The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-12-02
CHAPTER xI-Continued

Phil felt suddenly empty. "But
father, mother will want to comet"
MFR. Sentry smiled. "Of coursel If
she wishes. But not you children.
I'd rather you didn't; and certainly
not the girls" And he asked, "How
are they?"
Cline"
"Mary-happy with Mr.. Endle?"
eyes"
barbara well again?"
eyes"
Mr.. Sentry nodded. Phil waited;
and his father said at last: "Phil-l
don't know that it matters now. But
/ want you to know a thing or two"
Phil felt his cheek stiff with pain.
'About my testimony, Phil" The
older man faced his son fairly. "All
/ said about that night was true. I
didn't know Miss Wines was there. I
shot her by accident. And-I had
had nothing to do with her."
Phips throat was full; but he man.
aged to speak. II believed you, ia
ther," he said. "We all did. That
It was-an accident!"
Mr.. Sentry cleared his throat.
''About the woman last summer"
he said, land the other, long ago.
All that is between your mother and
me. She knows they-didn't touch
what she and I had together"
Phil could not speak; and the old
or man said: "About the appeal, Ap-
peals, delays, tricks wouldn't help in
the long run. / hope you-under-
stood my decision"
Phil said slowly: eyes sir! But
you don't need to consider us. We're
up to it." He added: "Of course,
Mr.. Hare says perhaps the Cover
nor-Well, l mean if we can make
him believe you"
Sentry shook his head. ''No, Phil.
That's the jury's province, to de-
eide whether I told the truth or not.
If they didn't believe me, the Gov
ernor has no right to say they were
wrong"
"Mr. Falnan says he could get
a new trial"
ST had fair trial! Bob Flood let
Falkran get away with a lot of
things Mr.. Sentry's lips set. II
won't put you all through that again,
PHILIP And he said, almost CURLY:
"So-that's all, then. Good-by!"
Outside, Phil found himself trem-
bling. He said alphabetically to Mr..
Hare, 81 feel about ten years old,
right now
$50 do all men, sometimes, Mr..
Hare assented. "But they never let
anyone guess, except their wives. :"
April slipped away; and Phil
missed Linda more and more. But
on the first day Of May, he reached
the office at the usual hour, rang for
stenographer-and Linda came in.
Phil stared at her. She seated
herself at the end of his desk,
opened a notebook, laid sharp pen
ellis ready.
He cried: LINDA! What are you
doing here?"
"Came to take your letters"
''But how did you get here?"
81 persuaded Miss Randall to give
me the job"
''But you can't"
''Don't you believe it," she retort-
ed. Nobody can get a job under
Miss Randall unless they can prove
they're good. Certainly not a girl
like me. You know, one of the idle
rich? We have to prove we've got
everything"
: ''But you"
Shorthand, tipping, business
forms, everything" she assured
him gaily. eff you don't believe
me, try me-" And she said then:
st ought to be good! I've been work.
ing at it, studying twelve hours a
day for six weeks, and practicing
besides. Hence these dark shad-
ows under my lovely eyes. Notice?"
And when he could not speak, she
demanded: Mean to say you
haven't missed me? Haven't you
even noticed that I'd quit being I'M
derfoot around your house all the
timer"
"Gosh, I've missed you awfully.
But Lin, what's the idea?"
''The idea, young fellow-me-lad, !"
she said, speaking lightly lest her
throat swell with tears, "the idea is
that / have diagnosed your case,
and written your prescription, and
the prescription is me, taken regu-
larly, in large doses. So when you
go into business, into business 60 I.
When you sit all day at desk, I
pull my chair up to the corner of
the same desk. You'll be spending
most of your time here for while.
Well, so will l."
''What do your folks think about
it?"
Highly approve she assured
him. ''Would you like me to get my
fathers CONSENT"
'Oh, you can't do this, LindaI"
''Of course can"
"Be here all day with me?"
She spoke huskily. BE anywhere,
always, Phil, with you"
You'll marry somebody
You, if you'll have me-"
You know I can't, Linl"