dark, he got up and lit the lamp, he felt decidedly better. He was undressing, preparing to ge

as Mary had said, she had kept Sanderson's letter to her father, there were in existence two letters-his

became entangled. He pulled on his trousers, and s

y, comparing it with the letter her brothe

hat had ever attempted to deceive anybody,

he inspected it, noting its furnishings. His h

f crochet work on a dresser; a sewing basket on a stand; a pincushion, a pair of shears; some gaily o

vealing, hanging innocently on their hooks, a mi

science-stricken, as though he were committing some sacrilegious action, h

hat delight the feminine heart, and keepsakes of all descriptions. Sanderson h

er drawers of the dresser, he

n until he discovered an envelope addressed to the elder Bransford, in his ow

the situation. He was tempted to destroy that, too, but h

me that he should tell her the truth, the letter would be the o

d Mary Bransford more than he had a right to, and to d

ord's signature on them, and it might be well to preserve this particular l

ng grimly now, he again sought the chair near the window, lit a match, applied the blaze to the letter, and watched the p

d already permitted her to carry her affection too far, he frowned at her when he went into the kitchen after washing the next

gh, when her eye

he told her. "We'll get along a hea

he said, her l

ut her duties, leaving Sanderson to stand in

glances that held not a little wonder and disappointment. And then, when t

u sleep go

despicable part he was playing. He knew what he was going to say would hurt her, but he was determined to erect betwe

on for him when he knew that, if she knew who he r

hat's why I changed my name to Sanderson. I never liked to be called 'Will.' Hereafter

plain to him that she was very much disappointed in him, and that in her mi

ng her head high, and left the

spected. But it seems to me that th

revent her from showing any affection for him-visible, at least-he would feel that the deception he was practising was less criminal

ning-room, he went outside, finding Barney Owen in the

se the previous night, and were getting ready to follow the outfit wag

e men ride away, the

will, an' see what the records have got to sa

e little m