Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1919-04-17

L cannot think!"
Il understands and Pauline
slowly drew her hands from his
81 will keep away from you"
Stone let her go. He closed tho
door after her, locked it. and
threw himself into a chair. What
had he done? Full we'll he knew
what he had done. Hardy was
right. He had fallen in love WITH
Pauline Stuart. He realized if
quietly. honestly, as he would
have realli!zed any incontrovertibl.
fact. His subconsciousncss was
that of a deep, still gladness; but.
strangely enough, his surfac,
thought was that since he had fall
en- in love with her, so undenia-
bly,, so irreyocably, she must be
innocent.
Then on the heels of this
thought, came another, equally
logical: if he deemed her limo
cent, was it not only because he
loved herr
1t was only after an hour of
deep thought that Fleming Stone
pulled himself together and real
lied with Il conquering assurance,
that he could go on with the case.
and do his duty. If, as he was
confident, he could prove his
vague theory to be fact, then his
love for Pauline would help him
to good work and triumphant con-
illusions. Ii, instead, his further
Investigations 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 this he was
certain-his heart should not only
be kept from Interfering with the
work Of his head but it should
help and encourage such dcsper-
ately clever work that success
must come.
Pauline did not appear at dim
ner that night, and on inquiry
Stone was told she had gone over
to New York for a day or two.
This, then, was what she had
meant when she said, 81 will keep
away from you"
The rext day came District At
torney Matthews to interview
Miss Stuart. Her absence from
home annoyed him and he asked
for her New York address. This
no one knew, as she had not in
formed any Of them where she
was staying in the city, and Mr..
Matthews went off in a state of
angry excitement. Butt the house.
hold at Garden Steps was eve..
more excited.
For this was the first sign of a
definite action against Pauline.
What it meant or how far it would
go, no one could say.
And then, that afternoon, ca II.
q letter from Pauline herself. 1t
: had been mailed in New York
that morning and contained ~.
surprising news that Pauline had
sailed ut noon that day for Alex
andria.
"Get her back!'' roared Havi-
land, as he read the letter.
Wireless the steamer and make
her get picked up by some incom-
ing ship! Don't think of expense !
She mustn't run offlike that
1t s equivalent to confession Of the
crime!'
"Hushl' demanded Fleming
Stone Chow dare you say
that's.
Its true!" cried Anita.
"Why else would Pauline run
awayf She knew she was ON the
verge Of arrest and she fed to
Carr Loria. He will hide her
IRON her pursuers."
He can,' said Haviland,
|thoughtfully "maybe it's as well
she gone there. OF course, she
did it."
cot course, she didn't" and
Fleming Stones voice trembled
in it's very intensity. "And
shall prove to a lot of dundcr.
headed police that she didn't, but
it will make my work much hard.
er if you two insist on Miss Stu
art s guilt. Why do you want to
railroad her into conviction of q
crime she never dreamed off"