Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-07-08

oa con, to some place at
~ and look out for his cotnI
sale's, host he could afterwaro. one
slon 10 ! not fully realize, anu
tnnln.sras that Miss Julia BeHtieys
. .ha troubled him no longer.ne
VS. free. There was only. one Wo ma .
IN the whole wide woria .nas ST.
him any concern, n tnat Wa az
little sorrowful creature VINO = VA
posite to him. ana 70
lust peer married. RI,
houeht brought with it a thru OF
tnousl' md q something else That
Mon. nat u%nnleasant. What If he real.
y" ", hado 81 course he had not. "
~ o,rso. such a thing could NOT nolo
GOOD Rut what if he had! JUST I3I
en- instant he entertained the lnousn.
would he be glad or sorry lie u.S
NOT know her, of course, a n q
her speak but a few woros. nav na
ed into her face plainly pu' liz heart
yet uppos she were his: MS near
se as,nered the question with a glad
hn,nd that %astonished him. ana all ms
sorn,cr IDEAS of real love were swept
49,, his mind in a breath. He knew.
that stranger though she was ny
oo',Id take her to his heart; cherlsn
h h love her and bear with her, as ne
,,ever could have don Julia Bentiey.
Then all at once he realized mat ne
was allowing his 70 oWei.
upon a oma who by an elae We" We
NY other man would doubtless soon
ha tho one with whom he would nave
to deal, He would soon be race 70
face with a new phase of the ituatlon
and he must prepare himself 70 NEE,
a. VIVA was he going to do? Should
he Man to escape from the opposite
door of the automobile While the
bride was being assisted from her
seat? No he could not Tor ne "ouio
be expected to get out frst ana help
her out. Besides. there would pe 100
many around, and he could not pos,
sibly get away. But. greater tnan any
such reason. the thing that held him
hound was the look in her eyes
through the tears. He simply could
not leave her until he knew that she
M longer needed him. n yet there
was his commission! Well. he. must
see her in the hands of those who
would care for her at least. So mucn
he had done even for the wnlte dog'
and then, too, surely she was worm
as many minutes of his time as ne
had been compelled to give to the IN
jured child Of the streets. II ne only
could explain to her now!f
The thought of his message. with.
it's terrible significance, safe in his '
possession, sent shivers of anxiety
through. his frame! Suppose he
should be caught, and it taken from
him, all on account of this most i'm
possible incident! What scorn, what
contumely, would be his! How could
he ever explain to his chief Would
anybody living believe that a man In
' - 49, -..l 10 ~,o~~tnI fo a
stranger before a whole church full of
people. and not know he was being
married until the deed was done-and
/, Their not do anything about it after it
was done That was what he was
doing now this very minute. He ought
to be explaining something somehow
to that poor little creature in the
shadow of the carriage. Perhaps in
some way it might relieve her sorrow
if he did. and yet when he looked at
her and tried to speak his mouth was
her anything!
He gradually sifted his immediate
actions down to two necessities; to get
his companion to a safe place where
her friends could care for her, and to-
make his escape as soon and as swift
1y as possible. 1t was awful to run
and leave her without telling her any
thing about it; when she evidently be-
lieved him to be the mar she had
promised and intended to marry; but
the real bridegroom would surely turn
up soon somehow and make matters
right. Anyhow it was the least he
could do to- take himself out of her
way. and to get his trust to its. owners
at once. %STe e.
Continued in tomorrow's
Evening Herald.