Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1932-10-20
CHAPTER VI--Continued


a more radiantly lovely Gloria h
nau never looked upon. She had slep
md rested; she had bathed an,
9roomed and set herself In order.
lie gathered her up into his arms s.
mat her boot-heels swung clear OF TIL,
floor.
DO you know do Va,
guess have you the f~aintest sus
picion how | love you? It's sweet O
you,' be told her softly, ITO get or
and come down and see me off.
Oh said Gloria, 4 am going with
you"
NOT once. had King dared think that
she should go with him into the noun
lains ON this quest Of his. He sat and
pondered and stared at her.
Don't you want me7" asked Gloria.
Aren't you glad, Mark?,
If was not on any b Ii OF t1e mo
ment, but after long deliberation. that
q had decided that she would 90
with him. Ii 1t were rumored thai
sne had gone out of town with Graf
ton; II Grafton wanted to BIO uglv
and feed rumor; then on top Of that if
she appeared within reach OF q re-
porter without a husband, there would
De talk. II 1t were answered that she
was married to Mark King. there
Would be the question: @And where.
my dear. IS this Mark King?p From
upstairs last night she had heard frag-
menfary ~outbursts from the judge
irregular; no license" Now Gloria
meant to kill the snake outright, not to
allow the scotched reptile to writhe
Iree- She was married she was going
with her husband into the wilderness
ON the most romantic OF All honav-
moons. The papers were free to make
much OF that.
-O1 course | want you,' said King
slowly. "Glad? Glad that YOU want
to come with me? Can't YOU see thar
! am the gladdest mar earth
But
L have already written a message
! wanted to send to a girl friend In
San Francisco. | was going to have
II phoned In to her. 1t tells her I'm
married. To you, Mark. And that
we're Off on the most wonderful frin
together into the heart OF the wild
country"
God bless you" he said heartily.
But Gloria, glancing at him swiftly.
that his eyes were clouded with
.perpIexity.
course" she said, IF you don't
rant a girl along You said last
night that you weren't afraid of any,
Brodie and his men could do7
they didn't even know where to
20? That they'd never know where to
find. your"
Yes. And / meant it. But
He wanted her with him she want
TO come. Further, it panied him TO
.hlnk that those first glorious DAYS
should be spent with the mountains be-
Ween them. He was tempted. sorely
empted. Was there really anv
would there be danger to herr
+ he thought SO, that there was the
aintest likelihood of harm to her. he
vould say no. no matter what tha
earning in his heart. But if they
made a quick dash In and out. two
lays each way, not over one dav Of
Jus Ingle's caves? They could 20 in
way, come out another. They
ad at least a full days head start of
ny possible followers. No. In his
he did not believe that there
rouid be any danger to Gloria. Fur-
her. the thought struck him that she !.
rould no be altogether safe here. /.
here was venom In Grafton. Grafton |
from GIoria's own lips that she
brought the message from her |
I'm CoIoma. hence Grafton /
light suspect. and Brodie after him 8
lat Gloria was In possession OF old
oony Honeycutt's secret. Instead i
seeming hazardous to take Gloria a
lin him, 1t began to appear that his +
responsibility OF guarding her a
ON all harm had begun already, and d
at he could best protect her from I
~ possible evil by having her al b
ays with him. So with himself I
'mmuned Mark King. never a man r
Eerfy given to caution. but seeking b
~ to measure chances. to set them 81