Evening star., 1935-03-10

IN tne neIy-SmOOtn Dfdn0y ana tne
fiery-sm0oth beauty of the girls face
and breast above the gold-fowered.
v-shaped low-cut bodice.
Bullock stretched his glass at arms
length and sighted over its rim at
Burr, as if it were a pistol.
II drink to you. Aaron Burr" he
said in his high pitched voice, TO
your speedy conviction, your we'll
deserved execution. and your ever
lasting damnationr' So saying, he
drained his glass. "Once admired you
- a grandson of the sainted Jonathan
Edwards -"
Through no fault of mine." mur-
INJURED Burr. slipping his brandy.
Il admit your good qualities"
Gideon continued. You carried the
body of General Montgomery off the
field under the fire of British guns"
''And what for?" Burr asked.
"What good is dead general? What
good is live one?"
Captain Spaight spluttered. Shirley
smiled. But Bullock was not to be
side-tracked.
Aaron Burr, how can you expect
God to save you from eternal
damnation?"
well. MIR. Bullock. l think God is
not as black as He is painted"
You do. do you? That's your
trouble exactly. You lack moral prin-
ciples. You betrayed your country"
stop! I'm not a traitor. never
intended to take an inch of the terri
tory of the United States -"
" But you would have taken
Mexico"
"Oh. well. Mexico -" Colonel Burr
shrugged.
And for what but to threaten the
Union? What would you have done
with it?"
That's a secret" The Coloners
voice was playful He glanced at the
girl.
Captain Spaight thought this show
had gone on long enough. Sergeant"
ne ordered, take the prisoner up
stairs. We've got to get an early start
in the morning. Guard the door and
the window. Keep candle burning
Keep his hands tied"
Yes. SIR" said both the sergeants.
SHOW them to their rooms.
daughter" MIR. Stewart commanded,
She led the way up the creaking
stairs. Burr followed. the two ser
geants behind him.
The tap room lay in inky darkness.
The stairs creaked family. Silence.
They creaked again. There was the
barely perceptible sound of feet care
fully and slowly descending them. Low
whispers.
Ssh! They may waken." Another
voice. so may l. Don't tell me
you're not dream"
The door in the back Of the room
was opened slowly. Colonel Burr and
Shirley Stewart stood in the glimmer-
ing rug of moonlight on the threshold.
Quick" she whispered. There's
horse for you. ready and saddled."
"A horse - a horse p"
what did you expect - broom
stick?" She turned him around so
that she stood behind him. "Oh. your
arms, l almost forgot them." she
murmured. untying the buckskin
thong that held his wrists together.
Here's some money - and here's
something else you may need" She
drew a pistol from her bodice and
placed it in his hand.
Burr stretched his arms and took
a deep breath of the luminous air.
God" he said wonderingly, "Pm
free!' On his right was the stable
doing in the powdery light of the
hunters moon. Far over the hills the
road ran. He stuck the pistol in his
pocket, and his heart beat high.
"You know the Pole Star" said the
girl. Ride east from it all night and
then toward the dawn -"
How did you get me out of the
room? he asked her.
There's secret panel in the wall
That's why put you in that room.
found it - playing - when l was a
child"
He took her hands and kissed them
you most beautiful girl" he muir
INJURED. drawing her towards him.
caring at her dark evec innocent and