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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (June 1, 1887)
p THK WES' f.r a fight of the face that wm dear U. him. VM. hi first thought im for Keith. She m o timid; and in that strange piillir thoroughfare, how could j . i .... , .:;,. ? Al Ut. .f threw off hi coat nnl rWd with the men till he m drij I iv.g with er pi ration. Alutthe mid dle of the afternoon, the pilot mowltil id Urling her off, and when she steamed Hi to ,ff in rir at the Sacramento wharf. ilak m already settling down r m f r and town. II4 hurri1 into th wmtirg r'in It w empty. II Vp-l t. the oftiiv and found it locked. !! muld tiot hate told hy n chilling lipii;i ttn-iit swept over him. There W let Ale fur UlieatUUe, he toM i pniM-lf. I !, Agent, with whom In' was .put n. tin.t.J. had taken pity on Kitli l.'ii''liiit, itihl carried her home with I. ui) fr up4T. He knew where the agent lited it wajionly a brisk walk of ft few mitiut, and he needed the ex. ernne ti ijait hi nerve. Tljy would !1 !k lnrk together, and he and Ke.th ruld take th night Wat for the city. He truk off, whistling m he went fttl) !! turned into Main street An h" hurried Along in tho waning light, l.-ftt!. iiiih jftUr caught hid car, and miAij swung himself down from lituli otrrhoft.1 Ami hold nut his aw. The ptntion wft4 mi unexpected, that llfpwt.rth recoiled a utep, then, miuL don rrin-n..rAt.(v tlashed acna hi mind, hi ejr swiftly nought the often d.rv At hi left over which wm plml. in Urgf hum, - Stereo Hur Utl. Jat:wf.f the IVat." Arrx the ttrtt, oppit, a rUu. rr.t a ftl Ufe with light. And tho noiny UU4 At iU heighi " My drrtn! My vlrcAm!" h cri.l. wth. wonder Afctl dUmAy. Then, aa the ret f it, in rApiddeUil, UwUI Arnw-A hit memory, he. for the r SHORE. first time, took in the awful significance of it Hp bad bn warned in a dreAm, that hi darling was in deadly peril, and he had lxvn so blind-so blind! And no he felt mire hhe was in the clutches of that villain, who had so persistently doggd hid steps to such a successful is sue. He saw it all now, plain as any. While he had built his day dreams in fancied security, the wolf in sheep's clothing hal carried off his one ewe lamb. It had not been a scheme of robbery, at all; but a deejvlaid plot of revenge, to strike him in the most vital spot Hut who wan he this pitiless enemy, masked under the sacred semblance of gray hairs? He grouud his heel in the dust and uttered a terrible oath, as a name leaped to his thought His face grew ashen, and his eyes had a deadly look in them. He would rather have laid her away in her colli n, than know she was the wife of such as he. He staggered up the hteps, and met the jxrtly justice coining out. " Show me your authority for execut ing that marriage to-day at noon." The justin saw that there wa "death brewing in the pot," and without a word, htepjed back to his desk and banded the license U Hepworth. The latter bad dropjied into a chair, and waa shaking like one with a chill. He ran bis eye slowly down the quivering paget then fell, senseles, to the tloor. The names in.ertM in the blanks, were Wilson Ed war U and Keith Conway. Five years rolled by. In all that time, Hepworth had lived with but one thought to find and rescue poor Keith. There had teen foul play used, and the black est treachery. He wm certain of that He knew the girl well enough to be sure that she would never have married Ed wards cf her own free-wilL His bonan m aa Taluable to him only as it fur-