Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1920-12-02

man. "That saves mel All
those months, those dreary awful
months-worry. worry, worry; CROP
ing. trying to remember. Yet it was
there. the memory, down under.
knew It was there. It 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 pitt
THE pitT questioned Mrs. Kirk
land.
I'm the abandoned brickyard beyond
City Park. The moment I
came to. and looked around. rec
ognized the place. l went straight to
the hole where I had hidden the
bonds"
you hid them out there7" exclaim.
ed Ellen.
Eyes. 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 fippantly suggested that we might
get away with the bonds BY smashing
and setting fire to the car and pre-
tending the bonds were burned I'D in
the wreck" b.
HE did that7 Charlie did thatr'
cried Amy. "But he Is Q detective r.
"Yes. I found that out afterwards,
Toodlums. suppose he was trying
to test my integrity. ! can't believe
worse of him. But I was then in Q
bad way, and what he suggested COM
pletely unbalanced me. was certain
he meant to steal the bonds from me-
I must have been half insnne. To
save them from him, rented a safe
deposit box and pretended to him that
I had put them in It; but instead I
want out past City Park and wandered
about until I found the hiding place
in the clay pit"
$50 that was It." remarked Amy.
He did not reply. He was engrosse&
in gazing into Ellea's tender gray eyes.
The fond parents beamed 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 pit" she recalled
the mishap. "Your poor dear head'!"
''Only a little cut" he treasured
her. II wiped the blood of my face,
and hurried home with the bonds to
see Momsey and Amy before rushing
down to the bank. did not wish to
see You until I could tell you had
restored the bonds. There was no one
in the front of the house; so I went
direct to the bathroom. I washed my
head and started in to my room-Who
Is the man visiting here?"
Visiting here?" repeated Mrs. kirk
land. "What made you think that
There has been no. man staying here
except yourself, WILL"
mo one!" he cried. "You say NO
onef Then I'm not curedl-it was an
hnllucination !"
sHere. here, keep quietl This won't
do" ordered Doctor Kirkland. "What
was it, Explain"
The young man sought to repress his
shuddertng. "I-when when open
ed the passage door there, was IA
something across at the mirror-It-
IT" !a f fi
"Pooh!"N ridiculed the physician
"Your own reflection"
'Then why-why Yves IT'S back Il
met"
tits backl" quavered Ellen. .oh
Willi"
"Poohl poohl Nothing to II, my
boy" insisted the physician. Merely
a freak Of vision. Think no. more
about 1t. Amy-whatl Where 1.
AMY" H sM
"Indeed, where-1" murmured Mrs
Kirkland. gazing about the room. "Sh<
has gone out. =. Perhaps she
has gone to call Title. Would 1t not
be well to telephone the good news
that Will is safe homer
Eyes. yes, to be sure-police, bank
sanitarium-all! shouted her hus
band, and he rushed out to the tele
phone. e
they'll come here, dearest" whis
pered Ellen. "You sllall not leave me 7
"How could II" he rapturously re
piled. HI.
Mrs. Kirkland sank into a chair I,
dab her fearful eyes and smile upo,
the lovers. a ~
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CHAPTER XIV.
The Man Himself. ~
Penslve and depressed, Amy wen
out through the side door and aroun