The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1898-06-29
4 DEBT OF HONOR.


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u.hara ! It'll t,,5,aal,o -. mi.
',, - = - .''s'''1 ~ 49,
'ii'' my" i,i Instantly, 'iio"s" si'e
was Neile''' one ieeos'''Aeu lhe also ana
returned my greeting with warmth
which hoped Mis- not altogether due
to the fact that | WAS able to eNtricate
her from Il human eddy i'll which she
was entangled. forgot all about the
time table and turned back, delighted
that the rush Of the prcoecupied crowd
around us gave an excuse L. keep her
little silk gloyed hand upon my arm.
She had been seeing Cousin Phil and
his wife oi. sha sA4d, and vas now. |
guessed, returning In the dcSulatc house
IN Bloomsbury square. The picture
called up Ly tle Thought was ~ poipn
ant that prapus,d "a visit to West
minister abbey she appeared a shade
surprised-l certainly was mVsqlf-and
then agreed with a little SIGH. which
plainly said. a. Is well there as any.
where else. But once She accepted my
e0npanionship hy #strppipe INTO the
hansam called she made could SEE.
distinct effort t. take interest in The
multieelared life sNirling by
"Thc abbey il the first place one
thinks of visiting when one Is away, g"
she observed and vet. when one is mt
home. il is SO near that one kepps defer
ring the visit from day Ia day, and |
ana leaving town tomorrow. papa
meant She did not finish the sen
tonce, but added. 1t is 80 kind Of you
to give your time -
Il am Il man of leisure, said dryly.
Papa was always III Il hurry, she
went on and then stopped again. All
roads of conversation led To her father,
and death had written NO thorough
fare" across every one.
Better wear out than rust out, y sad
considerably, though The best of us
but write their names ON water after
all. \ very cons0llne reflection for the
idlers.
Yes, If everything ended here, she
replied as the cab pulled up and the
great gray temple doomed above us
If time be duration set out by meas.
ure, my watch war Of opinion that We
spent two hours here. My conscious.
ness, however, has nothing definite 10
say on the matter, "tho endurance of
all enduring things not bong painful
ly prominent. Neither do | remember
having shone among the tonbs. On one
thing at least ! am quite clear. 1t IL
when we came out was decidedly
hungry; So artfally plotting my charge
past restaurant, | suggested lunch.
Here again IL laeuna occurs, for / have
no distinct recollection Of the earlier
stages OF the banquet save tho other
fact that her mode OF eating and drink
ing forced me to make comparisons
which would have brought me slowly
to my senses had not the unforeseen,
which has such trick of happening,
done SO with paralyzinB pronrputude.
Her little hunting watch had run
dawn, but the oiiicious cuckoo belong
ing tn the restaurant clock spoke so
plainly that the young girl almost
jumped from her chair.
on, MIR. Patterson, sho cried,
what shall ! do? | was to call upon
Mr.. Turnbull-he Is my guardian, you
know-about papa 3 will at half past
z, and now 1T Is a quarter past.
Where does ho liye:' ! asked
In the city, she replied despairing
~, and, OH, he IS 50 precise and there
may be delays-you don know him =
did, having met him in his profes.
sional capacity some years before, when
was witness for the defense.
rovally rrt,ina INV, hand i, ,,.,, ,.oal,nt
,y5iIn sbn fn,nilad fo, hn, ,,II,'' w.
a, a,yfrI f,o, TIL,
gono snnnas1. a1.,,'t.,.l - vs.,
info NV facn for canoIt ia ,.,.,' ~ e.
nolyolot v,ite,. f,vod nnon mo H., NO
tali and I doubt moi s,gift 80 font
and as ne smiled thinly I cnnid soo that
Inc had lost ono Front tooth a,d ali III
Illusions out nv hnt an a,,d tn,l, u
off again At anotber tino IN onnthar
nlace the incident would hay, hn.n
merely lauoboble INIT nov viii ho,r
had been So blaso go miIdlv cynic,It
Oh. it was untljnltahIoi ,noyrd ~.
ward tha con,t.. ,.li,b nm. -. ~