Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1897-02-04

to--aud You ',ou't Zip uT as easily a.
the others. Now, Il you wcrr like old
Peyton. her FIRST husband. or like poor
Jim. "r even my Boompointcr. Nou'd
bc all right. No. my boy. all We can do
Is try Ia keep her from getting nj you
here. ] reckon she won't trust herself
in Washington again in hurryi"
"Gui | cannot stay mr,-mN rarcer
is in the icld,"
'lour "arrcr u alongside a. me.
honey and Eunmpointcr. liui nearer
me. Wen tiN all that. | heard some
thing about YOUR hrinC IN Disgrace.
hut the story was thar You were soft
on some scc,sh girl dawn there and
neglected Your business. kla'uns. l:ut
LnrdN. in thiuk IL was only your oWu
Wifr, Never mind. wen straightrn that
out. We've had wGr~c jobs than tho.
on. Why. there was that cnnmissarA
Who MAS huN ing nj dead horses at one
Cnl nj the field aud selling them ~ the
government tor mess beef NJ tine othrr:
and there MAS that General who
wouldn't make an attack when Il
r,incd. and the other "rnrral-Nou
know ~ lao | mean. kla'uns-who
wouldn't invade the state ~ here his sis-
ter lived hut We >tIaightcn, Il them out
.nmrhow. and they were heap worse
than You. Nc'lI get You a position in
the war department here, one of thc
bureau oiiI,r>. where YOU keep YOUR
rank and your uniinrn-you don look
bad m il. kla'nns- better pay. And
You'll come aud see me-and we'll talh
over old times"
Rrant felt his heart turn sick within
him. Eui h" WAS AT her mercy now,
lie said with an EFFORT: Tut yc told
,ou that ny career may. my lfc-now
Is in The field"
Don't YOU I've fool. Kla'uns. and
lravc il there. lou have done YOUR
work of fighting mighty good fight
ing. too. and rNcrybndy knows IT,.
Nou'vr earned change. Let othcr~
take y"ur place"
lie .huddrrrd as he remembered that
Lis wife had made the same appeal.
Was hc a fool, then. and thcsr two
womrn-so totally unlike in every thi:g
-Ilgnl IN lhi~
''tuuu,. El.'uu>." said Su>N. rrlap~inp
against his shoulder. nov talk Ia me.
lnu dan'i say What ,uu thinh of me. of
ny home. my furniture of my posi-
tion -c,en Of him, Tell me-"
Il hHd you well. prosperous. and
happy" he said. with faint smile.
"Is that all! How do look?''
She turned her still youthful mis-
chieVous face toward him in the moon
light. The witchery of her blue eyes
was still there as of old. the same frank
irresponsibility beamed from them: her
parted lips seemed TO give him back the
breath of his youth. He started, hut
she did not.
''SuSv. dear"
IL WAS her husbands voice. 81 quite
forgot il went on, as he drew the cur
tain aside. that YOU are engaged with
a friend. hut Miss Faulkner is waiting
Ia say good night, and volunteered Ia
und Nou."
Tell her 10 wait a moment" said
Susy. with an Impotence that was a
undisguised as il was without emhar-
raSSmcnt or confusion.
HUT Miss Faulkner. unconsciously fol
lowing Mr.. BoOmpointcr. was already
upon them. For u moment. the whole
four were silent-although perfectly
composed.
Senator Hoompointer, unconscious of
any infclici,y i'm his interruption. MAS
calmly waiting. Clarence, opposed sud
denly TO the Young girl. whom he he
lieyed was avoiding his recognition,
rose. coldly imperturbable. Miss
Faulkner, looking taller and more erect
in the long folds of her satin cloak.
neither paled nor blushed. as she re-
garded Susy and Brant with a smile of
well-bred apology.
Il expect TO leave Washington to-
morrow. and may not he able 10 call
again" she said. ''or would not have so
particularly pressed leavetaking up
on YOU"
81 was talking with my old friend.
Gen. Brant." said Susy, more by way
of introduction than apology.
Brant bowed. For an instant the
clear eyes of Miss Faulkner slipped Jelly
across him as she made him an old
fashioned colonial courtesy. and taking
Susy's arm she left the room. Brant did
not linger. but took leave of his host al
most in the same breath. At the front
door a well-appointed carriage of one
Of the legations had just rolled into
waiting. lie looked back and saw Miss
Faulkner. erect and beautiful as bride
in her gauzy draperies. descending the
stairs before the waiting servants. lie
ielt his heart beat strangely. He hesi-
tated; recalled himself with an effort
hurriedly stepped from the porch into
the path as he heard the carriage door
close behind him in the distance, and
even felt the dust from her horses
hoofs rise around him as she drove past
him and away.