New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-22
Mrs, Wf7ferfOrs Cloak.
By THOMAS COBB.

voice as he laughed. and had never felt more IN
eo .52t-st. u! II 5. my ne
"Oh. come" ne said she wouldn't have let you
take her there unless there were some kind OF IN
When there's anything 70 announce" I an
swered. YOU shall be the first 70 hear It
sisted YOU would marry Mrs. Winterton."
''Ye- aau though it may seem Ike telling tales
put Of school / happen 10 knew she has been wan1-
Certain Of. that2r asked forcing a laugh for
the oeneht or Cecilia, in the adjoining room
you see, she has no secrets from Edna. ana
having xrhs s a 6aa 9og aa 2 with f 6S m6st
IRENE cordiaIity. Desmond at last went away.
but some minutes passed without any sign OF her.
Presideuty. heard my own name-in modest
The coast is perfectly clear" I answered you
"Is-isn't there any other. .way2', asked Cecilia.
and noticed a peculiar quality in her voice which
made il hard 10 judge whether it was broken by
only the way YOU went in said. 49,,
oh, for back staircase she exclaimed, and
standing just within the lobby breathing very rap
idly. while she held her ungI0ved hands before her
As YOU must have heard everything that
passed cried Il am spared the necessity OF an
She uncovered her face. and there can never have
have tingls5. and for the moment her eyes wore a
softer expression than had ever seen in them
But she exclaimed. with an evident effort to
thing: I couldn't hear everything"
I noticed that Desmond dropped his voice toward
chievouslv my face
What was he. saying" she murmured Any
how Cecilia ADDED YOU. perceive the dreadful
My own wasn't precisely enviable," assured
''Oh. but a man can do anything she cried.
. sun, he prefers to stick 70 the truth, l SAID
'Auu. upon my word. don't half understand, even
why. ~ course not ,'-'p'- az
Then the cloak wasn't yours
q
sweetest thing YOU can imagine. only just little
And you did really sen il to Edna sutcline on
~ fancy II must have been Wednesday fort
What was I to tell him. she demanded. He
entered my drawing room like lunatic between
told me what Edna had said before he asked dues-
uons; even then saw that he only half believed
under the sun. and she continued isn't it absurd
Of Sir Arthur to be so jealous
He seems TO have had reason Considering We'd
dsTburn.s reputation and the undoubted fact that
6 EDNA used to Pswe rather fond Of the s feoT w.
I 20 go 20 supper at RiCardO's'
She w S | fsger not faTs FOND OF Sir Arthur
A curious way OF showing her affection" sug
You see" Cecilia explained. Mr. wedderburn
plored him TO send them back. and even got 10
interview him At last. he promised to let her have
She didn't know how 10 get there without arousing
suspicion. til she hit on the Idea or going on the
night of Lady RUshton's ball"
And as sometimes happens I said. her sin
1T wasn't sim exclaimed Cecilia hotly. NO
doubt Edna had given herself away in those letters
years ago she seemed Immensely anxious to get
IT' u qi ~ aesn ns aRpear That you have
quite played the game
Arthur when he came 10 my place this morning.
she demanded facing me- excitedly
But would you2. she interrupted. ought to
have told him that Edlas explanation vas laISe
from 6eslnnins 20 end. and made two persons
them miserable by facilitating their marriage I
"Ah. n hadn't felt certain on that score I
would have washed my hands Of II IL I hadn't
wouldn't have gone a yard 70 help her AS II is
| she cried. Il suppose you think 1 acted abom-
Il think that. IN any case. Edna sutclrs has
sta1Ch friend | answered IT,. 49,. ,,.--., .,,,
suggested. and cecilia took step toward the
please. tell your man to get me a hansomi' she
"NoT.'.. I continued. ~. you had succeeded IN
overhearing the latter part or Desmonds CONVEX
Il think he IS hatefuIr' said Cecilia
" sFan never forgive Ednar' she cried. and I
have goo mnq Mi To go come no n td 2e CSc
she looked up with one Of her enthusiastically
when is it TO take placer she murmured;
w ny Si ~. % - $3.50 - E.,j 30 cha
exclaimed. giving both OF hers.
remarked that it was nearly O'Clock
"You may as well come home with me 10 lunch
No I said. we viii go to RicaTd2 t.,,- -,
Going the glass In the overmantel. Cecilia. with
began 70 pull ana pat her fair hair When she
holding one out for me TO button
~ think" she exclaimed, I shall ask Edna to
sell me back that cloak'-CThe Bystander.