The Ely miner., 1929-11-29


was no way for her to get of the
place. It must be. then, thar someone
was coming to the place, and that she
was going out alone to meet them
Who? Canneziano? Not unless Sam
had been mistaken about the time
when he was to be released from
! prison Usually, when people think al
all, they think quickly. All this had
gone through my mind while she had
walked the forty feet to the door.
Gaby and Chad stood on the porch
talking for two or three minutes-a
very short time, at any rate. Then
she went down the steps, and Chad.
still smiling, came back into the room.
AS he came In, Danny called down
from the top of the stairway. "Gaby
oh, GabyT
She knows where Gaby is going,
and whom she is going to meet, and
she, too, is afraid, decided. because
Of the queer, strained quality of her
voice.
"Gaby has gone out" called, In
answer. And then, since / could still
see Gaby, walking down the path, do
you want her, Danny? We could fetch
her back"
NO. Danny answered Don't
bother. I'll come down"
had to reverse my first decision
about Danny's being frightened At
least, her voice was natural enough,
now; fancied. perhaps. a note Of
relief in it.
It couldn't have been more than ten
minutes after that, when Martha came
running into the house, laughing and
dancing. and wearing the gold brace
let with the monkey clasp. Gaby. she
said, had given it to her, just now,
out by the rabbit hutch.
While we were all still exclaiming
over the monkey, and praising II up,
to please Martha, Danny came down
stairs. She said her headache was
worse again, and she drew the cur
tains at the windows beside the big
davenport, to ease tIe glare of the
light, before she curled up on it.
"Do you know where Gaby was go
ing this afternoOn?'' / asked her.
"For little walk"
"Why did she wear her wrap, and
carry her beaded bag, just to go out
for a little walk?"
Danny sat up straight, pressing her
hands to her aching head. "Her wrap
today? Her beaded bag? Surely
not"
That's just what she did. Didn't
| you see her before she left ?"
Il was lying down. She came 60 my
door and said that she was going for
a walk, and asked me if | cared to go
with her. said that my headache
was too severe. She went into her
room. and from there downstairs.
felt guilty about refusing to go with
her, after our talk. thought that
should; so | called after her. But.
when you said she had gone, I was
! afraid SIZE would be annoyed at being
called back. had gotten up; so, since
John will surely be home before long,
now, | came down. | can't understand
her wearing wrap. 1t is so silly, on
| a day like this"
1t sounded all right, but l was not
| quite satisfied.
'Gaby was frightened" said. Some
thing was the matter with her when
she walked through tbiz room I'll go
| bond that, wherever it was she was
going. she was afraid to CO."
MARY, IL must be that you are
imagining this. Unless-Oh, it couldn't
be that Gaby has not told me the
truth ab"ut-about anything. | am
sure she was honest with me this
afternoon / am sure And yet
Dear me, I wonder where she went
| for her walk ?"
"Gaby told me-" Martha piped up
from where she was sitting on the
arm Of Sans chair, that she was go
ing TO the cabin. She was In q big
| hurry. She ran"
up toward the cabinT Danny
questioned. though we all knew we