Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-05-19
CHAPTER xIl-ContInued.

There was a CLEAN in his somber eyes
and his blue chin came up with jerk.
That's tallKingl" said he. Now will
you promise me never to marry GAIA
LETT"
"Mr. Toyel"
That's talking, too. and / guess
mean 1t to be. It's not all dog-in-the-
manager either. I want that promise a
lot more than want the other. You
needn't marry me, Miss Blanche, but
you mustn't marry Cazalet."
Blanche was blazing. But this is
simply outrageous"
II claim there's an outrageous cause
for It, Are you prepared to swear
what ask. and trust me as Ill trust
you, or l to tell you the whole
thing right now7"
you won't force me to listen to an
other word from you, II you're gen.
tlsman, Mr.. Toyei"
TITS not what I am that counts.
Swear that to me, and swear, on my
side, that l won't give him away to
you or anyone else But it must be
the most solemn contract man and
woman ever made"
The silver teapot arrived at this
juncture, and not inopportunely. She
had to give him his tea, with her
young maids help, and to play a tiny
part in which he supported her really
beautifully She had time to think. al
most ooolly; and one thought brought
thrill. II it was a question of her
marrying or not marrying Walter
Cazslet, then he must be free, and only
the doer of some dreadful deed
What has he done?" she begged.
with a pathetic abandonment of her
previous attitude, the moment they
we're by themselves.
Must tell your" His reluctance
rang genuine.
81 insist upon it," she flashed again.
well, it's long story"
Never mind. can listen"
you know, / had to 90 back to
Italy"
Had your"
well. did 60" He had slurred
the first statement this one was char
acteristically deliberate. Il did go.
and before went l asked Cazalet for
an introduction to some friends of his
down in Rome"
81 didn't know he had any" said
Blanche.
why, he doesn't have any" said
Toys, hut he claimed to have some.
He left the Kaiser Fritz the other day
at Naples. I guess he told your"
"No, understood he came round to
Southampton. Surely you shared a
cabin7"
"Only from Genoa; that's where I
took the steamer and Cazalet regained
her"
"Wellr"
He claimed to have spent the in
terval mostly with friends at Rome.
Those friends don't exist. Miss
Blanche" said Toys.
rs that any business OF miner she
asked him squarely.
why. yes, I'm afraid It's going to
be. That is,. unless you'll still trust
me"
60 on, please"
why, he never stayed at Rome at
all, ner yet In Italy any longer than 1t
takes to come through on the train.
Your attention for one moment" He
took out neat pockstbook. Blanche
had opened her lips, but she did not
interrupt; she Just grasped the arms
of her chair, as though about to bear
physical pain. The Kaiser Fritz
Toye was speaking from his book
got to Naples late Monday afternoon.
September eighth. Seems she was
overdue. and was mad about 1t, and
never got away again till the"
do tell me about Walter Cazaletl"
cried Blanche. 1t was like small talk
from dentist at the last moment.
II want you to understand about the
steamer first" said Toye she wait
ed Monday night in the Bay of Naples,
only sailed Tuesday morning, only
reached Genoa Wednesday morning.
and lay there all OF forty eight hours,
as these German boats do, anyhow.
That brings US to Friday morning be-
fore the Kaiser Fritz gets quit OF Italy.
doesn't it7"
"Yes-I suppose so-do tell me
about Walteri"
"Why, / first heard OF him at &C.
noa, where they figured should have
q stateroom all 10 myseif, as the otner
gentleman had been left behind at
Naples. l never saw him till he
scrambled aboard again Friday, about
the ffty-ninth minute of the eleventh
hour"
AT Genoa7"
Sure"
And you pretend to know where
he'd been?"
IT guess do Snow"-and Toye
sighed as he raised his little book
"Cazalet stepped on the train that left
Naples six-fifty Monday evening, and
loff the one timed to reach Charing
Gross three-twenty-1ye Wednesday"
The day of the m"
"Yes. / never called IL by the hard
est name, myself; but II was seven