Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-04-22

taken to Shirley that he asks Sidney
why he does not marry her. n his son
says he is going to II she will have
hin him u1 The e, e ,s.;e offer the heal; aelli sS;r.
ley. takes her vacation at that time and
they all go out to the cottage together.
Sidney spends q lot Of his time = out
sS' her s smp;sss Is es Il ts1 to % Sosn .c%s
secret proceedings. AS she is going to
the depot with the important MANY
scripts in her bag she is kidnapped.
Drops Mopss p pos t al aao9e th ne !ne ei hoping ing
someone will pick them up and will
one up and calls up Shirley's sister and
dfste II t eome eai to W W. Si;Snsy; v .%S , sfsnt.
out to find Shirley.
CHAPTER XXIv.-(Continued.)
Shirley sat cold and still. 1t SEEM
ed as if her life blood had suddenly
CONCEALED in her veins and for a sec
ond she felt as il her sense were go
ing to desert her. Then the echo Of
Saviour hide!" seemed to cryr out
from her sou silently and she rallied
once more and gained her self-con-
troll.
We'll. Miss" went on the man i'm
p~ressively, Il see you're ready for. the
question, and you've got your nerve
with you. too, I'll hand you that! But
I warn you it won't do no good! We
brung you out here to get a hold Of
that notebook you wrote in this
morning. and we're goin' to have it.
We know that Mr.. Barnard left it in
your care Hennie here heard him
say for you to keep it. So it won't be
Of any use for you to lie about it,"
"Of course!" said Shirley. standing
up and reaching over for her hand
bag, which she had laid on the piano
beside her while she played. 81 un-
derstand perfectly But ia like to
ask you a question, Mr."
Smith. or Jones, whichever you
like to call it. Spit it out!"
Il suppose you are paid to bring me
out here, Mr.. Smith, and get my prop
erty away from me?" she said grave
ly. 4
We'll. yes. we don't calculate to do
it just for sweet charity"
And I am paid to look after my
notebook. you see. It's a trust that
look after It. IT'S out 81 tie question n
for me to desert it," Shirley spoke
coolly and held her little bag close in
the firm grasp, of her two hands. The
man stared at her and laughed The
boy Hennie fairly CAPPED in his
astonishment. - girl with all that
"Of course, I understand perfectly
that you can murder me and bury me
down in the cellar beside that other
girl that was murdered. and perhaps
no m will find it out for a while. and
you can go on having a good time on
the money you will get for It. But
the day will come when you will have
to answer for it! You know I didn't
come here alone today"
Both men looked startled and
glanced uneasily. into the shadows, az
II there might be someone lurking
there. 81
God came with me and He knows!
He'll make you remember some day.
The boy laughed out a nervous ha!
Ia! Of relief, but the mar seemed
words. There. vas silence for a sec
ond while the girl held off the ruff1an
in the man by sheer, force Of her
strong personality. Then the hoy
laughed again, with a in the end
OF it, and the spell was broken. The
leer came into the eyes of the man
again. The sheer Of the boy had
brought him to himself-to the self
he had come to be.
mix on the sob-stuf. girlie!" he
said gruffly. 1T won't go down with
me! We're here for business and
we've been, delayed too long already.
notebook OF will we have to search
you?' He took one stride across to
where she stood and wrenched the
handbag from her grasp before she
was aware Of his Intention. She had
not meant to give it up without a