Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1891-02-06

The weather had been unusually warm
OF all oppressive Summers n hot summer in
London is the hardest Ia endure The little
exercise that sydney could take was, rs
EAuia' lt,aY. ,.rlr,rcd until the evening.
N4a~Ain- tur her he was surprised to hear
that She had gone cat.
lis She waking" he asked ION such .
C1v a tins
VI: She wa, too much overcome by the
heat 10 De able Ia walk. The iand.adl : boy
had been srIi 10 fetch a cab. and he had
heard Miss WeStrrlirld tell the driver to 20
10 Lincoln s-Inn-FicldS.
The address a: once reminded Randall of
Mr. SarraZin. On the chance of making
discovery. he went To the lawyers Office. II
had struck him as being just possible that
sydney might have called there for the SEC
ond time; and. on making inquiry, lie found
that his >urmise was correct. Miss We>ter-
field had called. and lad gone away again
more than All hour since.
Having mentioned this circumstance, good
Mr.. Sarrazin rather abruptly changed the
subject.
lie began TO talk Of q weather. and like
everybody else he complained of the heat
Receiving no encouragement SO far, he Sc
unapproachably indifI rent to the state Of
parties and the urgent necessity for reform.
Still bent, as it seemed. on preventing his
visitor from taking a leading part in the con-
verSatiOn. III. :,arraZn tried the exercise OF
hospitality next lie opened his cgar-case
and entered eagerly into the merits of his
cigars; he proposed a cool drink and de-
scrihed the right method of making il, as dis
tinguished from the wrong. Randall was not
thirsty and was not inclined to smoke.
Would the pertinaclouS lawyer give way at
last? In appearance, at least he submitted
10 t.elcat You want something of me- my
friend" he said. with patient smile. what
is it,"
81 want to know why Miss Westerfeld
called on YOU"
Randall fiattered himself that he had made
prevarcating reply simply impossible.
Nothing of the sort. Mr.. Sarrazin slipped
through his fingers once more. The unwrit-
ten laws Of galantry afforded him refuge
now.
THE most inviolable respect" he solemn
ly declared, rs due to a lady's confidence
and, what Is more, to a young lady's conf.
dence-and. what is more yet to pretty
young lady's confidence. The sex, my dear
fellow! Must recall your attention to what
Is due to the sex?'
This little outbreak of the foreign side Of
his friends character was no novelty to Ran
DIAL. He remained as indifferent to the In
violate claims of the sex as II he had been an
old man of CO.
did Miss Westerfield say anything about
me?" was his next question.
Slippery Mr.. Sarrazin slid into another
refuge-he entered protest
Here is a change Of persons and placesr'
he exclaimed. Am witness In q court
OF jdsticc-and are you the lawyer who ex-
amines me2 Ny memory Is defective, my
learned friend. Non mi ricordo. / know
nothing about it."
Randall changed his tone 1--WE have
amused ourselves long enough" he said. II
have serious reasons, Sarrazin, for wishing
to know what passed between Miss Wester.
field and yOu-ahd trust my old friend to
relieve my anxiety"
The lawyer was accustomed to say to him
self that he never did things by halves His
answer to Randd Offered proof Of his &C.
curate estimate of his own character
Your old friend will deserve your conf
dence in him" he answered. 'You want to
know why Miss Westerfield called here.
Her object in view was to twist me round
her finger-and l beg to inform you that she
has completely succeeded. My dear Randall,
this pretty creatures cunning Is remarkable,
even for woman. I am an old lawyer,
skilled in the ways of the wOrld-and a
young girl has completely overreached me-
She asked mech, heavens, how innocently
If Mrs. OrmOnd was likely to make long
stay at her present place of residence"
Randall interrupted him. you don't mean
to tell me you have given her GATHERINGS ad-
dressr'
Bucks hotel, Sydenham," Mr. Sarrazin
answered. "She has got the address down
In her nice little p0cket-boOk."
'What amazing weaknessv' Randall ex-
claimed.
Mr.. Sarrazin cordially agreed with him.
Amazing weakness, as you say. Pretty
Miss Sydney knows many things more, be-
sides the address. She knows that Mrs Or
mOnd is here on business relating to new in
vestments of her money. She knows, be-
sides, that one of the trustees is keeping us
waiting. She also made sensible remarks.
She mentioned having heard Mrs. Ormond
say that the air Of London never agreed with
her, and she hoped that q comparatively
healthy neighborhOod had been chosen for
Mrs. OrmOnd's place Of residence This, You
see, was leading up to the discovery Of the
address. The spirit Of mischief possessed
me; allowed Miss Wester6eld to take lit
tie peep at the truth. Mrs. Ormond Is not
actually in London said; she is only In
the neighborhOOd.' For what followed on
this my experience of ladies ought to have
prepared me. l am ashamed to say this lady
took me completely by surprise"
What did she dO?'
Fell on her knees poor dear, and said:
oh, Mr.. Sarrazin. be kinder to me than you
have ever been yet; tell me where Mrs. Or
mond isv Iput her back in her chair and I
took her handkerchief out of her pocket and
/ wiped her eyes"
And then you told her the addressr'
II was near 1t, but didn't do Il yet
asked what you had done in the matter.
Alas, your kind heart had led you to promise
more than you could perform. She had
waited to hear from you il Mrs. Ormond
to see her. and had waited 10 vain.
Hard on her. wasn't it? ! was sorry, but I
was still obdurate. only felt the symptoms
which warned me that was going to make
fool Of myself when she let me into her ~
cret for the first time and said plainly what
she wanted with Mrs. OrmOnd. Her tears
and her entreaties had resisted. The con-
fession of her motives overpowered me- 1t
Is right" cried Mr.. Sarrazin, suddenly warm
Ing into enthusiasm, that these two women
shOu. d meet Remember how that poor girl
has proved that her repentance Is no shame.
/ say she has . right to ten, and the lady
whom she has injured has q right 10 hear,
what she has done to atone for the past
what confession she is willing to make to the
one woman In the world Though she e di-
v0rced woman) who Is most interested IN |
hearing what Miss Westerfeld's life has been
with that wretched brother of yours. All,
yes, know what the English cant may say. |
Away with the English cant! It Is the worst |
obstacle to the progress Of the English ma
Eionr'
Randall listened absent1y: he was thinking. |
Thet2 could be little doubt to what destina-
ion Sydney Westerfield had betaken herself
when she left the lawyers Office. At that
moment, perhaps, she and Catherine were
together alone.
Mr.. Sarrazin had noticed his friends 81
ence. rs it possible you don't agree with
me?" he asked.
II don't feel as hopeful as you do IL these
.wo ladies meet"
'Ah. my friend, you are not q sanguine
man by nature. If Mrs. OrmOnd treats our
poor Sydney just as commonplace, ill-tem-
pered woman would treat her, shall be sur
'rised indeed. Say, IL you like, that she will
'e insufted-of this l am sure, she will not
eturn y; there is no explation that Is too Bit
er to be endured by that resolute little Great
Ire. Her fine nature has been tempered by
diversity. A hxd life has been Sydney's,
lepend upon it. in the years before you and
met with her. Good heavens! What would
nv wife saw IL she heard ma2 Tho sroman