Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-05-20

EVENING 6l1ll1ON,
That same evening, Pauline ven, !.
Fleming stone. The two were alons.S
Standing before him. in all her soma
what tragic beauty, Pauline asksS.
I"You don't think me guilty. Nj.
Stone?"
ewes that seemed to challenge his var.
souI. and after a moments ste.ay
glance, he replied, 81 know You az
not, Miss Stuart" -
Can you prove it?"
THAT means nothing. Are you Bur.
0 Fleming stone looked trouh,.d
! Never before in his career had n.
been unable to declare his surety AZ
success; but with those compei,inr
ewes upon him he couldn't denv =
present doubt.
Shaking himself, as if to be fre.a
from a spell, he said, at last, Miss
! Stuart. ] am not sure. I am con-
WINGED Of your innocence, but the oni.
theory of guilt that I can conceive .,
is SO difficult, so almost impossible NJ
proof, and so lacking in plausibilitv
! that it seems hopeless. II determine
ton and desperate effort can do II
you shall be eYonerated. But there
are many circumstances not in your
favor. These I shall overcome
can get a clue or a link Of some SORT
to join my purely imaginative theory
to some tangible fact. I can do little
/ am working day and night in nv ef.
forts to find this connection I seeL
but it may take a long time. Mean.
WHILE
Meanwhile, I ma be arrested?"
r'auline's voice was a mere whisper.
her face was drawn and white with
fear. To stone she did not look like a
guilty woman, but like an innocent
girl, frightened at thought of unjust
suspicion and terrorized by imaginn.
ton of the unknown horrors that
might come to her.
"Oh, help me"' she moaned, "Mr.
Stone, can't you help me?"
'Pauline!!" he exclaimed, taking her
hands in his; Pauline! Co." he Cried
tensely: II will save you, but until !
do, keep away from me! You un-
nerve me! I cannot Think"
II understand" and Pauline Slow
~ drew her hands from his. II vii
keep away from you"
Stone let her go. He closed tie
door after her, locked It, and threw
himself into a chair. What had he
done? Full we'll he knew what no
had done. Hardy was right. He had
fallen in love with Pauline Stuart! Ho,
realized it, quietly. honestly, as he
would have realized any incontrover.
tiblc fact. His subconsciousness was
that of a deep, still gladness; but,
strangely enough, his surface thought
was that since he had fallen in love
with her, so u~ndeniably, so ire
V0cably, she must be innocent.
Then on the heels of this thought,
am another, equally logical: if he
deemed her innocent, was it not oaly
because he loved her?
1t was only after an hour of deep
thought that Fleming Stone pulled
himself together and realized with a
conquerlns assurance, that he could
go on with the case and do his duty,
IL, as he was confident, he could prove
MS vague theory to be fact, then his
love for Pauline would helm him 10
good work and triumphant conclu.
SONS. If, instead. his further inyesti-
cations showed his theory to be false,
then he must push on, and fit
couldn't be, but if-well-he could
always drop the case. But-and Of
lnls he was certain-his heart should
not only be kept from Interfering with
me work of his head but it should
help and encourage such desperately
clever work that success must come,
Pauiine did not appear al dinner
lrlat night, and OH inquiry, Stone was
eo,o she mao gone over to New York
Tor A day or two.
IhE. then. was what she had meant
!, you"
: The next day came District .Attor-
ney Matthews to tnfarview Miss
t Stuart. Her absence from home an
noFed him and he asked for her New
t lork address. This no one knew, as
sne had not informed any Of them
+ wnere she was staying In the city, and
Mr. Matthew's went. of in a state OF
angry excitement. But the household
!; at Garden Steps was even more excit-
For this was the first. sign Of a
aenn1tc action against Pauline. Wha'
i II meant or how far it would go, no
l one could say.
ana then, that afternoon, came
c ,et.er from Pauline herself. It had
:, - ie" III new York that morn
= ing ana contained the surprising news
Z tnat iauline had sailed at noon thai
oay for Alexandria.
. yet her back!' roared Haviland
v as he read the letter. wireless the
u steamer and make her get picked ur
o os some incoming ship! Don't thinl
l v! expense! She mustn't run off like
= t taa'! It's equivalent to confession O.
u lush" demanded Fleming stone
How dare YOU say that?"
= US true cried Anita. "Why els
Z s Touid Pauline run away? She knew
. sl,e was on the verge Of arrest AM
: h han ned to Carr Loria. He will hid
her from her p~ursuers."
Continued in tomorrow 3
Evenings Herald.
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