Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-10-18
Dearest, 1 will speak to Mary. Greg

ory's powder 1 should recommend
Ovens flush deepened the Streaks
to lines of blood and she could hardly
keep from shrieking out her wrath and
indignation, but she controlled herself
and said in harsh level voice:
1--WE would Ike nothing to eat thank
you, we've had our tea, we came to
see you, you don't want us. Dacre. /
think we might GO
Then to the absolute staggering of
the boy. she turned, caught his hand,
and dragging him along by it went up
and stood before her parents, her eyes
cleaning strangely.
Goodnight, mother, goodnight,
father-oh, good-nightr'
Goodnight. my dears." said Mr..
Warning blandly, and seeing that they
still waited he stopped down Stiff1y and
kissed the foreheads of both Of them.
then, with the air of a man who has
done his duty, he remarked:
"Dacre's health seems 10 be more TO-
bust than his sisters, / think you are
wise in recommending something Of an
anti-febrile nature
The children were half out of the
room by this time, and Mrs. Waring' s
eyes followed them with a puzzled
stare Something had evidently been
forgotten. "Ah, Of course" she cried,
her face lighting. and running forward
she put soft OBTAINING hand on a
shoulder of each Of her children and
laid small kiss ON the middle OF
Owens cheek. Then she stopped to
Dacre and did the same by him.
She wondered a little as She went up
to Mary's room why Gwen shuddered
when she touched her.
II wonder if she's feverish," she
hought-"Oh, what agonies Of re-
sponsibihty parents have to endure. y
she sighed, with yearning self pity.
as soon as she reached the head of the
stairs
When the children got to the nursery,
Dacre faced his sister with glaring
eyes.
"Beastr' was his sole observation.
LET me alone oh, let me alone.' she
cried land, Dacre, open the windows,
feel sn othered.'
"You should live Oh the top of a
wind MILL" he grumbled, but he did as
she babe him, and watched her with
some puzzled concern. She soon re-
covered from her smOthering and drew
in her head and leaned against the
window in silence for few minutes,
then she said with calm decision:
ooh yes, you can go to school, there
is neither reason nor justice in your
staying here. They might have pre-
vented it tonight if they'd liked"
"HOW"
ooh, YOU wouldn't understand"
We'll. of all the beasts! Girls secrets
are such fools of things, too! Don't
look like that, it's awful with your
scratchy face"
ooh. go to bed, dO.'
81 wish YOU would, l think you are
going to be sick, I'll call Mary"
sDacre don't dare to, I'm as we'll as
anything. I wish I was a witch and
! could fly over those trees on broom
stick"
She peered eagerly out of the win
dow, out over TIE Tree lopS anu 'iN
whirling leaves, up into the dark
heavens.
you look witchy enough now with
your awful yellow hair that looks as If
it were alive with fre-dies.'
''Dacre, go to bed, do. I want to
to think of the plan"
ooh. if you want that, I'll clear, I'd
have gone before only l thought you
were going to be sick"
Gwen turned a half-mocking, half
wistful look upon him.
you're a good old thing, and it
isn't your fault if you are an ass, only
I wish you weren't" she said to her
self when he had gone. at wouldn't
all be so beastly them
She went off slowly to her little blue
and white bedroom and let Mary put
her to bed in cold silence which she
positively refused to break.