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business trip At C0foma she
nnaaS her father badly hurt.
CHAPTER IV-Continued
Then he said. ..go turn the kew In
the lock And hurry. Before anyone
esssnx4
She locked the door and returned to
hFrn-
Feel under my pillow. Got Iii"
SfA< found q small parcel and drew
III out- 1t WAS n f1attish affair and rec
fafa<HExr- the size and shape OF an
a<favo vulurne-a flaf box. II not q
hs*sk- 1t a draped In a bit of
sgil<d cloth
Quiek~~ he commanded n~ervously.
Out Of sight with III. Stick it Into
yuar blouse. II Jon can"
CzfehIns something OF his suppressed
excitement she obeyed
I managed q little note to Mark" he
kaad when she had buttoned the loose
sasart again and he sunk back. white
ard exhausted. among his pillows. Il
xtnek ii inside the cloth. Lord. II +
w1s only On my feeft But you'll do 1t
for ne- nay rirI7 with never 4 hint
ts xnFu1se
Il promised papa she said assur-
fzxfy-
-IHffsrk the door again. then There's
s~oas<kTEdy coming Sit down over
faaerr- arrrss the rnnrn. And leave an
snca ~ You can
Gaoraa sat In her chair across the
ru~sfza- ksBkinE innocentIy the part OF a
daughter Tin n sick room, when the
sthssr opened and the pIaeeryille doctor
eaHne En- A moment later she slipped
esaF-
IEwz the road she saw Grafton He
came quickly to meet her. She saw
that h w.s eyeing her keenIy, and her
fhps$ht was that he. was wondering
III hy chance she had seen the hotel
register
doar know just what to do" said
Grafton My business Is going to
hAAd He here longer than / had
fhrughr Il promised to 10 back
with you this afternoon Would II be
MI right III l got a man to drive you
hack 4 HEN terribly sorry. Gloria,
huf-
business Ii business r. She laughed
= trIsr nerv1usay- Then her inspira-
tarus Il knows / can 90 to cur noun
fzin hnEne. It'll phone mamma, and she
wfTf come upl Wen spend a few days,
assd-
Fcx Nm instant his eyes fairly blazed:
they we're bright with triumph.
-Jnst the fhingt I'll 20 for the
Acr~-&l tn ride over with you and get
right hack here
-Buf-
Baf already. excusing himself hur-
rfexIIy- Grafton w1s or for the horses.
III wzz mEd-affernoon when Gloria
and Grafton came to the log house In
sfe woedxl Jim SpaIding. coming to
take their horses away TO the stable.
K1% pEzffEfT curious
W. rode on ahead, jim Gloria
Todd him. and Jim detected no false
s&xe I'm her gaIety- Mamma liz com
SExaEdTng ave them "A key and they
wesas tn the house IL was Gloria who
unlocked rho door Grafton, his white
fxr- looking more than ever bIoodIess.
her hand fremble. She hurried in,
excused herself and ran upstairs She
kHsw that the time had come when she
hare to listen to what Grafton
WAS gDEng to say she knew what the
burden cF his plea would be-she
kEsew everything she thought wildly,
excerpt what her answer would be.
Urn this fsor was an extension teIe-
p~ksssHae- installed for the convenience
vi Gloria and her mother. Gloria went
tfFss0eSff< tn ii rather Than 20 down
v here Grafton WAS She rang the nee
rsssary bell for the operator Tn Truckee
snss pus I'm her kong distance call.
Then xfe sat with the instrument In
Aer hand waiting
She wondered when Mark King
wsssHzsE come This afternoon-foni.hf
SpaIdfng had said moth
beg she bad NOT mentioned King to
SfazssfEn<- since she had mo- mentioned
hirm to GrztfnH during the long ride
Her Telephone bell rang
-~fsEs#FaF EInFfaI Is that your
Her messhersS voiee sounded strange In
sarSNxhake with emotion. |
W hzt has happened. chiid7 Tell me.
4 nm nearly dead with worry.
Arr ycu NIL righf7
~O3 crnxEs. mamma T.