Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-06-22
looked at the address, the postscrp'
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looked at the address, the POSTSCRIPT,
and handed it back. |
Il never got a letter In my life,"
he said, NOR wrote one"
Neither did L." She turned the
letter over and over. studying 1t. Box
49," she unused. ITS for Daddy! HE
couldn't read it, even, il he were here.
Yes, l think YOU Should" he adj
ivised. 4
She tore open the end of the en-
velope n drew out a folded sheet OF
legal cap. As h unfoded 1t, a bill
"a greenback-fell out unon her
lap. She pounced upon it.
.Firty dollars! Why-why-!" !
1.-The letter will tell" he said, lean
ing eagerly toward her.
she unfolded the stiff sheet, the
inner side of it covered with the let
ter, written in a CLEAR. readable hand:
Vincennes, Ind, June 15,1S4--.
My Dear Colonel:
Enclosed Lam sending the usual
monthly remittance, as per your or
ders when you left.
Why haven't you answered any Of
my letters? 1 have sent the remit
lance regularly but have not heard a
word from o for nearly sever years.
As I have repeatedly told yod, your
how to invest it further. If l don't
hear from you 1 shall have to come
up to Buckeye for a consultation.
{ The little girl-little Hesper Dawn
must be quite a woman now. AS l
have written you, her grandfather,
old Godfrey Dawn, died last year. He
repented in his last hours n left
her sole heir to his fortune, which, as
iyou know, is ever more considerable
than your own. The estate is in my
hands ready to convey to her. The
legal age of a woman in this state is
eighteen. If old Godfrey has not
,+~naisinformed me. she will be twenty
So. h has been for some time legal
lily competent to come into her estate.
If, under the terms of you will, she
should fall heir to your fortune as
we'll, which she bids fair to do, al no
word has come and none likely to
come at this late day, she will be
quite the richest heiress in my know
ing.
u Now, my dear Colonely let me hear
from you. Why should a famous sol>
dier. and the greatest cellist Of his
time, longer isolate himself from the
world to nurse his sorrow? For the
sake Of the little girl, if not for your
) OWn-dnQ OuTS-ledfe your Fl0L-
woods hermitage and come back to
us.
neutrality-suspicious. early reply
|. to this letter, + beg to remain, as ever,
r. YOU obedient ~serv't,,
> Geo. Eskridge.
= 4 voice out of the big world she
| had visited only in dreams. She
: 'tard at the opening of the third para
= graph. dropped her hands IN her lap
! and turned to her companion. h
= had bent forward and sat staring at
the floor.
/ What does it mean?"
Her words were less a question
? than a puzzled reflection.
ut means" he said slowly after a
!, time. with his eyes still on the floor.
. that you are a rich heiress; and
: you've got a-name."
:, "a name!" she repeated. her won1-
> ans intuition instantly catching the
= minor notes s have you. znd''ss-she
reached in her bosom and drew out
= them both yourself
: He glanced at the draft: waved l!
y away without lifting his head.
"Keep. it, please, Tor N. till 'aftni
tonight"
= she put it back inner bosom. r:cl:.
q ed up the letter and sat pondct.ng
, StShlhu6 AL OSSdSlOHdl SSANkSS aI III
:, glum face. The tick Of the CLOGS Oh
" the mantle under the swo:d and sorrs
came out of the silence. y robins
=. vesper song stole in from tn. sUr
= rounding solitude; and the call o
u crows flying home. The sur hat
~ worked so far down the west tha' i
20 had left the south windows. Article;
. in, the corners of The room we,s al
" ready beginning to hide in N
shadows. She knew what held nj
face to the foor;-knew III part, an
~ guessed the rest. A man witlou:
" name! She knew what il meant Il
10 be without q name.
= toward her. The guinness had |f
hi, face.
n, NJ "Hesper DAWN" He came over ~
words as il they were susp;c'e!.
20 strangers he distrusted, whose &C
quaintance he was ioa-ne 10 MIX
Il felt all the time you woui1 turn'cu
to be some great lady--iike tie PIN
. cess in the fairy tale.
she sprans up, laughing sAiiy. )
a. Just for that. I'm goinS to max
=, - you lie down while I rat ON NOR
In smarty. medicine on your side"
ID She hit the pillow 4 little def
b. with her hst and danced away Ate
IT, him over her should II. He held u
his hand.
!. more on till after ton, sht," he SAID.
She stopped; came sasx. q
Il didn't think of the"
"We. MAJ ever hate to WASH 0
r. what's alseady on" ne said. "rhsre'
be keen noses in the win.1 tonight.
Maybe, If We take Cut those cam
~ phor-soaked packs AMI put ON rrc'
: bandAgss-?" +
- Maybe" 81
" intended to put on fresh one
;. anyhow, before you stared"
~ And this one on nv heai2it
~ white. 1t will show in the dark, 1t
. awful to make you 90 much troubl
L.. but do you reckon I could go Will
NJ out It till tomorrow? "
nc Trouble! / like TO. Only I'm 30
:. ~ to hurt you"
e II didn't know you had
US "of course you'd cay that"
she laughed and unfastened Il
~ bandage-the ONE around his hea
1t VAS stuck to the wound, tut son
- warm water brought II loose. Tile e,
d had stopped bleeding. Quite sober
Is she announced thAt she believed
" " might be safe to allow II TO 80 III
bAndA1ed. Mt9r that she chang,
the white sling 70 of dark In
teYfal, and turned her attention to 4
wounded sidess removing the camoh
packs OF cotton, ana replacing Il
:. blood-soaksd bandAges with dry On;
az seven ysafs ne ietters care" Y
~ ~ man unused. half aiond. while Il
2. never received them. The postmast
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