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CHAPTER XXXV
T had unthinkingly obeyed the im
pulse to so down to Mrs. Gore's
room and ascertain what was -wrong.
She might be in violent pain. Yet
persons in violent pain did not sob
like that.
An explanation occurred to me.
Perhaps the poor woman was having
a nightmare. That might account for
the sobbing noise.
Thus far had my thoughts sped
■when another sound .made me stop
short mid-way on the stairs and
listen.
It was a man's voice, protesting
or warning—l could not tell which.
And. low as it was, I recognized it
as the voice of Mr. Brewster Nor
ton.
T Jumped Instantly to the con
clusion that he had just come Home,
and, hearing the sounds of distress
that had aroused me, had gone to
his sister-in-law's room to ascertain
what was wrong. I saw that he had
closed Mrs. Gore's door behind him.
What time of night was it?
As if in reply to my silent ques
tion. the great clock in the lower
front hall began to ring its cathe
dral chime. I stood, still counting
the strokes. There were twelve of
them. Midnight!
Perhaps I should have gone back
to my room there and then. But 1
did not I was too anxious, too un
certain, as to what my duty was.
Then, upon the silence following
the last stroke of twelve, I heard
Mrs. Gore sob out
"Oh, it's dreadful —dreadful!"
"It's all tliaj!" came the man's
deep tones. "It's too dreadful to be
endured. Why should"
I lost the rest. Whatever it was.
It caused Mrs. Gore to sob afresh.
"1 did not want to talk of this
matter to-night." Mr. Norton was
saying when I heard bim again. "I
was in hopes that you were fast
asleep and would riot hear me come
in. I wish you had not called me
as I passed your door."
"How could I sleep?" the woman
demanded, her voice v rising almost
to a wail. "Sleep when X did not
know"
"Knowing does no good!" he in
terrupted. "And talking of things
does less. I want to hear nothing
more about it —and to mention it no
more."
Her Reply Inaudible
I did not catch all of her re
joinder, for it was smothered by
weeping, but she asked some ques
tion ending with the word "dan
ger."
■"Danger!" the man repeated the
word angrily. "I told you there was
no immediate danger. I almost wish
there was!"
"Oh, Brewster!" the woman ex
claimed. "Think of Grace!"'
"I do think of her—and of my
self!" he retorted savagely.
The woman began to sob afresh
and I heard the man urge her to si
lence. Then, frightened by I knew i
not what, I turned and ran swiftly
back up the stairs to my room.
Putting out my light, I crept into
bed and lay trembling. I told my- j
self that I was chilly, not fright- j
ened. But I knew that I was only j
pretending not to be afraid, although i
I did not know what I was afraid
of. I was also conscious of a vague
sense of shame that I had overheard
that which was not intended for my
ears. I should have came back up
stairs as soon as I heard my em
ployer's voice.
Still, even now. looking back. I
can hardly blame myself for linger
ing long enough to be sure that Mrs.
Gore was not ill and that no dreadful
thing had happened to make her
weep.
That Mr. Norton had communi
cated some intelligence that distress- I
ed the widow was evident. I sprang !
to the conclusion that it had to do
with the "business" that had taken
him up to Connecticut. Could it be
that his financial affairs were in bad
condition ' Was that the "danger"
Mrs. Gore liad mentioned? But, no.
that could not be, or he would not
have said that he "almost wished" i
there was danger.
It was all a problem I could not
solve. I tried not to think of it.
Yet it.was late before I slept. I
heard ray employer emerge softly
from Mrs. Gore's room and go to
his own chamber at the end of the
hall. After he had gone I lay lis
tening for sounds from below. I
heard Mrs. Gore push her chair
back from her reading table, thus
proving to me that she had been sit
ting up perusing her book when Mr.
Norton came home.
I heard her walk back and forth
from her closet to her bureau, evi
dently undressing. Finally there was
a complete silence that told me the
poor, distressed lady had gone to bed,
and, I hoped, to a dreamless sleep.
On Hand at Breakfast
In spite of'the late hour at which
she had retired. Mrs. Gore was at
breakfast the next morning. As I
have said, she had lately renounced
her habit of breakfasting in her own
room. I had an idea that she did not
want to miss the chance to be pres
ent when her brother-in-law was at
table. I was sure that she wished to
make it difficult for me to see him
alone or with only Grace as a wit
ness to our interview. She also
wanted me to understand that, as he
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was the head of the house, she was'
his assistant in the care of the home
and In managing household affairs.
I tried to keep all curiosity out
of the glance I sent in my employ
er's direction as he entered the din
ing room that morning. But his man
ner was as bright and cheery as
usual as he kissed Grace and shook
hands with me.
"I'm awfully glad you're back.
Daddy!" Grace exclaimed. "Was it
nice up in Connecticut?"
There was not a shadow in his
clear eyes as he asked smilingly:
"Who told you I was in Connecti
cut?"
"Auntie told Tom sp," she said.
Didn't she, Tom?" as the lad came
into the room.
The boy did not reply, but he re
turned his father's greeting. I no
ticed that he was the only member
of the family group who looked the
worse for the experiences of the past
twenty-four hours.
(To Be Continued)
ENTERTAIN* AT I.VTEII HOME
Dauphin, Pa.. May 9. Last eve
ning the Mite Society of the Pres
byterian Church was entertained by
Mr. and Mrs. William Lyter at their
home in Church street. After the
regular business meeting a social
time and refreshments were en
joyed by the Bev. and Mrs. Robert
Fulton Stirling, Mr. and Mrs. Chas.
Shaffer, Mr. and Mrs. Harry B.
Greenawalt, Dr. and Mrs. William P.
Clark, Mrs, J. D. M. Reed, Mrs.
Harry Heed, Mrs. Freeman C. Ger
berich, Mrs. John W. Hummel, Mrs.
Frank Ramsey, Miss Margaret
Brooks, Miss Anne Miller, Miss
Bertha Sellers, Miss Caroline Helt
man, of Uniontown; Miss Arnc
Shaffer, Miss Esther Shaffer, Rus
sell Reed and Mr. and Mrs. William
Lyter.
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His hands slipped silently over her!
hands. He gathered her close into j
his arms, and his tears fell on her
upturned face.
CHAPTER XXVII.
Hope Forlorn.
There were hours In that night
that each had reason long to remem
ber; a night that seemed to bring
them, In spite of their devotion, to the
end of their dream. They parted late,
each trying to soften the blow as It
fell on the other, each professing a
courage which. In the face of the re
velation, neither could clearly feel.
In the morning Jeffries brought
down to De Spain, who had spent a
sleepless night at the office, a letter
from Nan.
De Spain opened It with acute mis
givings. Hardly able to believe his
eyes, he slowly read:
Dearest—A wild hope has come to
me. Perhaps we don't know the truth
of this terrible story as it really is.
Suppose we should be condemning
poor Uncle Duke without having the
real facts? Sassoon was a yretch,
Henry, if ever one lived—a curse to
everyone. What purpose he could
serve bv repeating this story, which
he must have kept very secret till
now, 1 don't know; but there was
some reason. 1 must know the whole
truth—l feel that I alone, can get
hold of it, and that you would ap
prove what I am doing if you were
here with me in this little room,
where I am writing at daybreak to
show you my heart.
Long before you get this I shall be
speeding toward the gap. I am going
to Uncle Duke to get from him the
exact truth. Uncle Duke is breaking
—has broken —and now that the very
worst has come, and we must face
it, he will tell me what I ask.
Whether I can get him to repeat this
to you. to come to you, to throw
himself on your pity, my dearest one,
1 don't know. But it is for this I
am going to try, and for this I beg
of your love —the love of which I have
been so proud!—that you will let me
stav with him until I at least learn
everything and can bring the whole
story to you. If I can bring him, I
will. . , ,
And I shall be safe with him —per-
fectly safe. Gale has been driven
awav. Pardaloe, I know I can trust,
and lie will be under the roof with
me Please, do not try to come to
me. It might ruin everything. Only
forgive me, and 1 shall be back with
what I hope for, or -what I fear,
very, very soon. Not till then can I
bear to look into your eyes. You
have a better right than anyone in
the world to know the whole truth,
cost what It may. Be patient for only
a little while with NAN.
It was Jeffries who said, afterward,
he hoped never again to be the bear
er of a letter such as that. Never
until he had read and grasped the
contents of Nan's note had Jeffries
seen the bundle of resource and
nerve and sinew, that men called
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Henry De Spain, go to pieces. For
once, trouble overbore him.
When he was able to speak he told
Jeffries everything. "It was my
fault." he said hopelessly. "I was so
crippled, so stunned, she must have
thought—l see it now—that I was
making ready to ride out by day
break and shoot Duke on sight. It's
the price a man must pay, Jeffries,
for the ability to defend himself
against this bunch of holdup men
and assassins. Because they can't get
me. I'm a 'gunman'—"
"No, you're not a 'gunman.' "
"A gunman and nothing else.
That's what everybody, friends and
enemlt., reckon me —a gunman. You
put me here to clean out this Cala
basas gang, not because of my good
looks, but because I've been, so fCir, a
fraction of a second quicker on a
trigger than these double d—n
crooks."
Jeffries, from behind Ills pipe, re
garded De Spain's random talk
calmly.
"I do feel hard over my father's
death," he went on moodily. "Who
wouldn't? If God meant me to forget
it, why did He put this mark on my
face, Jeff? I did talk pretty strong to
Nan about It on Music mountain.
"I did feel, for a long time, I'd
like to kill with my own hands the
man that murdered my father, Jeff.
My mother must have realized that
her babe, if a man-child, was doom
ed to a life of bloodshed. I've been
trying to think most of the night
what she'd want me to do now. I
don't know what I can do, or can't
do, when I set eyes on the old
scoundrel. He's got to tell the truth
—-that's all 1 say now. If he lies, aft
er what he made my mother suffer,
he ought to die like a dog—no mat
ter who he is.
"I don't want to break Nan's heart.
What can I do? Hanging him here in
Sleepy Cat, if I could do it. wouldn't
help her feeling a whole lot. If 1
could see the fellow—" De Spain's
hands, spread before ' him on the
table, drew up tight, "If I could get
my fingers on his throat, for a min
ute. and talk to him, tell him what
I think of him —1 might know what
I would want to do—Nan might be
there to see and judge between us.
I'd be almost willing to leave things
to her to settle herself. I only want
what's right. But," the oath that re
corded his closing threat was col
lected and pitiless, "if any harm
conies to that girl now from this
wild trip back among those wolves
—God pity the men that put It over.
I'll wipe out the whole accursed clan,
if I have to swing for it right here
in Sleepy Cat!"
(To Be Continue.J
SCOUT TROOP ORGANIZED
Marietta, Pa., May 9. A Boy
Scout Troop lias been organized in
Marietta. George W. Pinkerton was
chosen scoutmaster; Albert C. Rein
hold, president; John P. Schock,
vice-president; Charles M. Kraus,
corresponding secretary; Edgar R.
Vlllee, recording secretary; Chester
W. Rudislll, treasurer.
No Prizes For Golfers;
Cash Goes For Red Cross
Philadelphia, Pa., May 9.—Although ]
golfers will hold their usual tourna- i
nienta here this season offers of prizes
have been withheld and instead en
trance fees will be devoted to the
golf fund for war sufferers. This de
cision was reached at a meeting yes
terday of the committee appointed by
the Golf Association of Philadelphia.
It also was decided to have the cap
tain of each team of competitors re
quest a voluntary contribution of ?1
from all participating players in the
Philadelphia district for the warfund.
HALIFAX TEACHERS ELECTED
Halifax, Pa., May >9. - Halifax
school board on Monday evening,
elected teachers for the next term
as follows: High school, S. C. Belt
zel. principal; Harry Stamy, science;
Margaret h. Snyder, English.
Grammar school Vacant: fifth
and sixth grades, Carrie Shoop; third
and fourth {trades, Marie Smith; first
and second grades, Jennie Bair. The
school tax has been fixed at eleven
mills.
Lester Enders and Miss Alma
Hoffman, both of Carsonvillfe, were
married at the home of the bride's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hoff
man, on Sunday at noon,(by the Rev.
J. C. Pease, pastor of Trinity Re
formed Church, Halifax.
Milton Straw, of Halifax township,
and Miss Florence Grimm, of Mata
moras, were married on Saturday
evening at the Reformed parsonage
by the Rev. J. C. Pease.
Mrs. C. R. Shope visited at Harris
burg yesterday.
Mrs. Augustus Neidtg has returned
home from an extended visit to her
sister, Mrs. Charles Vail, at Musca
tine. lowa.
Chester Lebo, of Harrisburg, spent
the week-end visiting his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. L. T. Lebo, in
Halifax township.
IEI> CROSS OFFICERS CHOSEN
Elizabethville. Pa., May 9.—Mem
bers of the Red Cross Society met in
the school auditorium on Monday
evening for the purpose of permanent
organization. The meeting was in
charge of temporary chairman James
E. LentA and the following officers
were chosen: President, Mrs. H. H.
Ilassinger; vice-president, Mrs. Chas.
E. Delbler; secretary. Miss Annetta E.
Komberger; treasurer. Mrs. John H.
Lyter. At the next meeting various
committees will be appointed and
steps taken for active work.
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Dauphin Prepares to
Celebrate Memorial Day
Dauphin, Pa., May 9. Burgess
John L. Porter called a meeting on
Monday evening in Odd Fellows'
Hall to makd arrangements for Me
morial Day and the following offi
cers were elected: -
The Rev. J. M. Shoop, chairman;
George Feaser, secretary; Miss Annie
Hinklo, treasurer; committees ap
pointed were: Music, Samuel Maw
rey.; program. John L. Porter;
speakers. Charles E. Lebo and John
L. Porter; conveyances, Walter
Seiler; finances. Miss Annie Hinkle;
decorations, John Ij. Porter, chair
man.
Representatives were present from
the Methodist Episcopal, Lutherun
and United Evangelical Sunday
schools. Independent Order of Odd
Fellows, No. 621; Patriotic Sons of
America. Camp No. 424, and Dauphin
Odd Fellows' band.
Don't Let Spring Debility
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Purify Your Blood and Avoid
"That Tired Feeling" So
General Just Now.
Sluggish blood causes what is gen
erally termed "Spring fever," that
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season, and everything seems all
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If you become tired easily; if your
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doziness and a general "down and
out" feeling seems to pervade your
system, the cause is in your blood,
and you will not feel right or enjoy
perfect health until it has been
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A few bottles of S. S. S., taken just
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STAY 9, 19ir.
MRS. SLACK'S LETTER
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Mrs. Neibert asked me to try Vinol,
and now she is hungry all the time,
her cough is gone, she is stouter
: and has a more healthy color. I wish
every mother who has a delicate
■ child would try Vinol."—Mrs. Alfred
11 Slack.
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at this season, will put your system
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S. S. S. promptly cleanses the
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CRIES CHRIS SHUETf
"I sprained my ankle awhih
ago," says Christian H. Shuey, o:
West Fairvlew, near Harrisburg, Pa.
"and while that, doesn't sound liK<
much of a malady lying around tin
house all those weeks waiting .for tin
strength to come back into my foot
simply put me all to the bad.
"i guess it was doing nothing whet
I was used to an active life, but any
way I got so run down and out o:
condition that I didn't pick ui
strength worth a cent.
"Nerves went to pieces, I couldn"'
sleep right and 1 felt tired and at
in all the time. Then I began to n<§"
tice in the papers how this, that 61
the other person had been helpec
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would do me some good.
"Did it? Look at me now, I'm a!
lively as a frog on a hot griddle ant
1 owe a big debt of gratitude to Tan
lac for building me up and puttinj
i me back on my feet."
Tanlac, the famous reconstructlv
tonic, is now being introduced her
at Gorgas' Drug Store, where thi
Tanlac man is meeting the peopli
and explaining the merits of thii
master medicine.
Tanlac is also sold in a:
W. G. Stephens' Pharmacy; Eliza
bethtown, Albert W. Cain.; Greencas
tie, Chas. B. Carl; Middletown, Colit
S. Few's Pharmacy; Waynesboro
Clarence Croft's Pharmacy.
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A special feature; Some lovely,
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