Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-02-22

Pcrpont gave up the fight. H,I
loathcd the prospect Of a newspaper
scandal, but IL IL had To come, he must
brace himself 10 endure IL. lie haGl
done nll that he could legitlmatcly do
and more than that. Ia thwart the pc
lice, and now hat the necessities of
the law compelled him To give the law
the right of way or suffer the con
sequences. He resolved TO turlA
Trask over 10 Ju lge Freeman as a rep
resentative of l... law and let Tho
Judge assume the future responsibility
When the yacht reached The country
house AT length. Pierpont sought for
Judge Freeman. lie had left the house,
Pierpont would have sent Trask on
after him. but he was too weak To be-
moved farther. Besides, Royce was
insistent in giving Trask the full bene
fit OF his medical and surgical knowl
edge. and asked for a guest room I'll
lodge him i'm.
Now TraSk was stupefied indeed. He
had expected that his enemies would
throw him into n prison cell. And
they had Installed him in u luxurious
chamber In a palace. And his daugh-
ter was established In an adjoining
room whose fittings would have salts
fled a princess. They ilihbsr terrified
the poor habitant Of a canal boat.
Royce decided to motgz into the city
10 fetch his surgical irxarutiefrs and
bring out his assistant. While he was
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10 question him. but he had passed into
a state between sleep and coma. and
she dared not trouble him. She found
that Nell had fallen asleep, too. worn
out with emotions Of every sort. Clio
ria stole away To her own room. She
was tired out. too. She felt that she
was on the brink Of discoveries that
would mean everything To her. She
was a little afraid Of them.
She paused nj her window. and, see
ing Doctor Royce just stepping into
his car. she unused on him. lie was
an increasingly interesting mystery t.
her. very much at her beck and call
in some ways, and absolutely beyond
her control in others.
He looked back and waved his hand.
She thought he waved 10 her and she
answered his salute. Then she saw
that he was signaling 10 someone else
and had not seen her. Ii was IA wom-
an he was signaling to. for he lifted
his hat. Gloria wondered who ii was,
and felt an odd quirk Of jealousy. II
needed her like n stitch in the side.
She would have felt a sharper stab
If she had known that Doctor Royce
was waving at Lois. Lois was with
CaS;mir's wife. reading 10 her and com
forting the sick woman a. best she
could. The sight had startled Doctor
Royce. ms much as il pleased him.
The wild and ruthless Lois had given
mp her perilouS intrigueS, indeed. IL
she could give herself TO the monot-
Dny of miniStering 10 the lonely and
the sick and take pleasure and pride
In such service as Il substitute for a
social lawleS>neSs that had made her
hateful in Hoyce's eyes.
As he rode on into the city he felt
a great citation. lie was not a relig-
lous man. but he loved a wholesome.
healthful soul as well as a body that
was clean and well. He had
kept Gloria from learning Of Lois
affair with Freneau for Gloria's own
sake. Now he believed that under
cover Of the deception Lois own soul
had been enabled 10 redeem itself.
He felt that Lois had earned the
right 10 have back the letters she had
sent 10 Freneau. Whether she would
wish to destroy them or keep them as
d reminder and warning from her evil