The Dolores star., 1915-02-12

MY position here II false ONE
Sara. l prefer to Co." w.
This morning I should have held
. sword over your head" 4.
TT 10 very dimcult for me to realize
all that has happened" .
you are free to depart Yoa are
free In every sense Of the word. Your
future rests with yourself. my DEAR"
1T hurts me more than ] can tell
to feel that you have besn hating Ne
all these months"
1T hurts me-now."
Hetty walked to the window aad
looked out. 4
what are your plansf" Sara III
CURED, after an interval.
Il shall seek employment-and wait
for you to act"
Il? You meant"
Il shall not run away. Sara Nor do
I intend to reveal myself to the an-
thorities. am not morally guilty Of
crime. A year ago l feared the cor
sequences OF my deed. but I have
learned much since then. vas .
stranger In . new world. In England
we have been led to believe that you
lynch women here as readily a you
lynch men. now know better than
that. From you alone learned my
greatest lesson. You revealed to mo
the true meaning OF human Kindness.
You shielded me who should not
Even now believe that your dfst
impulse was q tender one. shalf
not forget It. Sara. You viii live to
regret the baser thought that came
later on. have loved you-yes, al
most as . good dog loves his master.
II II not for me to tell the story OF
that night and all these months to
the world. would not be betraying
myself, but you. You would be called
upon to explain, not I. And you would
be the one to suffer. When you met
me on the road that night was on
my way back to the inn to give my
self into custody. You have made 1t
impossible for me to do 20 now. Ny
lips are sealed. II rests with you,
Sara"
Sara 3oined her in the broad win
dow. There was . strangely exalted
look in her face. A gilded birdcase
hung suspended In the easement With
out . word. she threw open the win
dow screen. The gay little canary In
the gilded cage cooked his head ana
watched her with alert eyes. Then
she reached up and gently removed
the cage from it, fasteninss. Putting
II down upon the window sill. che
opened the tiny door. The bird hoped
about his prison In . state Of great
excitement.
Hstty looked on. fascinated. :
At last . yellow streak shot out
through the open door and an instant
later resolved itself into the bobbinS.
huttering dieky.bird that had lived
in . cage all its life without IN hour
Of freedom. For Q few seconds II
circlsd over the tree tops and thea
alighted on one Of the branches. 0as
might we'll have imagined that be
could hear IT. tiny heart heating With
terror. lts wings were half-faised an9
hutterins. Its head Jerking from side
to side in wild perturbation. Taking
courage. Master Dicky hoped timo-
rously to nearby twis. and then ven
tured . flight to tree top nearer The
window easement. Perchsd IN IL top
most branches he cheeped shr.lly. -
II there was fear In his little breast.
In silence ths two women In the
window watched the asitatsd move
ments Of the bird. The same thought
was In the mind Of each. the same
question. the same intense wish.
A brown thrush sped through the
air. close by the timid canary. Like
. fash It dropped to the twiss lower
down. Its wings palpitating In violent
alarm.
"Dickyi" called Sara Wrandal. asl
then cheeped between her teeth.
A moment later Dicky was Auttsring
about the caves: his circles grew
smaller. his winsins less rhythmical.
TIL 1t last with . nervous little futtsr
he perchsd on the top Of the window
shutter. % near that they might have
reached to him with their hands. He
sat thsrs with his head cooked TO one
side.
"Dicky!' called Sara again. THIS
time she held out her finger. For some
time he regarded II with Indifference.
not 10 say disfavor. Then hs took one
more flight. but much shorter than Tie
nrst. bringing up again At the shutter.
top. A second later be hoped down
and his little talons grippsA safa's
finger with an sarnsstnsss that ioes
/ no room for doubt,