Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-02-22

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| e. E. Brooks, 61Sb Brooks Bldg, Mar.
shall, Mich.
ooh" said Katherine, quietly, she
must have so many things to think
about just now. | expect he has for
gotten all about me-
On Christmas eve Mrs Brenton
handed over the completion of the
decorations to Miss Granger. People
were arriving all day.
Towards the afternoon Betty fell
into state of CONSERVATION. They
had run out Of gold and silver paper.
and there were any amount Of other
little things that had been forgotten
Katherine rose to the occasion.
LOOK here, sweetheart, I'll tell you
what l will do. l will ask Mrs. Bren-
ton if l may go and get everything
for YOU
you will be gone ages, and ages.
and ages, and | want it now" said
Betty. who was like her mother in
more than one thing. She pleaded to
he allowed to go into the town, too,
but the wind was much too cold.
Mrs. Brenton fell in quickly with
the arrangement. only suggesting that
Katherine should drive; but the walk
did not brighten the girl
Indeed a sense of gladness radiat-
ed her as she progressed briskly
along the muddy road, and yet per-
haps it was inevitable that as she
found herself alone, away from the
warmth and the cosy atmosphere Of
the busy household, she should drift
into comparisons; that she should
awaken to the significance Of how
really apart she was from these hap.
py elements Of home, and family, and
festival.
Oddly enough, it was not for her
self as she was this day that she felt
pity, 1t was for herself as that little,
lonely creature, left to pick what sun
shine she could out of the bleakest
surroundings, that her heart ached.
The very pleasantness of her pres
. ent circumstances emphasized all she
had missed.
Christmas hitherto had been to her
synonymous only with the packing OF
boxes and the departure of all hel
schoolmates. The last winter she had
! spent in that old school house had, il
is true, been less lonely than most
, for two other little children had beer
, left to share her solitude, and she had
l made gallant efforts at gaiety. She
{ smiled family now, as she recalled a.
she had done. but she sighed. too.
a 1t was an attempt at her usua
pretty. light hearted manner, but onl!
an attempt.
; Haverford did not pull up the chair
he stood by the fire and looked dow
at her. Strangely enough he fel
quite at his ease with her today.
: He had drawn off the glove which
had the chocolate drop sticking to 1T
and Camilla noticed, not for the frs
! time, what fine hand he had
= Though it was brown, and had beer
trained to such hard work, there was
charm about it. A hand can be 81
: significant With sudden SILVER sht
Y remembered the fiat, coarse, cruel fin
e ger-tips of Samuel Broxbourne.
t There was something inviting
0 something pleasant about the look o.
g Rupert Haverford's hand.
do sit down." she said suddenly
S and there was little nervous tone
l. in her voice.
= Instead of obeying her he put :
/, question to her.
S What have you been doing will
a yourself?" he asked.
k She pretended to misunderstood
him
|. II told Katherine | was sure | wa
e not fit to be seen today; then sh'
: shrugged her shoulders. Late hours
J. my dear friend. The result Of all tn
r silly, stupid things that I know yo'
want to denounce from the housetop
;. came home very late last night.
:. she said, after little pause. 81 play
V ed cards, and lost lot! Ant
n then | found some tiresome letter
r. waiting for me, and so'-she shrug
ged her shoulders a second time
4 had bad night, and today, of course
Il / look a wreck
y II think you ought to see doctor,
# said Haverford.
~ Camilla moved impatiently in he
- chair
How unoriginal . man is You ar
F., all alike she said. you imagin
=. that as soon as a doctor has Scribble
- something on a paper, and the chen
:, =, list has sent in neat little whit
- packet, and an equally neat little bill
- then everything must be all right
- Shakespeare was man; but he kne1
- things better than most of you do. H
knew for instance. that all the dot
s. tors in the world cannot do any goo
y when the mind is ILL.,"
~ There was a pause, in which CT
- milla made a strange discovery. Sh
~ found she could hear her own hear
~ beat quite plainly.
>e Was it chance or Providence tina
had sent this man to her now?
THE other day. said Rupert Ha'
g erford, in his quiet, seemingly unemt
- tional way. you came to me to as
n me to help friend Of yours. Yo
" know my only reason for existenc
III just now is that l may be of som
is service to other people. cannt
re help feeling that perhaps I might /
ID of some use to you. If you won't tr
m a doctor. suppose you try me?"