The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-06-08


been without her son." put in Mrs. Lam
caster, with telling effect.
"Fanshaw did only what any man
would have done who believed in the
prisoners innocence" said Capt. Win
kle, with an icy smile at no one in par
ocular.
But Mrs. Lancaster was more than Il
match for him. Its only what one
man did do" she retorted. Thereupon
| Wrinkle stirred his coffee in moody ST.
lence.
81 am sorry it was Ronald Fanshaw
who is to get all the credit" remarked
Caroline Hasbrooke, coldly. "Since he
has taken up the study of law it looks as
If he has a pretty good idea of his i'm
portance. Things are coming to pref
ty pass when such people as the Fan
shaws get into me professions usuamy
held by gentlemen"
Don't kick against the pricks" GtI
was favorite expression of her ia
ther's), "the common people have been
rising into prominence since the birth
Of creation"
And the better class has been deFen
eratirg" remarked Mr.. Hardy, with
slow smile. "As far as am concerned,
I'd rather employ man like Fanshaw
TO defend me, if | were on trial for my
life, than some man with more ancestry
and less individual force
bravo! bien dit" applauded Mrs.
Lancaster, and she rose to accompany
Evelyn out on the lawn.
The dew lay as heavy as raindrops on
the grass and hung like scntillatinp
gems from the gorgeous hollyhocks. the
Indian chieftans. and the roses ilarcd
like u;;rows of red on the silvery green
sward of the sloping terraces. Mrs
Lancaster was first TO break the silence
~ need not tell you I'm glad that boy
was innocent" she began. 81 am espe
cially glad because it emphasizes tia,
nobility Of Mr.. Fanshnw's act. am 30.
ing to drive over to his house in the pony
cart this morning. have something IL
say to him."
Evelyn raised her great eyes in aston.
ishment, but she uttered no comment
Mrs. Lancaster's voice shook per
ceptibly as she went on
Nothing has ever affected me SC
powerfully as all this has Last
night the imprisoned fervor of hi
voice while he was speaking down
there brought back some of the ten.
derest and saddest recoYlcctions Of my
young married. life II reminded mt
Of a speech in favor of secession that
my husband made. just before III,
war broke out. There seemed to BE-
a ring in Mr.. Fanshaw's tones like m!
husbands. 1t may have been only
my imagination, and the great dis.
lance, but it drove me nearly wild
with the old pain. And last night
i'm thinking of Mr.. Fanshaw's danger
it seemed TO be my husband who was
III peril. Really, | did not sleep y
wink | went to the window a hun.
bred times. ] saw Mr.. Fanshaw re.
turning this morning, and then drew
my first easy breath. Oh, Evelyn!'
(NIrs, Lancaster was gazing into tn
girls eyes, what is the matter with
both of u.s."
Evelyn shook her head; her rich.
abundant hair glistening like threads
of FURNISHED gold in the sun.
81 know what's the matter with me-
she said, with a little laugh. 81 hope
something else is wrong with you"
Mrs. Lancaster sighed. "When ! get
back from his house | may tell you
what | am going for, but shall not
uow-no, ! shall not now"
Mrs. Lancaster had several times
taken short drives in the pony cart.
which was always at the disposal OF
the guests of Carnleigh, and so, when
she ordered il out at ten o'clock, no
one made any comment. As she
drove up near the dilapidated domi-
ellie of the Fanshaws she began To
shrink from her intentions. The place
certainly presented torn-down. for
bidding aspect. In front, not twenty
yards from the porch was decayiug
( rail fence and gate that sagged 10
the earth. The roof of the porch was
low and fiat, dank and moss-grown
and on it lay some pieces of ragged
cast-oif clothing on which two or three
cats lay sleeping in the sun. The two
sisters half lay, half sat on the porch
and Mrs, Fanshaw stood in the front
doorway, her dull gaze on the cart
and its inmate. The dogs sprang
from under the house and ran bark
ing furiously to the gate, and Mrs
Fanshaw, thinking that the lady had
stopped to ask some question about
the road, as passers-by often did
? shambled down the steps and out &c
the cart She succeeded in driving the
dogs back and then leaned over the
r gate eXpectantly
2 81 called to see Mr.. Ronald Fan
shaw" announced the visitor; sis he at
homer"
Yes ma'am," answered Mrs. Fan
shaw; 'he was up in his room jest
now Won't you light an come imp
The room into which the aristo
cratic caller was ushcrcd had a worn
scrap of carpet from the door to the