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CHE realized that she was compelled
~ TO surrender: that was the terrible
thing.
Not because she sought to spare her
self any consequences Of the revelation
that Belknap threatened; let us not
deceive ourselves by any thought that
Katherine harbored one grain of COW e
arhice. one fanteSt streak of yellow. in
her heart or soul. Let it not be sup
posed that it was any consideration
for herself that compelled h"r +" wave
flag of truce to the scoundrel in front
OF her
Her courage was never So great as
in that moment when sh" understood
and acted upon the necessity that con
fronted her.
As one will think quickly in mo
ments of extremity. so il 0rcurr"d T."
her in one wild impulse to defy BClknap
even then, and to seek her husband aud
confide everything to him but second
thought, as quickly uppermost as the
not dare to do that-made her under
stand that she was mortally afraid ["
tell Bing Harvard about this man who
faced her and his threats.
Again we must not misunderstood.
1t was not that she feared to inform
her husband fully about the secret OF
the past which Belknap threatened to
expose Not that. No, no; not that
The condition that frightened her
was Bingham Harvard himself. and
what she perfectly well knew that he
would do to Conrad Belknap upon the
instant that he was made to under
stand thoroughly the situation. 1t was
Bingham Harvard's temper that she
feared-the tremendous. the superhu-
man, the awful strength and the un-
controllable temper when once reused
of the man who had once borne the
alias, The Night Wind.
She knew. just as well az she knew
that il was a despicable scoundrel who
threatened her at the moment: that
Harvard, the instant he was made to
understand the situation, would become
transformed into n silent and impla-
cable fury that he would seek Belknap
~ '"so "ni'h ho'e ~
hlnder, ana thht Win MS great s'rens."
IKE unto that ol samson oi ''u' he
would selhe the man Win MS hahuS
ana reno MN limo from i,ino' -
In word haiherihe khe" mat IL
she should tell her husband that this
man had dared 10 threaten her, his wife,
Bing would kill him-kiIl him with his
hands-crush 'he ne out Oh hiin'
we asK-you ana l-WhF NOT
Such kiilihg "ouiu oe JuH''"aoit
hnder the circumstances tne "oriu
would De wen rid OF such coh'emp'lo'e
person Justice, When the iac's were
Known would deal gently win MIN VINO
did the klihng. An ihereih was the
rnD-to say hothihs OF .he shuouer'ng
horror that Na'herihe iet Wnen She
eohsiderea such p?ss,p'i'.9 I'"e NH
ing OF this man ps TUE manu- VI ne'
husDaho.
but' the lactS Dehihd sucn an TX
'rehity couiu MOT pe l,'"oe hno"n no'
r'eh " ,ha' ih'ans 'o'r, m '""t in''o"'c
'nins caieu JuSt'ce' iHtn' too' sue
reaiiAeu' WIN sun auo'ner 'n"1tu S"uu
aer,hg' tna' even '"eh-s'eh wiz"
neiAnap sienceu iore'er VII sue"
nreaa poss,pii'! were u w 'onsiuere"''
tne ,act h'isht not S."H 'ne consequences
W the exposure ,naI ne nen '"re"'eneu
10 make tne "hi'e, SCI it"'ures Vi
person sne Ahe" "lisn' sun w niade
70 stare pet"eeu ''e o"'s VI n'tro"
pr,soh "inuo"' -,
furthermore' win rne approach "i
evening Oh the Su'ce"u,ns uay' lornner
un'ted STATES senator Mutwl.ton, Wltn
Mrs. MaA"l''oh,Ih Ih"'nerlheS l"'her
sno motner."'u'u arrive 1T -nsHueS''
from their nome III nem'usAS ih"t
WAS the naruesl rup oi aH' ior '"is eA
posure 'ha' ,ohr"u ht,Nn"p threatens"
70 naAe "ou'u s'"D potn oi 'nehi 10 'ne
near., Wouid DOW WIN "'tneE,hs Shane
tne taii ana stately lorln Oh that PROUD
oio man; ana wo"'d crush even into the
grave the stately yet ue'lcately sweet
no'her "hoi,i hatheriht adored win
aeVouon ana 'oVe that was beyond
words
FOR the whlte, set features that would
De maae TO stare between the bars of
prison window belonged to Katherine
harvard Drother her orother-hoder-