The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-06-03

eri, tbera fcr a fa,y reet below her
,b, sion. stunned abrIntIy On a
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eba looked ar~.aIirsIv. beseech-
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,rossfon. thn chance was actual. and 7.
duo :, rho t,ct that his car had caught /
tho sound og ar,r,grbfry footsteps |
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foo,srar. haca,na more and more dis +
TIM, mill a man arnoarod around F.
,r., r., j., III, ,r,n This man v:.+ /
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"a. ,.,.,,, 49,. la ,,;-b terror for
,,,,,,,,,. f,d No b.,r, hotter hired
had .Lo I'm. hlra hI,,5 which so
.I;.ti,,,,r.,h.1 Alfred Srort flowed in
his Wins his terror might nave last
od i,dof,i-.l, and Anita have plunged
INFO ,ra bo,ior,l,ss canyon. But he
v.as vuIo.,r emotional Imgulsive. and
/ his NOR brain. a product OF centuries
| or noudcscript admiXture. took IN tn"
| s,tua;ion comrrohensiyely, and had
/ only realized the one course open a
no,n.nt before his uupoi,od body uai
| started 10 crawl carefully down 60
whore Anita held on with a fast dcs
pairiqg grip.
In i moment his strong grip was
around her and he began slowly.
variIy IaboriousIv. to fight his way
hack IN The nath SCOTS panic. mean
,;r,o had ohatpd considerably. and
continued 10 abate the nearer the man
.rd bie burden came. and when they
v-oro almost to the edge OF the trail,
bolr.vav over il in fact. he bent and
relieved Paul of Anita's weight. Paul
managing to drag himself exhausted
~ tho road
Cho .ur,od sirr1v and said Thank
,o,, porI- Sha couId saw no more
Co taking Scott's proffered arm, she
u.oI,,,d sIov.Iv away leaving Paul
standing puzzled. misunderstanding III
the middle of the trail.
VII
Lob, Huff was tired of waiting
u,,Y No. The tobaccorist creditor OF
,,rrod Coott whom, Scott a few DAYS
na,,;l,,aI,, had siIoncod in his demands
for na,.,,ert nv telling him that he
.,.,,iI .Lor,I,. bo batrothed 10 Anita
-, -, III. ,,orious dabts would
',,,od
g.. nos tho warning of the second
do,, tb,t NO called M the Logan man.
sion and learned that Anita had gone
nm INTO the mountains with her sister
to snend week there. Accordingly
he took the first train, and by noon
arrived at the hotet IN which Ann and
nor SISTER we're stopping. He learned
tbare that Ann and the young man
,ataiv annointed astronomer at the
mountain observatory had left a hall
hour ago for a walk down the noun
tain side. and he set out immediately
to overtake them.
-.
- Tho Iife.saving incident of the day
. bafore and Anita's cold. forma
Thank YOU" had been bit too much
! tor Pan, Reed
= No mad some important duties tC
h attend the next morning, and could
d not free himself of them until clever
O'Clock He then set out for the noun
e tam motel, only half mile distant MI
e spirit troubled his nina ANXIOUS "n'
/ on the defensive against mae
y complications he scented Du' hhe'
d nothing OF definitely
1 VIII.
d He met her alone, on the porch
L. Bess and Scott had gone for wal
e together.
n Good morning, Ann'-awkwardlN
"a She came forward, her lips sllen
ID her eyes eloquent. and held out ne
Is hand to him. Together. as by pre-
s. arranged understanding, they starte
De TO walk away from the house.
q saw. YOU haven't forgotten. Ann
y You promised you'd let me know. Oh
IT Ann. don't YOU love me-"
1d His warm. magnetic personality. thu
Us nersonality which had always mad
~ bar fearfuIIv glad. now again woke
Ut her that feeling of infinite affinit
IN which no personal effort could owe
~ oo,,o