Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-07-18
THE BEST MAN.
n Charnsing And Wholesome Romance b Grace .. y. Lufx


cyril Gordon of the United States
BY the chief Of his department to 60 to
New York at 80 minutes notice. There
he ts to din with a Mr.. Holman who
MI WI Know him only as an expert in read
message which Mr.. Holman will give
MN to read, which really belongs to the
secret Get1a service department;
e g sssles me 81 sel sSzinr IL s;nn Is s 1;;sod thn
me real message has been marked on
e eness PACK !. BY ~. Hoiman ~ with tn a large red
ransement with iu@ his chief ns P he ;s' then san
caned to the telephone. He goes, and
and the other guests discover that they
Y been tricked. Gordon takes to his
heels out Of the door. with the real
iir enek which he realizes Is Of great
pocket.
Gordon leaps into a carriage standing
IN front of the door. To evade pursuit
the bridegroom al a wedding about to
commence. Before realizes what is hap
pentng he Is married to a beautiful girl
named Celia whom he has never seen
The newly married couple drive to a
railway station and board a train. They
are e.. pursued Sss $ BY the man who was to
been accidentally locked in a closet, and
an agent Of the gang Gordon has trap
ped The latter also boards the train.
Goraon's wife becomes faint and a doc
tor is called.
The watcher attempts to keep an eye
on the stateroom door during the night,
put eventually he, as well as his in
The train has stopped. and Gordon is
considering the possibility Of escape.
CHAPTER Ix.-(Continued.)
Celia sat watching him, strangely
ness grew with each moment, and her
prejudices almost dissolved. She
could not understand it. There must
be something more he wanted of her,
for George Hayne had never been
kind in the past unless he wanted
something of her. She dreaded lest
she should soon find it out. Yet he
did not look like a MAJ who was de-
ceiving her. She drew a deep sigh.
II only 1t were true, and he were. good
and kind. and had never written those
awful letters! How good and dear it
would be to be tenderly cared for this
way! Her lips dropped at the cor
ners, and her eyelids dropped in COM
pany with the sigh; then Gordon
looked up in great distress.
You are tired!" he declared, paus-
ing IN his attempt to fasten the little
pearl buttons. II have been cruel to
let you get off the train"
Indeed I'm not" said the girl,
Frightening with sudden effort. AT
least, she would not spoil the kind
ness while it lasted. 1t was surely
better than what she had feared.
You never can button those shoes
with your fingers" she, laughed, as
he redoubled his efforts to capture a
tiny disc of pearl and set it into it's
small velvet socket. Here! I have
a button-hook in my handbag. Try
this"
She produced a small silver instru-
ment from a gold-link bag on her
arm and handed it to him. He took
it helplessly, trying first one end and
then the other, and succeeding with
neither.
Here, let me show you," she laugh
ed. pulling off glove. Her white
fingers grasped the silver button-hook,
and flashed in and out of the velvet
holes, knitting the little shoe to the
foot in no time. He watched the
process in humble wonder, and she
would not have been a human girl not
to have been flattered with his inter-
est and admiration. For the minute
she forgot who and what he was, and
let her laugh ring out merrily; and