Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1902-02-06

II am going now. 0ood.by." holding
ont his hand TO her with determination
not to be- changed. Griselda takes II and
shakes II genially, nay, warmly. His hu-
NOR Is decidedly hostile, and II he ac.
quaints the old father OF their incivilIty--
Anything to propitiate him. she tells her
self, win be the correct thing, and she
grows positively friendly toward him,
and beams upon him with gentle entreaty
In her eye.
IF you must 20, do ~ one service
iirst," she says. "Do you see that roseT
"a rather unkempt and struggling speci.
men Of It's kind that trails In unadmired
disorder just outside the door. sit has
baiiied me many q time, but you are tall,
oh, taller than most: will you lift these
awkward tendrils, and press them back
Into shapef
She IL smiling divincly az him. smile
that Tom Peyton would have given sew
eral years Of his life 10 possess; but Dy-
sart Is diagracefuliy unmoved by II, and.
refusing 70 return It, steps outside, and.
with decidedly unwilling air, proceeds
20 lift the dropping tendrlls and reduce
them to order.
Griselda, naturally a girl OF great re-
source, seizea the opportunity she has
herself provided. Catching vera's arm,
she draws her back out OF sight.
"Now's your timel" she says. "Say
something. Do something. II doesn't
matter what. but for heavens sake
smooth him down one way or another! II
you don't you'll have the old man down
upon Us like"
Il can't" gasps Vera. fearfully.
"You must" insists Grisclda, sternly.
ITS impossible TO know what sort OF
man he Is. Ii revengcful, he can play
old Harry with u.s.
Without waiting TO explain what par
tieuiar game this may mean, or the full
Significance thereof. she steps lightly out.
side and gazes with undisguised rapture
upon Dysart's work.
Dysart returns 10 the summer house
with ail the manner Of one In mad haste
TO be gone II is merely part OF an un.
pleasant whole. he tells himself. that he
must first say chiilIngly courteous word
or two Of farewell to the girl who has
openly declared toward him such an un.
dying animosity.
II am afraid" says Vera. speaking
with cold precision. as one delivering her.
self OF an unloyed lesson, shat you are
going away thus abruptly because OF
what you heard me say this morning"
You are right That liz why am go
ing." replies Dysart. calmly.
"IesT in chilling tone, and with
fnlnuy lifted brows. II regret exceed
ingly that should have so unfortunately
offend you, but to go for that--it all
sounds a little trivial. don't you think p
mot by going. think. don't see how
/ can do otherwise. Why should make
you uncomfortable? But you may call
1t trivial II you like. to talk Of detesting
man you have only seen for an hour
or two and who In those hours" He
pauses. did make myself so specially
objectionablei demands he. abruptly.
turning to her with something that Il
surely anger. but as surely entreaty, in
his eyes.
"As | told You before" indifferentIy,
zone says foolish things now and then"
Would you have me believe you did
not really mean what you saidP'
Il would not have you believe any.
thing" returns she, haughtily. II only
think Il pity that you should curtail
your visit to your father because e
chance remark OF mine that cannot pos
sibly affect you in any way"
lis that how you look at it?'
lis there any other way2 Why should
you care whether or not detest you-I,
whom you saw for the first time yester-
dayT
why, indeed" He regards her abb
sently, as IL trying to work out in his
own mind the answer to this question,
and then, suddenly:
Nevertheless. do care" he saws.
with a touch OF vehemence. at Is the
injustice OF 1t to which object. You
had evidently determined beforehand to
show me no grace. | defy you to deny
It! Come, can your
Miss Dysart is silent. The very i'm.
of his accusation has deadened
her power to reply, and besides, is there
not truth in 1t? Had she not preiudgedY
by the bye" he says, II am afraid
you will have to put up with me for |
few hours every week. l shall promise
to make them as short as possibly can.
But my father likes TO see me every sew
en- days or so, and like to see him. Do
you think" "A slight smile crossing his
face, "you will be able to live through
itT
II have lived through a good many
things" says Vera, her dark eyes afiame.
THAT gives you a chance here; prac,
tice makes perfect am sorry to be |
obliged to Inconvenience you so far, but
IL l stayed away, am afraid my father
might want to know why. He might |
even be so absurd as to miss me-"
why should you take 1t for granted |
that desire your absence?" cries Vera.
her voice vibrating with anger. "Come. |
remain, or stay away forever-what is Il |
to me?"
And 1t was thus that they parted.
Ito be continued.)