Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-09-20
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CHAPTER IV.-CoNrtxUEn.
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words and the occasion of them.
ZION are wasting time and sentiment
on this young upstart of country
lawyer. Elinor. So long as you were
content to make it a summer days
amusement, had nothing to say; you
are old enough and sensible enough to
choose your own recreations But in
justice to yourself, no less than to him,
YOU must let it end with our going
home. You haven't money for two"
Her eyes grew hot under the closed
lids when she remembered. At the
time the hard saying was evoked there
was money enough for two, il David
Kent would have shared it. But he had
held his peace and gone away, and now
there was not enough for two.
Elinor faced her major weakness un-
f1lnchingly. She was not q slave to
the luxuries-the Injuries of the very
rich. On the contrary, she had tried
to make herself believe that hardness
was a part of her creed. But latterly,
she had been made to see that there
was q formidable array of things
which she had been calling comforts;
little luxuries which Brookes Ormsby's
wife might reckon among the simplest
necessities of the daily life, but which
David kents wife might have to fore
50; nay, things which Elinor Brent
wood might presently have to forego
For she compelled herself to front the
fact Of the diminished patrimony
squarely. So long as the modest
Western Pacific dividends were forth
coming. they could live comfortably
and without pinching. But fail these
mo, I'm not great enough" she
confessed, with little SILVER. II
should be utterly miserable. II I
could afford to indulge in ideals it
would be different; but I can't-not
when one word of mine will build
barrier so high that all the soul-kill-
Ing little skimpings can never climb
over it. And besides. owe something
to 1nother and Nell
1t was the final straw. When any
weakness of the human heart can find
. seeming virtue to go hand in hand
with 1t, the battle is as good, as lost;
and ut that moment BroOkes Ormsby,
placidly refillins his pipe in the smol1-
ing room of the Pullman, was by no
means in the hopeless case he was
sometimes tempted to fancy himself
AS may be surmised, diligent suit
or, old enough to plan thoughtfully,
and yet young enough to simulate the
youthful ardor of lover whose hair
has not begun to thin at the temples,
would lose no ground in three days
journey and the opportunities it af-
forLed.
In Penelope's phrase, Elinor "suf-
fcred him." enjoying her freedom
from care like a sleepy kitten; shut
ting the door on the past and keep
ing it shut untif the night when their
through sleeper was coupled to the
Western Pacific Flyer at A. & T. juno
ton. But late that evening, when she
was rummaging in her handbag for a
handkerchief, she came upon David
Kent.s letter and read it again.
''Loring tells me you are coming
west" he wrote. II assume there is
at least one chance in three that you
will pass through CASTOR. II you do,
and If the hour it not altogether i'm
possible, should like to meet your
train. One thing among the many the
past two years have denied me-the
only thing have cared much about,
Thinks the sight of your face. l
shall be very happy if you will let me
look at you-just for the minute or
two the train may STOP" -
"He has forgotten" she said, with a
little lip-curl of disappointment. "He
thinks he ought to remember, and he
is trying-trying because Grantham
said something that made him think
he. ought to try. But it's no use It
wds only little summer idyl, and we
have both outliyed it,
She was still gazing steadfastly up
on the wall of outer darkness when
the porter began to make down the
berths and Penelope came over to sit
in the opposite seat.
I'VE. are on our own railroad now,
aren't WEI" she asked, with purpose
full lack-interest. "And-let me see
isn't Mr.. Kent at some little town we
pass through"
1T is a city" said Elinor. And
the name is CASTOR" ~ ~ &..#x
II remember now" Penelope re-
Joined. Il wonder If we shall see
him." II yzr xaS #=s=
1T is most unlikely. He does not
know we are coming, and he wouldn't
be looking for u.s. :. .ss2=sat
aPenelope's fine eyes clouded. At
times Elinor's thought-processes were
al plain as print to the younger Sis
ter; at other times they were not.
II should think the least we could
do would be to let him know" she
ventured. docs anybody know what
time the train passes Gaston?'
AT 7:15 Tomorrow evening, : was
the unguardcd reply; and Penelope
drew her own conclusions from the
ready answer and the folded time
table in Elinor's lap.
Well, why don't you send him d
wire? I'm sure should
why should II" said Elinor, warily.
]4 "Oh, I don't know; any other young
i woman OF his: acquaintance would,
fancy. have half a mind to. do it
myself. l like him, if you don't care
{ for him any more :: $50.
Thus Penelope; and a little while
afterward, finding herself In the IL
brary compartment with blanks and
+ pen and ink convenient and nothing
I better to do, she impulsively made the
threat good in q ten-word message tn
Kent. IL. ID z.gzs.
III lie should happen to drop in un-
exnacfedly IT will give Ellie the shock