Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1932-10-06
CHAPTER V-Continued
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wait for me outside, Summertime
muttered Grafton. Il haven't said VA
won't be needed. have r..
Jim, called King. "slin vour arr
through Summerling's and lead hin
OF with you. Feed him If Won feaI
lka Il. and let him stick around for >
WORD with Grafton If he wants. And
you. Steve Jarrold. Ben Gavnor ISM
here but just the same ron can fake
u from NE that neither you nor any
ofher OF Sven Brodie's hangdors fs
wanted In Ben Gavnor's house. Onf
You go.r
Jarrold's eyes slanted off TO Grafton
Then. seeing himself ignored and for
gotten. he shrugged his shoulders.
pulled on his hat, and went our. Re-
mind him. arm In arm. one smiling
widely and the other pulling back and
spnttering, went Jim and the Judge.
10 all this Gloria had given scant
attention. The spell no longer Law
over her she was keenly awake to fha
demands OF the present; she was
thinking. thinking. thinkingi what
temporary ems of security was hers
WIS due to Mark King. to his presence
BIT when he went, there remained
traitor and his venom. Ouicksands
al about her In which she would he
~ncundering at this moment bur for
park King
Her heart was beating again. the
Ftllor left her face, which became
dalfcateiy flushed. Her eyes rose to
Kings and met his long and search
ingiy- Yet there was that In this ex-
preston that made him understand
tina she was not looking at him the
physical man, so much as through
him. Fer the first time In her pam
pered life the day had come when she
was face to face with vital issues.
when there was no amm and no
papa TO turn TO. when there were no
shoulders other than her w to feel
the weight of events. She must do
her own thinking. come to her
own decisions. 1t seemed that with
tAsA l.
In her, coeyistent and forever IN
connict, there were two Glorias. a
girl who was very young, spoiled, vain.
a1d selfish. a girl who was older. who
looked above and beyond the confines
or her W self, who was warm
hearted and impulsive, and could be
generous No matter what she had
frit toward Grafton before, she de-
tested him now; no matter what he
wight have appeared In San Francisco. |
here in his unaccustomed garb he
looked 10 her pun shallow. and con
fempfIble- He was, as she had told
In, a beast He had BETRAYED her !
confidence he had taken advantage !:
her ~headlong youth: he had dis
prayed to her view the v~ileness within
him He loved her. did he? SO much
Inc better. 1t lay within her po<rer.
then. to repay him, III only in part, for
wat he had made her suffer.
Il repeat, Miss Gloria" Grattou was
a stubborn look In his eyes. !,
that 0 promised to marry me. You
had a hard day, I realize there
LES been much to unnerve you.
In haste, perhaps; | should have
until You had a nights rest.
sut you know why | did not wait. 1t
vas for your sake"
Gloria heard him through with A
Ixrd little smile.
Nothing lis further from my Inten-
Ion, Mr. Grafton she told him icily.
to marry 5ou- Now or ever.
cas- let us consider the matter
Iosed once and for ALL
Ills fingers worked ~nervously at his
ldes. Gloria chose the moment 70
# her eye again 1eetingly to Kings.
wanted Grafton to see. she wanted
J hurt him all that she could. she
'oked back to see him vince. Nor
ID his quick contraction OF the brows !
suit from her glance alone; he had /
the lc0k lying unhidden In Kings /
'e&- Mark King had tonight, for the !
= time, swept barriers aside and h