Bob Younger's Fate — page 22: what you’re looking at

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BOB YOUNGER’S FATE. 13 ‘“Whether Theo Howard be dead or alive, I be- heve this man to be the criminal, and I feel certain you will prove him so. I spoke a moment ago of a test that would determine once for all whether or not there is a mystery connected with him who was my intended husband. One day he told me—in fact, he has mentioned it on various occasions— that in a spirit of fun he had had his initials tat- tooed on his left shoulder, so that, to use his own words, if he were lost it would be an easy matter for his friends to find him, little realizing how true and yet how sad a statement he was making,’’ the poor girl concluded in a fit of sobbing. ‘You mean to have this test applied?’’ ‘“‘T cannot rest until Iam satisfied one way or the other. Did no one speak of the initials?”’ “The matter was not mentioned.’’ “Then I.shall depend on you to help me investi- gate it. You must go with me to the cemetery to- night.’’ ~ Belton looked at her curiously. “Oh, I am perfectly sane,’’ she replied quickly, interpreting his look. ‘‘I have no fear in undertak- ing the affair, with you as my protector, but it must be conducted secretly and to-night. Will you aid me?’’ “‘T shall, most heartily. Be ready at nine o’clock to make the journey, and you will find a cab in wait- ing for you at the corner. Enter it without hesita- tion, and trust to the future for your after guid- ance.”’ } That evening Myra gave her parents a plausible excuse for retiring early, and just as the clock was striking the hour of nine, she quietly stepped from a side door, and walked quickly to the corner, com G eyo\o) ESS (E(@)