The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1920-04-15


- dare not let 20. her syss wsrs
flllsd With . mingling Of wondsemsnt
and pain.
why. Of course. We thought It
best not to 20 until altar W could 80
the lawyer. could not believe ny
father had neglected to sst those two
frss-hs-hs loved them both. Della
and Rene had gone down to the Land
ing that night to sss II he had re-
turned. We were both Of ~ afraid to
leave Rene alone-she was % dsspoo-
dent. 70 unstrung. It was dark and !
was all alone In the house. Then these
men came. They did not know mo
and I did not know them, but I was
sure what they came for. I was ter
ribly frightened. without an idea what
to do-only I refused to talk. All I
could do was to pray that the others
might be warned and not return. They
searched the house and then left this
man Tim to guard me. He told me he
was . deputy sheriff from st. Louis.
and-and encouraged him to explain
all he knew about the case. Then !
made up my mind what TO DO Wouio
pretend to be Rene. and let them carry
me ON instead OF ner.
But did you not realize the danger
to yourselfi"
mo. I suppose l didn't. or. rather. I
did mot care. All thought ABOUT was
now 70 save nes: Inese were asw om-
cess; tney wouio ne me- 70 =. Aovls
oeaore . eouf! Inea eooio %sAe
mysei1 Known ana "ouio Do ~ At1e:
uney eooion's 90 anytnlns ease' eou'1
tney! Inere was no Isw ~ when /.
S0uio % neio' out-out, oon. sou see
Ane oeasy might sise nene tlne :" CO.
Hpe. mat Wa NOT "rons' wa. III
wrong! 1t was one OF the oraveet
tninss ever neard OF. ana NOV
the rest-your encounter wtn Aiioy
IN the library. overheard oil OF tnat
tnrouen inc open WINDOW ana now
you learned from MN tnat certain
legal papers would have TO % served
on G'oise neaucaire oetofs my On tne
saaVes couid Do toucneo' OF rsmoved
nom tns estate That knowieoee only
Drought you new courage 70 play out
your part But why dia you tfust me
eooosn 70 30 w,n me-. Ana. s'.ei
ust.ns me- 20 I.us. Wy o,e you re- =,
t"ss % ssu me VINO you sess "ss
hef eyes 1eii oeaors mine' ana neF
cnee.s were uosneo.
You think that stranger DID trust
you. Lieutenant KNOB ana trusted
you more compaeesiy ne longer We
were eogetnef. but-out oio nor
wholly understand. Xou were sodeev.
oftne % rescue Rene ffom slavery. !
could not conceive what interest you
m,eae 1cet u ! saouid coo1es myssn
1.osss. 1ou W. asnSs 70 ms' ~
"e tase a'onc w'tn tcs 10y NY
eao somsnow !" ee"eo Z psoesuoa
" ns - elslm !. e.op % o'.sA osooo.
We cnoosne 20 C" you-tne 1871
ws 90 my npou. ,..1 /!
.'opp.o t.em: ss' 'os' = "'us' =
"ss stlsse OF yoe
- -oot n"t nov"
-. oot now@oos sv.n : netsci We
n.Ne psvvsoyo9sssn aa ! We ncpeo
~ w0oao os. an s'1o.s H.so-9 9
ny " soe now I'm aAosse o-
~ sooppeo suooeniy: tne WI
nal1 eetefed. the smile fading from hee
Mp ~ ooa' sns oers 1oeta:
~ not! an nos! WV !
osvsE ~ sns norsos Q! u ~ oe3eee-A
am nss Aso.se beeoeeite"
cneot $1,000 mouooieess eeeo'
InS u eoso ny o.eetn, " ~ epsa'
s1 - ssssos py tne lnsense oltsssoess
- ~ 81. 1een tne "aeuo0 q NJ
!ne Hss"scose tnst muss urn neE
'"oos.ss s'ss"nsse'
DO noe ~ that OF even think n.
l oreed. scarcely able to restrain ny
oelf froo srasplns her In my arms.
Even n n shau Prove true-seaily
uos-eo0s way OF escape VII %
touno. 1ne otnefs are safe. and you
sse eoshs % need all your courage.
fleoee me 70 forget, to ignore this
m!ne J nesd you
neg nanos teil nerveless and her
eusstiooinS eyes sought my race.