Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1929-08-01

"eiS CAY SAS ""iisSo YOU 10 De sure
so that you would never suffer. II
was the unselfishness of her love-
How can you-know about-these
things?" FELTON, breathed, wonderippIy
Il know many things tonight, Dan,
that l never knew before" the Other
answered. That's why l had to come
to tell you the truth-to atone" He
moved toward the door. Come. Dam
he urged. gently.
FELTON, no longer hesitated. His sense
of bewildered amazement now turned
into nervous eagerness. A great long
ing for the girl took hold of him. Hur-
riedly crossing the he held the
door open for Trask to pass out and
followed him down the stairs, his heart
beating violently.
on reaching the pavement the old
lawyer paused. Try to forgive me,
Dan" he said, and with a last appeal
ing look at the boy he turned and
walked down the shadowy street.
When FELTON, reached the arbor he
found the girl with her head bowed
in her arms. She heard him approach
and looked up in startled and incredu-
lous wonder. He moved toward her,
trying to speak. but no words would
come, and he fell on his knees, hiding
his face in her lap and sobbing like a
child.
'Ruth-forgive mel he whispered
looking UP at her through a mist of
tears. Il know the truth-at last. And,
o. try to love me-to forget the wrong
l have done you"
The girl drew him up beside her
and the silence that followed was
pregnant with the tenderness of love
and forgiveness.
Thpy ualkpd homo in cilorra orJ
even when she lifted her lips to his
for a last good night kiss, no word
was spoken. Yet each knew the things
which the other heart was saying.
The following morning FELTON, re-
turned to the Office.
Approaching Henderson. the chief
clerk, he inquired casually if Trask
had come in yet.
"You-haven't heard?" the other
asked, in a slightly %incredulous tone
Mr.. Trask is dead. I thought, of
course. you knew. 1t was his heart y
He heSitated a moment. Then per-
haps you don't know, either, that he
left you everything he had"
didn't know" FELTON, stammered.
Thank you, Henderson" And he at
once fastened out Of the office.
He stood in the street for several
lll4lllttS IlJlliE W dQJQSl Ills llllIlO W
this unexpected and tragic turn of
events. Then he hailed a taxicab and
drove at once to Trask's residence.
He was admitted by the old butler,
who. without a word. solemnly led him
upstairs. In the upper hallway he was
met by a nurse; and a moment later he
was standing with her beside the old
fashioned canopied bed wherein lay
the man who had so long been his
enemy. Trask appeared merely to have
fallen into a peaceful slumber.
FELTON, stood for a moment looking
down at him. Then he remarked soft
ly to the nurse: Its hard to believe
he is dead when I saw him only last
night, apparently we'll"
You are mistaken about seeing him
last night" the nurse rejoined. "He
was stricken at the Office two days
ago and has been confined to bed ever
since"
A chill ran over FELTON,. Butt
thought sax him-late last night
Mr.. Trask lapsed into a coma early
last evening" the nurse informed him
in a matter-of-fact tone. Il was here
at the time. He died without regain
ing consciousness"
FELTON, did not move, and it was
several moments before he could speak.
"Just-what time," he asked. did
Mr.. Trask die?"
He was trembling as the nurse picked
up the chart from the small table at
the head of the bed and ran her eye
down the entries.
HE died." she announced, "at ex-
actly twelve-twenty this morning"
Several minutes of silence followed
DR.. Saville's story. At length Coberly
turned toward the doctor.
Il don't just understand about the
will" he said. How did Trask happen
to change it before-before he-found
out?"
THAT was the crux of the whole
affair" DR.. Saville answered. when
I arrived that last evening-about
eight, / should ~say-Trask beckoned
me to him. He was sinking pretty
fast. 1t was an aneurism; and he
had already entered a little way into
the shadows-perhaps just far enough
to see and understand certain things.
Doctor he said, I've got something
I must straighten out before it's too
late. I've done a great wrong and I
must set 1t right
"'Then he made me send for Hen
derson, and he drew up a new will.
The effort tired him, and he lay for a
while barely breathing. I thought it
was the final coma, but his lips began
to nov slightly and I bent over him.
1.-The will was only part of-my
atonement,' he murmured, family. The
rest-you must do for me. . I
go myself-and the boy must
truth. Go to him. doctor
tell him I sent you-and explain to
him
But he lever finished telling me
what it was he wanted me to do. The
shadows had come too quickly, and he
dropped into Inconsistencies"
DR.. Saville paused a moment and
then added:
"As / see it, Trask passed out Of this
life without being able to tell me just
how l could help him right this great
wrong he had done. And so he had
to do 1t himself-somehOw."
(Copyright: 1929: BY Willard Huntington
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