The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1916-02-24

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crossing and recrossing In her mind.
80 at last she thrsv . kimoao ovsr her
evening gown and sat down at The via-
dow. maiden -fashioa. and thought
To make NO further mystery. the
person who opened the front door and
disturbed the tete-s-tsts betvesa T.
strilla and Betsy -Barbara was only
Tommy North. He had beea searching
strenuously for . Job. No mystery
about that. either. The reason vas
Betsy.Barbara. The nightS quest bad
failed. The fluid mercury Of his dis
position had fallen almost to absolute
ssro. In this mood. hs unlocked the
front door. The parior was open: he
heard the soft thram Of . guitar. Hun
cry for companionship. he crossed the
thick hall carpet to the psrior door.
He looked In and bsheld Betsy-Bar-
bara sitting with flushed cheeks and
folded hands. It was the attitude Of .
woman who yields. Beside her sat the
Dstrilla pers6s. strumming gently on
t. guitar and looliAg Q million Ian
guors. With . movement that was an
explosion. Tommy rushed out. slam
ming the front door behind him.
His feet. rather than his will. car
ried him away. There was saloon at
the corner. A. BY instinct. Tommy
rushed into 1t and ordered . giaso Of
whisky-his first since the night Of the
Hanska murder. In . period incredibly
short. he fulfilled the tragic purpose
for which he left the boarding house.
An hour and . half after. Tommy
North. muttering over and over to
himself. New life in now CLINE
wond'ful plan Of genius" was weav'
ing toward tho select boarding house
Of Madame Rosalis L. Grange. Labori-
ously he unlocked the door; painfully.
and with occasional mutterings about
blasted life. he reached the nrst land
ing. And on that landing . door
opened. Bstsy-Barbara stood looking
at him.
Yet curiously. - the gaslight caught
her full. 1t was not upon Betsy-Bar.
bara's shocked wide-open eyes that he
fixed his case. He looked at her feet
Betsy Barbara was wearing ighheeled
velvet shoes with paste buckles. In
the full light. they sparkled like real
diamonds. Betsy Barbara stepped
back with woman's Instructive fear OF
drunken man. So one of those slip
pers moved. Tommy, his eyes still
toward the ground. clutched at 1t. The
motion almost tumbled him over-did
make him reel against the door-post.
Get 1t an hold It," he said-'then
discover murder"
"Mr. North-Mr North" exclaimed
Betsy-Barbars and stood helpless.
staring at this weird performance.
Drunk" he said. Final disgrace
everything gone now!"
Mr.. North" said Betsy Barbara,
gathering her courage. listen to me.
II you wake people up tonight. they'll
never forgive you. Now I'm going to
lead you to your room"
He waved her away and started to
make his own course up the stairs.
Betsy-Barbara followed, her hands ex-
tended to give help in case of need.
At his own landing. Betsy Barbara ran
ahead, opened his door, switched on
the electric light. Then returning. she
pushed him in with final:
Good highland please try to be
quiet"
Betsy-Barbara had endured \ day
filled with ~ many varied emotions a.
It 10 generally given woman to endure,
She applied the best remedy that WON
an knows for surfeit OF feeling. She
took down her hair, undressed. and
cried herself to sleep.
(TO BE CONTINUED)
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