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i i iinjiwummiiii1 -i THE DAILY COOB DAY IftlKS, JIAItSIIFIELD, OREGON, SATUKDAY, MAY 4, 1007. -vnrf tfftv '' ' - '" ssz: The Manager Of the B. A. By VAUGHAN KESTER. c Copyright, 1001, by Harper O Brothers & (Continued from Thursday.) "1 suppose thero is sucn a tnmg nj duty, but don't you think, under- tho I circumstances, your responsibility is really very light?" Dan laughed softly. "I didn't imagIneyo"uw6uid bo'too" first to advise mo to shirk It" "I wouldn't ordinarily, but you don't know Antloch. They can make It very unpleasant for you. Tho town Is In a fever of excitement over what has hap pened today. It scorns tho men aro not through with you yet." "Yes, I know. My father should have gone nnck. it looks as If I'd yielded, but I couldn't ask him to when I saw how ho felt about it." "l'ou see, the town lives off tho shops and road. It is a personal matter to every man, woman and child In the place." "That's what makes mo so mad at tho stupid fools!" said Oakley, with some bitterness. "They haven't tho brains to see that they have a lot moro at stake than any ono else. If they could gain anything from a fight I'd have plenty of patience with them, but they nro sure losers. Even if they strike nnd the shops aro closed for tho next six months it won't cost Cornish a dollar Indeed, it will bo money in his pocket." "I don't think they'll strike," said the doctor. "I didn't mean that exact lj'i but they'll try to keep you on a strain." "They have done about all they can In that direction. Tho worst has hap pened. I won" t say it didn't bruise mo up n bit Why, I am actually sore In every bone and muscle. I was never so battered, but I'm beginning to get back, and I'm going to live the wholo thing down right here. I can't have skeletons that are Hablo to be unearth ed at any moment" Ho took a letter from his nockot opened it nnd handed It to the doctor. "I micsn von can rpo tr ronil thin If iyou will step nearer tho street lamp." 4 'i.ue letter was an offer from ono of the blc enstern lines. Whllo thn ilnc. Kor knew very little of railroads, ho .iiuui.-iai.uuu iuui uiu uuer wus u uuo me nnd wns impressed accordingly. "I'd take it." he said. "I wouldn't 'rltter away lay time hero. Precious ittlo thanks you'll ever get." "I can't honorably break- with Gen- rnl Cornish. In fact, I have already ecllned, but I wanted you to see tho ;tter." "I am sorry for your sake that you id. You ore suro to hnvo moro rrnn. rte." j"So much tho more reason why I lould stny." 'I am quite frnnk with you. Oaklev. iino strong influence is at work. No. 'hasn't to do with your father. You n't well be held accountable for his Its." yder's laughter reached them as ho iko. Oakley could see him falntlv itllncd in the moonlight, whore ho sat itween Constance Emory and her thor. Tho influence was there. It ,s probably at work at that very mo at, wouldn't bo made a martvr iugh any chivalrous sense of duty." .tlnued tho doctor. "I'd look out for )elf." an laughed again. 'ou are preaching cowardice at a at rate." tVell, what's tho use of sacrificing ieir lou possess a most horrible :e of rectitude." would llko to ask a favor of yon," tatlng. was going to say if there was any- ig I could do" if you don't mind," with Increasing ltnncy, "will you say to Miss Emory mo that I'd like to see her tomor- W afternoon? I'll call about 3 that 'Yes, I'll tell her for you." 'Thank you," gratefully. "Thank uvery much. You thluk she will be homo?" awkwardly, for he was 'raid the doctor had misunderstood. I "I fancy so. I can seo now, if you Ish.'i "No, don't I'll call on the cnanco of fading her in." 'Just as you prefer." Oakley extended his hand. "I won't keen you stnndlncr any Ion- pr. Somehow our talk has helped me. ood night" "Good night." . Tho doctor crazed abstractedly after lie young man as ho moved down the ireet, ana no continued to gaze after inn until ho had passed from sight in le shadows that lay beneath the whls- erlng maples. CHAPTER XIII. kEUHAPS it Bhowed lack of prop- er feeling, but Oakley managed to sleep off a good deal of his emotional stress, nnd when ha ft bis hotel tho next morning he was ulto himself again. ills attitude toward tho world was to decently cheerful one of tho man no is earning a good salary and hoso personal cares aro far from he ir numerous or nresslnir. He was Ul capable of looking out for Cor ah's interests, and his own, too, if the arnaa. Ho went down to the olilce alert and vigorous. As he strode along he nod ded nnd smiled at the people he met on tho street. If the odium of his fa ther's crime was to attach Itself to him It should be without his help. An tloch might count him callous If it liked, but it must not think him weak. Ills first official act was to go for Kerr, who was unusually cantanker ous, nnd ho gave that frigid gentleman a scaro which lasted him for tho better part of a week, for Kerr, who had con vinced himself overnight that Oakley must resign, saw himself having full swing with the Huckleberry and wns disposed to treat his superior with airy indifference. He had ol.liWnrt in nuuting up an old order book Dan wished to see on tho score that he was too busy, whereat, as Holt expressed it, the latter "Jumped on him with both feet." His second official act was to serve formal notice on Branyon that he was dismissed from the shops. Ho was eveiTnafah'wlth Miss "Walton, and took exception to her spelling of a typewritten letter which he was send ing off p Cornish In London. He alo inspected every deDartment In the choDs nnd was clad of nn ac cuse he discovered to reprimand Joe Stokes, who was stockkecper in tho carpenter's room, for the slovenly man ner In which tho stock was handled. Then he returned to the oillce and as a matter of discipline kept Kerr busy all tho rest of tho morning hauling dusty order books from a dark closet. Hefelt that if excitement was what was wanted ho was the onO to furnish It. He had been too easy. Naturally the Office, force gave a deep sigh of satisfaction wJien Oakloy closed nis desk ana announced that he wns going uptown and would not return. Miss Walton confided to Kerr tliat she just hoped he would never come back. It was a little before 3 o'clock when Dan presented himself at the Emorys'. Tho maid who answered his ring ush ered him into the parlor with marked trepidation. She was a timid soul. Then she swished from tho room, lint returned almost immediately to say that Miss Emory would be down In a moment. When Constance entered the room he advanced a little uncertainly. She ex tended her hand quite cordlnlly, how over. There was no trace of embar rassment or constraint in her manner. As ho took her hand Dan said sim ply, going straight to tho. nuroose of bis call: "I have thought a good deal over wuat i want io tell you, Miss Emory." Miss Emory Instantly took tho alarm and was on the defensive. Sho en veloped herself in that species of in scrutablo feminine reserve men find so difficult to penetrate. Sho could not lmnglne what he had to tell her that was so pressing. He wns certain ly very curious and unconventional. There was one thing she feared ho might want to tell her which sho was firmly determined not to henr. Oakley drew forward a chair. "Won't you sit down?" ho asked gravely. "Thank you. yes." It was all so formal Uiey both smiled. Dan stood with his back to the fire place, now filled with ferns, and rested an elbow on the mantel. There was an awkward pause. At last he said slowly: "It seems I've been the subject of a lot of talk during the last two days, and I have been saddled with a matter for which I am in no way responsible, though it appears to reflect on me quite, ns much as if I were." "Really, Mr. Oakley," began Con stance, Bcentlng danger ahead. But her visitor was in no mood to tempo rize. "Ono moment, please," he said hasti ly. "You have heard the story from Mr. Ryder." "I havo heard it from others as well." "It has Influenced you" "No, I won't say that," defiantly. Sue was not accustomed to being cate chised. "At least It has caused you to seri ously doubt the wisdom of an ac quaintance," blurted Oakley. "You aro very unfair," rising, with latent anger, "You will greatly oblige) mo by sit ting down again." And Constance, astonished beyond measure at his tono of command, sank back into her chair with a little smoth ered gasp of surprise. No one had ever ventured to speak to her like that be fore. It was a new experience. "We've got to-finish this, you know," explained Dan, with one of his frank est smiles, and there was a genial sim plicity about his smile which was very attractive. Constance, however, was not to bo propitiated, but she kept her seat She was apprehensive lest Oak ley would do something more startling and novel if she attempted to cut short tho interview. She stole a glance at him from under her long lashes. He was studying the carpet apparently quite lost to the enormity of his conduct "You havo heard their side of the story, Miss Em ory. I want you to hear mine. It's only fair, isn't it? You have heard that my father Is tin ex-convict?" "Yw." wlih a tlnae of reirret "That ho Is a murderer?" plunglngi uuuuu mercilessly. "Yes." "And this is influencing you?" "I suppose it is," helplessly. "It would naturally. It was n great shock to us all." "Yes," agreed Dan, "I can under stand, I think, Just how you must look at It." "We aro very, very sorry for you, Mr. Oakley. I want to explain my manner last nleht Thn wiintn ait,. tlon was so excessively awkward. I am suro you must have felt it" '1 did," shortly. "Oh, dear, I hope you didn't think me unuiuui" "No." Then he added, a trifle weari ly: "It's taken me nil this time to real ize my position. I suppose I owe you some sort of nn apology. You must havo thought me fearfully thick skin ned." lie hoped sho would say no, but he was disappointed. Her con science hnd been troubling her, nnd Mie wns perrectly willing to sharo her remorse with him since he was so ready to assume a part of it. Sho was as conventional ns extremo respecta bility could make her, but she had nev er liked onkley half so well. She ad mired bis courage. Ho didn't whine. His very stupidity was In Its way ad mirable, but It was certainly too bad ho could not see Just how Impossible ho was under the clrcumstnnces. Dan raised his eyes to hers. "Miss Emory, the only time I remember to hnvo seen mv father until im mn here a few weeks ago was through tho grating of his cell door. My mother took mo there as a little boy. When sho did I came west, where no one knew me. I had already learned that because' o him, I was somehow Judged nnd condemned too. It has always been hanging over me. I hnvo always fenrert pYnnGiirn T mmnncn T nnn hush it up after awhile, but there will always be some ono to tell It to who ever will listen. It Is no longer a se cret" "Was it fair to your friends, Mr. Onkley, that It was a secret?" "I can't seo What business it was of theirs. It is nothing I havo done, and, anyhow, I havo never hnd any friends until now I cared especially about." "Oh!" and Miss Emory lowered her eyes. So long as he was merely de termined nnd stupid he wns safe, but siiouid he become sentimental It might be embarrassing for them both. "You have seen my father. Do you think from whnt you can Judge from appearances that he would kill a man In cold blood? It was only after years of Insult that It came to that, and then tho other man was tho nggressor. What my father did he did In self de fense, but I am pretty suro you wero not told this." Ho wns swayed by a sense of duty toward his father and a desire to vindi cate him he was so passive and en during. The intimacy of their relation had begotten warmth and sympathy. They had been drawn nearer ntul nonr. er each other. The clannlshuess of his blood and race asserted itself. It was a point of honor with him to stand up for his friends and to stand up for bis father most of all. Could ho, ho would havo ground his heel into Ryder's face for his part in circulating tho garbled version of tho old convict's history. Some ono should suffer as he had been made to suffer. "Of course Mr. Ryder did not know what you havo told me," Constance said hastily. She could not have told why, but she had the uneasy feeling mat untr required a champion, that he was responsible. 'Then you did hear It from Mr. Ryder?" She did not answer, and Oakley, tak ing her silence for assent, continued: "I don't suppose It was told you ei ther that he was pardoned liecnngn nf nn act of conspicuous heroism, that at the risk of his own life he saved tho lives of several nurses and patients In the hospital ward of tho prison where ho was confined." He looked Innnlr. Ingly nt Constance, but she was still silent "Miss Emory, my father camo to mo to all Intents an absolute stran ger. Why, I even feared him, for I didn't know tho kind of man ho was, but I have come to have a great affec tion and regard for him. I respect him, too, most thoroughly. There Is not nn hour of tho day when the re membrance of his crime Is not with him. Don't you think It cownrdly that It should hnvo been ventilated simply to hurt me, when It must Inevitably hurt him so much moro? Ho has quit work In the shops, and ho Is determin ed to leave Antloch. I mny find him gone wnon I return to tho hotel." "And you blame Mr. Ryder for this?" "I do. It's part of tho debt we'll settle some day." "Then you are unjust It was Mr. Kenyon. His cousin Is wnrden of tho prison. He saw your father thero and remembered hlro." "And told Mr. Ryder," with a con temptuous twist of tho lips. "Thero were others present nt tho time. They wero not nlono." "Dut Mr. Ryder furnished tho men with the facts." "How do you know?" And onco moro her tone was ono of definnco and defense. "I havo been told so, and I havo every reason to belle vo I was correctly informed. Why don't you admit that it was a cowardly pleco of business to strike nt me over my father's shoul der?" domnuded Oakley, with palpa ble exasperation. The narrowness of her nature and her evnslois galled him. Why didn't Bho 6how a little generous feeling? He expected she would be angry at his words and man ner. 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