hnye hel,
IN hn r,nr,s ynt hnre mIrhl bny
hc,n 4, ooo NJ lnmnn1s an h,r