Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-10-14

OF MS lace. DloOQy ana "teffaIyln8s why .
hadn't she gone tor help instantly instead Of
Offering hin, a pair Of weak hands? She
boiled afisrily, but silently. She recalled all
the Instruments Of torture She had aver read.
of--for the beast avho had struck her!
Several minutes passed in silence; all the
noises Of the night. had dropped away, *.
dept the occasional far.oh chatter 81 the ele.
waited. sornsthing touched her kneHs. and
threw her ihts d autter Of fear. 'ahs uttered
a sound which was neither sob nor laugh
as she discovered ling FOO.
MY puppy" she whispered. MY poor
forgotten puppy!" she caught him up and
nestled him III the old way he loved, against
her throat. Hungry, too. and alone all day!
Your mistress is a wretch"
y She set him down. cut up a bit OF chicken,
and prepared his milk, her glance" swinging
continually toward The lounge. Having ted
the puppy, she returned to the chair, just
in time to see Jerry's lips move; but no
sound cathe forth. The poor bruised facet
But after b little his lips stirred again, and
this time there was o sound-terrifying in
lar ears.
N no, no" ..
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the astonished gasp-and discovered that her
lips were throbbing with pain. But that whis.
pered cry, the most uncanny thing she had
ever heard! ItA was identicnlly the same
she had heard in the upper hall at Cfaig's.
No, no. no!-wheh she deliberately flung her.
self into the abyss. But Of course it. had
been her conscience that had spoken. There
could not possibly have beef mental telepa.
thy between her and Jerry, hot with the
photograph going at his elbow Such things
were imaginative absurdities. But for all
that, the shock was great. .
Jerry chuckled. 1.-THE Great Adventure,
Company! ;" Then a tumble Of mean.
lngless' words and phrases. "Daggers!
:. Melodrama!y . Scare ME? Not
that way. . . My father and
I'm going to prove it! jeremiah
I used to hate it, Nancy, but 1 don't
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JENNY Kissed me acheh 1e met,
Jumping from the chair she sat in.
All for a dog! Nancy Bowman!
Jenny. 1 didn't mean to I'm
sorryl"
The effect Of these broken phrases-mean-
ingless except for what significance Nancy
wished to impose upon then1-was peculiar.
-Daggers and melodratna. Her Imagination
seized Upon these and she reconstructed Jere-
m;ah Collingswood into something mysteri-
puslNprofound. A woman will take the most
transparent of men and invest him With
i mystery and hero:snn sometimes it is the
only possible way to fall in love with, him.
She deludes herself in the beginning and re.
SCENTS the subsequent disillusions. But a young
man, proven in heroics, who unconscioGsly
discovers that his guilelessness is a conven.
tional mask to mysterious endeavors, would
intrigue any Economically inclined female
mind as it now Intrigued Nancy's. She
stirred uneasily, fearing he might speak
words che ought not to hear.i d..
She reached for his hand again, and found
it growing warm; moreover, it automatically
closed upon hers and held 1t. He began to
r1rnble-muttrrings that died away in his
threat. The poor boy, the poor boy! Pres
entity he quieted down,~except that he began
to move his head a little from side to side.
with corrugated brow, perhaps with the con.
seriousness Of pain. which is always the first
stel toward se,sibility. Quarter of nn hour
pnesed. and he began to speak again.
The beautiful old hills! But why
dtd he put his hand on my shoulder. Nancy?
1 would have loved him. Always SO
still and silent! And I was so lonely!
When you came in out of the storm.
I loved you. but 1 did not know it them
Startled. wide Of eye. Nancy tried to re.
lease her hand. o, she mustn't hear this; she
Mustn't! She had been tortured enough this
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Of shame she must drink tomorrow. Here,
in this very room, she would tell Craig what
a base thing she was. AID now Jerry had to
turn about and, add a new burden to her
rising misery, without knowing what he was
4 deh.g! With her free hand she tried to. un-
lock- the fingers pressing, upon the impris-
o,.ed hand. She wanted to get out Of hear
Ing before he spoke again. But her efforts
to release her hand were futile. Soon the
bAbbling started again and she had to re-
main beside him, terrified as to what might
come next. She would have to hurt him. too
She was never going to marry any man.
! Love. Why couldn't they-asave her
alone? ! :
"Untoward accident or lmischance
Easy enough. if he wants to get rid Of me.
. Battle, murder And sudden death!
But, dear God the motive, the mo.
tive! II I could only get q glimmer.
Sins tome, Nancy. -. The alley 81.
|, outaof the alley, when ! wasn't, watchinsl
! Ny head"
His hand relaxed, ana Nancy was free
But. strangely enough, she did not rise, she
dN, not want TO run, away. He was in dan:
j ger; something was threatening him Gu.
!, Of the alley, when ne wasn't witchins! What
, did. that signify but that he had expected
I@i danger from that source? He had Kept the
bqy,s look upon his face, when all the while
& he had walked with the shades OF death pc