Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-02-26

case was FAR more agreeable than the
fiction in the other"
Capt. Wrinkle pacd and interlacc9
his fingers tightly on the smooth top or
the mahogany table. For one second
he glared like a condemned man at the
speaker and then the fierce stare of her
eyes bore his own to the ground.
"Perhaps." spoke up Mr.. Hardy,
whose tests were rare and often too
personal, and who did not admire the
captain, perhaps Capt. Wrinkle did not
tell us all the story after all. noticed
that he was not wearing his toys to-
day"
Capt. Wrinkle seemed 10 have lost his
speech. And the colonel, fearing that
his daughter had inadvertently made Il
disagrecable comparison, frowned up
at her.
"What are you talking about, Eve
lyn?" he asked sharply.
"Oh. only II little story have read"
she said, coldy. 81 shall try O look it
up. It. had a beautiful moral"
With that parting shot at the cowcr-
ing victim Of his own folly, she drew
Mrs. Lancaster again out on the We
randa.
"Why, dear, you have almost fright
ened me-" said Mrs. Lancaster, under
her breath. What did you mean by
what you said?"
Il meant TO cut the very soul of that
little coward, if hc has one" the girl
said. fierccly. 81 almost feel a. if
ought 10 have exposed him to the others
before whom he was posing as a brave
man when he is no more than
Evelyn had been speaking so rapid
~ that her words ran upon one another
and became jumbled, unintelligible
mass.
Mrs. Lancaster turned Evelyn's
white. impassioned face towards the
light of the moon and grasped her rigid
hands. you almost brighten me. dar-
ling" she repeated; what has wrought
you up to such a pitch of excitement"
II think ] ought to tell you all about
it," answered Evelyn, after a moments
deliberation, but it must be in conf
derce."
You can trust me, DEAR" the swcee
old lady assured her.
They sat down in . hammock ari
Evelyn kept it in motion with her slip.
percd feet as they rested lightly on tho
floor.
"Do you remember the young man (
showed you at church that dave"
"The one" questioned Mrs. Lam
caster, who you said had saved Your
iife?"
ayes; do YOU remember him"
quite we'll; his face made a wonder
ful impression on me, ard I have
thought of him hundred times after
all you told me Of his struggle to bet-
ter his condition and educate himself.
l don't think I ever saw finer spec-
men of physical manhood; he had SUI
perb face. We're you alluding to him p
Then in low voice full of agitation
Evelyn explained.
For several minutes after the girl
had finished the old lady remained
silent, then she asked gently. cautious
~, as if she we've treading on ground
upon which she had not been invited:
do you realize what all this means.
dear Evelyn?"
II realize that Mr.. Fanshaw is a
friend of mine. and that Capt. Wrinkle
has tried TO humliate him in public"
II did not mean exactly that" III.
widow corrected. Quickly. at is vour
own dancer that 7 am thinlirc about"
My danger" Evelyn emphasized the
first word.
Yes. YOU see if is difficult for vourg
GIRL TO be wholly in .vmnath,. win
such n noble. SUFFERING cbaractor
Mr.. Fsushaw without runninc ris.
OF Incoming dangerously interested.
Young Girls are prone 10 care for what
is withheld from them. and Won NAV
not be an cxceptfon to tho milo Ho,,
ought to keen The fact always bofora
YOU thai, no,bipc. but 6jsa.ter copld
come from an alliance with or, 50 far
beneath Won Mt least in noirt ~ b;rtb.
YOU see what mean"
EVELYN drew herself IN stif4v.
"You need hovc M fears in that III.
rection." She ayerred. 1--WE have Meth.
er of us thought of that"
"But." gently persisted tho old lady.
"vou NAV not even now know vorr own
heart. 7 am afraid Won could NOT have
been so fierce iust now had the canta;n
been talking nhout any other man"
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