The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1920-03-18
Mrs. Wylie."

comes to that"
"Just what will she say, If you
pleasef
Kate told him in four sentences with
stinging directnesS that was the out
standing note Of her. that and n fine
Self-fOrgetful courage.
rs that oil? Comes to this then,
that she says l heard her scream, ran
in. and saved your fathers life. Is
ihit pcnitcntiary ofrcnSe?"
You helped the villain take his
I'dy into the cellar. You plotted with
Him to hold father a prisoner there"
Says that, does she--that she over
h';@d us plOttiGg?"
"Of course she did not overhcar
What you said. You took good care OF
that. But she knew you were conspir-
ing"
Just naturally knew 1t without
ovcrhcaring," he deridcd. "And OF
course If l was IL Il plot must have
been Johnny -the-SpOt n good deal OF
the time. Hung round there a-plenty,
l cNpcct?"
lie had touched on the weak spot OF
Mrs. Wylie's testimony. The man who
had saved CulliSon's life, after a long
talk with Blackwell. had gone out Of
the jack OF Hearts and had not re-
turned so far as she knew. For her
former husband had sent her Oh an
errand just before the prisoner WAS
taken away and she did not know who
] had helped him.
Kate was silent.
"llow would this do for an cxplana-
! tion!" he suggested laZily. "Wen say
| just for the sake Of argument that
! Mrs. Wylie's story is true, that did
save your fathers life. Wen pu, il
! that | did help carry him downstairs
! where 1t WAS cooler and that | did
have long talk with the fellow Black
J well. What would he talking to him
about, if | wasn't reading the riot act
to him? And after he had said he was
sorry why shouldn't | hit the road out
OF there? There's no love lost between
me and Luck tulI.Sun. | wasn't under
any obligations to wrap him up in cot
ton ana bring him Back this sid" up
with car" 80 his anxious friends. If
he choSr later Ia take Il hike out IF
town on p.H.q. hurry up business
mint I" blame. And | reckon you'll
find Il jury vii! agree with me"
She brushed his explanation aside
with Il wonan's superb Indifference to
logic.
You can talk of course. don't
care. 1t is all lirS-licS. You have
kidnapped father and are holding him
a.,
him. If you Sh"uld--Oh, if You should
You will wish You had never been
born" The iicrccncSs OF her passion
beat upon him like sudden summer
hail.
He forgot for the moment that he
was Il man with the tolls of the law
closing upon him. forgot that his sue
cess and even his liberty were at stake.
He saw only II girl with the hunger of
tove in her wiStful eyes, and knew
that IT lay in his power to bring back
the laughter and the light into them
suppose | can't fight fair any long
ar. Suppose I've let myself get trapped
and 1t isn't up to me but to somebody
else. Up to your father, say?"
"My fathcr?"
"icS. How could | turn him loose
when the first thing he did would he
to swear out warrant for my arrest 2"
"But he wouldn't-not if you free
him"
He laughed harshly. II thought you
knew him. He's hard as nails" lie
laughed again. bitterly. "Not that Ii
matters. or course | was just putting
case. Nothing to it really"
He was hedging because lie thought
he had gone too far. but she appeared
not to notice 1t. Her eyes had the far
away look OF one who cnmmuneS with
herself
'lf | could only See him and have
talk with him. think | could get him
to do as ! ask. lie nearly always
does" Her gaze went swiftly back to
him. Let me talk with him. There's
a reason why he ought to be free now,
one that would appeal 10 him"
This was what he had come for. but
now that SIC had met him half way hr
hesitate. II She SHOULD NOT sucrrc,!
he would be worse off than l., fn., -.
could neither hold her II prs.. 3, t..
frcr be- 20 lead the pack OF the law
to his hiding place On the other hnnG
II tu'iiSon thought they intended Ia
Keep h"r prisoner h" would have to
compromise. He dared not leave he,
III til" hands Oi Lutte ElnckwCll. Fen.
drick decided to take II chance. At the
worst he could turn them both fire..
and leave for Sonora
"All right I'll Inke you to him.
But you'll have Ia do as ! say"
"N"S." she agreed
"Nou'v" got to persuade Luck to
come through with an agreement 90
let go of that Del ORC homestead nnG
To promise not To prosecute lis. He
won't do IL To save his own life. He's
got to think YOU come there ~, IGl
prisoner. See? He's GOT rO wrcSllt
with lie notion that You're in fh,
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