Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-07-16
BEST MAN
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Cyril Gordon Of the, United states
BY the ci,ef OF his: Apartment to 90 to
ss .si. f e dla ss 81 @i. sntna re- ' 1ssIss; rs %se
VIII 10Y him only: - an expert IN, read
ing ciphers,. ana q 70 abatract : cipher
mhte H. e which Mr.. Holman Will give
secret service department.
= series Of delays. He 10 givens tn.
tse 1ea %e %sssss .suf tn: s Ss.n' n. Altesu Ugh
cross: he gets it into his porsessioa.
Dsa.".es 2 dummy. ~ previous ar
called to the telephone. He xoes, and
ainost at the same moment Holman
nave ne 1Se. ether t kussts discover that they
heels out Of the door, With the resi-
message. which he realizes. In Of .kfeat
.mportance 10 the gcvernmert,. In his
Gordon leaps into 4 carriage standing
n front Of the door. TO evade pursuit
ne enters Q church and 10 miataken for
c enc rsiaesr9om At z Wedding about to
named Celia whom he; has never seen
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r. The newly married eeqple drive to =
are pursued by the man who was. to
been accidentally locked ina closet, and
ped The latter also boasds the the train.
Gordon's wife becomes faint and q doc
tor Is called sss
on the stateroon doof during s.t tie night night,
y eventually he. Is we'll as his in
awaksns at 'daybreak.
zOHAPTER vm.-toontnued.)
George suddenly came to her mind.
Jefferson had thought him ane., Well,
Of course the dear boy knew nothing
abou It,. He had not read all those
letters-those awful letters. He did
not know the ithreats-the terrible
language that had been, used. She
shuddered as she thought Of 1t. But
IN the am breath she was glad that
her brother had been deceived. She
would not have it otherwise. Her
dear ones must never know what she
had gone through to save them from
disgrace. and loss Of fortune-dis-
grace. of course, being the irst and
greatest. She had feared that George
would let them see through his
veneer Of manners, and leave them
troubled, but he had made better
appearances than she had hoped. Ten
Years nao MADE q greater change in
MIN than she had expected. He real
~ mao not Deer 60 bad as her con-
'urHa image OF him.
again seized her, to- know once for
all just how he really did seem, She
would not want to notice him avaEa
any more than she could help, nor
care; lest ne presume upon her sud-
den interest, to act asst he had never
offended; but If she should look at
nm nov as ne lay asleep She might
ss.uuy nus ace ana see what she really
naG 70 expect.
sac 1oush the desire to peer at
nm aealn, o. f1naily,sit gained COM
pp.e,e POSSESSION Other, and she drew
BACK the curtain once more.
ne was iying Just Is quietly as be-
ore. HIS heavy hair, a little disor-
ueleo on the pillow, gave him a noble.
Interesting appearance. He did not
seem at All a Fellow Of whom to- be
aIraid; " was incredible that he
co9io nave written those letters. 81
sne tried to trace in his -featuressa
nkeness 70 the youth Of ten years ago.
NJ Maop, sne nad known when she was
AA-. SHN % x4S4
nralds to her chair, and put raw
oysters n c~ater-pil1ars down her
Dack' or stretched invisible cords to
.raP z .feet: In dark places: who
Iau ner vslts TO q beloved uncle
Wnom ne. also had h right to call
uncle. though he was no cousin Of
ners-a long list of c~atastrophes re-
sultlle m tears; who had never failed
~ inortliy ner on all occasions pos
slole' n ONCE But the memories
were too norrinles as they crowded
one upon another! Let them be for
sos.en:
ene: wa.cned n race before her
keenly, critically, yet she could see no
.srace OF any such character as she had
I an.a tne boy George must have
t uHye, hIs as a man; OF which his let
seas nad given her ample proof. This
lace was finely cut and sensi-
i've. ihere was nothing coarse or
seinsn IN its lines. The long, dark
sye.asnes- lay above dark circles of
weariness, n gave that look of boy
.nness ina always touches the
nlaternal IN q woman's heart.
George USED to have a puffy. self-in-
look under his eyes even when
ne vas a boy. Sheshad imagined from
als iast photograph that he would be
i.ucn much more bombastic;
rut, men; IN his sleep, perhaps those
tntmes Ieil from a man.
Sne tried to turn away indifferent
~, ouI sometning IN his face held her.
4 stualed 1t. II he had been any
otner nan any stranger, she would
nsHe sala rom looking at him crtti-
cally that kindness and generosity,
eelI-respect n respect for women,
written all over the face heforal