The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-07-20

than have seen any son of mine
forced to confess criminal incompe-
tency like yours"
Father" said the girl with reso-
luton and firmness singularly like his
own. Il can't hear you speak this way,
and will not"
do you go with him or do you not 2"
Numbered the colonel.
1t was Meade who answered for her.
"She goes with you. love her and
she loves me, but I won't drag her
down in my ruin"
Il am glad to see honor and decency
are In you STILL" said the colonel, seven
If you are incompetent"
III you say another word to him I
will never go with you as long as I
live," flashed out Helen Illingworth.
Il deserve all that he can say. Your
duty is with him. Good-by," said
Meade.
"And I shall see you again?"
"Of course. Now you must 60 with
your father"
Helen Ilingworth turned to the colo
mel.
II shall go with you because he bids
me, not because"
Whatever the reason" said the old
soldier, ''you CO." He paused a mo-
ment, looking from the dead man to
the living one. Meade" he exclaimed
at last, II am sorry for your father, !
am sorry for you. Good-by, and !
never want to see you or hear of you
again. Come. Helen"
The woman stretched out her hand
toward her lover as her father took
her by the arm. Meade looked at her q
moment and then turned away DELHI
erately as If to mark the final sever,
ance.
With bent head and beating heart,
she followed her father out of the
room. There he had to fight off the
reporters. He denied that his daugh-
ter was going to marry young Meade
She StrOve to speak and he strove to
force her to be quiet. In the end she
had her way.
SAT Mr.. Meade's own request" she
said finally, sour engagement has been
broken off. Personally I consider my.
self as much bound as ever, but in
Difference to his wishes and to my ia
TIERS"
'Have you said enough?" roared the
no1ono1 IoSipo oil oopfro1 20 b;,,,eo1f ~
last. "No, I will not be questioned or
interrupted another minute. Come"
He almost dragged the girl from the
room.
Within the private Office the ply
Sician said that everything pointed to q
heart lesion, but only an autopsy would
absolutely determine it. Meanwhile the
law would have to take charge of the
body temporarily. 1t was late at night
before Bertram Meade and old Shurt-
lift were left alone. Carefully seeing
that no one was present In the suite
Of Offices Meade turned to Shurtliff.
Get me that memorandum I wrote
to my father. You know where he kept
it."
eyes, sir, separate from the other
papers concerning the International, in
the third compartment" He turned
the big safe door slowly. The third
compartment was empty. cts gone
he said.
Meade went to the safe, a small one,
and examined it carefully and fruitless-
ly. His letter was not there with the
other papers, where it should have
been if 1t were in existence. It was
not anywhere.
''Father told me he was going to de-
stroy it, but I rather thought he was
keeping it to have some fun with me
when the bridge was completed" he
said at last.
eyes, sir, that was his intention. In
fact, know he did not destroy it at
first. He told me to file it with the
plans. He must have destroyed II
later. I haven't looked in this com.
partment for weeks"
"I'l never forget the lie you told to
back me up, Shurtliff. can see you
loved him as much as T."
"No one will ever know the truth