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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (April 1, 1884)
THE WEST SHORE. 113 alarm was mixed with her anxiety, and it was with diffi nUv that she refrained from instituting nn innnirv. j j 1 j The day passed without hearing anything of hiin, and that evening there was a ring at the door bell, and shortly fWaafter Robert Hunter was ushered into her He seemed somewhat excited, and almost his first words were : "Miss Martin, where is Bracebridire ?" "You are wonderfully vehement, Mr. Hunter. My hrnthor's actions are not held under mv surveillance, and , I certainly know nothing of his wherealiouts. He is not 11 T 111 It at home ; tnat is an i can ten you. Hunter sprang from his chair and paced up and down " I have reason to believe," he finally said, in a more swtmi-irvcmrl from "flint lip lina tIai! in tlm Aitv tn nvniil tlm punishment of a crime, the evidence of which I hold in my hands. Poor fool, to think that he could escape, mlmn tlm mnuf. nrnntinarl ftriminnla rnrnlv unccfwil in rlninn KUDU H.VJ uviuv . . ... j . .. . ... so. The officers of the law and the telegraph will check him the moment I extend my hand. And now, Vida, his fnta vaufa with vnn." She met his gaze, that suddenly became fervent, with a haughty stare. flnT oil An tw arniilr in riilrllna P.iil irrliirill mfl nu to what Bracebridge has done, and what is expected of me. Then perhaps I may be able to give you an answer; tirVtistli iTrn ctiriilaiiflv avriApf. " "If you assume that line of action my words will not ' 1 1 tt. t.. :u..i be many, or very niceiy cnosen. no hub cuiiinm,wu t. T lw,,l n tiah L n t.linnaiiTirl dull urn. (if which the endorsement was never written by the man whoso name it purports to be, ana uraceonage aiwmi huh num. TTnrW nnrfni'ii onntiiiniftnnifiH nlone can I interfere with the course of the law. Change the 'no' you once gave me, into a "yes," and the note shall be burned in your Only momentarily did Vida waver. Ihen came the l. 1 i I, ........... r fl.o vorv lnuf. i'nrilw mommy VL nor uiwwitti a mum"), she had heard him utter, and at the same time she caught a glimpse of the fact, that compounding the felony in this way could never save her from a life of shame and tinlf liuittnna tllnt if wnlllll I1A III OTA nut to brine ultimate relief to do right and dare all. Her answer was no longer delayed. " No, a thousand times no. Bettor to break my heart for my brother's faults than sorrow forever over my own ,i: iv. llmf vnn kfien within the iln T Iwriuwa the victim is beyond your reach. And even though he shouhl be adjudged guilty of a crime, I shall believe either that lie :.. : t l. luon Tinulo thfi cats-Daw of l 111 111 ICOH U, UI UUIL 11D jmo vwia - - - . . yourself the greater criminal. Be gone! l'rom this hour 1 know you as you are ami cease w icwhjui He strove to answer her, but she refused to listen to him, and rang the bell lor the Bervanu i ui on tlint. hn is never acain OllUW V111B pOlBWU uu liuu - w admitted " was her contemptuous order, ami then she . i n i. i 41. utiiuii tinrlnr swept through the tloor tuai iou ,r : leaving him to make his exit, grinding his teeth with t HI 1 . Well, the threats of Robert Hunter were not altogether lit i.. mi I aura annntrh laUIlcllCil UIKfll line woriis. iiib uuiira '' .. . his track, the telegraph employed-but all that was ' apparently useless. Bracebridge Martin had got out into the world, and the world had swallowed him up. Vida, however disconsolate she may have felt, gave no outword sign. Of the whereabouts of her brother she knew absolutely nothing, aud as yet the papers said nothing of his absonco. Once or twice llobort Hunter tneii to lorce hinwoii into her presence, but as otton she sternly repelled him. Yet he did at last get the chance 1 'il 1 1 11 ! i! 1. - 1 iur u lew wonis wiiu nur, nun tiuh t'"!" p"KC"a icr no iavors. "You slighted my love when it was freely offered; you refused to reason, when reason would havo saved one that was dear to you ; now you will feel my revenge. I will soon havo news of the fugitive j and I will go to the i it- i a . i. i . i i i . . l ...:n I...:.. worms eiui 10 oring mm imcK myscii. ich, i win nring him back, to his shame and your contempt. A few weeks more anil you will see him an inmate of a felon's cell. Ana then my triumph will but have scarcely begun. Miiwin lint l.l..vllii.l. lin.l l.ift lint Vldil 1LM1U lllikllll Ulll'lk the death of their parents TIuh aunt managed the IwMianltJtl.l ovnnail Inirl v wivll 1 fell f. lmvrillil f llllf UMlt WAtl scarcely one to whom Vid v could gi for comfort or counsel, l'ractically to this emergency she waH all nlone. oi.. ii - i iii - 1.. i :..i i . 4i... one couui not coiiuud ui nri mnuiti iiu'iuin hihbhmj h shame tliat would liave to le revealed before she could ask for advice. Nevertheless, it seemed that the time was at hand when she must do something, and in default of anything I ii 1 1 1 Tt 1 1 11 ..1... 1 ..I 1 I.. ueuer, sue nati j.uncri jiuiiut Hiimuinmi ny iimti detective wlio turned out to be both Hhrewd and reliable. He asked no questions as to. her motives anil only required enough of her story to understand what ho wan expected to do; and very soon he came with a report " I think, Miss, that our man has got some informa tion, and is gotting ready for a start If some one is not a deal sharper than 1 am, lie h oil ior nan x rancisco nexi Monday. And the information lie has locates your brother somewhere near Poverty Gulch. Ho is gotting the paporB ready, and I needn t tell you that he expectB um c.i..7d ...... .... - j to bring him back. You've got tlireo days to take the start of him, ami ii I can help you any i li tin u Vida considered. There was haunting her mind a fear that Bracebridge might fall even lower than Uoliort Hunter would seek to thrust Jinn, ii sue una omy dreamed that her last words to him were to bo tiioso of purling, how differently she would have spoken I ana sue did not know what to beliovo. Kho felt that she must have an interview with him. ... . . ,. There were three days yet, provided sho could slip away unnoticed, in which she could get a start on Hunter 1 ll.fivn i In v.1 uhn iliitermiliiHl to utilize. That very evening, in company witli her aunt and Mr. Howard, the d'jtoctiva agent, sue was summing wiwiwiiru ii mm, n tlio Pacific Express could carry ner. - W ....... ., ulHimr in frmit nf II litlln Cllbill. HWaV XWll lllfll n.i" nimii - - - - - " ' t i .... il. i.,;.. uiiln i.lwivn mill ImviiI1i1 tlill 1111111111 caillll known as Poverty Gulch. It was a lonestime, desolate spot whither they hart rtriiuvi noi many nays iwiwn, mm the hut was tlio meresi sneu, nasmv nimwii niKnuiiir. But ludow, a few hundred yards, there was a canyon . . I . 11 I. ...I II ..ln.i..L .1 Mi.ili ' n.ul where, in mining panancn, vm-y uuu mm i " t .i.:..i. ...i.li.. If IiiuiiuI llinv ucrii tukintr out the iroiu wuiin, "ii"" - I - " . shining dust at a rate tltat satisfied their most ardent n't . ....:.,.. il..... u-..m uiHinir uiiiiiliini tlmir desires. k j i . V I. ii. i" . i T...4 1 Diiies by tho side or tli nro ai wnicu uwy nmi i 1 .ii !. 'PI. a,. un.Kn fif.m u linril ilnv u WHikort ineir suppiT. h-w j - work, and only now ami then soko a word or two for . i it ... i TIk.ii lm viiiimr mill uiuMiter of tho two, as he refilled his pie, U-ned Ins tei.gue. "IU strange what luck there is in the world, niter alt There's not nnotlier man in tho licit ten thousand that would have taken up with jwrtat stranger and thorough greenhorn like myselL Why, il I hwlii t mot
