Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1916-03-24


He saw fla. tears running down her
CHECKS. buu ~ an nat know tie real
cause If thoin
"Dianal Liant, What can / do?
What era . tsos poor airl, Poor glrI~'
Tender aaa sensitive. Dr. hated the
sight ~ eaim. .snd to .ap IT twist tin
iir ~ I'M aFsniian Ii,. ipgel Was d0ubly
maadrniag
'ThHj's better. IN AN rieht now.
ThaHi saae
But har fhgusht was Eha hld failed.
failed I1trfsai5ag. affar atf these weeks
II earpesf r.afn.ne flHa S1e could
not sfaa4 - alone ea4 There was
as mueh n.aeiv in her bJ8g as ito her
mind
EfHnp -he mu4f felI tim or DR. everv.
thife 20 Wrhv had rlte brought hia
here2 ff WINS crueL II only be had
not followed
outside ruarr the Nrht Uncle B5ty
was porting question: to the fizht-
Keeper.
"ND N0s0dv leff ANYTHING with
mo. said the latter shifting his CORN
cob "A hy4ropl8ne etafpeI here for
~ h0nr or 50. COOKED slerc dinner and
got ont. Sensible. ! call EN-. They
didn't leaFe anything With me. Ono
. the men limped E1t I wasn't
watching 'cm close.
Uneie Billy sighed All for nothing!
why do You want E know asked
the liehtkeeper. His curiosity was
negligent
He was not much interested In the
doings of guides and FOLKS who wasted
thelf tiine hshing.
oh. nut Mss "'hhe WAS eA-
pee.ni suhhpIh. lilats why we h'haF
"a ish'na in"usht meooe eney iei'
You
nope now the young iauss
uuhho' "eafhF
faeS Ioo's. an OF you ron We
peeil hShin idsih thlrtS Fears' anu IL
WIS 1iihe Fon learned You can hsh
mere III surety. Areh mere JUST as
many o"ss on your sue tue nus!
nat yoh' LESTER
oh-uh.
Ihlhk they II holdf'
Don Know. gruiilY "itll cost
Mr. Crawford about four hundred II
anything hnnpens to my boat was
against making the island
Il reckon Mr.. Crawford II do whuts
square Money doH worry eim none.
we pet'ef Iufh IN. tt"nd nleht. safd
Uncle Biiiy 10 the Iiehtktepef
6oeu night There amt anything
more can do Tor yohf
Nope.
The two guides walked back to the
bnthouse and entered nolselessly
Without ado they stretched themselves
out on dry spot by the doors and ir
a minute or two were fast asleep.
Crawford was a light sleeper. Ths
entry of the guides, quiet AZ 1t was
served to wake him. He peered dowr
mt the face OF the girl.
Her lips stirred. "Donaldf'
A knife thrust from her hand could
not have hurt him more grievously.
He stood up straight, rumpling his
hair. habit he had Of doing when
deeply agitated. So Donald was his
name? Donald. Donald, Donald Han.
chett! He remembered now OF having
seen the name In full on the hotel
register. Donald Hanchett, some kind
of lieutenant to that hulking rascal
smead
For moment Crawford heartily
wished he had not made the landing.
that he had gone out where there was
neither trouble nor disappointment.
That she was married he had begun
to accept as "A fact for which. so far as
he was concerned. there was no rem.
edy Friends.
He was an honorable man. He could
still love her and be her friend for he
realized that she might need one. But
this new coil rather swept his feet
from under him like the angry cur.
rents flowing over the shoal.
To a rogue-married to rogue. The
thought was more bitter than death.
She had been fooled, deceived. by a
handsome rogue.
Ana she stu thought enough OF him
TO speak his name In her dreamsl His
fingers continued TO plow through his
mar, which presently stood ON end III
an directions,
lie saw her outing coat hanging from
nan
Lightly he stepped over the sleeping
Slfi ana reached Ter the coat. 1t was
SUI heavy With water lie ought to
nave turned the paekets when he hun;
II nhi tue coal Nouid have been half
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