Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-30
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called tne Nest, from WnlCH ne Is
unable to make his escape.
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The Devotion of Julius
WHEN Bing and Roberta got back
w luncheon had just been announced,
and the guests were already assembling
for the midday meal. Belknap's alb
sence Had not been generally noticed
z until then.
After it there was some discussion
Of the subject. and Harvard-consider-
ably to Katherine's astonishment-al-
layed the curiosity of all by saying
casually:
'Mr. Belknap was called away sud
denly in the night He took only a
bag with him. so it is not unlikely that
he will return at almost any time" '
Katherine watching her opportunity.
withdrew from the group on the veranda
silently and unnoticed.
So she did not seek her room.
She passed through the house and left
it at the rear and she followed the
longest route that she could have taken
to bring her to the Nest.
Nevertheless. as she approached it at
last, through the wood and when she
was nearly to the point where she
manipulated the mechanism of the first
stairs. she came. quite Unexpectedly,
! upon Black Julius. who had been lean
ing his back against a tree. but who
started forward eagerly as she drew
near.
.'why, what are YOU doing here,
Julius?' she asked him quickly.
81 was waitin' fo' YOU Mis- Kitten"
was the astonishing reply, given with
the freedom of his class when devo-
fion to their home folks is the in
centive.
''Waiting for me? Here?' his mis-
tress demanded with a show of impa-
tience.
YES, Mis- Kitten; waitin just the
same as | ulster wait, when you was
little wee mite of girl, only so
high, every time that l thought you
had somethin' on yOuah mind that you
like to tell julius about. l knew that
you'd come along past heah sooner T
later. an'-an' you mustn't be mad at
me, Mis- Kitten. please reckoned
that mebby you'd let me help
''You must tell me, quite plainly.
! what you are talking about, julius,
\ Katherine said.
''Mis' Kitten, / suspect mebby you II
] never fo'give me, but / was watchin
( that Belknap white trash last night
I'd been watchin' him all day, toe.
at had seen enough to know that he
was crooked. l suspected that he was
. thief. But it don't make any diff
ference what he was or is, l was
watchin, and l knew when he left
the house Then ! lost sight of him
Z TO- a while, but i found him again,
hidin' out heah behind a tree, an wait
in TO- somebody. I suspected that the
somebody wes another white trash like
himself, an that mebby they was goin'
to rob the house but l saw you meet
him-please, please fo'give Black Jul
ius, Miss Kitten-au' | saw you lead
him away, goin' toward the Nest. But
/ couldn't believe that you would take
! him there, where nobody but youah own
self has ever been--an' / didn't be-
lieye it till last night, when l found
out that-that-Oh Mis- Kitten, there
/ Is something else that l found out last
night. too, that | jes' must tell you
about as soon as l get through with
this" -,
Katherine, with her eyes steadily
unon the black, listened without mo-
tion or expression, too greatly aston
I ished and too profoundly moved to speak
before she had heard all that julius
( had to tell.
"I didn't believe that you had taken
\ that man to the Nest last night until
I found out that there is lot of men
hangin' around Myquest to gobble nm
mn If he tries to get away; and theh
knew that you must have done H.
s And / knew that you would De going
there sometime today to see him again :
- waited right heah. :"
There was suspicious moisture III
ry..harina's ewes as she took step for
ward and rested one hand on 'ullus 5
arm. -. :. II, do
yotion. She knew, without asking that
~ had told nobody OF what ne had
yves Julius" she said softly. u
-, 1at vor help me. / am glad that
,nr saw and that you found the cour-
80 - sneak. You shall help me-but
,,ot inst now. Go to your cottage and
.ss,t there for me. Sometime this aft
ss,,oon or evening, l will seek you,
"a tbeu / will tell you what you can
~ Wait. Julius" as he started away
eha,I;ently, '-What was the some
th;nr else that you found out about
1sst night which you Just must tell me
abont'?" 49,.
..Nis Kitten, it is something that's
....shtx S,nportant; but--but-win you
,a.ase wait til you come to the cabin
~. ass me. an let me tell you then!
K1therine nodded, and snilsd. and