The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-12-29

Kennedy and / exchanged glances
That was the action in revenge ia
Lockwood and Whitney which he had
contemplated over the telephone II
was so cruel and harsh that l could
have hated him for It, the smore so as
l recollected that 1t was he himself
who had cautioned us against doing
the very thing which now he had done
In the heat Of passion.
"Oh," she walled. "he was very kind
and considerate about 1t. He caid he
felt that 1t was his duty to tell me,
that ne would be anything, like an
older brother. to me; that ne could
not see me blinded any longer to what
was going on, and everybody knew,
brt had not love enough for me to
tell 1t was such a shock. ! could
not even speak. ] simply ran from
the room without another word to him
and Jusnita found me lying on the
bed Them decided would come
to YOU"
.7-sh-.~ysused. and her great, deep
eyes looked up pathetically. And
YOU" she added bitterly. you are 60
ing to tell me that he was right. that
1t is true You can't prove it. Show
me what 1t is that you have. defy
you!"
Somehow. rs she rested and reliev.
cd her feelings, new strength SEEM
ed to come to her. 1t was what Ken
nedy had been waiting for, the reac-
ton that would leave her able for him
to go on and plan for the future.
He reached into drawer Of a cabi-
net and pulled out the various shoe
prints which he had already shown
Norton, and which he had studied and
rcstudied so carefully.
THAT Is the print of the shoe in
the dust of the Egyptian sarcophagus
OF the Museum" he said quietly.
Some one got in during the daytime
and hid there until the place was
locked. That is the print of Alfonso
de Moche's shoe, that Of Mr.. Whit
ney's, and that of Mr.. Lockwood's.
He said it quickly, as though trying
to gloss It over. But she would not
have 1t that way. She felt stronger.
and she was going to see just what
there was there. She took the prints
and studied them, though her hand
trembled Hers was remarkable
mind. 1t took only seconds to see
what others would have seen only in
minutes. But 1t was not the reason
ing faculty that was aroused by what
she saw. 1t sank deep into her heart.
She flung the papers down.
II don't believe it," she defied.
"There is some mistake. Not can
not be true!"
II was a noble exhibition of faith.
think have never seen any instant
more tense than that in Kennedy's
laboratory. There stood the beautiful
Girl declaring her faith in her lover,
rejecting even the implication that It
might have been he who had taken
the dagger, perhaps murdered her ia
Their to insure the possession Of her
fathers share of the treasure as we'll
as the possession of herself
Kennedy did not try to combat it.
Instead he treated her very intuitions
with respect. In him there was room
for both fact and feeling.
"Senorita," he said finally, in a
voice that was deep and thrilling with
feeling, "have ! ever been other than
a friend to you? Have I ever given
you cause to suspect even one little
motive OF miner"
She faced him. and they looked into
each others eyes an instant But it
was long enough for the man to under
stand the woman and she to under
stand him.
No" she murmured, glancing down
again
Then trust me just this once Do
rs l ask YOU
For an instant she struggled with
herself. What would he ask?
What is it," she questioned, rails
ing her eyes to him again.
Have you seen Mr.. LOCKWOOD"
NO"
Then, ! want you to see him.
Surely you wish to have no secrets