The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-07

"Well, / don't mean Sir Jaffray, G
I? And when say friend can't mea
woman. can I?'
"He's no friend of mine, reptile
Lola indifferently. He's here becaus
Jaffray asks him."
"Well, my dear, of course he is.
And she laughed significantly.
II mean that | do not want hin
here, =" said Lola rather warmly, resent
ing her companions tone.
ooh, it's that way, is it? He is th
snarer, is he? Has it been that wa.
with him long? How long is it sine
you refused him?"
Lola laughed in her turn.
lyon think there must always b,
that kind of tie, eh?"
"Not always, but in this case yes
Else why is he here, my dear? But he:
not clever when ne drinks, and if there
had been 20 people at the table tonight
they could all have seen that there was
some sort of relationship between you
two other than that of mere casual ac-
quaintance or friendshipS'
cts just as easy for 20 people 10
make mistake as one, 4" returned Lola
again warmly.
81 only speak for your guidance, Lo-
la, " said her companion, not noticing
the interruption, land you can be very
angry with me if you like. Never have
an affair with man who wants to
blurt it out right in the teeth of the
OF
tonight when he was telling that cock
and bull story with an expression in his
eyes which said as plainly as possible,
You and l understand one another.
And you are so inexperienced-don be
angry, my dear; you'll grow out of it
in time-that you even turned shade
pale and bit your lip hard when he did
look at you. OF course / don't doubt
You bit about having no understand
ing with him, but in that case |
wouldn't have him in the house an
hour if l We're you, for he acts Just as
if You both did understand one another
very thoroughly. And one has to be
very innocent nowadays before one can
afford TO be suspected for nothing. It's
bad enough when it's for something"
And Mrs. De Witt laughed again and
shrugged her plump white shoulders.
You find it hard, dare say, to look
through smoked glasses and see what
you take for smoke and not cry 'Firep
directly"
THAT may be as you like, - replied
the other CURLY, "but in any case I'm
not such fool as to let man cry Fire
FlreP very loudly and plainly in order
that other people may amuse themselves
by specializing whether there's smoke
or not" And Mrs. De Witt coughed
little aggravatingly. "But tell me who
is he? Where did Magog pick him up?"
Lola told her shortly.
IAN old pupil. Obi" And she coughed
again. "You know, Lola. you are very
pretty and-well, have heard of such
a thing as music master falling in
love-you know what / mean. OF
course you know best, and it's not for
me to say word. But if were you
shouldn't encourage Magog in that in.
timacy."
Lola laughed this time and quite un-
restrainedly. Mrs. De Witt had gone so
far off the track that there was no dan
ger of her guessing anything of the
truth.
Il tell you what I'll do" she said,
after a moments pause. III lend him
to you. Jaffray was saying the other
day he'd like to see you setting your
wicked little wits at him. and I'll
give you unconditional leave to flirt
with him as much as you can. -
Mrs. De Witt looked a little puzzled
at this.
"No, thank you. I have a graver
mission than that. ! mean to bring
back Magog himself to his lost allie
glance, she said audaciously. you've
monopolized him quite long enough.
But I'll give your Frenchman any time
can spare from the more serious bust
ness of my VISIT
Very WE'LL" said Lola, smiling.
III give you all of Sir Jaffray that
you can take. I"
You're very prodigal with your
gifts, said Mrs. De Witt in rather
waspish tone. She was irritated at not
quite understanding Lola.
AT that moment the two men were
heard laughing, and directly afterward
they entered the room together.
Lola, mindful of Mrs. De Wits
words, was especially guarded in her
manner toward the Frenchman.
The two men sat down close to Mrs.
De Witt, who held them in converse.
ton, and Lola, sitting a little apart,
grew thoughtful.
She was beginning to realize more
and more clearly how the load that she
was bearing would gall and wound with
It's weight and how difficult it might be
TO carry it at all without its crushing
her.
She had noticed Beryl's tone and look
when the girl had asked that question
about Montreux, and she saw instantly
that from that side there might develop
really serious suspicion fraught with
much danger.
Lola had never understood Beryl. She
could not gauge the strength and posi-
bllities OF nature that seemed to her
so indifferent, so cold and so hard 10
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