Charlevoix county herald., 1918-08-09
The Web
ofDestiny|
BY }. U. eIEsv q }. B SMITH
Authors of Semi-Dual Stories
Copyright.
The Frank A. Munsey Co.
CHAPTER II.
The Nature of the Web.

CHAP TEX ".
The Nature of the Web.
y Comics eyes lifted from the pa
per. "You were right" she said soft
ly. at seems even more wonderful
now that you show us this. ] think
feel a little bit like I used to do
when heard ghost story"
Semi Dual nodded.
"And yet it is only an example Of
\the operation of the natural law Of
vibration" he answered. Because
your husband and I were wanted and
Colonel Sheldon was thinking about
rs, and had telegraphed to Gordon's
firm and SO caused Mr.. Bryce to be-
gin thinking about us also, their
thoughts set up strong current In
our direction, which finally sensed.
It is simple, after all, and not strange,
or cause for any thought or emotion
of awe.
'If you strike a musical note in a
room with harp or piano its strings
vibrate in sympathy with the note
you strike. So thought-waves may
affect a sympathetic mind. At the
time first sensed this message we
were speaking of thing which / now
know was in way related to our
need in Goldield. That sensitized me
to the thought-waves of Sheldon. Do
you see?"
You mean the fly in the spiders
Web" said Connie; "but what else do
you mean?"
THAT / have an idea we will find
some person caught in the web of
circumstance at the end of our jour-
ney, Mrs. Glace."
you wired Sheldon?" Ques-
toned.
"Yes-of course-at Grand juno
ton. Now suppose we return to our
muttons-or, to be exact. to our mel
ons-which / see the waiter is bring
ing. There is something decidedly
refreshing in a nicely iced melon for
breakfast. There is no need of an
ticipating trouble, so enjoy the day.
We make Salt Lake this afternoon
and take the first train for Las
Vegas"
OuA ndiIOA Sol NOa 49, uht A%boA ot
once attacked the cantaloup before
him. He ate with a relish which
neither Connie nor i could initiate,
Injured to strange situations as l had
become; and after breakfast he sat
with us for while, explaining to
Connie all about his relations with
Curzon and their Goldfield mine,
and telling her of Colonel Sheldon's
mines as well.
To have heard him one would
never have imagined that he had
care in the world, or have suspected
that even then he was rushing to the
front to engage in one more of those
battles he had so often waged in de-
Tense of right.
And Mere is little to tell of the rest
OF the trip. We made Salt Lake on
time; Dual called a taxi and had us
rushed from one depot to another.
Luck attended us there, and we
caught the belated Western Limited
some five minutes before 1t left for
the South.
From Salt Lake to Las Vegas was
UlduG III llC ACoL VI lidJ NoJp anu shO
night and the next day saw us run
ming up from the latter station to
Goldfield, where we arrived in due
time.
Colonel -McDonahue Sheldon met
US as we stepped off the train. He
was the same old Colonel Mac, little
changed so far as l could see. Per-
haps the hair under the light 3etson
was a trifle grayer than the first time
n had met him; but the steady gray
Aeyes were the same, and his mustache
bristled as stiffly as ever. Under it his
thin lips were now wreathing into
smile as he came forward to greet us,
dragging off his hat in Difference to
\ my wife.
"My Lord!" he burst out, gripping
DuaPs hand, "but Pm sure glad to
see you. Got your message yesterday
mornin.' reckon that Teller Bryce
muster headed you off, all right. I
got my first long breath after 1 got
your wire. Howdy, Glace-an'
reckon this is Missis Glace, amt it?
Dual tipped off the marriage in his
message. hope see you well ma'am.
Say-you folks come over to the car,
an I'll get you home pronto. Then
we can talk. Hot, amt 1t? Hey,
Motto, grab these here bags!"
. An intelligentlooking Japanese In
the uniform of a chauffeur came for
ward, picked up our cases from where
we had placed them on the platform,
and carried them toward handsome
motor at one end of the station.
The four of us followed his lead,
and, while Colonel Mac held the door,
Dual, Connie, and l climbed into the
tonneau. Then the colonel slapped
his hat on his head, lifted his five feet
icr of bone and muscle aboard, and
spoke to Moto.
LET her out. son." He sat down.
The car leaped away with a dash
of gears. Sheldon turned back to us
/with an audible sigh.
ct was sure mighty good OF you
to git action so quick" he ran on.
when 1t happened ! said to Alice
an Archie: I amt goin' to fool with