Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-12-21

tative, and, as Vida truly said, he had
indeed confined himself to such direc-
tions as Vic had told him 10 give to
old Dick, that he might spread them
abroad among the men.
He knew that Vic. in che interest
of the safety of all those working in
the mines, was moving for q govern
mental inquiry into the state anG
safety OF the Incubus properties.
OF this, however. no w;iisprr Ems.
reach the owners or managers. Hp
alone was in the secret, and it was
this sense Of aelng trusted by Il great
man for. so he held the young on
gineer to be which pa.alszed his
Tongue.
With swift tivination Vida caught
the reason of his silence.
But. | suppose you are likt the
rest. You only sreak when Mr.. Morris
gives you permission ani 1Estructs
you what to say. You are not a bit our
old Phil at all, The boy who used to
stay behind after all The Heeitny
Family had taken wing, just To eat
tea cakes and ourrant Guns with two
girls. You had better go over to the
Valley Manse and ask your master IL
ii is right for you to be here ut all in
broad daylight and unprotected"
"Mr Norris Phil answered stiffly.
has nothing u do with my actions
after hours OF work are over;
"So!'' said Vida mo "kirgly my
compliments
Something like flash Of summer
lightning glirmered in the eyes Of
Phil Calmont just g'r+p"c,l like IL
drawn sword and was gone. Vida,
quick to note differences uf mood,
felt the masculine stiffness over
power the sympathetic altl feminine
element in Pail. She cou' not say
| that she liked HIM ,ess with that dan
ger signal in his eIaS. Even tile jos
at any rate he put her on her guard.
| She was at pains to lead the CONVEX
sation speedily back into its old safe
channel
"Mr Norris she said with a quite
| false submissiveness at once noted
by Phil, sis truly remarkable man
+ felt as much from the first!"
Somehow this made Phil indignant
all the more so that he quite real
ICED the hopelessness Of his own love
to find her untouched BY Vic Morris
The felt indignant too He resented il
servant feels a slur on the good name
of his firm.
"Ludovic Morris is indeed great
man." said Phil, with. emphasis,
greater and better team You or ne
or any Of us!'' IS
:. Vida laughed little moclking laugh
Il hr' f5,,1 - t,o
diors Sometimes"
Instantly by his feminine insight
Phil understood her inunendo, and
with equally feminine paraleipsis, hs
answered "He is not tedious. 1t is
rise to his level" Star
Vida breathed q long. unmistakabl'
sigh.
Il am glad to hear; you say We ;
/ she cried! cit sounis iusta4 Ill, O.
: times! Before the days of logarithms
| / near. when you still wrote sonnets
} have quite a pile IF then. Go 20,
/ know wonder what tier w:h fvtcf
: when you are the greatest engin"e1
/ ,on earth decorated an pecraged n
/ doubt, and IN oil woman dodderir.
! on a stick fro Il garnet 10 .cellar.
2 daresay you will y - mo some7hins
e handsome for then hen at leas
: enough to keep the wolf from the
]. door, and assu.'e my pussy his dali!
g skewerful from the cats meat man."
J. Now at this very tina Phil had 9th
\ er sonnets in MS pockets He coult
q feel the paper cracking s{they were
d all written on thick Venetian hand
L made paper. tin.:i with the local sun
5. sets) but he ,dar,nt 1T prnluca then
@ in the face of 'ha railery with whicl
It they would hay, heen greeted
y THAT u.s. I believe, what they cal
r 'blackmail' = she went on. II hav
d read about it in the papers. The onl
9 cure is for you to become too rich o
l. too celebrated"
u What in the world are you tw
uuarreling about?" called out littl
d Miss Nunsby coming across tn
e lawn. why, you are frightening tn
u COWS in the doctors field and in tn
: hedge above blackbird is scoldin
his mate out Of sheer sympathy. 70
). ought. even in your evil tempers,
a consider the happiness of the lowe
y. animals poor dumb things!"
"They are not dumb, that is jus
le the trouble said Vida sit is PHI
= who has become dumb. I was onl
pointing out the evil influence Of M
IS Morris over him. Why. in the old day
he used to chatter like a iackda
y when he came mere. But now - (sh
y. sighed with palpable affectation) :
0. "he condiders the talk Of girls like |
81 mere fooishness. comT- red to 'Wea
~ on Ashlar Work and the merits I
80 Halls Distemper I believe he wi
III catch it. before all is done!"
Is Catch what. madcap?" said lit
70 Miss Nunsby.
Halls distemper and that me-
su be serious. you know For on the a
w vertisement up at the station it sa!
10 that water has no effect upon it!
~ be careful Phil. You must never g
Is, dirty lest you have to stay like TIL
nu always"
a This was just the kind of cheerf
a. nonsense in which Phil would ha'
" revealed few weeks ago. But Il