The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-07-19

cidedly. heard her moving. and mo-
ment later the door was opened a few
inches. Her face was set in grim lines.
81 came to see whether you were nod
coming down to dvlcsc. There Is
,sp,..u,an hSce-" l bes2an.
IL should think you would know oet-
ter than 10 invite cnyone at such q
time" she said bitterly. Il certainly
shall not come down,
But, Mary" l pleaded. III Is de-
,Ac,iye from THE city. a MIR. |hiiaps'
and the best man In his profession.
$50 much the worse" and she smut
the door h., my face.
I wern Gown stairs again. hlled witn
new fears cnd anxieties. What woGid
psrlllps think of such actions! iheS
could hardly fail 10 strike him as more
,,s,,, psculiac. Evta in me rtey re-
s-oused vague srsr'cions which had
,,.s,,t,,ally laid aside. Stll II she was
going 10 act 50 strinsssly. pe;haps' ar
,sy AZ II WIS as Wei that he should
not see her.
7, this STATE Of mtGd I sat down to
dinner with my guest, pleada@S the ex-
my niece's ahserce,
"Vsgy natural" he replied. as went
on 70 elaborate my apologies; STILL l
hcue to he able to see Miss Smith before
my departure, ,.
~ don't know" l began. ITO
tell the truth. Mr.. Phillips my niece Is.
as b,lieve in.imated to you. IN a
very yscular frame Of mind. Perhaps
we fNou,d be- surprised by rothihs'
cons !dering the shock she has receiVeu'
mi I feel that ought to tell you that
she ,esents your presence here ana apso-
,utely refuses to see you.
"Ahw he rerlied, and then added.
after a few seconds Of thought; That
is rather unfortunate. for 1t Is abso-
lutely necessary that I should talk with
her before coming 10 a definite conclu-
sior"
AR. YOU as near success as that?
exclaimed. fairly startled by the assur-
anca OF his answer.
II do not know how near l am, ne
answered testify. but surely you can
see how absurd it would be to 20 away
without examining every inmate or the
house"
II don't knew how you can accomplish
1t. Mary Is very obstinate woman.
Let me suggest" he replied. more
blard!y. that you frankly state the
case to her. Say that l am an ofncer
of tn. law and am compelled to do my
du.y. and that, II sh, will submit to the
inevitable, my stay and the consequent
ANNOYANCE to her will be cut short"
acouiesced in the sound sense of this
advice: and little more was said during
our meal. When 1t was concluded l
went up stairs again to my niece's room
and represented the situation as well
as was able This time found her,
though indignant, yet more inclined to
look at things reasonably.
Very we'll. then" she said. IF l
must see ths-this man, I will do s.;
but be sure I shall have nothing 70 say
to him, nor will submit -so'beiiYg ques-
toned"
when will you come DOWN." ! asked.
Very shortly" she replied. and again
closed the door.
returned to tae library, where
found PlpflEps and acquainted him with
2 the success Of my mission. He bowed
and made some remark expressive OF
regret at being Obliged to trouble MISS
Smith at such time. Them we sat
silent for few minutes.
"I presume, OF course, that you will
/ examine Mr.. Ratph?' said at last.
Before he could answer we hsard the
rustic OF womaHs gown in the hail
ard Mary threw open the door and
stood in the threshold. Phillips started
! to iiis feet witii short. bdnrtlcula:e ex-
| clamation His face w05 very pale, and
I saw him clutch the table az IL for sup
port. Ny niece eyed him curiously with
ksr head thrown forward and her lips
slightly apart. Her lock was at firs'
vague tnd inqudring, as If trying to re-