Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1903-11-11

Il hardly know what to say ABOUT it."
There is really nothing that can be
said" l rejoined. ut has happened. II
is all in the past tense. Let us speak of
something else"
'Wnat, for instanceT" he asked re-
Stunning his seat
There is young man named Trask
here" said |, and my father frowned
slightly. He seems to me to be very
Sibyl love each other"
why, what can you possibly know
about thatE' ne demanded. The man
has not said so, has he?"
"Never, but | have seen them to
gether."
q don't see how that is possible"
said he. 1T is true that Sibyl has toId
me almost nothing of what she has
done. She has begged mo not to ask
her. And yet uuderstood"-
THAT she had not come up to the
house" said | when he paused. "I."t
me ask you question straight from
the shoulder Is there a Miss Jones.
real one?"
"Certainly," he answered. Miss
Jones is not Sibyl if that's what you
mean"
"And you say that Miss Jones is not
beautiful?"
'Not to my eye"
So | had been essentially right with
out fully understanding. 1t was Sibyi
u,h
meanwhile the real one was dwelling
in the orchard blessed heaven, could
it be she that sang, she whom Scovel
had seen?
1t must be remembered that in all
this doubt and confusion there was one
sure reality-thc voice of the singer.
Some one possessed it. There was a girl
upon earth and near to me at that mo-
ment who could sway my soul with
song as no one else had ever done, as
no other mortal creature ever would.
Suppose she were a girl my father did
not like, a girl the sight of whom had
driven poor SCOvel back to work at the
beginning of hot weather. 1t was
horror 70 make a jest of since in no
ollINl way LiISHl II Dc DOIut.
you are not favorably impressed
with Mr.. Trask?" said | to give my
mind the relief of changed theme.
Il will speak frankly" he replied. ~
know little against him except that he
is selfish and tickle. He Is handsome
and extraordinarily attractive to wo-
men, and he has gone his way ruthless
lu nc I hox AoI
dishonor. but leaving many a sore
heart beside the path. do not like that
kind Of man.
There is one sore heart here because
of him." said l, "and tell you earnest
ly that the case is pitiable. I would
have spoken of the matter even If it
had not come up in this way, because
l want your advice. The girl Is a
niece of Mrs. Witherspoon, without
means anl something of drudge here,
I'm afraid, in polite way. Trask has
persuaded her to sit for him and Sibyi
while they were sketching and has
kept her a good deal in his company.
! should judge. l have no suspicion
that he has ever deliberately entered
into a Irritation with her, but you
know his way"
Eyes" said my father, Il know it."
What would he say If l should tell
him of the scene that had witnessed
between Trask and Sibyl? Better not
mention it until should be more sure
of my ground.
Poor little Lucy Ann Witherspoon,"
said |, 'is likely to suffer bitterly. /
wish we could do something for her
She ought to go away. She is an edu.
Gated girl and fit for better things than
to be a slave to her aunt. If Sibyl
could come to know her welr'-
Does she know her at all?" he ask
ed. foreseeing what l would have sug-
gested.
"Why, of course" said L. Did not
say that Sibyl and Trask made model
of herr"
81 don't think you ever saw Sibyl
and Trask together" he rejoined. 81
understood that no man
He paused.
chard," said-I, completing his sentence.
However, | know very well that
Sibyl comes to the house"
''You are mistaken" said he.
WATT" | cried, rummaging in my
desk for the print that | had brought
with me from our house "Who is
that's?
'Whcre did you get this thing" he
exclaimed, you haven't the other
half of it? Well, well. This is ex-
traordinary. I really ought not to tell
you
1T is not necessary" said l. LAS
you have spoken of the other half of it
of course | can't help knowing that it
was originally portrait of two girls.
The other was Sibyl This is Miss
Jones'"
81 may as well admit that it is" said
my father.
This young lady | have seen" said
l, "and for many reasons l have be