Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-11-13
n EDITION. !.
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irhree days later, . little after the
moon hour. MacAllister came 2
stepg OF the O'Rourke house. . .lntoi
1.-The hall, pausing at the dining-foom
door to speak to the waitress.
.Tell Miss Freda Pm here. Celia-
that / want to see IS
Celia hadrknown MacAllister torJ
several years; she had seen I'M
LOOK like this. Have you been sick.
4 sir % she asked with 81
"No. only tired from the journey.
A,.cAliister said heavily. .'Just ,ye tell
Miss Freda 1 want a word with her
before I go over to the office.
MacAllister crossed to the library
and nut down his travelling bag. He
had come directly from the station
and the dust and heat Of the train
atil hung about him, making him
look even more haggard. The INES
~ his body, the droop Of his usually
erect shoulders, suggested both illness
and hopclessness.
He did not straighten. even when
Freda came in. He looked at her easer
racc from beneath brows that. appear
I'd to be weighted with the same bur
den that bent his shoulders. Wee!
Freda. I'm back" he said. "~Ye had
NV telegram telling We I'd seen Men
DAN. 1 suppose ye've4.no Word
mc?"
Freda's quick eyes had swept him
for a moment without compreneno-
ing. Then she understood, almost 9
the point of tears. "Alex! You dtdn,t
get my telegram! I sent It YESTERDAY"
Freda! Yer mot telling me that
"Of course I'm telling you-3ust
that" Freda exclaimed. ""Oh, Alex!
And you rave been these three days
without knowing! -. Marie is
safe, dear. She has come to no
HARM"
The crimson flood of relief that
blinded MacAllister, and set him to
cropping for a chair frightened Freda-
Any n who has seer a strong man
stricken into helplessness, big hands
grown suddenly shaking and uncer-
tain, powerful body tottering. never
loses the terror OF it. 1t had been SO
with her father. iFreda's arms went
about MacAllister as he sat breathing
heavily. -
alex"
"'Twas-a bitZtoo much for
me-" MacAllister. gasped. Then
more steadily: ETH. I've frightened
w. + T reiief of 1t. wn ers is shes :
But Treda had gone for iced water.
When she came back MacAllister
was standing up. I'm all right" he
declared, in answer to her fright and
urgency. "Ye need that "a deal more
than 1 'do-ye're as white as paper.
l.. It's just as well I've learned
that it's apoplexy will carry me off
I'll be guarded against too much joys~
There vas nothing that could have
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than MacAllister's return to dry
i. speech. The touch of shame at his
own unexpected weakness vas also
wholesome. She was INSTANTLY he1
usual well-controlled self.
She, smiled at him. II wish you
might have been saved these three
days.
MacAllister put his hands on he1
shoulders. Perhaps yell tell me
now, ye messenger of relief" he
begged. Where is shc?'
mot here-a long way from here
in Southern California-but nc
harm has come to her. She
went to Glare Bagsby for help. Alex
Glare told, me yesterday. It seems the
girls are friends. Marie told Glare
her whole history-except her expert
ence with Carl Mendall. Clare KEEP
her for the night, and in the morning
u marie leIt 1Of Los Angeles. Glare gave
her a little money. She asked Glare
II to tell you where she had. gone, bu'
to make it clear to you that she die
not want to see you and would take
nothing from you. She said to Glare
& Everything is ended between Mon.
: sieur MacAlltster and me. And it j:
r best that it should be So Clare sale
Marie looked hlike%4deaths ywhen..sh
E1came to her; that she was the saddles
: and the calmest woman she>:had evel
seen. and that the only real emotion
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