Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1920-12-10


happiness in my own way. learned
no" AZ daybreak this morning. am
gong TO give, give, give. And won't
STOP giving until the last cent is gone"
Dan | believe you've gone crazy"
And believe" said the secretary
VINO read his Bible on occa sion. thin,
Mr.. filzrandolrh shows a ve~y keen
Wisdom. furlhermore-well. there is
verse in Saint Matthew. which runs
Ae are the salt of the earth. :"
Jonas, the valet, touched his sleeve.
\ special delivery letter, sir
Taking the square envelope from
'he servants salver, without observ-
ing the superscrip.ion, the secretary
| opened II and perused the contents
| He knitted his brows.
| "Puzzling,' he murmured. scratching
me back of his head. ITS anonymous
mas neither beginning nor end" He
looked suddenly at the envelope, then.
WIN an apology handed the message
to his employer, Il didn't notice il.
It's marked personal
One glance ut the sheet of note
paper, and Daniel sank into his chair.
WIN MS strong fingers he pinned the
note to the table, breathing rapidly
through dilated nostrils. Hunt. sittin.
next to him, recalled afterward that
II was the only time in all the years
ne had known him that he had ever
seen the mans hand tremble
Daniel looked up stared blankly Il
moment at the two silently questioning
faces. His lip quivered slightly.
Boys, I've received startling news.
I'VE changed my mind about giving
everything away. I'll 90 ahead with
those houses But I'll go little saner.
In little saner manner you under.
stand And, boys, I am going to do
that big thing"
He sprang up.
Jonas. Call a good livery stable.
! want their best saddle horse at
twelve sharp, Craig, make an appoint
ment for tomorrow morning with
Stanley Graham, the architect. Phone
for the head barber downstairs. Jonas.
Mention ten dollars to him."
Then, without any of them know.
ing what it was all about. the .specu.
lalor, the secretary, and the valet, had
their hands seized and wrung with a
vim that crushed their fingers.
Hunt, burning with curiosity, per.
mitted his eve TO rest mOmentarily
upon the opened note lying on the
table. He could make nothing out Of il
1t began without preface and was un.
signed. II consisted Of two questions
written in flowing, girlish hand:
DO you remember our last appoint.
ment? VIII you keep It today?'
AS the superbly 1.-the, red-haired
young woman mounted with cool com
posture on the sorrel horse, cantered
serenely past the Grant monument in
Lincoln park she glanced at her watch
and saw ii was one o'clock. A garden
7 er spading the soft ground beside III,
bridle-path stopped his work, as wei
anyone might, TO follow her with ad
miring gaze. There was delicious
"enrthy" smell of spring in the air
Il vernal quickening all about
Presently-shc had passed the en-,
of the hillock just north of the monu
ment-she turned in her saddle ant
perceived far to the south darl
shape growing rapidly larger. She jerk
ed the reins precipitately, wheeled
about. started back i'm alarm Her adj
mirable tranquility had vanished
Goose. What did he mean? He wa,
l Il full hour early.
Escape was cut off. Quickly sh,
guided her horse into the cOncret,
arch mOnument-and waited. Her per
turbation increased Her gloved han,
toyed nervously with her riding crop
S Her heart pounded against her side
She smoOthed for the fifth time he
stylish ridinghabit, adjusted for tn
+, tenth time the pointed hat atop he
Titan hair.
~ What did he mean? He was an hou
:, early
Now she could hear the rhythmi
:. thud OF the hoOf-beats. They wcr
. coming with break-neck speed. Loude
and nearer, louder and nearer, lOude
and nearer
II A form shot past. Her heart leap
a to her throat.
=. Then the scullle of horse checke
,. in u headlong gallop, swiftly return
>. ing sounds, and the archway Was dark
ened by broad-shouldered. alhlr,i
F.? man astride heaving, foam-liecke
n steed
His age sat lightly upon him. II
:. looked much younger than he was. II
" had swept Off his hat, and his THO
@ black hair, matted damply against hi
II forehead showed never a trace q
y gray. He was distinguished rathe
than good-looking, and the skin of hi
newly-and wholly-shaven face wa
l as fresh, as clear. and as glowing a
n her own.
n Stirring within the minds of thes
n two, who had beyond question prove
a their love for one another, who ha
known sorrow and bitterness and ID
spair, who had travelled years to reac
l. this moment, treading long circl
to fuse 1t at last, were-who shall sa