The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-15

you ike me 10 De pTuLaliy ITanN! u Z
more buoyant, with happiness and an
enthusiasm of which she had never
seen any evidence before. 1T is be
ginning to rain he said, looking up
at the lowering sky. My home is near
here-I would like you to meet my
mother"
Thank YOU" she said, with an odd
sort of humility. Il confess to being
surprised by the fact that you have a
mother. though Letitia told me. Some
how / never associated you in my
mind with any close family ties"
He smiled family as he helped her
into her saddle.
"A man doesn't proclaim the num-
Der of his relatives" he said. 1--WE
shall have to hurry-the rain is almost
here ana the wind is turning cOld-it
has been a most unnatural day for De
cember."
In every way" she agreed, as she
waited for him to mount. 81 seek soil
tude and even my horse deserts ne
and l find you. the only man in Wash
| ington who has resolutely and unre-
mitttngly avoided me. Please don't
think 1 mind" she added as they rode
! along under the ominous creaking
| branches of the trees I'm only GU
I a
question. Life is so short-we can I'M
derstand so little after all. that l think
it is a mistake not to be blunt at inter
/ walls. / really would like to know why
/ we have never exchanged more than
| three sentences at a time in Washing
! tOn?'
For a moment he regarded her Gu
rioualy in silence. Would you like me
/ to be brutality frank?"
/ 1 4
/ frank"
He turned to her with bOyish candor.
Because I don't like your father"
/ he said.
! This prompt, unconventional confess
sion brought him a sudden sense of
I friendship for the one who had COM
! PEELED it, for instead of being hurc by
/ his answer she smiled and said:
/ What a simple solution 1t was stu
! pid of me not to think of that. be-
( l1eVe my wits have gone wandering
/ since I came to Washington"
Il find the place has a deadening eff
feet on me-" he replied. But you Will
/ think Virginia is even a worse place
/ to live, for we are going to have a
/ storm and we shall both. get a drench-
| ing-turn here-this is the gate. but
there is a long avenue before we reach
I the house.
I<llcNl SAW WIFI some dStOnlSlIue1t.
/ that they were approaching what an
peared to be a ruin, for one of tba
! wings of the low, rambling house had
| been destroyed by a bursting shell dur-
/ ing the war. From the corner of the
| wide porch came a stumbling nero
boy to take charge of the horses. Phil
! lip opened the heavy door and led the
way into the warm hall.
My mother will be waiting for rs -
ne said L saw her at the window as
/ We came up the HILL
Miss O'ConnOr had at first felt a. nifty
for the shabbiness of this old home ari
its inmates, but this feeling now gave
| way to a respect approaching reCer-
| ence. The hallway was so different
from anything she had ever seen, so
/ quaint in its old-time sDlendor. And
then, as if to complete the picture If
vanished days, Mrs. Kerwin came srliI-
/ ing down the stairway
| I'm so glad to see you" she sail
4 hurrying forward with both hands out
/ stretched, without waiting for the ttr-
/ mality of an introduction. Il hooe you
/ are not hurt. One of the men in Inc
! field ted me that Phillip had caught a
runaway horse and l feared there had
| been, some serious accident"
Nothing more serious than a torn
habit" said Eileen, smiling; Il was
only dropped in a dry ditch"
Miss O'COnnor is staying at Senator
! MaIton's," said Philip.
And that is five miles away" Eileen
continued. 4 rode further than 1 in
tended. | would like to stay here, if
| you don't mind, until the rain is over -
''Why. my dear child" said the Did
| lady with true southerner's hospital
| itr, I'VE are so glad TO meet any of
| Philips friends. Your habit is drenched
I must find dry dress for you
Philip came and put his arm about
| his mothers waist. Her head did not
| quite reach his shoulder.
What can we dor he said with a
humorous expression of dismay. Il
| fear Miss O'COnnor will have some diff
! ficulty finding a gown of yours to fit"
Then perhaps Minnie has some
thing, said the gentle lady, intent only
on the comfort of her guest Minnie,
Minnie," she called.
door opened on one side of the hall
and young girl appeared with a book
in her hand
Miss o'Connor. from Washington.
my daughter" said Mrs. Kervin We
must find Miss O'Connor a dry gown. I
fear she will take cold
| Minnie looked up at the tall girl with
unmistakable admiration, and holding
! out her plump hand she said:
You were caught in that dreadful
rain? How wet you are. And mother
and | are two such tiny things that
none Of our gowns will fiji you. But"
she added. hesitatingly, there is a
! trunk full of my srandmothers clothes
in the garret-she was very tall-if you
don't mind anything so old-fashioned."
Il delight in old fashions" said Miss
OConnor, but I'm proving a trouble
some guest / fear"
IF you only knew how | delight in
rummaging in the garrett" said Min
ME with naive enthusiasm. Come to
my room and I'll dress you up so you'll