Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1901-02-01
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5suspecting that God ard WantedSt to be:
alone with his trouble she left him:
One morning three days later they
. were all seated ii the 5librar Mrs.
Goddard sat in the bow window, her.
eyes on the road which led past q nd :
hurst to the station. Blanche was
looking over some music 81 the piano,
and Talley was taking down, ins short
hand from God dard' hal ting dictationE
some some business corr espondence. Now
and then Mrs: God dard would furtive-5
~ scan the faces in the room and
then peer toward the road again.
Suddenly she saw cab containing q:
single occupant driving in at one of
athe gates at the bot tom of the lawn,
and she. at, once rose and 2wentsto the
fire and sat down. hen the door
bel<rang a few minutes later. She was
the only one in the room whosdid not
appear to. notice it. She seemed SO
much absorbed in thought as not TO
see James when he entered with .
card on a. tray. = A S:%;tsas5 5S;s,& -%
:. :. "A lady to see you, madam he an:
nounced.. e. =. Is ts s3.''s3 s::%S
!. Mrs. Goddard had four pairs of eyes
on her as she scanned the card.
"'Mrs. Lucy Nolan, 80 she: read,
"'from the Metropolis tan employment
bureau All, it is the woman they
were to send me! Tell her. James
tell her I shall be in at once. Where
is she?'' >: - 4
"In the little parlor, madam"
what is she like but never mind !;
shall see for myself. If they have
sent me anybody without the best of
references she shall so back without
an engagement" -. Y .~s',5.,
Goddard's voice wandered into mac
curate dictation. = ~. =. :.
Get that off and I shall finish the
rest some other time he said. weari-
ly, to his secretary. The gaze of his
ward seemed to melt on his face She
we'll knew that the realization of his
wife's coming departure had fallen up
on him with new force.
In few minutes Mrs. Goddard re-
turned. She was smiling with amused
satisfaction. =: j.
"She is just the woman Iwant." she
declared, looking at the major, but
perhaps you will feel better if yon have
seen her and spoken to her. 1aasked
her to wait. to see you" =,
Have you really engaged her?''
asked Goddard. dejectedly.s
f"Oh,, yes; we came to terms at once
She has a son in London and is anxious
to see him. She will not'w want much
more than her passage money, but of
course shall try to be generous with
the poor thing. Don't expect to find
her beautiful. She is anything but
good,looking, but that. is not what
am after: Good-looking women are
rarely useful z.5 .sss *#- e. al
As the major left the room his wife
resumed her seat at the window. Her
color was high; her ey =. were az full
Of life asas hne diamond, , and Blanche
could hardly keep her eyes. from her
face. She was. beginning, now that
Mrs. Goddard was exerting herself to
be attractive, to compreAenl the hold
she had on the major. T0-A1y Mrs. God
dard looked as she had when Blanche
had first seen her and realized that the
place her guardian had filled Ia her girl
ish heart must be deprived of it's ten
ant, that she must never even in
dreams remember those days when he
used to sit beside her In the little re-
1ception; room at Nine. Bell'. select
school. She had been sure during
those visits that his.eyes, the pressure
Of his hand, his parting kiss had meant
the same q her delicious yielding to
them had implied. But the awakening
shock had come and she had borne in
silence her secret and gone through
the daily torture of witnessing both
her guardians alteration for another
and, what. was almost as painful, that
Others indifference to it all. st. !.
When Goddard reentered the room
there was q droop Of utter dependency
on him that added years to his appear.
ance. IL n. Z, 4 81
) ''Well, how do you like her p his wife
asked. T.. II: a.. 4 r:
"Oh, she is all right" he said. "she
seems good enough; but somehow
simply, can't reconcile myself to- u
''Oh, publ" Mrs. Goddard rose with
a graceful sweep Of her 1.-THE body and
stood with her beautiful hands linked
behind her head; her yawn,s showing
her perfect teeth, was as pretty and in.
sincere as ! .coquette'sk kiss. Blanche =
she said ''if you ever marry, make Just
as many voyages as you can. f The more
= wife is away the more she is appre'
eiated. But must gos and give that
woman some final. directions. What il
her name p Mrs. Goddard picked ii
the visitors card ... olan, ugh! what
fnghtful mouthful. I'll have IL cal
her Lucy, as much asst h ate To; address,
maid by her Chris Ian name
When she had gone out Blanche went
to the sofa On which the major wa.
seated and sat down By him. 4 Il. II
Dear guardian" she said, II wish
could do some thing 70 helpyou. !.
=s When he. answered there wassa dis
tinct touch sof faultfnding in lis tone
You would not 60 away .onsa pleas.
ure trip and leaveSa husband you loved
behind, would you, Blanche ?''ss IS