Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-02-29

penny in the world, and you can't
think how lonely l feel! l am simply
rusticating for the want of excitement
When | am in town, and the doorbell
rings at breakfast-time, | am perfect
ly unmoved; the postman's knock
dosen't give me single thrill. l can
walk into Veronique's without troub
ling to invent narrowing story about
delayed remittances or unfortunate
speculations. | can buy what like
and pay for it consequently
don't want to buy anything. And
was becoming such an excellent dip
lomatist. That is the polit word is
it not. for one who fights by subtlety
and fabricates untruths? Also l am
growing mean. Agnes. Do you know
now that l have got a fat bankinfi ac
count and all the world is bowling
down, to me, hesitate before l give
away shilling. l even went in an
omnibus the other day.
She laughed as she said this; she
would have loved to have explained tC
Mrs. Brenton that she had sought re
fuge in this useful conveyance to es
cape from meeting Haverford, whom
she had caught sight of in the distance
But she curbed the desire.
Poor Agnes, she shivers and turns
cold when she hears me say those
) sort of things. She is so afraid
am going to lose everything just as
, have got it, and oh dear me- wist
l could lose him! If had not been II
such hurry, perhaps 1 should have
| been able to patch things up, and have
struggled on a bit longer; but now
am bound hand and foot. His un
paralleled generosity"--ther was {
sheer in her prevents al
chance of escape. If woman lets ;
, man settle any amount of money OF
her and her children, she cannot yer.
easily back out and tell him that sh'
, is going to keep the money and sa,
Goodbye to him.
On this same occasion Mrs. Brentol
, spoke for the first time on the sub
+ ject of the Lancing people.
, You have never told me what the.
said about your engagement
Camilla yawned little.
, "The old man cursed me, I suppose
! but he had the decency to keep tn
curses off paper. Violet wrote, O
, course She laughed languidly
,, violet is always ready to hold /
, candle to the devil, and Horace sen
!. me few kind words Horace is no
really bad sort"
Camilla was silent moment, an
then she said:
You know Rupert wanted to e
: down and interview Colonel Lancins
: but | stopped that and made hin
j, write instead. l am not sure that
:, would not have been goo
thing for him if he had gon
!. he would have had heard some
nice home truths about m
= wouldn't he? 1t would have been
kind of preparation for what is t
come
:, Agnes Brenton had taught hersel
already not to encorage this kind Q
, conversation. Like Rupert Haverfor
. she was very anxious indeed for th
marriage to take place. but she d
! not urge it openly as he did. Wher
:. she attacked the subject was On, tn
? practical side.
:, why not marry very quietly and g
: aboard for two months? You reall
: want rest and thorough change;
! would do you all the good in tn
: world"
4 ooh, l am too lazy!" Camilla sale
:. 81 hate travelling when I am not vel
e and, you see, Rupert is still so new
n l must get little more used to hi1
d before l go rushing off to the othe
s side of the world with him. And the
L l must have trousseau. Besides, W
;. have settled to wait till Easter Rul
!. ert is so busy. He is throwing hin
J. self into the role of the ready-mad
n father with the greatest zest, 70
l. should see all the arrangements he
a making for the children. He bougf
k Betty a pony the other day. l wis
Il he would buy Katherine for me-
am SO afraid one of these days sh
will fly away and leave u.s.
O She had fallen into the trick
sitting a great deal in the little roo
that was called Katherines sittin
;, room; her one interest at this momeI
= was in putting together a charmin
. wardrobe for the girl, and no or
= knew how to buy prettier clothes be
ter than Mrs. Lancing.
;, That same day, after she had bee
- chatting with Mrs. Brenton, she elm
, |
dren's floor, but she found 1t empty.
J. No place is lonely, however, tn;
q is dedicated to the use of childre
If and she walked through the lars
J. rooms (that no amount of tidine'
would keep TIDY smiling sometime
n and sometimes standing and lookiI
\ wistfully about her.
Is AS she passed through the night nu
r, sery she paused in front of the pc
- trait of Betty's father.
,e Sometimes when Cuthbert is tai
lie ing l could almost imagine Ned w
T. in the room" she said to herself.
n She put the portrait down abrupt
and biting her lip she went throu,
id to the sitting-room again.
ut How lovely it would be if | cou
eel go abroad with katherine and Il