The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-07-14

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plar" vas not mine. and | am now Il
priest with just a memory. Does that
incline YOU to any special %frankness
with Inc as to your motives in this!
"I"I mean with regard to Volna:'
Hr looked at me again very i%ntcntly.
"lou Know that she is betrOthed: he
asked.
'Oh. yes. She told me her uncle's
plans"
Ills look now vas more sympathetic
and Kind than searching. and he sigh
ed. An. YOU do not know. ! see"
II am not a child, Father Ambrose
81 can say no more. ] ought not per-
hap> to have said so much. | am 90
ing to deal with you as a man. Mr..
Anstrnthcr. OF course all that has oc-
CURED in these two days must never be
must not be compromised
"lt will not pass my lips"
"Y"u and I together can secure her
safety. am going to ask your help.
She will remain here until ! can get
back safely to Warsaw
II will do anything to secure her
safety"
"rlr ono thing you ran do is to put
yourself in the hands of the police.
"Thc policc?"
You say your friends will help YOU
in any explanation.'
II don't follow YOU yet
''rhc police have tracked you here
fyo,, Dr,+;,r1- r@1,nv yrnrn il, thn vii
lasc yesterday evening. They arc conn
ing to me again this afternoon. 1t hap
pens that my housekccpcr's niece was
to have come here today--in a village
like this all private matters are public,
YOU know. She is not coming. but Vol
ma can take her place for the time
without any suspicion being aroused.
What you have to do is to cause the
police to believe that Nolna has cross
cd the frontier with you and that You
have returned alone"
How cause them to believe this"
eco and get your horse and idn
through the village this afternoon and
call here
Here" | cried in establishment.
"Nes. ] shall then send for the 20.
lice agents and hand you over to them
as the man who told me the falsehoodS
yesterday. This will clear this house
Of the danger Of n SUSPICION
could not restrain a smile. remem-
herring how he had emphasized the
Nervousness of f~alSchOodS. 1T will at
least be in a good cause" said.
Cod forgive me-but the child must
be saved, Mr.. Anstruther. You'll dc
thiS?'
"Why. Of course
And when your trouble is over YOU
will go to England"
And yolna? Does she-know OF
this:"
"Indecd. no. Her one thought is of
the trouble she may already have
brought upon YOU. She would never
agree to it,"
I believed that. should l--see he,
toto say goodby"
This pcrplexed him. ut would he
better not. but his eyes wandered al
around the room before he iniShed-'i
suppose she would wish it. And you
won't meet again, and-and you'll toll
her you are going home to ~IIngland:'
I'm afraid you must leave it to me
what to say" | replied. with a smile
II think YOU may trust my discretion
And you must do you part afterwards
carefully. Keep her out of the wa
when we play the comedy of that ar
rest later OF she may cast herself for q
part in il. She's plucky enough tC
o herself. and hat would mix
things up a good deal for us all. YOU
know
He frownrd. threw up his hands ir
troubled %pcrrlexity and pushed his
chair back.
I'VE had better get it over" he *
claimed ~resicnedly. "Ill 20 and tel
her you are lcaving.'
He walked toward the door. paused
and turned as if to say somethin.
more. 1hen tossed up his hands asair
and went ont of the room.
I stared ont of the window into tho
small but carefully tended garden. f;
prey to the very mixed thoughts which
the good father had succeeded il
rousing.
Then the door opened and Nolns
came in alone.
She was dressed for her new char
acter of tho ho~usekccpcr.S niece an,
wore a white apron and Il peasant
girls picturesque hcaddrcSS.
She closed the door behind her. drop
ped me a little courtesy. and said, Will
the demurcSt of %glanceS::
Did you please to send for nc sir"
Then she hurst out laughing and RAJ
to mo. both hands outs1rc,chcd a,
though we had not mel for a long time
NOW. wasn't my instinct right!'
| held her hands apart while | sur
veyed her costume. "Wh" WAS eve
so foolish as to question it,
And isn't The father just the dear
est old man in the WorId:"
THE world is a bic place. and there