The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-07-14
CHAPTER XII.

II was only an hour or so srydve1
dawn when Huff got to the hall Their
we're no trains between midnight sessf
morning. And Talbots car, which hf
might have used, had been iosS ar-
layed by his burst tire. He ses& IA 4
suburban trolley line for perbar, sssss
the distance and walked the ness- Z
At four o'clock In the moySSss DIR
pressed the nrbor button, ana oia Won I
riette, grumbling ut this sccuss sss-N 4
, turbance of her rest. reused nkane
agah. n
Time was precious. Huff- Nmyaxc j
rung the announcing bell. r-sD5ie n,s
way up through the dew to the S'usss.-
And so 1t was that Elinor, oT's-issp sssr !
house door, met him face to fss,e- 49,
she recoiled from him, he ciCssr1 dssi
door.
II have brought you messase svr1D |
Boroday," he said swiftly. "TpNr isfsn !
II fool and scoundrel and-isNs sse4s' !
all up" 4
Ellnor hardly realized whue No raS
saying. The light of horror hRI hryrHy I,
died out Of her eyes. To her. NNRssr.
once her lover, now typifed all os aTsf-
fering and nearncss to death tt@t Sag
In old II!lary's room upstairs
"The first train leaves the cip ri
six o'clock" he said, trying to saesp hGs
voice steady. at Is hardly Likely sasty
will be out so soon, but under sSSEsH
pretext or other they will search xhr
house this morning" n
"How can leave the house msswe
Upstairs In fathers room" :
81 know" he put in hastily. II f.rrr@'
all about 1t. Elinor, ] am soyrg. nm
wildly sorry. It's no excuse Ter ss,S
was crazy, but was"
"If I go away" Elinor said, VIM,
, white lips, show will they ISscases.F.
about him? The nurse needs ~, srarrsy,
things. and IL sea that she hrs tsss.DA.
, A flame leaped into the boys s5'tss /.
Z "If you care for him like tSnfs---
, what are you going to do ahrEa &E'
: Even IL he cares for you, you nrISns1
I marry him. II he ever found ous sEtstHi
A you"
A "He will never marry me- As2-2hss
4 does know"
). The fact that Ward knew the gs'Ezfl
about Ellnor and the band brvas.hz
@ back to him their common peril th,
= thrust aside, for the time ut lenys- hit'
v passion and his despair; and cxsndt.I
|, directed his energies toward prYmzasr'
n the house for the inevitable scarrif-
It SO systematic had old Hilary hS-sS'
n that there were few papers To desSTsS
Such of the ledgers as were incri%hinsi
It ing he burned In the furnace. f1tpsuf
r. box of jewels he carried upstairs AMI
" placed on the library table. sub iwa
tings as had remained from the espp
n try club raid, after the gems hao s'sr,
n taken out, he melted together IN nd
IL IIilnry's cruclble and placed tbe sySst
Is and platinum nugget In ElinOr's box
He had set the safe to n simple cDsrs
bination and closed 1t. Except fra 81,
~ size, and for the protective wxyszE
1t buried in It's walls. 1t might have h'sri
family safe. built by nervous Rns
10 elderly gentleman living In the CORN
try to hold his silver spoons.
It was too late by that tlmesto AsEr,
-, the box MS Boroday had suggested
Hun did the next best thing. Nj
y, buried II carefully In Ellnor's carsirzi
g, under q clump Of crimson phlox.-
80 Ellnor worked hurrledfy, but mfr
hopeless eyes. Her preparations sfso
. sisted in little more than puteirs. ~
:" the clothing in which she meant "A
y travel. In this new life on which nm,
was entering she wanted little teS ~
" mind her of the old A letter to fs2,
80 riette contained enough money tn ysa.
Off the servants and the household 2,s'
:" counts. In another envelope she ft[d
ed the deed to the house and a pcui
~ conveying 1t to Henriette.
q "You can sell It," she wrote. ~tsets,i
:, by, dear Henriette. I shall never far
~ get you. and II ever II is possible 81
sure I shall see you again"
,o The time came, just before dawE
~. when she and Walter stood again fa,
~ to face In the library.
Hun wns going ut once. IT was NJ
Boroday's plan that any Of tissl
should further incrlmnate Ellnor B,
III accompanying her to the train. Al
II sound of steps on the stairs. Hul
W started.
VI 1.-THE nurse going down. probably Ia
VI Ice" she explained.
IA "IIe IL getting better, Isn't her"
IN ayes, but he still suffers at times
NJ When the steps had died away. vs.
N nor slowly drew off her eneu @crnrr'
y ring, and held It out TO him across tx
table. Although he was watching nv
he made no move to take II, and AZ
laid II down between them on "a
, table.
81 don't think we need talk UhO1t y
Walter" She said simply. There,
= nothing TO say, Is therc?"
! 81 suppose not he returned hi!teri.
| He added: ar only you viii try ng
J to hate me, EinOr."
N ~ do not hate you. But II lie No
~ died"
Hun came swiftly around the taiS