Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-06-20

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He later calls on her. and learns that
she As the daughter OF Arlen, Z once Ia
NOUS dancer. who has lost his memory
daughter to b, only ii years eid.
He asks her to marry him. to take the
place Ct the dream CIR, he can neyer.
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injuEtnE his head. When he rseains con.
seriousness q woman isrnurstng him.
CHAPTER xvn.-tOonslusa.)
We must go home, or our state falls
away from the two Americas, perhaps
eur repuhlic!"
Noel drew himself up. holding cut
his hand for the shower Of papers.
The haring headlines Of newspapers
cried OUT at him from where they lay.
Milo hurriedly offered him the most
pie. messages s'''''S0 '''" 'Ae
Everything urges your return" he
said. South America hesitates, balls
ances. # our republic might so first,
what honor among her sisters! 1t has
come, it. is here!- The Americans to-
gether, %forever!"
Yes, it had come. The hand NOV
ed toward the hour for which Noel
had worked these three years. He
conquest, his grey eyes met the ardent
eyes Of Milo Valdez in perfect COM
prehension and sympathy
You have engaged passage for US
ut sails todaE. at 1--WE. I"-the
face of Valdez flashed humorous fri-
umph and deprecation-'M you had
not regained consciousness In time, I
believe I. should have had YOU, carried
aboard anyhow. I knew you would
wish to go, il upon a stretcher! But
There were things to be arranged
here, Of which / did not know? But
I should have CHANGED all! Should
l have been right?" ,
YES" said Noel firmly.
But he thought of Resalind Arleff.
kNlo would have been right, but what
would Rosalind have believed? She
might never have Understood. she
might never have forgiven a depar-
would have been excusable for forget
ting to communicate with her under
the circumstances, since he did not
know his chiefs situation in regard to
the young girl. Yet, it might have
been fatal for the new life OF the
heart 1t had begun for David Noel.
Give me the things which need to
be attended to at once" h. babe
vafdez.
you are we'll enough for that7"
Yes. Waste no time on matters
thatNcan be attended to when we are
on the ship. 1 have other things hsre
to do"
All the time he rsad what the EN-
cient Milo selected for his immediate
attention, dictated messages to be
sent out, and in 4 score Of ways drew
into his hands the guiding lines OF his
affairs that had slipped from his
carried on an undercurrent Of gentler
planning and speculation.
How would all this affect his suit
for Rosalind Arlof? Would his en-
forced leaving snatch a favorable an-
swer from her willfuiness? or would
this necessary pfecipitancy brighten
her He did not think sol His dane
ing girl was no coward, he delighted
in thinking. Nor would she carry
coquetry to the point Of cruelty. In
less his wooing was hopeless. she
would yield, and forgive.
OF course, he could not bring her
back with him. as he~had planned.
He was toe uncertain OF what he
would find at home, and he knew she
would not leave her father. More
over, the weeks after his arrival
would not be best suited to a heney-
moon. But.he could take her promise
ready for, their wedding, and he
would come back for her as soon, as
his fight was carried and his state.
perhaps his republic, joined with the
republic of the north. His absence
need not be long. He could come
fback and carry his wife down to the
House Of thE Little Shoes. There her
father and old Abel would companion
her during his absence, il the country
continued unsettled. After all, there
need be no great change In his mar
lay, perhaps, no more!
When the most necessary arrange
ments had -been made, and Milo VAL
DEE re-sorted his Pile of papers with
the content Of accom- plishment, Noel
Now. send me Benlto, Mo. and
order the car"
Milo stopped his work. He looked
anxious and a tribe embarrassed.
venture to ask where you had CON
templated going? I have a reason"
ITO call on Miss Aricn," Noel dry
~ stated; what is the reason? 2"
Again excuse mel have = mes-
sage from that lady for you"
\ Give it to mel"
ut was only an envelope containing
q single sheet Of a New York news
paper Of the previous week. The
fpage was that given over to more or
less mpnotonous items concArn,nx the
affairs of the social world. Opposite
one such paragraph a cross was
roughly scratched in red ink. Ths
tention:
Mrs Cecil Rhodes Lancaster has
arrived on the Arethusa. from Lon
don, and has taken q suite At the Bit
more. Her late husband, Captain
oficeFs to tall In Flanders ct the be-
Einnins of the present MAR. Mrs.
Lancaster was well known in New
York as Miss Constance Berkely
% the princess was q widow, and
had been for nearly q year!
Noel continued to look ct the pa
per. but he saw p0thing. To his hem
or. his thought wa purely pity for
wife. the princAas whas> little naked
feet had tFoddsu on 1 sword. He felt
10 sort Of wonder that calamity could
fall UPON such gentle seodneas as
lhers. He had dreamed 81 her q set
apart from shad0wa
The StsangeHsss Of I'll She had
bsen q widow. At the hevr when ake
0rst learned that she vas VIE.
The detsctivs might have told Ntngs
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