Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-02-06

ooh, / change my mind occasion
| ally" She yawned again. The fact Is,
/ | do like him sometimes, but then
again | dislike him much more often,
/ You see, he bores me, and life is
much much too short to be bored
Mrs. Brenton sat silent for a mo.
ment; then she said:
Camilla, | want to
NO" said Camilla, don't! | know
so exactly what you want to say. |
know it all by heart. He cares for me;
he is such good man. it will be such
splendid thing for me; Don't you
suppose can hear everybody saying
this? Well of course, it would be
splendid thing. I am not denying
that; but, oh, Agnes. he depresses
me so horribly When he talks to me
f | feel as though was being prepared
\ for confirmation. and he has way of
sitting and looking at me that is pos
itively unbearable. If he only had
1 spice OF devil in him
Like Sammy, I suppose said
4 Agnes Brenton drily.
Yes impatiently = like Sam
my or any other man who lives and
moves. and is not always up in the
clouds contemplating the road to
! Heaven My dear Agnes, there is no
/ getting away from the fact that Ru-
pert Haverford is bore, distinct
and definite bore!"
well my dear child. if that is your
opinion of the man, should not both
err about him so much"
Now you are cross with me-" said
Camilla. dear, sweet old thing Don't
you know | always speak out my
thoughts with you? Oh, here we are
at your lodgings already! Look here,
Agnes, you must let me help you with
this girl. Poor soul, she must feel
pretty miserable, I expect. Why not
bring her in to luncheon tomorrow ?"
Mrs. Brenton kissed the speaker.
why will you always try and make
me believe you are what you are
not?" she asked half-lightly, half
sadly
SILLY Agnes" Camilla answered
laughingly, sit is all your own fault;
you are so anxious to make me a
saint. and all the time | am very much
the other thing. Good night, darling"
Mrs. Landings maid was waiting
for her mistress and there were some
letters and a note from Sir Samuel
BroXbourne.
Camilla opened the note first,
frowning nervously az she did so.
It was merely reminder that she
had promised to ride with him the
following morning if the weather was
good.
Sir Samuel was. of course. lending
Mrs Lancing horse
81 am deadly tired, but l don't be.
lieve | shall sleep wink, Dennis
You had better give me some bro;
mide,' Camilla said, as she was made
ready for bed.
eff l could only be sure she said
to herself when the maid was gone;
'he seems all right, and surely if
,, if he knew anything he would not be
the same as he was" she sighed
quickly. "And yet INV and then he
,, looks at me in rather queer sort o.
way. If only l could find out in some
,, way, but I'm afraid to lead up to the
time before he went abroad; it nigh
, make him suspicious, and Sammy car
be such brute. All the world knows
; that"
j, She sat crouched up looking int
the fire for long time, then sh'
, shrugged ner SOulQerS.
. "Well if ever the worst were tt
:, happen and he should turn nasty,
have the money now" She got up ant
stood looking into the fire once again
. "Only it," she said, slowly, "he will
not be satisfied with money, if h.
-
She shivered, not once, but sever
4 al times, and hurriedly taking up tn
7 sleeping draught her maid had pre-
: pared. she swallowed it, and then go
: into bed; where she lay staring at tn
= shadows on the walls and ceilin
' made by the dancing flames Of tn
), fire, till her eyes closed at last ur
. consciously in the sleep she had con
). manded.
CHAPTER V.
=. . Another person lay in bed tina
'. night watching the fireglow light u
. the room and make fantastic pattern
. and shadows on the walls.
) Miss Granger had been thorough
u tired out when Mrs. Brenton's mai
- had arranged everything, and she ha
= been left alone. But she was too tire
y to sleep.
U The strangeness of her surround
- llgS. ana lHS SlTdlSeneSS VI uST W
y sition generally, filled her with kin
!. of excitement. She had not very niue
! in front @ her of pleasurable n;
= ture, and yet the morrow had for he
D a certain glamour.
u AS the first sensation of alarm an
Indignation provoked by the trea
|e ment she had received by the abrup
'e ness with which her life Of depend
N ence had been ended, died ava
~ katherine became conscious thu
81 there was an undoubted charm abol
he her present situation A day befor
lie the future (when she thought abol
m IT'D had stretched before her In gre
monotonous, an almost desola
lie fashion Now all things were possib
and hope began almost immediate
g, to shed glow on her thoughts.
n It was an amazingly delightful Sc
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