The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-02
NECK OR NOTHING.
By JEANETTE H. wALwORTH.
copyright. 1897. by the Author.l
fro BE Continued

SYNoPsIs.-Strong Martin. son OF the over
seer on Governor StronG's plantation, San
Souci, attends college with the governor
grandson. Adrien Strong He is suspected o
some college thefts in the closing term and /
ostracized by the faculty ana his fellow lstu
dents, Mamie Colyer, daughter OF a professor
alone stands by him. CHAPTER IlI.-Gover
nor Strong's daughter-in law, the widowed
mother OF Adrien, has made Liza Martin
Strong's sister, her protegee and educated heI
beyond her station. WINS. Martin talks
plainly 10 Mrs. Strong about spelling Liza
The case is discussed at Sans Souci. Liza
must be helped. but not brought in contact
with Adrien.
Tn answer to brakes somewhat flip
PANTY delivered message from 1.-The
madam, Liza sprang from the saddle
as she was riding homeward an hour
later, flung the bride to the boy, and.
gathering her long skirt over her arm,
walked sedately into 1.-THE madam's"
presence.
She knew quite we'll where to find
the object of her search. Before she had
been sent off to that Baltimore school
she and Gabrielle had studied together
in the morning room. 1t looked out over
the heliotrope and violet beds that were
overshadowed by the crimson pome-
granate bushes and the flame of the
Towering ounces. The scent of hello
trope always brought back those days
TO her-brought back the pinched, intel
lectual face of the little governess, who
had Disseminated with cruel candor be.
tween Gabrielle, refined, delicate, SEN
sitive, and the pretty holden from the
quarters, who was admitted on suffer
ance and had her opportunities thrown
at her as bones are thrown to a stray
dog She had hated the governess in
those unequal days, had always hated
her, in fact, but Gabrielle. never. Her
she had loved always Her she had
mourned bitterly. if briefly. when the
news came of her taking off in earliest
womanhood. Gabrielle had been her
senior by six years, but they had stood
and studied heart TO heart
Crowding memories passed in with |
her through the opening door of the
morning room, outwardly trying her |
composure sorely. She bore herself with |
the complaisance of captive princess |
She advanced we'll into the room before |
speaking, and stood there pressing her |
tiny, gauntleted hands tightly upon the
handle of her riding whip Her large
eyes were fixed calmly on Mrs Strong's
high bred face. They were red trimmed
as from recent tears When she spoke
the soft culture of her voice was dis.
tinct surprise TO her nearer.
Drake tells me you want TO see me.
Mrs. Strong. Mamma thinks / should
nave paid you my respects before. but |
preferred waiting for a summons.
Things have changed So you know -"
Looking at her now for the first time
at close range, listening TO her, saying
what she had to say with quiet direct
ness equally free from fiippancy as from
Mrs. Strong was con-
'clous of passionate longing and of
brief sensation of thankfulnesS. If her
Gabrielle could but have been spared TO
,ome back TO her radiant, self poised,
cultured us this child Of Eben Martins,
| plebeian oversecr, had come back 1t
vas We'll! she was glad that Adrlen J
was from home at this juncture. Some
disposition must be made Of this child
before his final home coming.
She assumed her scepter with quiet
"Sit down, child Yes, | wanted to
zee you. l have some things to say 10
you that perhaps you will understand
'etter, coming from me, than from your
mother. l hope you will receive what /
lave to say in the right spirit "
Liza walked over to a chair, neither
nor shyly. She was not OPP
PRESSED by any disconcerting sense Of
pace between her and this patrician
ady, who had been born into possession
# all the elegances surrounding her
She regarded Mrs Srong's high bred.
efined beauty with the girlish cnthusi
Ism she accorded everything that was
,est Of its kind. If good breeding had