The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent., 1920-09-17

man. "That saves me! All
those months, those dreary awful
n'onths-wOrry, worry, worry; crop
ing. trying to remember. Yet it was
there. the memory. down under.
knew It was there. 1t was that which
compelled me to keep trying to escape
from them-time after time. And
when at last did. 1t led me in that
half.blind daze all the way home-it
led me to the pit"
''The pit7' questioned Mrs. Kirk.
land.
"ln the abandoned brickyard beyond
City Park. The moment
came to. and looked around, | rec.
ognixed the place. went straight to
the hole where had hidden the
bonds"
'You hid them out there?" exclaim-
ed Ellen.
"Yes. All flashed back into my
mind-all about that day when BENIN
brought me down from PueblO-the
fear that drove me half insane when
he hippantly suggested that we might
get away with the bonds by smashing
and setting fire to the car and pre-.
tending the bonds were burned up in
the wreck"
"He did that? Charlie did that?'
cried Amy. But he is a detective ~
Eyes. found that out afterwards,
Toodlums. suppose he was trying
to test my integrity. can't believe
worse of him. But I was then In a
bad way, and what he suggested com.
pletely unbalanced me. I was certain
he meant to steal the bonds from me.
must have been half insane. To
save them from him. l rented a safe
deposit box and pretended to him that
! had put them In It; hut instead
want out past City Park and wandered
about until found the hiding place
In the clay pitt"
$50 that was It," remarked Amy.
He did not reply. He was engrossed
in gazing into Ellen's tender gray eyes
The fond parents Oeamed upon the
blissful couple. Amy sighed and stole
out Of the room, unheeded by the
others.
Ellen snuggled closer to her lover
"You fell into the pitt" she recalled
the mishap. "Your poor dear head =
"Only a little cut" he reassuret
her. II wiped the blood OF my face
and hurried home with the bonds t,
see Momsey and Amy before rushing
down to the bank. I did not wish t,
see you until could tell you hat
restored the bonds. There was no on,
In the front Of the house; SO wen
direct to the bathroom. I washed m!
head and started in to my room-Wh'
Is the man visiting here?"
"visiting here?" repeated Mrs. Kirk
land. "What made you think that
There has been no man staying her,
except yourself, WILL"
mo one!" he cried. "You say n,
one? Then I'm not cured 1T was a,
llallucination
Here, here. keep quiet! This won
do" ordered Doctor Kirkland. "Wha
was 1t? Explain"
The young man sought to repress hi
shuddertng. "I-when I-when open
ed the passage door there was a.
something across at the mirror-It-
it"
"POoh!!" ridiculed the physician
"Your own reflection"
''Then why-why was it's back t
me?"
"It's back?" quavered Ellen. "Ol
Wil!"
"Pooh! pooh! Nothing to It. III
boy" insisted the physician. "Merel
n freak Of vision. Think no NOR
about 1t. Amy-What! Where
Amy?'
"lndeed, where-?" murmured Mr.
Kirkland. gazing about the room. "Sf
has gone out. Perhaps Oh
has gone to call Tillie. Would 1t nj
be well to telephone the good new
that VIII is safe home?"
Eyes. yes. to be sure-police. banl
sanitarium-all! shouted her hu
band. and he rushed out to the tell
phone.
They'll come here. dearest" VIII,
pered Ellen. "You shall not leave me
"How could IT, he rapturOusiy r
piled.
Mrs. Kirkland sank into chair ,
dab her fearful eyes and smile up0
the lovers.
CHAPTER XIV.