The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1916-04-13

him with the blood OF the bleeding.
hearts She did not look at him. Then
they trotted away around the corner
to the shed and ssndry's lips tight
ened pitifully as he gathered up each
smallest spray OF the woods.treasures
Where she stood back against the
wall one hand at her pulsing throat,
Miss Ordway saw that tightening OF
the lips, the droop that came into the
mans whole face. and her eyes mar.
rowed and hardened like cats.
That night she came to him In the
eating room.
Walter" she said. I'm stuck In
the middle Of a chapter. VIII you go
over few pages with me and give me
the benefit OF a mans ideas2"
lie smiled
I'm afraid mine will not be OF much
account. but such as they are you are
welcome to them"
They will answer" said Miss Ord.
way. "A woman cannot write from her.
self for men-she must write from
man to man. Ill bring my manuscript
out here"
And turning. she went from him to
the sanctuary OF the little south room
When she returned she carried hand
ful OF closely typewriter pages.
They drew up one OF the pine
benches spread out the manuscript be.
tween the catchup bottles and sat down
together
Instantly with the touch of the shift.
ing sheets In her fingers Miss Ordway
seemed TO drift away from the per.
sonal. She became detached. absorbed,
swallowed up in the thrall OF work
and Sandry had a feeling of what such
work must mean to one.
Now see," she said. half excitedly.
here is the point about which | am
trihe in doubt. But will have to
sketch the situation for you so you
can get a grip on It,"
She turned toward him. spreading
out fiat on the paper one exquisite
hand, Among her other hidden vani
ties, Poppy Ordway cherished an inor.
dinate pride in these hands OF hers
ana she knew their value andrheir po
| ltuNy W lut idSl
With an unconscious appreciation
Sandry now looked down at It where
II spread across the page. Uncon.
sciously. too. his mind caught a shad.
owy comparison-the memory OF tho
olive-colored. slim hands OF the girl
Siletz But she was speaking and he
looked again.
Now suppose my hero Is confront.
ed with a man-his friend. Il hap.
pens-who. in the plausible and un.
impeachable methods OF modern bust.
ness. has calmly become possessed of
my heros wealth. There is no pos.
sible way OF touching the swindler. for
II has been done In a manner that
gives 1t the seeming OF legality. Yet
the victim knows in his heart that the
other 10 q thief. Now here is my
point"
Miss Ordway was talking slowly as
II thinking carefully and no one listen.
ing would have suspected that the
words she uttered were purely me
chanical. having been written out and
memorized that afternoon. and that
her mind was busy with different set
OF ideas. In fact. this was what she
was thinking. tabulstinE rapidly a set
OF items.
Widening eyes-aroused interest
abnormal. Fingers tapping the table
startled nerves. No suspicion. but as
tonishment at so unique a ccinci
dence"
Aloud she was going on Suppose
my hero to be modern man OF aver
age good principles. could he bring
himself to steal back deliberately an
amount equal to. or compensating for
the amount stolen from him. and moi
consider himself criminal? Could he
go out among men with his head up
not deeming himself a thief? And
would the modern man OF average
honor do such thing?"
Miss Ordway was leaning forward
seemingly absorbed in her problem
her eyes on Sandry's face. where con
fiicting expressions we're struggling
for the mastery.
in a moment!" she was saying tc
herself. eager as a hound lin a mo
ment he will commit himself" for ths
bright, blue glance OF the young owner
wavered bit, he opened his lips. shut
his hand upon the oilcloth and his jaw
hardened with tautened muscles.
mo! He wouldn't be a thief-that
would be the right law"
Every nerve in Miss Ordway's body
jumped. though there was no outward
sign, as the tension that had beer
growing between them snapped with
the voice OF Siletz.
The girl had stopped on the far side
of the room, unnoticed by either. anC
now she stood leaning forward with
her hands upon the table. her Draidi
hanging beside them. This shadow o.
her parted hair was over her eyes.
Miss ordway's fingers crawled int
her palm rigid with a desire to intiic
bodily pain upon this uninvited blum
derer. But Siletz was of the wilder
ness and she did not know she haC
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