The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-10-08
CONTINUED from Yesterday,

Continued from Yesterday
when the big car had chusxed
out Of sight. bearing Lillian Fan.
away from -Four Winds forever.
1 Redersck Briton went back TO the
>hcuss with . feeling Of utter weari.
nesa
lie felt a. n he had rivsd . rife.
time since the cary morning. when
| he had inadvertently learned that
Rosaiie was stiil living. Looking
back now. over the past week. he
wondered that he had not guessed Il
Q thousand timeA II seemed i'm.
possible that only last night he had
stood within reach Of her. and yet
no siimmsr Of the truth had forced
Ms way to his mind.
he wondered how much Of the
ktruth old Fcrxcrson knew. and II he
-Rorie-had been deliberately KEEP,
n the dark.
Question AFTER question flashed
Dnuaswcred thru his brain. and yet
hs knew he must stili possess hts
custaes Myers. from whose an.
pushed lips he had first heard that
Rosaiie was still alive was too Alb
|orhed with his own grief to give
my attention to Rorte: young
Brtton shivered a. he recalled the
doctors face a. he had last seen n.
He hurried back 60 the warmth OF
NE library. where Bansheii was
waiting for him In uncomfortable
sflencs.
He. too. had heard about RcsAise.
Beneath his airy manner he was AZ
sentimental ~ q woman. and he
WAS dying 70 hear the whole de
sham and the fourth man had gone
hack to town: Hni.ham said that
nouests and murders wcrs not In
ais line. He invariably ran AWAY
fom anything unpleasant
N Young Briton shut the library
oocr behind him. and. crossing TO
ne fire. dropped weAriiy into a
9nW leaning his head on hts
hand
BAnshsn fidestsd about me room.
ragusiy sympathetic whistiing .
match Of . comic song beneath his
breath. He va feeling very serious
ur once. He had never seen Rren.
= Meyers. but = vivid imagination
"a spared him no detail Of the
Fagedy.
Miss Fsns gons,- he asked pr~s.
htly. He had seen the car turn
but Of the drive. but II was some
hing to gay.
Yea RodericA looked up. Ban.
hell have you ever realised what
shat--brutss men arsf-
BAnshsli laughed unoomfortab.y.
cant ny I hsvs. eomS of us
~ moro unlucky than others. that's
n lS-ehs-what aid Afiss Fame
NJ lou told her. Of ocurssr-
Tea
DansAsr kicksd at ne IRE.
= ~. old man. he said At last.
Rkf1y. -shsrs h such . thing ~
utt1ng . marriage IKE that on one
~ you know. I've got IN uncle.
hwysr chap-an awfiliy smart
= he1-tf you'd me to SO him.
Hod6s1ok f1ushsd
= lent wish the marriage pot
ID he said sharply. X thought
1id-oaoA New I know I DON'T
~ bssn . damned fool on. for
tedb saks. DON'T badger me any
ecra shsrs's god chap. I'm half
my head with worry a. Il n. It's
pun6 70 eome out-the whole story.
donr care for my own sake. but
R RoRhs :.
Banshell grfnns6. words q ehaff
- 70 his iips. but . glance At his
iend silenced them Roderick looked
such deadly earnest: there was =
~. quiet manifness about him: .
m fold TO his handsome mouth
1ich Bansheli ala not remember
lr~ again. TO Ill In IN awkward
o1lsncs.
He thought Of Lillian rans's white
|1hes ~ she had hidden him goodby.
and the strained smile she had
Drced to her iipa. and he wondered
Rcffs really meant II when he
"a that h ala not wish his mar
sgs dissolved He had seen circus
himself. and had even been
Idly guilty Of presenting one with
bangle In his callov youth: but
10 ever thinking Of marrying her.
- shrugged his shoulders. pri-
ely putting Rodsrick down ~
herr
&cris Vas leaning back In the big
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