Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-07-26
els it Nadine Farr.nrton2"

10 IL ihS1tiihlIlC SiL III tolI.
1T is Mrs. Oliphant. She heard me
| insisted upon having the carriage out
and coming along. I want to bespeak
your kindness, my friend, if her mission
| has reference to me-" -
| He WAS sure that lit must. Mr.. Oil
! plant and Madame Harrington had
| been won to his side: the date of the
wedding was under discussions; it was
| conceded that it should take place in
September, yet Launt felt that Mrs. Oil
| plant was far from being reconciletl.
lit isn't in nature for man to love
| his motherin-law, | suppose, and Cjce
| rers0,' he said to himself. .. But nv
| mother-in-laW-elect outdoes her type.'
!. Mr.. Killuth FACED the sidoor as it
opened. Itywas his first meeting with
his old friend daughter, face to face,
| and he looked in vain for any resem-
blance to the slip of a girl whom he
vaguely remembered as rose-fair.
dark-eyed blonde. The dark eyes were
here, larger. darker, if that might be;
the glitter of the golden hair was the
same. yet time had not dealt lightly
with her. What strueksupon him NEST
was the fixed. pale, 8Wax-like color of
the handsome face, almost the color of
corpse. .8Es3
Il would have known YOU" she said,
giving him her ha ind. You have
changed so little. But I hardly think
you would recognize me-
-. What was it made Mr.. kiluth
shrink away from hel. toueh?, Horror,
Amusement. incredulity, all We're de-
Picted upon his countenance.
:. You are-not Mrs. Oliphant-you"'
Il am Mrs. Oliphant.
No change in the soft, low tone; no
change i'll the face turned steadily to his
regard.
You are like many others who find
it impossible to reconcile the woman
of to-day with the girl of eighteen or
twenty years ago. dare say | am
sadly changed. L have not come to
talk of that old time, Mr.. killuth. SO far
rs it concerns me, but to ask She
hesitated. The great difficulty of her
task seemed to rise before her over
whelmingly.
Down below Launt Harrington count.
ed the minutes. They spun themselves
out to an hours length before the door
of the upstairs parlor opened, and Mrs.
Oliphant came out attended by Mr..
killnth. >AA
II viii send the carriage for youwhen
the rain stOps,n she was saying.
" Launcelot, do you return with me?''
eff you wish it, certainly"
He was burning with Impotence to
know what had passed between them,
half-suspcious OF some plot to leopard
ize his happiness. He did not like the
look which Mr.. killuth wore. Nor did
Mrs. Oliphant, though no one would
have known it from her manner of part
ing with him. In the carriage. she
turned to Launt with Il sudden bright
smile
.. | have carried you away with me-
she said, ''but | shall not keep YOU in
suspense. You have nothing to fear
from my interview with your friend. l
may as we'll tell you that it was your
fathers story | went to ask of him,
knowing that it must be a painful sub
ject to Madame Harrington and your
self. | knew one part of it as published
to the world many years ago; pardon
my curiosity if it led me to seek the rest
from Mr.. Killuth.'
A shadow, inseparable from that topic,
went over Launt' face.
And it makes no difference with
you?' he asked.
What / learned to-day makes no diff
ference. The facts | knew before have
weighed against You. l must confess.
The sins Of the parents are to be visited
upon the children, you know, unjust
though that may be- ga
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