The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-09-07
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mans heir, He IL ipsatiete In his
freed " MONEY. Ne HIS shout
given UP hope 90 winning tl,s wonsest
for his own. HIT n She dles, Ne viii
have her foteurSs. Now, ~aiEh 0ne!"
"You matte slt very intersstiUt.
Now. what " y1e khdk -
''Only this. went dtwu53ayes,
late that night. j fotsnd Mn. He6tA
dead, In tn st11iQ. With csMdjsa
burning @ Her head and f6ex e
touched her. ana hsr fstsh waa stfst
At this point panny's br,6vest.
gave WY. she faltered.. heaieated,
and became suddenly silent. &
\ Understanding. FRUIT !. said no
word, but looked It her With 'slancs
sof minkied compassion and encoair-
faGement.
And juat It that time. there waa
comvnOtion next door, and they a3w
the casket Of Myra Heath carried
out from the house she had loved 10
well.
|, The sight restored Bunny's couf-
age. rcignited her fire Of indiena-
ton and caused her to resume kef
story. d..
"They will be coming home soon"
she said, nervously, land | wunt to
tell you what know, Mr. Trnitt. Ee-
cause because you have mhde me
feel It is my duty"
"Tell me only ~ much or As little.
rs you think best. DO not be car
tied away by emotion ut the sieht
Of that casket. But II YOU viii tell
me the truth, Pm sure you will not
regret it." al All
aNo. Well. as l came upstairs. /
saw Mr.. lnmnn peeping through The
scrAck Of his door. He nuxt have
heard me on the stairs, and opened
lit the tiniest mite" 8
EYES,"
II was SO upset I didn't know
what | was doing, but ] went blindly
on to my own room, and threw my
self on the bed
why didnt you raise an alarn,?'
MIR. TruMt. you will think this
strange. But l was afraid. | feel
years older now, though TINT was
but few days ago. but at that mo-
ment. ! felt ! just couldn't do my
thing at all. vaguely reasoned
that IL there was any alarming to do,
there were people in that house bat
ter fitted to look after 1t than ].
That l. NJ the youngest and least ex-
perienced Of the household had M
call to take any initiativc--oh, /
know this sounds foolish, but it's the
truth. I've never done anything Tor
myself, never had any responsibility
Of any sort, and couldn't make my
self do anything. ] see now, it was
cowardly and"
mo, Miss Moore. il was natural.
You were stunned, and. moreover.
you had reason to believe that Mr..
Imam knew something of the mat
ter, or he would not be spying on
you. You had reason to think Mr..
Heath was in the house--hadnt
your"
II don't know. didn't think !,
about Perry about anybody But
Myra. ! cried and cried until fell
into sort Of sleep. But kept
starting up and listening every lew
did hear in that house all might
long. Toward daylight, 4 begun to
wonder. IL IL hadn't been a dream. Il ,
got ulo and undresxed and went. Ia !:
bed property, but waited atjn0st
breathlessly for what the morning
might bring. So, when Carter came
to tell me the news. was sitting. yp
in he'd. crying"
Steve Truitt looked ut her earnest
~, but piercingly.
"You were afraid to say anything.
because you feared--stili fc1f-thas
Perry Heath was the criminal and
you love him."
Il did love him then" said. Bunny.
simply: ~ don't, now" ~
Ito he COnlinued.)