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A. E. Lucas and Pat Pitts were
Monroe visitors last Saturday.
Attorney A. Flenniken was down
from El Dorado on business Tues
day. ,
C. C. Bell, who is located at
Monroe, was here Sunday to vis1',
his family.
The editor was at Little Rock
this week a'tending a special meet
ing of the Arkansas P-ess associa
t on. __
Rev. W. T. King will lecture to
men only at the church Sunday af
ternoon from 2:30 to 3:30 o'clock
Be sure and attend.
Mrs. C. Howard and daughter
Beatrice, were at Little Rock Sat
urday to have Beatrice’s eyes ex
amined by a specialist.
OfFicE Hours on Sunday 8 to
10 a. m., 2 to 4 p. m., at night
by special appointment,
adv Rp Rushing. Dentist.
Store Manager D. M. Clowney
was in St. Louis this week pur
chasing spring and summer goods
for the Union Saw Mill Go. store.
Mrs. J. W. Willis of Dollar Junc
tion received a check for $3,000
last week for the insurance carried
by her late husband in Modern
Woodmen of America.
When you need stove wood or
want any garden plowing done, see
C. G. Conn or drop him a card in
the postoffice and he will call on
you. adv-lt
Every man in Huttigand vicinity
is cordially invited to be present at
the church Sunday afternoon at
2:30 o'clock. Rev King will ex
plain things that will do you good.
Acting Governor Oldham Satur
day issued a requisition upon the
governor of Texas for the return
to Arkansas of Manuel Ellison,
wanted in Union county to answer
to the charge of assualt to kill.
The Sunday school at Logging
Camp No. 1 was reorganized last
Sunday afternoon and the building;
which is used for services being
found too small, is to be enlarged
at once. We are glad to hear of
this as it speaks well for the men |
employed at this camp.
President-elect Wilson says that
the thing he dreads most about the
coming inauguration is the fact j
that he will be forced to wear a
silk hat. “1 suppose I'll have to
concede that much to custom." h*
says. He wears a felt hat by
preference.
A census of the Canal Zone
makes the population th-*re 64.
OOO. Of these about 42.000 are
employed on the Panama canal
work. Col. Goethals is in favor of
depopulating the Canal Zone as
soon as the canal is done., except
for the men who will be required
to operate and gaurd the canal.
No Calomel Necessary.
The injurious effect and unpleas
antness of taking calomel is done
away with by Simmon’s Livqr
Purifier, the mildest known liver
medicine, yet the most thorough in
action. Put up in yellow tin boxes
Price 25c Tried once, always
used. a^v
President-elect Wilson has re
fused in advance to accept the
proffered gift by a Western politic
ian of a cow to furnish gilt-edged
milk for the White House when he
moves in. He is determined, he
has said to his friends, not to be
beholden in any way to anyone for
favors of any sort.
Dr. S. H. Greene, physical ex
aminer for the Y. M. C. A., has
issued a warning against the chew
ing gum ^abit. The use of gum.
fie says, may lead to stomach dis
orders because the salivary glands
are continually robbed of their
juices. "The habit also saps the
tear-ducks, making the eyes dry
md week," he adds.
Mrs. E. Ralev arrived horre
Wednesday from a visit with rela
tives and friends near Farmerville.!
a. She was accompanied hon e j
ay her mother. Mrs. Alice Harnst.
Mrs. J. R. Scott anu daught'r
left Friday morning for their home
at Bogalusa. La., after an extendec
visit here w;th her parents. Mr
and Mrs. A P, Phillips. Mr
Phillips accompanied them as fai
as Monroe.
You will find on sale at the]
Union Saw Mil company store, i
the Union hotel and Bell's crean I
parlor four different local post cam
views in colors. If these sell we j
the publisher expects to add sev
-ral other views to the list. The;,
will be sold at two for five o°o*''5
Iti hing Piles.
I want you to know how muc!
good your Hunt s Cura has dom
me. 1 had suffered with Itchint
P.les fifteen years, and when I wa^
traveling through Texas a man tola
me of your Hunt's Cure. 1 got a
50c box and it cured me.
John Bradley.
adv Caney. Kans.
P. H. Pitts, who has been th
saw filer at the plant of the Wis
consin Lumber Co., h°re sine
they commenced business several
years ago. has resigned his position
and accepted a similar one with th
Grayling Lumber Co. at Monroe
We regret to see Pat leave Hu Tig
but wish nim success in his new
home.
The Woman's Home Mission So
ciety met in the library room of th
church Monday afternoon with
nine members present, visitor Mrs.
T. F. Ashcroft, who gave in her
membership. Meeting was opened
by singing "In the Sw'e^t By and
By:" scripture 14th chapter of St
John This being memory day. w
had quite an interesting meeting.
Visitors cordially invited.
After being defeated twice by
the Harper Springs school boys
the Huttig school boys crossed
! bats with the Huttig school girls
Tuesday afternoon and received
| another defeat with a score of 5 to
3 in favor the girls, and to make it
I look worse, the boys actually ac- j
| cused the girls of cheating and said |
1 that the umpire helped the girls.
1 Of course we don’t believe this, for
it would be impossible for as good
: looking bunch of girls as we have
in Huttig to cheat in a baseball
game. We think, the girls must of
| nad the boys rattled was the cause
j of the defeat.
Notice.
All taxes net settled by 12
j o'clock p. m.. Ap• i 1 10. 1913, will
i oe placed on delinquent list with
I no exceptions.
J. M. Wallace,
adv Collector.
Sprained Back.
Sprained back and sore muscles
throw off their soreness when
Hunt's Lightnig Oil is applied. For
j receiving pain of any kind there is
nothing better, and those people
| who have tried it for Neuralgia
and Rheumatism are loud in its
praise. For wire cuts Hunt's
Lightning O'l is especially fine as it
takes away the infiamation and
causes rapid healing. 25c and 50c
bottles. adv
State of Ohio, c' v < Toledo, lss
I.ucas County, I
Frank J. < hci.-y in .: s oath Hint 1.-- la
i . r partner ( f U.e lirni ol' I’. .1. Ciienty
& Co., Joins business in the City of To
ledo, Coun.y ami State aforesaid, and
tie-1 r ■ hi firm -..ill pay the sum of ON'K
HUNDRED 1)01.1.AILS for each .I • ■
, r-v rase - f Catarrh that cannot li cur I
by the use i f IIAI.I.'S < VTAitltU i TUI;.
; FRANK J. i'll MXKV.
Sworn to before mo an 1 subscribed in
r .• co, tins 6th Jay of December,
A. D. 1SS6.
(Coal) A. TV. C 1.EASON.
N dory Public.
Hull's Catarrh Cure is tni.ro internally
a>:d a Is directly upon the blood and niu
c- os p-irfa -os f tin- system, fcvoid f'-r
testimonials, free.
p. J. CHENEY A- CO., Toledo, O.
P--1J bv nil Pnn-cls's, T"-*.
Take liaii'a Family T.hs for constipation.
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J>S ANNA KATHARINE GHEEN
Author of “toe Leavenworth case
the filigree &alc Tuznousz at nuywmspmm knes*
ILLUS'TOATIOHS F>y
CHARLES.W. R05SO*
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5, V NOP3IS.
r*TT A PT IT R T—r»**or g#* A n»'1 nr«nn n
!f* sc*- a rcmar' able man minf out
he <‘lormonf hotel, look around f :i
y.'tsli Ms hands !ri the snow and inss » I
Vifnmrt!r»n attr.-o ♦« them t»» the < "lerrruv
*• h* re it Is found tha* the hi iiut fu! M
difh Phalbmcr has fallen dead on tl j
re zzuTiirse floor.
f’M \PTKR II— Anderson describes t>
■ an he saw wash his hands In the sno
• I'-y hot*-1 mnnajfor declares him to \
*' Rr-ith.-rson.
«’TI ’ J*T lit T’hys! ians find O
- < ’ha IlnjK'.i was Slashed and no* *h" !
■ 1 .**♦ on is to dear Brotborson of sir (
pl ehm.
•11 PTF‘ I{ TV Orv-f* an aired drte
. and Sw< • :i»*-r Ms nssistan*. la
'P the ■•:><«• 'I ,ey l»c!h\*e M;s> * *},.» Hoi c
stahh'-d
i r: “7 A paper eut*er four
pear • !•< sr me of tragedy is believed t
• e the weapon used
<’HAP'I KR VI Mi Chalboe r tdb- of
• iiitcli of letter’s found in his dm ’
h*sh. signed w:! 1; initials s M'm c to u.m
'!> are love letters except -me w* i
shows that the writer w is rlisjc* as. i
PH ' I'TKR \’T! Tins letter w ••• .«iirnf
hv Orlando Rmt-herson. The ot!» rs bur :
* Is ivl-Wi had to the • ••■inclusion tha
Hrofl ersnn wro»e all of them.
<’11 M’ l I'U VIM ' ride-son spree w 1
Sweetwater to identify Br•! n* r^on. vv
s to at kin ss a meeting' of anarchist* ;
The place is rahle*] hv the police an.
r »• h* i son escapes without being id'-n •
• M W’TKR TX ProtPerson Is found 1h j
ing n a tenement under the name o I
!»unn. .My is an inventor.
<’H M-T :u X f.• ■ ilif-rsi.n tel! the i-nr
oner of his acquaint fin* e wit h Miss Clml <
’oner and how she repuls-d Mm wit'
s in w! * n to* r*-*l her his love
OH AM TKR X T-Sweet water ree<iMs th- ;
rnysterv of tin munkr of a wnsberwotr
t n In which some dot a*Is vv > re similar t i
• t „ Ohalloner affair Th n» h»-ran*' a is
tenant • f l?ie building adjoining fhe on
n w 1 d• 1 t }tf. woman died.
PHAmm Ad -~'u:TMr ••••mp iPson of
the two cases spurs < Iryee and Sweetwa j
ter to r< no wed activity
hHAl'TKH Xlll Cl dinner admits h:s j
daughter was ,}*-. p’v interested, if not in 1
love with Brotherson.
t’H \PTKIC XIV Bmtherson gives the j
police a plausible explanation of hi* • or. ,
d-. a (Jryro and Sweetwater arc gi\«*n
permission to pursue their Investigations
independ* ntly.
t’llAlTl’K XV Sweetwater p’ans to
disguise himself as .a < arrwnter and seek \
lodgings in the same building with Broth- I
ers- in
CHAPTER XVI -He watches the lnv*»n- 1
toi at work at night and is detected by
the latter. The detect* vo moves to a
room adjoining Brotherson's.
Sweetwater vast toe taken aback to
answer immediately. This was a move
he did not understand. Want it, he?
What he wanted was to see it put
back in its place on the shelf. Did
Brotherson suspect this? The sup
position was incredible; yet who
could read a mind so mysterious?
Sweetwater, debating the subject,
decided that the risk of adding lo any
such possible suspicion was 'ess to be I
dreaded than the continued threat
o”fored by that unoccupied spare so
near the hole which testified so Un.
mistakably of the means he had t n
to spy upon this suspected man's
privacy. ?o, after a moment of awk
ward silenee, not out of keeping wi'h
the character he had assumed, lie i
calmly refused the present, as he b: d
the glass.
T’nhappily he was not rewarded by
seeing the despised volume restored
to its shelf. It still lay where its own
er had pushed it. when, with some
awkwardly muttered thanks, the dis
comfited detective withdrew to his
own room.
CHAPTER XVlil
What Am I to Do Now?
Early morning saw Sweetwater
peering into the depths of his closet.
The hole was hardly visible. This
meant that the book he had pushed
across it from the other side had not
been removed.
.Mr Brotherson’s bed was in. a re
mote corner from the loop-hole made
by Sweetwater; but in tne stillness
now pervading ilm whole building. Hie
latter could hear his even breathing
very distinctly. He was in a do :p
Bleep
i tie young detective’s moment had
come.
Taking from his breast a small box,
he placed it on a shelf close against
the partition. An instant of quiet
listening, then he touched a spring
in the side of the box and laid itis ear,
in haste, to bis loop-hole.
A strain of well-known music broke
softly from the box and sent its vi
brations through the wall.
It was answered instantly by a stir
within; then, as the noble1 air con
tinued, awakening memories of that
fatal instant when it crashed through
the corridors of the Hotel Clermont,
drowning Miss Challoner's cry if not
the sound of her fall, a word burst
from the sleeping man's lips which
carried its own message to the listen
ing detective.
It was Edith! Miss Challoner's
first name, and the tone bespoke a
shaken soul.
Sweetwater, gasping with exeite
*nent, caught tin* box from the shelf
and silenced it. It had done its work
and it was no part of Sweetwater's
plan to have this strain located, or
even to be thought real. Hut its echo
still lingered in Hrotherson's other
wise unconscious ears; for another
"Edith!” escaped his lips, followed by
a smothered but forceful utteranc ■ of
these words, "You know 1 prom
ised you—”
Promised her v ’
| ''ou’d lie have d— • • - r, ~ . &
'Sted a uirrr- longer: v\o'iia ne y>
I omplete his sentence? ,v.\. twatt
rembled with eagerness and if'em
■reathle.-siy lot the next sound. Urot •
rson was awake. He was tossing i
is bed. Xow he lias leaped io tl
oor. Sweetwater hears him groat
'•en comes another silence broln
t last by tlm sound of his body fai
■;g back upon the bed and th
I roubied ejaculation of Hood Cod'
i rung from lips no torture could hav
»reed into complaint under any da
me conditions.
Sweetwater continued to listen, bi
j .a had heard all, and after some fe
•inutrs long r ol fruitless waiting. 1
Ithdrew from his yn -t. The episot:
as over, lie would In tr no mot
hat night.
Was he satisfied? Sweetwatf
imagined the seem;—saw the figure < j
rothersen hesitating at the top i '
Ue stairs—saw In rs advancing fro;
he writing-looni, with startled an j
iplifted hand heard the music—tin
crash of that great finale and decii
d, without hesitation, that the wort! j
he had just heard were indeed th
thoughts of that moment. "Kditl
you know I promised you—” Win; '
had he promised? What, she rocefvit j
was death' Had this been in hi I
mind? Would this ha> i been the h
initiation of the sentence had he wal '
eii»d h'?s sot.n to consciousness an
caution?
Sweetwater dared to believe it.
Could it be? Was it he who wn :
dreaming now, or was the event, o
t the night a mere farce of his ow
| imagining? Mr. Protherson war |
whistling in his room, gaily and with
| ever increasing verve, and the turn i
I which fill; d the whole floor wit) !
; music was the same grand finale fror
William Tell which had seemed tt i
work sttcli magic in the night. As j
Sweetwater caught the mellow but in 1
• different notes sounding from those i
| lilts of brass, he dragged forth the
i music-box be held hidden in his coat
pocket, and flinging it on the floor
stamped upon it.
"The man is too strong for me," he
cried. "Ilis heart is granite; he
| meets my every move. Yv’hat am I to
I do now?”
The Danjer Moment.
For a day Sweetwater acltnow! ;
edged himself to be mentally crush j
eri. disillusion d and d< Fated. Then
his spirits regained their poise.
His opinion was not changed in re
gard to his neighbor's secret guilt.
CHAPTER XIX.
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“None cf That!” He Said.
Put lie saw, vert plainly by thi
tfme, that he would have to employ
more subtle methods yet err his hand
would touch the goal which so tnt.ral
izingly eludt d him.
Ilia work at the bench suffer, u :
week: he made two mistakes. Hut by
Saturday night he u.d satisfied him
self that he had reached the point
where he would be justified ,n unikiti .■
use of Miss ('hallouer.- letters. S.
he lelephom d his wishes to Nev.
York, and awaited the promised <h
velopmenls with an anxiety we can
only understand by realizing how
much greater were his chances <-i tail
ure than of success. To ensure the
latter, every factor in his scheme must
work to perfection. The medium of
communication (a young untried girl)
must do her part with all the skid - i
a’tist and author comb .' ! Wont.
Bite U, . rppOlni ' uen, . ;le u.u tst tbl.
so. Women possess a nmivelo
adaptability for this k't d of work,
and this on was French, which tit dt
the case stili more ho; • 1.
But l!rother&on! In what spirit
would he tin "t the prop-'wed ad
vances? Would ho even admit the
r!rl, end. if he did, would the inter
view bear any such fruit as Sweet
water hope for? The mats who could
mock tile terrors of the night by a
c; r; h c; repetition of a strain instinct
with the most sacred memories, was
tot to be depended upon to show
much fueling at sight of a departed
women's writing.
Put no other hope remained, and
F- Gitwater fated the attempt with
heroic, determination.
The day was Sunday, which en
F"r (1 lirotherson's being at home.
Nothing would have lured Sweetwa
ter out for a moment, though lie had
no reason to expect that the affair
he \v;:s anticipating would come off
till early evening.
But it did. Late in the afternoon
he heard the expected steps go by his
door a woman’s stops. But they
were not alone. A man’s accompanied
them. What man? Sweetwater
hastened to satisfy himself on this
point b\ laying uis ear to the parti
tion.
Instantly the whole conversation
•ecame audible.
“An errand? Oh, yees, 1 have at
rrand" explained ‘he evidently un
leome intruder, in her broken Eng
>h. “This is my brother Pierre. Mj
amo is Celeste: Celeste Ledru. 1
nde/stand English vet' well. I have
orked much in families. But he un
, rstnnds nothing. He is all French
;e accompanies me for—for the—
hat you call it? Its convenances
!e knows nothing of the beesiness.
Sweetwater in '.he darkness of hi'
h set laughed in his gleeful apprecia
• en.
“Great!” was his comment. “Just
> at! She has thought of everythln:
-cr Mr. Bryce has.”
Meanwhile, the girl was proceed
g with increased volubility.
“What is this beesiness. monsieur
have something to sell—-so you ^
tnericans speak. Something you wil!
ant much—ver sacred, ver precious
\ souvenir from the tomb, monsieur
.'ill you give ten—no. that is to<
eeth—fifteen dollars for it? It I !
■ ortb—Oh, more, much more to t.h
rue lover, l’ierre, tu es bete. Teim.
u droit stir ta chaise. M. Brothersoi
st un monsieur cotnme il faut."
This adjuration, uttered in shar)
reprimand and with but little of tin
French grace, may or may not haw
•; n understood by the uns.vmpatheth
man they were meant to impress. Bn
the name whk'h accompanied them
ills own name, never heard hut onc<
before in this house, undoubtedi'
caused the silence which almost
reached the point of embarrassment
before he broke it with the harsh re
mark:
"Your Frond) may bo pood, but it
dors not ?o with mo. Yet is it more
intelligible than your English. What
do you want here? What have you in
that bap you wish to open; and whn
do you ni'-tin by the sentimental trash
with which you offer it?"
"Ah, monsieur has not memory of
me," r;«mo in the sweetest tones of a
realty seductive voice. "'Sou astonish
me, monsieur I thought you knew—
everybody else does—Oh. tout le
mondo, monsieur, that 1 was Mlrs
Challoner’s ntaid -near iter when oth
er people were not—near her the very
day she died."
A pause; then an angry exclama
tion from some one. Sweetwater
thought it from the brother, who may
have misinterpreted some look or j
gesture on Hrotherson’s part. ISroih
itrson himself would not be apt. to
show surprise in any such noisy way.
•'I——I saw many things- Oh. many !
things—-" the g>rl proceeded with an
admirable mixture of suggestion and
reserve. "That day and other days
tco. She did not talk—Oh, no, she
did not talk, but I saw—Oh, yes, I
saw that she—that you—I'll have to
ray it, monsieur, that, you were tres
bons amis after that week in l.enox."
“Well?" Ilis utterance of this word !
was vigorous, but not tender. "What 1
r.re you coining to? What can you j
have to show me in this connection j
that 1 will believe in for a moment?"
“I have these—is monsieur certain?
that no one can hear? i wouldn't have
anybody hear what 1 have to tell you,
for the world—for all the world."
“Xo one can overhear.”
For the first time that day Sweet
water breathed a full, deep breath.
This assurance had sounded heartfelt.
"Plessings on her cunning young
head. She thinks of everything."
"You are unhappy. You have thought
Miss Challonr-r cold;—that she had no
response for your ver ardent passion.
Put—” these words were Uttered sotto
voce and with telling pauses—"hut
—I—know—ver much better than that.
She was ver proud. She h; d a right;
-ihe wart no poor girl like me- -hut she
spend hours- hours in writing letters
she nevaire send. I saw one, just
once, for a leetle minute: while you
could breathe so short as that: and
it began with flieri, or your English
for that, and it ended with words—
Oh. ver much like these; Yon may
nevaire sir- these lines, which was
ver interesting, veree so, and made
one want to sec* what the did with
letters site wrote and nevaire mail: so I
I watch and look, and one day I see
them. She had a leetle ivory box— ■
Oh, ver nice, ver pretty. I thought it
was jewels she kept locked up so
light. Put, non. non, non. It was let
ters—these letters. 1 heard them rat
tie, rattle, not once but many times
You believe me, monsieur?"
"i believe you to have taken even
advantage possible to spy upon yout
mistress. I believe that, yes "
"From Ir.t '; st, monakur, fro*
great in:* rest "
"Self-in rest.”
“As monsieur pleases. Put It wo*
strange, ver strange for a grande
d •"( rite ih.it to write letters—
.in.'s on ■ heels -and then not send
them, no,: re. I dreamed of those let
ter;- | ecnid uot help It, no; and
when she died so quick—w ith no word
;rr any one no word at all, 1 thought
of those writings so seer t, so of the
heart, and when no one noticed—or
thought about tips box, or—or the key
she "Kept shut Tight, <>h. always Tight
In her leetle gold purse. I—Monsieur,
do you want to see those letters?’’
asked the girl, with a gulp. Evident
ly his appearance frightened her—or
h3d her acting reached this point of
extreme finish? “1 had nevaire the
chance to put them back. And—and
they belong to monsieur. They are
his—all his—and so beautiful! Ah,
just like poetry."
“I don't consider them mine. I
haven't a particle of confidence in you
or in your story. You are a thief—
self-convicted: or you're an agtnt of
the police whose motives 1 neither
understand nor care to investigate.
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Take Back This Letter, as You Call
It, and Leave This Room.”
I'akp up your bag and go. I haven’t
cent’s worth of interest, in its con
onts.”
She started to her feet. Sweetwater
.eard ln>r chair grate on the painted
loor, as she push* d it back in rising,
lie brother rose too, but more caltn
v. Hrotherson did not stir. Sweet
vater felt his hopes rapidly dying
town—down into ashes, when sud
‘enly her voice brok^ forth in pants:
"A nd Marie said—everybody said—
hat you loved our great lady; that
ou, of the people, common, coni,
ion, working with yie hands, living
with men and women working with
he hands, that you had soul, senti
nent—what you will of the good and
he great, and that you would give
vour eyes for her words, si lines, si
pirituelles, so like des vers do poete.
’ntse! false! all false! She was an
ngel. You are—read that!" she ve
leniently broke In, opening her bag
nd whisking u paper down b>-fore
aim. "Read and understand my proud
ml lovely lrdy. Sin- did rigid to do.
' ou are hard—hard. You would have
billed her if she had not—"
"Silence, woman! 1 will read noth
ng!” came hissing from the strong
nan’s teeth, set in almost ungovern
I >ble anger. "Take back th/s letter,
is you call it, and leave my room."
"N' vaire! Ycu will not read? Put
you shall, you shall. Itehold another!
Oii“, two, three, four!" Madly f!i y
dew from her hand. Madly she eon.
•Inued her vituperative alt;, k.
TleaFt! beast! That she should pour
ut her innocent heart to you, you!
I do not want your money. Monsieur
f the common street., of the common
house. It would he rprt. Pierre, it
euld be dirt Ah. hall! je m’ouhl'o
'out a fail. Pierre, il est ivte. 11 re
use de les toucher. Mais il faut
u’il les toiiehe, si je les laiese sur
ie pli ncher. Va-t’iui! Je me nionie
’e It: 1. L’anaille! I/hom:ne du peu
le, tout a fait du pruple!"
A loud slam—the skurrylng of feet
hrough the hall, accompanied by the
•lower and heavier tread of the so
ulled bro'her, then silence, and such
deuce that Sweetwater fancied he
■ould catch the sound of Hrotherson s
e-avy breathing. His own was sl
•■'nced to a gasp. What a tiensure of
i girl! How natural her indignation!
That an instinct she showed and what
:omprehension!
I-i;t had she Imposed on Brother
on? As the silence continued, Sweet
vater began to doubt. Me understood
luite well the importance of his
leighbor's first movement. Wore he
o tear those letters into shreds! lie
iljht be thus tempted All depended
>n the strength of tils present .mood
Pd the real nature of the secret
vhich lay buried in his heart.
There was a sound as of settling
■or.l. Only at night would one expect
) hear so slight a sound as that in a
nenient full of noisy children. Hut
ne moment chanced to be propitious,
"d It not only attracted the attention
>f Sweetwater on his side of the wall,
nit it struck the car of I troth* rsen
l.-o. With an ejaculation as bitter
s it was impatient, in* roused him
> If and gathered up the letters,
aweetwptor could hear the successive
• isilinys as he bundled them up in
is hand. Then came another silence
-then the lifting of a stove lid.
Sweetwater bad not been wrong In
is secret apprehension. His id nti
cation with his unimpressionable
eighbor’s mood had shown him what
o expect. These letters—these inno
■■ nt and precious outpourings of n
ne and womanly soul the only eon
aivulile open sesame to the hard
ocked nature lie found himself pitted
Vile;!'' M a tj* re.-ei*eu in l>
vanishing p uf of smoke.
Hut the lit! was ibrusi back, anti *h>*
•■tters remain* d in hand. Mort I
strength h; s its limits. Kven Brother
son could no* shut down that lid on
words which might have been meant
for him, harshly as he had repelled
the idea.
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