Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-05-23

SASAA paw
Working classes! How you talk!
Dorothy is as much a lady as we are,
and sometimes I think rather more Of
a lady than either Of us. She Is the
daughter Of n clergyman"
$50 she says" shifted the elder girl.
WELL, she ought to know" replied
the younger indifferently.
cts people like you who spoil de-
pendents in her position, with your
Dorothy this and Dorothy that. Her
name is Amhurst,"
'Christened Dorothy, as witness god
father and g~odmother," murmured the
younger without turning her head.
II think" protested their mother
meekly as If to suggest a compromise
and throw Oil on the troubled waters,
that she is entitled to be called Miss
Amhusst and He6ted With kindness,
but with reserve"
'Tushv" exclaimed the elder indig-
nantly, indicating her rejection of the
compromise.
II don't see," murmured the younger.
"why you should storm, Sabina. You
nagged and nagged at her until she'd
finished your ball dress. It is mamma
and I that have a right to complain.
Our dresses are almost untouched,
while you al sail grandly along the
decks Of the CONSERVATION like q fully
rugged yacht. There, I'm mixing my
similes again, as papa always says. A
yacht doesn't sail along the deck Of a
hattleship, does it,"
Its a cruiser" weakly corrected
he mother, who knew something of
naval affairs.
"Well, cruiser, then. Sabina is
afraid that papa won't go unless we
all have grand new dresses, but moth
er can put on her old black silk, and I
am going if I have to yea a cotton
gown"
ITO think Of that person accepting
DUR money and absenting herself in
this ~disgraceful way"
Accepting u money! That shows
what it is to have an Imagination.
Why, I don't suppose Dorothy has had
a penny for three months, and you
nAON II ulSSS lAdlclldl was DOuSuL
on credit"
"You must remember" chided the
mother mildly. that your father is
not rich"
"Oh, I am only pleading for a little
humanity. The girl for some reason
has gone out. She hasn't had a bite to
eat since breakfast time, and 1 know
there's not a silver piece in her pocket
to buy a bun in a milk shop"
"She has no business to be absent
without leave" said Sabina.
Glow you talk! AS if she were a
sailor on a battleship-I mean a cruis-
err"
"Where can the girl have gomez"
walled the mother, almost wringing
her hands, partially overcome by the
crisis. Ibid she say anything about
going out to you, Katherine? She
sometimes makes a confdant of you,
doesn't she?"
northumberland Sabina wrath
fully.
II know where she has gone,' said
Katherine, with an innocent sigh.
'"Then why didn't you tell US be-
fore?" exclaimed mother and daughter
in almost identical terms.
"She has eloped with the captain Of
the CONSERVATION" explained RATHER
inc calmly, little guessing that her
words contained a color of truth. PA
pa sat next him at the dinner last
night and says he is a jolly old salt
and a bachelor. Papa was tremen-
dously taken with him, and they dis
cussed tactics together. Indeed, papa
has quite a distinct English accent
this morning and, l suspect, a little bit
Of a headache, which he tries to con-
ceal with a wavering smile.
"You can't conceal a headache, be-
cause it's invisible" said the mother
seriously. 81 wish you wouldn't talk
so c%arelessly, Katherine, and you
mustn't speak like that of your ia
ther."
"Oh, papa and 1 understand n an
other" affirmed Katherine, with great
confidence, and now for the first time
during this conversation the young
girl turned ne race away from the
window, for the door had opened to let
in the culprit.
"Now, Amhurst, what is the mean
ing Of thisY cried Sabina before her
foot was fairly across the threshold.
All three women looked at the new
conner. Her beautiful face was aglow,
probably through the exertion Of COM
ing up the stairs, and her eyes shone
like those Of the goddess Of freedom
as she returned steadfastly the super
cilious stare with which the tall Sa-
bina regarded her.
Il was detained" she said quietly.
why did you go away without per-
missionT
Because l had business to do which
could not be transacted in this roorn."
THAT doesn't answer my question.
Why did you not ask permission7"
The girl slowly raised her two hands
and showed her shapely wrists close
together and q bit of the forearm not
covered by the sleeve Of her black
dress.
Because" she said slowly, .the
shackles have fallen from these