The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1916-12-01

the condition to Gloria's probable dis
inclination to parting with her lover.
For Freneau had told her that he
must leave town on business for a
whole week, When he came to bid
farewell the nurse left the room, re-
turning when Freneau had gone. He
left Gloria in a lonely gloom.
Gloria was fretful and restless, COM
planning that she did not feed ready
for sleep. 1t was the nurse who was
drowsy after the long strain of
Gloria's illness.
Richards put out all the lights save
the one shaded lamp by the bedside,
and then she must have dozed, for the
next thing she knew was that her ears
were throbbing and her nerves jang-
ling with the wild clamor of Gloria's
screams.
For an instant the nurse was too
Mortified to move, then as her wits
returned to her the fact that the voice
was Gloria's penetrated to her con-
seriousness. Gloria, indeed, was tug
ging at her and crying to her inco-
herently. Then she tainted as her
father rushed in in his dressing gown.
He and Miss Richards lifted the girls
body to the bed. Then Richards
reached for the telephone to call Doc
tor Royce, blaming herself bitterly
the while for having slept at her post.
Doctor Royce was not at home. His
secretary promised to send him the
moment he returned. The nurse did
what she could.
Turning to the bed she was clutched
by the cropping hands Of Gloria. She
heard her cry:
"Save him, save him, father; they've
murdered him! Let me go to him!
Oh, Dick, Dick"
Richards held the frantic girl tight
in her arms and tried to soothe her
as she struggled to rise from the bed
again. But the eyes hat looked into
hers were almost those Of a maniac,
and the nurse signed to the distracted
father to help her. Gloria was shrek
ing now as she found renewed
strength:
AiSAO, thOi AOOhs LOOh uOWu NY
the steps Of the monument! Dick is
lying there. l tell you they've killed
him. Oh, my God, why don't you go
to him instead of holding me here?"
With II supreme effort she
wrenched herself free from the two,
only to be mercifully seized with an.
other ~fainting spell. Swooning for.
ward, her face would have been
dashed against the footboard of her
bed had not Richards recaptured her
in her arms. At last Doctor Royce
appeared in the doorway. His foot
struck the binoculars, which still lay
on the floor where they had fallen
from Gloria's hand. He started back
from them, looked towards the pros
trate Gloria, and, stopping swiftly,
thrust the glasses into his pocket with
what sounded to Richards much like
an oath. Then he came forward to
Gloria, taking her from her fathers
arms.
Gloria opened her eyes again and
stared into the doctors own with an
other outcry:
You will believe me and go to him,
won't your
Reason seemed to return to her
now, and her eyes were overlooking
with tears. Her father had to turn
his own away, for Gloria's made him
think Of a child torn from its mother
and beaten and pleading. When Doc
tor Royce spoke his voice was hoarse
with emotion:
Gloria, you know that I would give
my life to spare you any pain or to
do you n service, but remember
that you are still very ill, that any
further excitement might be fatal to
you. You have a high fever and are
not yourself. You are a very sick
Tell me what is troubling you
and what frightened you and / will do
anything l can to help you"
Gloria seemed to be holding herself
under extreme control as if to con-
them of her sanity.
ooh, Stephen, you must believe. ]
tell you | saw it all-from the window
here. But there is no time to lose.
You must go to him. Dick Freneau
IS dead! Murdered! His body is
down there at the base of the monu-
ment.
Miss Richards was sleeping. I
couldn't. l looked through my glasses
the drive. / turned them towards
he monument. l saw a man in eve
ling dress lettering about. l couldn't
see his face. He seemed to be wait
ng for someone. A policeman went
by. The man stepped behind the mon
Iment till the officer had gone. Then
le came out again. He took a revol-
yer from his pocket. Then he walked
way as a tramp came along.
Il saw the tramp-a slouching crea-
.ure with a hideous face-a face l
hall never forget. l saw it plainly
lnder the light OF the lamps as he
on a bench. But l thought
Of him and turned my glasses
the drive.
II saw a man stop to light a cigar.
t was Dick. ! was surprised. IT.