Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-06-23

through an accidents and believes Nil
aa HeSssEs 8 BE, to en Marry = E kfn. te e' ss4s - ii.
place of the dream girl he, can .nevef
win Angered. h dismisses him, and
in leaving the fiat he ils>dcwn stairs,
seriousness a woman is nursing him..
CHAPTER xyr1I.-tOoAtanusd.)
why not@ Meyer asked mildly.
IF l and certain other gentlemen OF
good repute should bsipg you to .
state officer, &nd swear we found you
trying to escape from the country az
a stowaway In, say In q fruit steamer
of a certain line. II We brought you
clothed in a shabby dissuise-woul4
we not be believed? Or, perhaps !
would lot appear in the matter at all.
Yes. that .woald be better! Then.
when SENIOR .Noef returns, he will be
informed Of his protege's attempt to
take Advantage of his Kindness. Only
the names Of. dislntsrested persons
will appear in the affair. Believe me,
the. Senior Noel will be entirely con-
Ivinced.'
II will tell him q
you will never see him, Senior
Bruce. You will never,tell him any
thing. Perhaps you do not know His
Excellency's implacable side? A.
gratitude: I could give--Anyone
never take. the journey to Rio Nabuco
to see the man who improved his alb
sence and Marshal Granados' illness
to break his word Of honor ana .es.
cape to liberty. Never!!"
Bruce sat down; slowly he put his
elbows on his knees and dropped his
head in his hands in the old attitude.
his thin firgers clutching in the mas
OF. his. hair. He UNDERSTOOD. He wat
it's p~lausibility; presented as Meyer
would have It presented, why should
either Noel Or Granados doubt its
truth? They knew nothing, really, Of
Bruce. He had done his work
IN Noels house, yes; but any, man not
a fool must have done that much I'M
der the circumstances. They would
believe he had merely awaited his op-
portunity and fcurtd, it when Noel
trusted IT,. ste him yi{n e.. his freedom az. add
dent. He could we'll Believe that
David. Noel would never ride to Rio
Nabuco to see the prisoner who had
demonstrated himself as best placed
in a prison. He would lie there until
he died or went mad. He had. no
doubt that Meyer could d6>> all he
Me recalled how careful
Milo and even Noel had been to avoid
an open. break with the man over his
attempted theft, of the letter to Rose.
Meyer watched his captive CULVER
as the teeth Of the trap bit deeper in
to nerves still sick from remembered
suffering. He could wait, and he did.
When the cigarette was consumed,
he-lighted a fresh The end was
inevitable, the American must come
to it. He eyed the stopped figure with
frigid c9ntenpt' but without inn
BY and by his patience was justl-
fed. Bruce spoke, without lifting his
head. ~.
what DO you wanf?"
Meyer looked around the pavilion
and it's vicinity. assuring himself that
no one had approached nearer than q
gardener gathering fruit far down the
slope, whose brown body YVES just
visible through the masses. OF green
leaves and the lace-work, Of the tree-
like ferns. y
little, indeed! Only that you tell me
q fey things, and open the safe in
the ileyary for me. Only that trinins
Il will not,do IT," said Bruce dog
Meyer smiled, narrow Tipped.
II wish to remove nothing" he
continued. as. II the other had not
spoken. ITO read. perhaps to make
some copies, to replace all in order
and reclose the safea-thAt IL ali: NO
n ever would know OF it. No sus.
picion would fan Upon you. You
Bruce shook his head, without look
ing up. There WAS 4 dreary obsdnacy
in the action that kritated the Ger
a Tie interpreted It " mere tine
porisfng weakness on Bruce's> part
that shrank from coming to the only
possible decision. ~
You will do it, he insisted.
NO" repeated Bruce. Just audibly.
"You must"
"No." ~
you viii 80 back to yout cell IA
Rio Nabuce, then Z"
"1-suppose So"
Meyers expression grew dangerous.
His lips drew up at the corners. and
his eyes looked still more like afti.
spoke With Unclaimed ,nnaness. 3
ut IL 4 pity. white men diNg6o
hard In those places! And then, tfe
disgrace. All that heroisni wasted:
aimee no ota.wil1 eyer know OF 1t. IL
discovered white doing IT.. your pub
lie dishonor could be no greater thAA
it will be aft6tsa all your sacrihce.'. \
Bruce said nothing. His face ~
hidden as he sat. HIS myers gripptdli
After ali, WHIT do you,owe to san.
hor Noel?". Meyer posed q new duee.
ton. "He took you out, of prison 70
use you. Why should YOU. hold your.