The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-04-11
BY
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with Mr.. Trask?" said | to give my
mind the relief of a changed theme.
Il will speak frankly" he replied. Il
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
", as | have been told. avoiding open
dishonor. but leaving many a sore
heart beside the path. do not like that
kind of Il man"
'There is one sore heart here because
of him. said |, land tell you earnest
ly that the case is pitiable. | would
have spoken of the matter even if it
had not come up in this way. because
I want your advice The girl is
niece of Mrs. Witherspoon, without
| means and something of a drudge here
I'm afraid, in polite way. Trask has
persuaded her to sit for him and Sibyl
while they were sketching and has
kept her a good deal in his company,
| should judge. | have no suspicion
that he has ever deliberately entered
into a Irritation with her, but you
know his way
Yes said my father. Il know it,
What would he say if | should tell
him of the scene that | had witnessed
between Trask and Sfbyl? Better not
mention it until | should be more sure
of my ground.
Poor little Lucy Ann Witherspoon,
said l, 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 slave to her aunt. If Sibyl
could come to know her WE'LL
Does she know her at all?" he ask
ed, foreseeing what l would have sug-
gested
why. of course said l. Did l not
say that Sibyl and Trask made model
of her?'
and Trask together he rejoned. 81
understood that no man
He paused
THAT no man went down to the or
chard," said L, completing his sentence.
However, l know very we'll that
Sibyl comes to the house"
You are mistaken said he.
Watt 1 cried. rummaging in my
desk for the print that l had brought
with me from our house. who is
that?"
Where did you get this thing?" he
exclaimed You haven't the other
half of it? Well, we'll This is ex-
traordinary I really ought not to tell
you
at is not necessary" said 1. ".As
you have spoken of the other half of it
of course l 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
1, land for many reasons l have be-
lieved her to be Sibyl.'
"She isn't" he rejoined. make your
mind easy on that point"
''Then Sibyl has stuck to the or
chard?"
ITO the best of my knowledge and
belief she has, said he. "At any rate,
if she has come up to the house you
haven't seen her here. But I'm telling
everything. 1t is just what might have
been expected of me. Really, you
mustn't cross question me any more"
l laughed
spoon" said L "She is a great little
girl, and it's a shame that she Should
suffer. What can we do?"
IF / had only seen her he began.
81 wonder that you didn't" said L.
"She usually attends to the feeding of
the prisoners in the orchard
You don't mean the girl that brought
down the luncheon?" he exclaimed.
And then he flushed to the line of his
silver hair.
$50 you lunched with Sibyl today?"
said I. '.Well, l knew it before, or, at
least, / knew that you We're there. So
don't worry about the revelation"
What did you say her name wasp
he asked. Lucy Ann? That's the girl
I remember
Hearing Sibyl speak the name?''
Yes said he. "You drag everything
out of me. She was a very neat and
nice appearing girl, and | must say
that she seemed cheerful enough. You
are sure you're not plying her need
Iessly?"
l convinced him that / was not de-
ceived, and we spent considerable time
devising plans to help this poor child
bear her burden. There was nothing
else for us to do. If the Miss Jones
whom / knew was not Sibyl, my rea-
son for summoning my father to con-
ference had vanished, but | was very
glad that he had come, not only be-
cause of the pleasure it gave me to see
him, but on Lucy AIMS account. If
she were not the better for his SYM
pathy, she would be the first that ever
saw 1t fail.
He could be with me only for
night. We had an early breakfast next