Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-04-12

His mother, sir. ventu-ed Cathanne.
"And without n baby"
well. l suppose / shall have to see
her" said the judges wife. 1T is the
mother of the man whose case you are
engaged on
What MANI"
Dunlap"
Again the name Of the man may have
influenced the judge. As his wife arose
from her chair he said:
My dear, perhaps you had better slip
on a shawl. Your diamonds, your gay
dress-they are such a contrast to the
woman you will see"
sNonsensel' she said. "nonsenseT
"And, Catharine," said the judge, as
the music in the adjoining room became
more brilliant, with a mans voice added
to it, tell Miss Estelle l should like to
see her"
His wife gave him a quick glance be
fore sailing from the study, her velvet
| train swishing a yard behind her, and
cautiously followed by Catharine. Then
the music stopped abruptly, there was a
light movement outside the door, and
twenty years e blond-Iss and beauty
entered the stuLy. a good many tinking
ornaments jingling as she came along.
Papa" she said, ''you sent for me-
Sweetheart" said the judge, 81
should like you to interrupt your con
cert for a few minutes. There is a poor
woman down stairs, the mother of a
man l am trying, and the music, ou
cheerfulness"-
"Oh, you sensitive papa, you!' wa
the merry interruption. ''Is that all you
wanted me for!'
That is all"
Then / will 90 back to Mr.. Elwyn-
do you hear him picking ont a tune OF
the piano. He SAYS he only knows tw,
tunes: the one is God Save the Queen,
and the other isn't. Did You ever heal
that before: And-papa, he Is all alon'
in there
And / am all alone in here"
She looked at him, and the colo,
rushed TO her face.
What do You mean she said
There's a difference
The judge leaned back in his chair an
regarded her.
surely there's a difference. he sal.
slowly; surely there's a difference
Come herer'
She went around to him, putting he
arms about his neck.
kiss me- he said, my daughter"
So she placed her rosy face up agains
his, the faint perfume exhaled by he
! garments, her tinkling beads and bar
II - - . ~wwaHnzrana ~ eha nawaHa.
"Now 20 back 20 the lonely youn
man" said the judge, gently pushin
her from him. surely there's a difel
| ence."
But she kissed him once again an
smoothed his face a little before sh
, gayly left him, and he waited. listenin
for the last faint jingle Of her ornament
~Surely there's a difference" be sal
softly. He picked up the papers he ha
written that evening. made a roll
Z them and slipped a rubber band oyer Al
5 With this baton he tapped upon Il
table, thinking Of the letter he had y
to write before going to bed-the lett
regarding his coming nomination Il
Z governor. Surely there wa a dife
; ence, as Estelle had said, but surely Il
father owed LIS daughter this new hOn'
! despite the difference between his Ion
illness and that Of her lover.
The governorship-and after tina
He hooked up at the thinning Of a face {
tn wall-Webster! The cabinet! II
wife had said it!
Suddenly there came the sweep Of Il
velvet robe. and his wife entered Il
room
The woman appeals to me she sal
''She wishes TO see you. What you sai
10 me regarding my dress as l wei
down 10 her maybe rebuked me, for
eoald not turn her away. VIII you -
her? She looks sensible"
: The Judge recalled himself.
! Il can do little for her, he responds
with an air Of resignation. But
long as you have told her you would g
my yes or no l suppose must prepa
myself for a bad quarter Of an hou
Let her come up
His wife left the room. She call
"Catharine, 4" gave a low order and pass
by the study door to the room where 6
y daughter kept the young man from ;
K ing lonely.
a There was a laboring up the stail
n the touch Of garments on the wall, al
in the doorway stood a woman. T
D. prisoners dock, the witness stand, IN
d be supposed 10 hold pale faces, but {
Judge had never before looked upon
y face so utterly devoid of color a Il
a woman's, framed by gray hair and dim
ilumined by faded eyes. Perhaps {
regularity Of the features, the fine OF
line ard the immobiity Of the expr
sion tended 10 accentuate the absence
coloring in The epidermis as much AZ I
a dun colOred gown and bonnet the WON
4 wore. At the first glance he had of I
the judge thought Of a splendid intag
il cut into sard which was among his wifi
Ne jewels.
i. Then the woman's eyes were fixed
his. She stood on the threshold for
] instant before she glided over into
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