Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-03-03
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III was exacaly ID 90 For three
h0urs katherine JetEery had been
w0rRang Without st0U a. her kyEse
writer. Not once had ahe rAi@eA her
eyes fsuua her notes Aa slae inlsssea
ahe inst letter she ptaE Il with the osh.
ass and plneed IL on the nsanAgega
desk. ready for hts siRnaturc III tie
msarning. She looked AZ her wrist
watch. and discovered that she had
ansaased sooner than she had expsetesl.
she sat down &c her desk again ard
fingered the keys az her mnchine. saia
Was tired. bnt II seemed good TO feel
fhelr touch again after being away
9rosn them 80 Ions.
Night work Tire second day was 3
record FOR her The salary was large
one. however and II would not hurt
her "a do little extra work ayter the
three ua0ntha' vacation she had haA
The thought OF the vacation WAS 3
pleasant one. For eight years she had
worked and Saved Tor that one winter
vacation at Long Beach. IL would have
been worth while tG have saved TWEEN
ty-eight years. she told herself ~ she
thought OF the glorious time she had
had. 1t had been exciting from the
start. bur the real pleasure had not
come until after she had met Oliver
Law. III seemed now that she bad
known him ell her life. In just q
month he would be back henle, and
then Il wouldn't be long before she
would giye up Office wons forever. she.
felt sure Of II.
The gloomy stiffness Of the Office
brought Katherine hack to earth. She
had been building castles for half an
hour. The realization that she was the
only person Ia that vast ONCE building
was rather chilling one The thought
OF the dark corridor she had ID pass.
through on her way out. AT that late
hour. caused her To put the cover on
her machine and hasten into her coat
She was Just slipping On her rubbers
when she heard 4 sound outside III the
corridor Her heart gave i jump and
she caught her breath. a slight cough
told her that someone was there. a
shuttle OF feet told her that It was Il
man. The door opened suddenly.
ssSYell. 7. Katherine said as cooliy az
she could II have my hand on the
telephone.
The man faced her i'd surprise.
katherine" he cried, swhat are you
doing here1'
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horror IA Katherine's tone, "You i
burgiaei''
sBut. my dear he began.
s'Stopl Not another word Don't
dare call me your dear. How dare
ron come here To rob this ONCE r.
Fla laughed. The laugh seemed %
klTdle d spark Dc primitive rage In
katherine.
Ou wretch ! Don't ron dare laugh II
she cried. DDn'k you speak another
word. I win not listen to you. The
sound Of your voice win make me feel
nothing but repulsion Tor you. 10
think that cared Tor crook like ron.
70 think that ] thought I loved you
end you allowed me to think itl You
are burglar, common BURGLAR who
came her to rob this ofIice.
Il would not really do such = thing."
he said. II was only testing you. 1
love you, katherine, 20 matter what
your opiuion Is OF me"
Love met Then why have you done
thia2n Her tone had changed. her an.
ger almost disappeared.
speFhaps was driven to IL, be
suggested 'aThis Is my first offense. Z
ssDFaven b III, she asked tremnloua-
III. Surely d man does not have TO be
dishonest. on, Oliver. were you too
extravagapt this wlnteg7 Why didn't
think ok tliatg You spent 4 lot of
mOnAy Oh ME, and allowed you 10 DO
Il because thought yOu were rich Z
1T would be awful To spend term
iii prison. he mutteTea wisEfuIls
q viii not call the police" She
pushed the telephone away from her.
promise me this win be your last 81
tempt at burglary
q promise, he declared earnestly.
sCan see ron hone
Il am too nervous to 80 through the
corridor" she said, dOubtfnlly. YOu
can zee NE safely that far
BE did not 1eaye her unfI1. they
had reached her boarding house She
would not allow him to kiss her ii
parting.
There were traces be the trying
nGyhk iii KatheEfne'E lace the next
morning she was dazed when 49,
arrived ND the Office. but ~ she start
ed her work she baniahed the feeling
with an EFFORT Shortly aSter ten she
heard the outer door Opsn ana no.
tieed the other members Of the stasr
gisnesfsg iii khe direction Of the pereon
Who had entered AZ she faced afound
Katherine euf0 not held back her
cry of surprise. 1Oiiveri'' &c was
coming toward hss bus The manageg
imtsr ted allm
hen did yOsl gek hack Mr.. Law e
she heard slAe naamaseg ask, az 81 8
aseMm.
sgasE naghk Il 6r0yed into De