Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-12-31
CHAPTER x.
Love and Glamour.

his CALCULATIONS. When that section
moved on Capt Kelly could not Sc
the one whom he had vainly hope
would have relieved them from tn
momentary difficulty in which the,
: We're placed through having mislaiC
the sovereign.
BLESS my heart, he couldn't hav,
heard me, yet I could swear he looket
me in the face the old gentleman
said, excitedly. What is the meanins
of it? Has he grown deaf and blind
Was that his sister with him?'
Il was looking on the floor for the
sovereign when you spoke" Patrict
/ explained, quietly; when l looked VI
[ saw none but strange faces rouad us
If it was Sholto he couldn't have rec
ognized you"
AT least he must have recognized
you, unless he has grown blind" said
Capt. Kelly. well, come along, my
child; there's nothing for us left to
do but to pad the hoof home. Extra
! ordinary thing altogether You don t
know whether that was his sis er with
! him?"
[ was looking for the sovereign
when you spoke, dad Lcok here:
shall [ go home and get some money
while you wait here for me? | won't
be long away, and then we can carry
out our plan of making a cay of it in
some nice out-of-the-way place"
No, I'll go home with you, Patrice.''
Capt Kelly said, thoughtfully. His
enthusiasm for the little projected
holiday was gone He was depressed
by the loss of his sovereign AMI by a
dim suspicion he had that "there was
a screw loose about Graham He
was hot and tired and dus.y and
thirsty. Altogether he was a. very sad
old man as he walked along Pc adilly
under blazing sun, and Patrice's
heart smote her as she look ed at him
ana guessed that part of his depres-
sion was due to his quickly wakenei
Jealousy for her. So in spite. of the
longings she had for sol tude and ST.
lence, and the privilege of being mis-
cradle unseen, she talked AMI laughed
gayly, and pointed out the humorous
SIDE of everything they saw until Capt.
Kelly was charmed into rgetfulness
OF his lost sovereign and the slight he
mad half-suspected Sholto Of offering
h1m When he reached home and
found the sovereign peacefully repos-
ing on his writing-pad he cleared I'D
completely and forgot his fatigue to
the extent of trotting off to the Grove
to order a piece of salmon and a Gu
cumber, as he said he "fe't sure
Sholto would drop in to dinner"
There was no correspo ding assur-
ance in Patrice's heart, and again the
kind old man was doomed to disap-
Polntment. But though Patrice bore
herself bravely, as though she felt no
pain, that dinner was not a success in
spite of the salmon and cucumber
which had been personally selected
with tender care by Capt Kelly him
self, he being Influenced thereunto by
the belief which is in all ct us that
the shortest way to the average mans
heart is to daintily tick and crafty
his appetite
All of us who have watcLe1 g2y
g1rihood through it's first real 10
fever are acquainted with the signs of
that phase of the disease when the
sufferer assumes that those are "un-
reasonable who fathom that she is
feeling neglected and are ready to re-
sent that neglect for her. 1t is in
reality the instinct of representation
which actuates her She wants to
come out of the engagement with as
few tears as possible. While she be-
play the part of the Spartan boy with
variations. But if her friends insist
ON barring her wounds and pouring
balm and oil into them for healing
purposes in a public manner, ten to
one they tear them asunder and fret
the gashes more ruthlessly (but with
the best intenttons) than even the
original offender has done.
Capt. Kelly was not one of those
who carry about with them constantly
the knife that cuts to cure, and he
bottle containing healing liquids that
make one smart cruelty. He was Old,
but he was neither selfish nor callous,
blind nor deaf. He saw distinctly the
fox of mortified love and pride which
was gnawing at the vitals Of the
daughter Of his heart And in the
sweet silence of that light long
drawn-out summer evening he heard
the wailing of the storm that was
hourly brewing in that daughters
life.
After dinner Patrice sat as uJual in
the recess of the drawing-room win
dow working and trying to read now
and again, and as usual Capt Kelly
read, dozed and locked often at Pa
trice, saying a silent thanksgiving as
he did so to God, for having brought
her mother and herself into his life.
At last-she thought he was doing
he saw her bend her head ON her
hands down on to the little table that
stood before her, and with a sense of
terror he held his breath and waited
to hear her sob. He had only heard
her sob with terror twice in his life
Once was when her mother died. The
second time was when puppy he ha |
given her was run over by a water
cart. Was she going to sob for an
other puppy now?
/ 1t was only a few minutes, bu it
seemed an hour to him before she
that though her pretty little oval face
/ l.