Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-10-29

house. He liked her for telling him
that 1t was SO.
My father says that he Is going
to make an engineer of you--is that
just what you wish. Mr.. Kennedy"
That's what don't know" he re.
piled frankly. You see, 1 nave al
ways wanted to get on, but how to
do so is what beats me. Engineering
is big profession and I'm not sure
that have the gifts. There you have
candid confession. I'm one of those
fellows who can do everything up to
certain point but a certain point
isn't good enough nowadays And a man
wants money to get on. I'm sure it's
easy enough to make a fortune II
you have decent share of brains
and a bigger one capital. want to
make money and yet the East End
has taught me to hate money If Mr..
Gessner can convince me that I have
any claim upon his patronage, shall
go right into something and see If
cannot come out on. top. You, 1 sup
pose, don't think much Of the dirty
professions. You'd like your brother
to be a soldier, wouldn't you?-or if
not that, in the navy. Half the fel-
lows at Westminster wanted to 20 In
to the army. just as though killing
other people was the chief business in
life. OF course, wouldn't rim 1t down
but what | mean to say is, that new
er cared at all about it myself and SO
I'm not quite the best judge"
His little confession ended some
what abruptly. for he observed that
his words appeared to distress Anna
1 Gessner beyond all reason. For many
/ minutes she remained quite silent.
| When she spoke her eyes were turn
/ ed away and her confusion not al
together to be concealed.
"I'm afraid you take your ideas OF
us from the cheap story books" she
said in a low voice: "Women. nova
days, have their own ambitions AMI
think less of mems. My dearest
friend is soldier but I'm sure he
1 would be very foolish one If war
broke out. They say he worked ter
ribly hard in South Africa, but dom
think he ever Killed any one. So you
see-I shouldn't ask you to go into
the army. and I'm sure my father
would not wish it either
said Alban as hluntly. 81 should only
make fool Of myself Your friend
must have told you that you want q
and fancy begging from your people
in the East End many lad Of nine
i teen keeps O. whole family and
doesn't think himself ill-used. Isn't
! ha or
inequality in life Miss Gessner? !
don't suppose, though that one
would think so if one had money!"
She smiled at his question, but
diverted the subject cleverly.
"Are you very self-willed, Mr.. Ken
nedy?"
"Do you mean that I get what l
Want-or try tor"
II mean that you have your own
way in everything. If you were in
love you would carry the poor thing
off by force"
eff I were in love and guessed that
she was, l should certainly be out
side in time. That's East End you
know, for punctuality."
"You would marry in haste and re
pept at leisure"
"It would be yes or no. and that
would be the end of it. Girls like Il
man who compels them-they like tc
obey at least, when they are young
1 don't believe any girl ever loved 4
coward yet Do you think so your
self?"
She astonished him by rising sud
denly and breaking off the, converse
ton as abruptly
"God help me. I don't know VIII II
T think" she said; and then. with 2
half laugh to cover it, Here is Mr.
Geary come to take care OF you
will say goodnight. We shall meet
at breakfast and talk of all this agar
If you get up in time"
He made no answer and she disap
peared with Just flash of her ample
skirts into the boudoir and so to tht
hall beyond. The curate appeared
a. minute later full Of apologies ant
of the Dorcas meeting he had so late
ly Illuminated, with his intellectual
presence A mild cigarette and {
glass of mineral water found hin
quite ready for bed
"There will be so much to speak O
tomorrow, my dear boy" he said II
| LnaC lOlIy TONE WHICH dlCSuucu Hls
patronage. "there is SO much for 70,
to be thankful for to day. Let ":
go and dream of it all The realit,
must be greater than anything WI
can imagine
"I'll tell you in a weeks time" sale
Alban, dryly.
A change had come upon him al
ready. For Anna Gessner had betray
ed her secret and he knew that sh:
had lover.
CHAPTER K.
Richard Gessner Debates an ISSUE
! Richard Gessner returned to give
Gables" as the clock of Hampstead
Parish Church was striking one. 4
yawning footman met him in the hal
and asked him If he wished anything
TO the mans establishment, he wa!
ordered to carry brandy and Vicn!
water to the bedroom Immediately.
ITO your room, sir?''
'To my room--are you deaf?'
81 beg your pardon, sir. Miss