Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-06-30
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GEORGE BARR McCUTCHEON.

her boy may be bounced for years by
n so im~placable as Adam Carr" He
stopped at the table, from sheer force
OF habit. arranged the magazines on the
corner, restoring the pile to its accus-
toned symmetry. His was a we'll or
deied home. Nothing was ever out OF
place.
IL am sorry, Uncle Horace muir
INJURED the tender hearted Mary. tears
streaming down her cheeks.
Eric stood with bowed head. speech
less.
This should be a lesson to you,
Eric" said Mr.. Blagden m~onotonously.
Avoid evil companions at college.
Keep away from bad women"
The habit was strong in him.
Your aunt will be down for dinner.
Please bear in mind that no reference
Is to be made toto all this. 1 have
told her of the drawing, Eric. She says
she has something to tell me when l go
thing she has felt necessary to hide
from me. If l were you 1 would not
go out on the streets this afternoon.
Wait until after n~ightfall."
He left them, n they heard him
slowly mount the stairs. Then the door
did not see him again until dinner time.
BY that time, scores OF people had
called up the house on the telephone,
and at least four correspondents had
been turned away from the door, only
to take up positions across the street
got views OF the Giants Castle from
all sides. One daring chap entered the
round and photographed the rose
push that Chetwynd had planted on
his 7th birthday. to which some Inn
pOrtance was attached because up to
that season it had borne white roses.
but had been prophetically barren this
| year.
No less than a dozen eminently vera
cious citizens had seen young Blagden
board a freight train late the previous
evening. bound for New York. An un-
happy controversy ensued over that
very point No two Of them saw him
board It at the same place. nor were
n e all agreed that 1t was a freight
train. Some OF them said it was the
express train leaving at GIL, while 9TH
ers mentioned the local at 1892. John
Halves ~conyersed with the young man
Ia front OF Goes drug store at z o'clock.
and he was impressed at the time with |
Cnetwynd.s nervousness. Mrs. Sanford, |
OF the Second Congregational church
cnoir, was positive she saw a very
Dlond young woman with him shortly
AFTER .. A strange young woman In
Corfnth, she was quite sure of that.
Dinner at the Blagden home that
night was a dismal affair. Mrs. Blag-
den. very wan and red eyed, seldom
ScA~N w vi . e Hlat6. MT. 6ldKO00
rarely looked dow from the old fash
lored crystal chandelier, except to in
sDect the dishes set before him by the
solemn Martha
But four places had been laid. There
wa no empty chair at the table. for
the simple reason that it stood back
against the wall with others Of its kind.
OF the four who sat there in perfume
tory obedience to custom. Eric Mid
thorne was the only one who was NOT
wondering what the missing member OF
inc family was doing at the time. Two
o. them were tortured by the belief
that he was in the arms Of the woman
who a dragged him out of the sane
iusry they had built around him; the
tsiir0 was not 30 sure that he would
LOT creep back into the house when the
night Was Old and the, town asleep.
6xlc, aIonc. knew where Chetwynd
Was spending the night.
shortly after the meal was over. he
excused himself and left the house. os-
tehsibiy - take a short walk about the
grounds When he was out Of sight
around the corner of the house. he
ACROSS the garden In the direction OF
CARTS cottage. vaulting the high
pxack MAIL AZ the lower end OF thu
kaIden. ne raced across the meadow
tD 70 tue barred gates. There was
9 nkna e tsaF q Of the gate keep
trs 20dgse Eric shouted ratified
fhe gatss ~ attract attention.
NAG SApex opened the door and peered
l0SIA, 0YSr his kbectacles. He was hold.
Ang q book IN his hand.
sNSsA sway frOm there" he roared.
g asa-iss,ls: i. that =, you. - Es ! wha {
1ts hurried e 70 the rate, forget
NAAe his KEYS In his excitement. Sud.
Meaaiy ts9aekptsstnx them. he would