The Gate city journal. (Nyssa, Or.) 1910-1937, April 14, 1922, Image 2

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    THE GATE CITY JOURNAL, NYSSA. OREGON
and, us she approached, she became MOTHER! OPEN
aware thut he had seeu.
She came to bliu, very quiet and
CHILD’S BOWELS WITH
very Hushed; then she was quite pale
us she usked him, “ You wunted me?'1
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP
He wus white us she, and could not
xpeuk at once. "You told me last night
Miss Sherrill," he suld, "that the laat
Your little one will love the “fruity*
thing thut Mr. Corvet did— the last
that you kuow of— was to warn you taste of “California Fig Syrup" even if
against one of your friends. (Vho was constipated, bilious. Irritable, feverish,
or fub of cold. A teaspootiful never
thut?”
She flushed uneasily. "You mustn't falls to cleause tha Hirer and bowels.
Copyright by Edwin »tim e r
uttuch any Importance to that; I didn’t In a few hours you cua see fur your­
self how thoroughly It works all tha
menu you to. TLere was no reason for
what Mr. Corvet said, except In Mr. tour bUe, and undigested food out of
the bowels and yoa hava a well, play»
Alun put his wublt back Into his
"Distrust?" Cunstance bent toward for the Joy of overwhelming others by Corvet's own mind. He had a quite ful child again
pocket and, crossing to the other office, him Impulsively In her surprise. his own decisive strength and ¡lower. unreasonable animosity— ”
HENRY AND CONSTANCE
Mlllloni of mothers keep “ California
"Against Mr. Spearman, you mean.
found Spearman alone. There was no "Distrust him? In relation to what? And she hud been alinosl ready to
Fig Syrup" handy. They know a tea-
SYNOPSIS.—Wealthy and highly
pretense of courtesy now In 8pear
She did not answer.
Why?"
marry
that
mun
for
Ills
strength
and
»poonful today saves a sick child to­
placed In the Chicago buelneee
“ Ills animosity wns against Mr.
man’s manner; he sat motionless at
“ In relation to Corvet, Sherrill and douiinunce from those qualities; and
morrow. Ask your druggist for grou­
world, Benjamin Corvet la some­
Ids desk. Ids bold eyes fixed on Ala
Spearman, Connie— the company that now she knew thut he was merciful Speurmun, Miss Sherrill, wasn't It? ble “California Fig Syrup," which has
thing of a recluse and a mystery
Intently. Alah closed the door behind involves your Interests and your fa
That
Is
the
only
animosity
of
Mr.
Cor­
to his associates. After a stormy
too— Indeed, more than merciful. Ill
directions fer babies and children of
Interview with his partner, Henry
him and advanced toward the desk
tiler's and mine and the Interests of the very contest where she had vet's that unyoue bus told me ubout.” all ages printed on bottle. Mother I
8pearman, Corvet seeks Constance
“ Yes."
“ I thought we’d better have some many other people— small stockholders thought of him as most selfish and re­
Sherrill, daughter of his other
You must suy “California” or yoa may
explanation," he said, "ubout our who have no influence In its manage­ gardless of another, she hud most
“ It was against Mr. Spearman that
business partner, latwrence Sher­
gel an Imitation fig syrupw-Advertlaa-
meeting last night.”
he wurued you, theu?"
rill, and secures from her a prom­
ment, anti whose Interests I have to completely misapprehended.
•ent
ise not to marry Spearman.
He
“ Yes."
“Our meeting?" Kpeunnan repented
look after for them."
“ I ought to have seeu I" she rebuked
then disappears.
Sherrill learns
his eyes had nnrrowed watchfully,
“Thunk
you.”
He
turned
and,
not
“
I
don't
understand,
Henry."
herself to him. “ Surely, I should have
Corvet has written to a certain
HAD TO HAVE THE PASSWORD
“ You told Mr. Sherrill that you were
waiting for the man, let himself out.
" I ’ve hnd to think of Conrad this seen that was i t !”
Alan Conrad, in Blue Rapids, Kan­
f
In Duluth und that you arrived home morning in the same way as I've had
sas, and exhibited strange agita­
"How could you see?" he defended He should have known it «lieu he had
It, Nobody, Commanding
tion over the matter. Covet's let­
in Chicago only this morning.
Of to think of Ben Corvet of recent years her. "H e never showed to you the side seen that Speurmun, after announcing Without
ter summons Conrad, a youth of
Officer or Any One Else, Could
course you don't mean to stick to that —as a threat against the Interests of lie showed to me and—In these last himself us unuble to get back to the
unknown parentage, to Chicago.
Pass That 8entry.
story with me?"
those people.”
Alan arrives in Chicago. From a
years, anyway—never to me the side office, was with Constnnce.
“ What are you talking ubout?'
statement of Sherrill it seems prob­
He went swiftly around the block to
Her color rose, and her pulse quick
he showed to you. But after what has
able Conrad is Corvet’s illegitimate
A fter the preliminary challenge the I
Spearman demanded.
ened. Henry never had talked to her, huppened tills week. Can you under­ his own house und let himself In at the
son. Corvet has deeded his house
“ Of course, I know exactly where except In the merest commonplaces, stand now; und you can see why 1 front door with his key. The house sentry hnd ordered the comma riding
and its contents to Alan, who lakes
you were u part of last evening; and about his relations with Uncle Benny; have to distrust the young fellow was warm ; a shaded lump on the table officer to advance with the counter­
possession. That night Alan dis­
sign. Bnt unfortunately the latter had
you know thut I know. I only want to it was a matter In which, she had rec­
covers a man ransacking the desks
who’s come to claim Beu Covert's in the larger library wus lighted, a tire
and bureau drawers in Corvet’s
know what explanation you have to ognized, they had been opposed; and place."
wus burning In the open grate, and the forgotten it.
apartments.
Ths appearance of
offer,"
'Come, come, sentry,” said the CL
since the quarrels between the old
Alan tremendously agitates the In­
Claim I" Constance repeuted. “ Why, rooms had been swept und dusted. The
Spearman leaned forward.
"Talk friend whom she hud loved from child­ Henry, I did not know he claimed any­ Indian came Into the hull to take his O., somewhat testily, "you know me,
truder, who appears to think him
doH’t yon?“
a ghost and raves of "the Mlwa-
sense and talk It quick, If you have hood and he, who wished to become thing; he didn’t even know when he coat and hat.
ka." After a struggle ths man es­
'Yes, sir, but I ’ve got to have the
unythlng to say to me I”
"Dinner Is at »even,” Wassuquam
now more than u mere friend to her, cume here— ”
capes. Next day Alan learns from
password.”
“ I haven't told Mr. Sherrill Hint I had grown more violent, she hud pur­
Sherrill that Corvet has deeded his
"H e seems, like Beu Corvet.” Henry announced. “ You want some chang
found you at Corvet's house lust night; posely avoided mentioning Uncle Ben­ sflld slowly, “ to have the characteris­ about that?”
“ You obey all orders o f the com­
entire property to him. Introduced
to Spearman, Alan is astounded at
manding officer, do you not?"
but I don’t want you to doubt for a ny to Henry, and he, quite ns con­ tic of showing one side to you, another
“ N o; seven Is ail right.”
the discovery that he is the man
“ Yes, air."
minute that I know you—and ubout sciously, had avoided mentioning Mr. to me, Connie. With you, of course,
Alun went upstairs to the room next
whom he had fought in his house
your d— g of Benjamin Corvet and Corvet to her.
“Tlien why not let me pass at once?"
the night before.
he clulmed nothing; but at the office— to Corvet's which he had appropriated
your cry about saving the M lwaka!’
“Because, sir, the corporal gave one
I've known for a good many years,” Your father showed him tills morning for his own use the night before, and
A flush of blood came to Spearman’s Siiearinan went on, reluctantly, "that
strict orders not to let any nne, man,
the Instruments of transfer that Ben found It now prepared for his occu­
fure; Alan, In his excitement, was sure
CHAPTER V II—Continued.
Ben Corvet’s brain was seriously af­ seems to have left conveying to him pancy. When he came down again to woman or child, pass this post unless
of I t ; but there was Just that flush, no fected. He recognized that himself
all Ben hud— his other properties und the flrst floor, Wnssuqunra was no­ they say 'Saratoga.' and If you can’t
“ I'm afraid you've taken rather a more. He turned, while Spearman sat even earlier, and admitted It to him­ his interest in Corvet, Sherrill and where about, but he heard sounds In do it you’ll have to go around some
bad time, Lawrence. Can't we get to­ chewing his cigar und staring at him self when he took me off my ship to Spearman. I very naturally objected the service rooms on the basement other way."— The Leatherneck.
gether later— this afternoon! You'll and went out and pnrtly closed the take charge of the company. I might to the execution of those transfers, floor. He went part way down the
door. Then, suddenly, he reopened It, have gone with other people then, or
be about here thla afternoon?”
without considerable examination, in service stairs and saw the Indian In
” 1 think I can be here this after­ looked In. rcclosed It sharply, and It wouldn't have been very long before view of Corvet's mental condition and the kitchen, preparing dinner. Wussa
went
on
his
way,
shaking
a
little.
For,
noon.” Alan said.
I could have started In as a ship own­ of the fact that they put the control­ quam hnd not heard his approach, aud
"Let's say two-thirty, then." Spear­ us he looked back this second time at er myself; but, in view of his condi­ ling stock of Corvet, Sherrill and Alan stood an Instant watching the
the
domlnnnt,
determined,
able
man
man turned and noted the hour almost
tion, Ben made me promises that of­ Spearman in the hands of a youth no Indian's tall, thin figure and the quick
For many year* druggists have watched
solicitously among the scrawled np rented at tils desk, what he had seen fered me most. Afterward Ills malady one ever hud heard of—und one who, movements of his disproportionately
In
Spearman's
face
was
fear;
fear
of
pointments on his desk pad; straight­
progressed so that he couldn't know by his own story, never hud seen a small, well-shaped hands, almost like with much interest the remarkable reesrd
maintained by Dr. Kilmer’» Swamp-Boat,
ening, after this act of dismissal, he himself, of Alun Conrad of Blue Rap­ himself to be untrustworthy; his Judg­ ship until yesterday.
And when I a woman’s; then he scuffed his foot
the great kidney, fiver and bladder mode
walked with them to the door, Ids ids—yet ?t was not fear of that sort ment was Impaired, and he planned didn’t dismiss my business with a upon the stulr, and Wassuquam turned Cine.
which weakens or dismays; It was of
bund on Sherrill's shoulder.
and would have tried to carry out dozen men this morning to tuke him swiftly about.
It is a physiciaa'a prescription.
"Circumstances have put us Mr. that sort which, merely warning of many things that would have been Into the company, he claimed occasion
“ Anybody been here today, Judah?”
Swamp Root is s strengthening medi­
Sherrill and myself— In a very tliffi dui.ger close ut hnnd, determines one disastrous for the company. I had to to see me ulone to threuten me."
Alun asked.
cine. It helps the kidneys, liver and blad­
cult position, Conrad." he rcniurked. to use every meuns within his power fight him—for the company's sake und
“ NO, Alan. I called tradesmen; they der do the work suture intended they
"Threaten you, Henry? How? With
to save himself.
"W e want much to be fair to all ecu
^
what?"
came. There were young men from the should do.
for my own suke and that of the oth­
Alan,
still
trembling
excitedly, ers. whose Interests were at stake.
cerned— "
Swamp Root has stood the test of years.
“ I couldu’t quite make out myself, newspapers.”
It is sold by ail druggists os its merit
He did not finish the sentence, but crossed to Corvet’s office to await Your futher came to see that what I but that was his tone; he demanded
“ What did you tell them?”
and it should beip you No other kidney
halted at the door. Sherrill went out, Sherrill. It was not, he felt sure now, was doing was for the company's good an 'explunutlon,' of exactly what, he
“ Nothing.”
medicine has so many friends.
and Alan followed hltn; exasperation Alan Conrad that Spearman wus op­
“ Why not?”
nd bus leurned to trust me. But you didn't make clear. He has been given
Be sure to get Bwamp-Root and start
—half outrage yet half admiration—at posing; It wus not even the appnrent
"Henry telephoned I was to tell treatment at once.
by Ben. apparently, the technical con­
Spearman's bearing, held Alan speech­ successor to the controlling stock of
trol o f Corvet, Sherrill and Speurmun. them nothing,"
However,
if yon wish first to test this
less. I f every movement of Spear­ Corvet, Sherrill and S|>eiirman. Thut
“ Yon mean Henry Spearman?"
His idea. If I oppose him, evidently Is
great preparation send ten cents to Dr.
man's great, handsome body hud not Alun resembled some one— some one
“ Yes."
to turn me out uud tuke the manage­
Kilmer k Co.. Binghamton, N. Y., far a
recalled to him their struggle of the whose ghost had seemed to come to
ment himself."
"Do you take orders from him, Ju­ sample bottle. Whea writing be sure and
Siiearmun
ami
might,
perhaps,
have
night before— If, as Spearman's hand
mention this paper.— Advertisement.
Constance leuued back, confused. dah?"
rested cordially on Sherrill's shoulder, come to Corvet—was only Incidental
" I took that order, Alan.”
“ He— Alan Conrad?" she questioned.
to
what
wus
going
on
now;
for
In
Sweet Simplicity.
Alun had not seemed to feel agulnthat
Alan hesitated. “ You've been here
"H e can't have done that, Henry I Oh,
He (lovin gly)— What would you do
big hnnd at his throut— he would al­ Alan's presence Spearman found a
In the house all day?"
he can't have meuut that I"
threat—an
active,
present
threat
now If I should kiss you?
most have been ready to believe that
“ Yes. Alan."
"Maybe he didn't; I said I couldn't
She (tim idly)— I— I don't know. I
this was not the mail whom he hod ugnlnst himself. Alan could not lm-
Alun went back to the first floor and
make out what he did mean,” Spear­
uglne
what
Jhe
nature
of
Hint
threat
fought. Hut he could not doubt thut;
man said. “Things have come upon Into the smaller library. The room have never had to answer such a
could
be.
Wus
It
because
there
was
he had recognized Spearman beyond
him with rather u rush, of course; and was dark with the early wlnler dusk, question before.— Ba reel non I.'K-iquWla
question. And Spearman hud recog­ something still concealed In Corvet’s
you couldn't expect a country boy to and he switched on the light; then he de la Torrntxa.
house
which
Speurinnn
feared
Alun
nized him— he wus sure of that; he
get so niuny things straight. He's act­ knelt and pulled out one of the draw­
could not for an Instuut doubt I t ; would find? Or wus It connected only
When suspicion enters the door loro
ing, I suppose, only In the way one ers he hud seen Spearman searching
Speurmun had known It wus Alan with thut some one whom Alun resem­
might expect u boy to act who had through the night before, and carefully goes out of the window.
whom he had fought In Corvet’s house bled?
been brought up In poverty on a Kan­ exumined the papers in it one by one,
even before Sherrill hud brought them
sas prairie and was suddenly handed but found them only ordlnury papers.
To be a gentleman all a man has to
Constance Sherrill’s most active
together. Was there not further proof
the possible possession of a good many He pulled the drawer completely out do is to hide his meanness.
of that In Spearman's subsequent mun- thought thut duy was about Henry
millions of dollars. It's better to be­ and sounded the wall behind It and the
ner toward him? For wliut wus till Speurmun, for she hud a luncheon en­
lieve that lie's only lost his head. I partitions on both sides but they ap­
gagement with him at one o'clock.
this cordiality except defiance?
haven't had opportunity to tell your peared solid. He put the drawer hack
The teu room of a department store
Power and possession—both far ex­
father these tilings yet; but I wanted in und went ou to examine the next
ceeding
Alan's
most
extravagant offers to young people opportunities
you to understand why Conrad will one, and, after that, the others. The
dream— were promised him by those for dining together without furnishing
clocks ill the house had been wound,
hardly consider me a friend."
papers which Sherrill hud shown him. reason for even Innocently connecting
for presently the clock In the library
“ I ’ll understand you now, Henry,'
When he hud read down the list of their names too Intimately, If a girl Is
struck six, and another in the hall
she promised.
those properties, he hud had no more not seen there with the same man too
chimed slowly. An nour later, when
feeling that such things could bo his often. There Is something essentially
the clocks chimed again, Alan looked |
CHAPTER VIII.
than he hud uatl at first that Corvet’s custnil und unpremeditated ubout It—
up nnd saw Wassaquatn’s small black i
bouse could be his— until he hud heard us though the man and the girl, both
eyes, deep set In their large eye sock­
Violence.
the intruder moving In that house. shopping and both hungry, liud Just "You’vs Seen a Good Deal of Him,
At half-past three, Alan left the of­ ets, fixed on him Intently througtl the
Anil now It was the sense that unother huppened to meet and go to lunch to­
Yesterday and Today, Your Father fice. Sherrill had told him an hour door. How long the Indian had been
As Constance recently hnd
wus going to make him light for those gether.
Tells Me,” He Observed.
earlier thut Spearman hnd telephoned there, Alan could not guess; he had
properties that was bringing to him drawn closer to Henry Spearman In
not heard Ills step.
the realization of Ills new power, lie her thought, and particularly since —you couldn't see that quite so direct­ he would not be able to get hack for
“ Wlint are you looking for, Alan?"
“ had" something on that man—on she had been seriously considering ly, of course, nnd you thought I didn't a conference that afternoon; and Alan the Indian asked.
was
certain
now
that
In
Spearman’s
mnrrying
him,
she
hud
clung
deliber­
Spearman. He did nut know what thut
—like Ben, and there was some lack In
Alan reflected a moment. “ Mr. Sher­
Samuel Kalhky
thing was; no stretch of Ills thought, ately to this onplunned nppeurance me which made me fnll to appreciate absence Sherrill would do nothing
rill thought that Mr. Corvet might
further
with
respect
to
his
uffairs.
ubout
their
meetings.
nothing that he knew about himself
him."
Lott
Angeles,
C a l— “ I will gltrtDy
Was there no ope whom Alan could have left a record of some sort here tell of the relief Dr. Bierce's GuMtn
She glanced across at him, when she
or others, could tell him; but. at sight
“ No; not that,” Constance denied
for me. Judah. Do you know of any­
tell
of
his
encounter
with
Spearman
Medical
Discovery
gave me. I was
hnd
settled
herself,
and
the
flrst
little
of him. In the dark of Curvet's house,
quickly. “ Not that, Henry.”
In Corvet's house, with probability of thing like thut?”
sick with troubles o f stomuch, liver,
Spearman had cried out In horror, he trivialities of their being together were
"What wns It then, Connie? You
“ No. That is what you are looking etc., nnd La Grippe with uH its at­
had screamed at hlin the name of a over.
thought me ungrateful to him?
I receiving belief? Alan had not been lor?”
tending ailments. When nU else failed
"I took a visitor down to your office realise that I owed a great debt to thinking directly of Constance Sher­
sunken ship, and in terror hud hurled
"Yes. Do you know of any plnce Dr. Bierce's G old*« Medical Dlncwetrry
rill, as he walked swiftly north to the
Ills electric torch. It was true, Spear­ tills morning." she said.
him; but the only way I could pay that
I also M
Dr.
where Mr. Corvet would have been did the good work.
“ Yes," he answered.
man’s terror had not been at Alan Con­
debt was to do exactly what I did— D rive; hut she was. In a way, present
Bierce’s Pleasant Pellets for hMozn-
Conatunce was aware that It was oppose him and seem to push Into his In all his thoughts. As he approached likely to pjjt away anything like that?” ness, with grand noccess. I write with
rad ; It hud been because Spearman
"Ben put papers lu all these draw­
had mistaken him for some one else— only formally that she had taken Alan place and be an Ingrate; for, because the Sherrill house, he saw standing at
gratitude to left others of the relief
for a ghost. But. after learning that Conrad down to confer with her fa­ I did that. Ben’s been a respected and the curb an open roadster with a llv- ers; he put them upstairs, too—where that fc In store lor-them. Do nlC de-
you
have
seen."
cried
chauffeur;
he
hnd
seen
that
road­
lay, hot bn-non ta get the
Alan was not a ghost. Spearman's at­ ther; since lleury was there, she knew honored man In this town all these
te nbove
above turn­
"Nowhere else, Judah?"
rieoed remedies i f asff,T |
n frían M k
titude had not very greatly changed; her father would not act without his last years, which he couldn't have re­ ster. he recognized with a little start.
ing
“
I
f
he
put
things
anywhere
else,
j
In
front
of
the
office
building
that
n.-lr tmtiHpopttloB.“—Ixamlj
udii Ksllafeÿ.
he bud fought, he had been willing to agreement, und thut whatever disposi­ mained If I'd let him have his way. or
tion had been made regarding Alan If I told others why I had to do what morning when Constance had taken Alan. I have not seen. Dinner Is MS PectHS ¿ve.
kr.ll rather than to be caught there.
served.
Alun."
W
rKe
Br.
Plcreafs
Invalids'
him
downtown.
He
turned
Into
the
Alan thought an Instant; he would had been made by him.
I did.
I didn't care what others
Alan went to the lavatory on the Bnffulo, V. Y„ tor free medical ad-
make sure he atlll “ had" that some­
thought about me; but I did care what walk and rang the hell.
. The servant who opened the door flrst floor and washed the dust from j vtee. BexHi Me tor trial pkg. titMata.
"Did you like him, Henry? I hoped you thought; yet If you couldn't see
thing on Spearman and would learn
hts bands and face; then he went Into |
how far It went. He took up the re­ you would."
what I was up against because of your knew him and seemed to accept his
ceiver and asked for Spcnrmun.
He did not answer at once. The affection for him, why— that was all right of entry to the house, for he the dining room. Wassuquam. haring \
drew back for Alan to enter. Alan served the dinner, took his place he- I
A voice nnswered— “ Yes."
waitress brought their order, and lie right loo."
hind Alim's chair, ready to pass him i
Alan said, evenly: "I think you and served her; then, as Ihe waitress
“ No, It wasn't all right," she denied went Into Ihe hall nnd waited for the
1 had better have a talk before we moved away, he looked across ut Con- almost fiercely, the flush flooding her servant to follow. “ Is Miss Sherrill what he nettled; but the Indian's ’
silent, watchful presence there behind
meet with Mr. Sherrill this afternoon. stunce with.a long scrutiny.
cheeks; a throbbing was In her throat In?" he asked.
M b Tbdckeaed. S iisf c n
I’ll see, sir.” Tne man disap- him where lie could not gto his face, j
I am here In Mr. Corvet'a office now
"You've seen a good deal of him, which, for an Instant. stop[>ed her.
I Tisa n e*, Curbs, F U I od
•nd will he here for half an hour, yesterday and today, your father tells "Yon should have told me. Henry; or peared. Alan, waiting, did not hear Hsturhed Alan, and he twisted him- ;
Tesi l a« S tr e n tia V s n
Constnnce's voice in reply to the an­ self about to look at him.
then I'm going out.”
me." he observed.
—I should have been able to see."
B r a h e « or Strafela; stops
“
Would
you
mind.
Judah,"
he
In­
nouncement
of
ihe
servant,
but
Spear­
"Yes."
Speurinnn made no reply, hut hung
Bps ria L-cxeness, allays psio.
I couldn't tell yon—dear." he said
up the receiver. Alan sat waiting, his
"It's plain enough you like him." he the last word very distinctly, but so man's vigorous tones. The servant re­ quired. “ if I asked you to stand over I
Does no* Mistar, remoro «he
there
Instead
of
where
you
are?"
turned.
"Miss
Sherrill
will
see
yon
in
watch upon the tlesk before him— renin rked.
hair
sr lay op tba horse. Only
low that she could scarcely hear. "I
The Indian, without answering,
n few drops required at each
tense. ex|iectnnt. with Hushes of hot
She reflected seriously. "Yes. I do; couldn’t tell you now—If Ben hadn't a minute, sir."
_______ application. $¿.50 a bottle at
and cold passing over him. Ten min­ though I hadn't thought of It Just that gone away ns he has and this other
Through the wide doorway to the moved'around to the other side of the
¿raggiri» at debarred. Book 1 A (ran.
utes passed; then twenty. The tele­ way, because I was thinking most fellow come. I couldn't tell you when drawing room. Alan could see the table, where lie stood faring Alan.
n. F. TOOK. he.. IIS Task St.. SrHatMJ. tow.
phone under Corset's desk buzzed.
about the position he was In and about you wanted to keep raring so much smaller, portlered entrance to the
“ Mr. Spenrmnn says he will give —Mr. Corvet. But I do like him.”
for your Uncle Benny, and he was try­ room beyond— Sherrill's study. The
“ They »ay that the Drum
you live minutes now." the swltchhourd
"So do I," Spearman said with a ing to hurt me with vou."
curtains parted, and Constance nnd
beat wrong whea the Miwakx
AH P l a y e d Out at
girl an id.
seeming heartiness Hint pleased her.
She bent toward him, her lips part­ Spearman came Into this inner door­
went down.”
Q u ittin g Time?
Alan breathed deep with relief; "At least 1 should like him, Connie. If ed: but now she did not s|>eak. She way ; they stood an Instant there In
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Spearman had wanted to refuse to see I had the sort of privilege you have to never had really known Henry until talk. As Constance started awav,
him— but he had not refused; he had think whetliyr I liked or disliked him. this moment, she fe lt; she had thought Spearman suddenly draw- her hack to
(TO BE CONTINUED )
sent for him »tthln the time Alan hnd I've hud to consider him from another of him always ns strong, almost bru­ him and kissed her. Alan's shoulders
appointed and after waiting nntll Just point of vlww—whether I could trust tal. fighting down fiercely, mercilessly. spontaneously Jerked back nnd his
About one-lmU the trade uf Kl Bi<u
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him or must distrust him.”
before it expired.
is With Mexico.
opponents and welcoming contest | hands clenched; he did not look awa
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