Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1915-08-26

any nearer right than ws had 49,
many times BEFORE but for sone rss
son found It harder to pardon h,a
For the first time In our long &C
Quaintance. l let Algernon Etheridg,
leave mo, without any attempt at con
citation.
II only had halted there! II. a
sight Of my empty study, I had MOI
conceived the mad notion OF waylayini
him at the bridge for the hand-shak&
| missed. might have been . happy
man now. and Olivor-But why dwell
upon these mighthave-becns! What
happened was this:
Disturbed In mind. and finding my.
self alone In tho house. Oliver having
evidently gone out while We two were
disputing. l decided to follow out the
impulse have mentioned. Leaving
by the rear. I went down the lane TO
the path which serves as a short cut
to the bridge.
That did this unseen by anybody
Is not so strange when you consider
the hour, and how the only person
then living In the lane WAS. In all
probability. In her kitchen. II would
have been better for me. little AZ !
might have recognized II at the time
had she been where she could have
witnessed both my going and coming
and faced me with the fact
John Scoyille. In his statement. SAYS
that after giving UP hts search for his
little glrl he wandered up the ravine
before taking the path back which led
him through Dark Hollow. This>whs
leaving his stick by the chestnut trce
In the gully at foot Of Ostrander lane.
For | was on the spot, and | know
the route by which he reached Dark
Hollow and also through whose agency
the stick came 10 be there.
Read and learn with what tricks the
devil beguIles us men
was descending this path. heavily
Swallowed. as you know, By a sk.riins
u closely growing trees and bushes
when Just where 1t dips into the Hol
low, heard the aound OF q has;y foot
come crashing up through the under
brush from the ravIne and cross the
path ahead OF me- turn In the path
prevented me from seeing the man
himself. but as you will perceive and
as perceived later when csrcun1
stances recalled Il to my mind. had
no need 10 see him to know who II
Sas or with what latent he took this
method o. escape from the ravine into
the helas leading TO the highway. SEQ
ville's stick spoke for him. the stick
which | presently tr.ppcd over and
mechanically picked up, without
thought OF the desperate use to which
uas destined TO put II.
Ether!dee vas coming | could hear
hts whistle on Factory road There
wss no mistaGiug Il |, was unusually
shrill one and had always beer
cause Of irritation TO me but al ,h!s
moment II vas more, IL reused every
antaeonistic impulse within ne. lilo
whlsiiing like a salaIara. after part
inE which had dissatisfied $50 10 FBch
an exien, that had coFae all this lie
lance 10 ask his pardon and see bis
old smile aFasn' Atiereara, leuc aft
erward. | vas able 10 give another
Interpretation 10 bis show o. apparent
self.sAtis'aciBan. bat then sAw moth
tnE but the contrast II offered 10 ny
ovu tender regrets, ana mr. blood DO
gan 10 boil and my temper rise TO ss1cn
A point that rcerint0a,!oa trek ths
place a apology when In another nao
ment We came together IL the orcn
SPACE between the end ot the bridge
and Dark Hollow.
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