Bob Younger's Fate — page 29: what you’re looking at

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20 BOB YOUNGER’S FATE. ‘How can they when I know that poor Theo is - dead,”’ said the girl, drearily. ‘But you don’t know that for a certainty.’’ “What do you mean?’ she cried, seizing him by the arm in her sudden excitement. “Is this horri- ble scene I have just witnessed a dream?”’ “Tt is unfortunately no dream, Miss Ferry; but while you were unconscious we made a discovery.’’ “Oh, tell me what it is.’’ ‘“‘T must first ask you a question.’’ ‘‘A dozen, but be quick.”’ ‘‘Are you satisfied that the initials were made by ~. means of tattooing?”’ “Certainly. There is no doubt on that point. Theo - described the operation so well that I remember all the circumstances distinctly.’ “This tattooing, so-called, was done with paint.”’ “What! Am I dreaming?” cried Myra, wildly. ‘‘No, you are as wide awake as you ever were in your life. Behold for yourself. I have removed one of the letters with turpentine; now watch the other On. Myra calmed herself sufficiently to observe the process, and at the end she knelt in thanks to Heaven for the discovery. ‘““Now,’’ she remarked, in quiet dignity, ‘Snow that we have solved one problem, and that the most im- portant before us, I feel strong enough for any trial. Any sacrifice you may call upon me to make will be met most willingly.” — . ‘“We hope that your sacrifices will be few, indeed, _ Miss Ferry,’’ said Belton, gently; ‘‘but we shall be - glad to enroll you as an ally, and feel certain that you can aid us materially. Now, Jones, let us finish our work and be gone.”’ Gom (Cc 00 KS (ee)