Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-11-12
A Fascinating Novel Of Love and
Adventure by William J Locke

His great fist touched my face .Ths
book lives. You have seen It,"
! Very we'll" said l. I've seen it,
You swear you've seen It,"
Very WELL" said I. IF you insist,
can wash my hands Of the whole mat
ter. saw a completed manuscript.
You are my co-executor and trustee.
You took 1t away. That's all I know.
VIII that do for your y
Eyes. And I'll give you q receipt.
Whatever happens. you're not respon-
sible. / can burn the thing II I like.
Do anything I choose. But you've seen
the outside of It,"
He went to the writing table by the
gloomy window and scrubbed a menu
orandum and duplicate. which we both
signed. Each pocketed q copy. Then
he turned on me.
"T needn't mention that you're not
| going to give a hint to a human soul
of what you have seen this dayr'
| I faced him and looked into his eyes.
What do you take me fort But you're
forgetting. There is one human sould
who must know"
| He was silent for a minute or two.
! Then with his great hearted smile:
You and Barbara are one" said he.
Presently, after little desultory talk,
he took folded paper from his pocket
and shook II out before me. recog-
nized tho top sheet Of the plotting pad
on which Adrian had written thrice
| God: A Novel. BY Adrian Boldero."
1--WE had better burn this" said he;
and he threw It into the fra
CHAPTER vi.
The flower beds shone gay with
tulips and hyacinths; in the long grass
| beyond the lawn and under the trees
danced a thousand daffodils; and by
| their side warmly wrapped up in furs
| on long cane chair.
All of a sudden. from nowhere in
particular, there stepped into the land
scape GRAINED, you must remember, by
the lambs of my door, q huge and
familiar figure carrying a great suit
case. He put this on the ground. rushed
up to Doria, shook her by both hands,
swung Susan in the air and kissed
her. and was still laughing and making
the welkin ring-that is to say. MAX
ing a thunderous noise-when l. hav-
group.
"Hellol" said I, how did you get
here?"
walked from the station" said Jaf-
fiery. Game down by an earlier train.
| 0 good staying in town on such a
morning Besides" He glanced at
Doria in significant aposiopesis.
And you lugged that internal thing
a mile and half?" I asked pointing
to the suitcase, which must have
weighed half a ton. "Why didn't you
leave 1t to be called for?"
This? This little satchelT He
lifted 1t up by one finger and grinned.
Chairs were fetched from a faroff
summer house and we settled down.
Jaffery lit his pipe, smiled at Doria,
and met a very wistful look He held
her eyes for a space, and laid mis- great
hand very gently on hers.
II know what you're thinking of"
he with
in his deep voice. You won't have to
wait much longer"
"Is it at the printers!
IT'S printed"
Barbara and gave each a little
start-we looked at Jaffery, who was
taking no notice of us. and then uues-
tioningly at each other. What on earth
did the man mean?
From tomorrow onward, till publ
cation, the press will be flooded with
paragraphs about Adrian Boldero's
new book I fixed II up with Witte-
kind. as a sort OF welcome nome TO
you"
Doria smiled proudly. PASS Adrian's
proofs? I? I wouldn't presume to do
such thing"
well, here they are, anyway" said
Jaffery.
And to the bewilderment Of Bar
bara and myself, he snapped open the
hasps of his suitcase and drew out a
great thick clump of galley proofs fas-
tened by a clip at the left-hand top
corner. which he deposited on Dorfas
lap. She closed her eyes and here eye
lids fluttered as she fingered the pre-.
cious thing. For a moment we thought
she was going to faint. There was
breathless silence.
Jaffery touched Dsrias hand with
his finger tips She opened her eyes
i aud smiled wanly, and looked at the
front slip of the long proofs. AT once
she sat bolt upright.
1.-THE Greater Glory But that
wasn't Adrian's title. His title was
4 God Who has dared to change it?'
Her eyes flashed; her little body
auivered She famed an incarnate In
dignation. For some reason or other
she turned accusingly on me.
at knew nothing OF the change" said
l. "but I'm glad to hear of 1t now"
Many times before had / been forced
to disclaim knowledge of what Jaffery
had been doing with the book.
''Wittekind wouldn't have the old
title" cried Jaffery eagerly. "The pub
lie are very narrow minded, and he felt
that In certain quarters 1t might be
| misunderstood"
.sWittekind told dear Adrian that he
thought 1t a perfect title"
/ "Our dear Adrian said ]. pacifical-
i w. was a man of enormous will power
| and perhaps wittekind hadn't tho
] strength to stand up against him."
"Of course he hadn't" exclaimed
{, Doria "Of course he hadn't when
Adrian was alive; now Adrian's dead,
he thinks he is going to do just as he
chooses. He isnt Not while live.
| he isnt"
/ Jaffery looked at mo from beneath
| bent brows and his eyes were turned to
cold blue steel.
"Hilaryi" said he will you kindly
tell Doria what we found on Adrian's
blotting pad-the last words he ever
wrote?"
What he desired me to say was OBJ
| vious.
sWritten three or four times" said
L 1--WE found the words: The Greater