Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-03-10

her brow and eyes.
He will bite" said Betty.
And Baby whispered eagerly:
Mine will too, won't he?"
IL think l will get up" said Rather
inc; but Betty at once assumed sit
ting posture.
you can't" she said, your clothes
have all been took away"
Then I'll wear yours"
Katherine was trembling all over!
How long had she been shut up in this
room?
The children began with bursts of
laughter to dress her up in magma
ton In their garments.
She listened to them, hearing moth
ing; then she began to question
again:
You're the grown-up young lady,
Betty" she said What has been 60
ing on down stairs? Did did
Rurcrt really Gomez"
Really and truly" said Betty. Gle
said he was awful sorry you was Ill.
Aunt Brenny's been planning. too. Oh,
Kathie, you must get well by Satur.
day. Cooks sister Flo is going to get
married. Cooks making cake. You
Will let me and Baby go, won't you?
We want to carry her train
"Is that all the news" asked Kath-
crime.
The child puckered her brow and
nodded her head, and then said:
ooh, no, somethin' else Mummy
sent us each a watch; real, living
watch, Katherine; and she's gone to
some mountains, and she's very well,
and she's got new name, and it isn't
Rupert's. and she wants us to say
our prayers for her every night"
The little voice on Katherine's right
began to murmur these devotional Of
fees, but she was stopped sharply
half way, because Betty exclaimed:
"Rupert's going to send my pony
down here, and a donkey for Baby. Do
you want your letters?" suddenly
asked Betty. There's a'eap waiting
The heap turned out to be two. One
with foreign postmark, and one with
the address of London club stamped
on the envelope.
Il know who that's FROM" said Bet
ty, with laugh, that's Sammy. Oh,
he's been down here, too. And what
do you think? Baby asked him for a
shilling"
A voice from the staircase called
both children to attention.
They slid off the bed like two cul-
prits.
please ask Dennis if she will come
to me-" Katherine said and Betty
paused to shrug her shoulders.
Can't. Dennis is went to mummy
Then she said-"When did she go
Baby? l don't remember 'xactly.'
81 think it was the day after this
day said Baby, after some reflection
well, please" said Katherine, 81
should like my Clothes
The moment she was alone she sat
forward. and with trembling fingers
tore open Broxbourne's letter, the 9th
er she slipped under her pillow; she
was not strong enough to read what
Camilla had written just yet.
Sir Samuel was not skilful with his
| pen: his letter was brief.
Dear Miss Granger:
"I ran down, as ! said l would, ant
was awfully sorry to hear you were
! knocked over I'll be down again soon
but I thought I would scribble you s
word to say l shall keep my promise
till see you again..
Katherine Graniger's hand CLOSED
over the Letter, and she lay back ant
let the nervous beat steady down il
her heart and pulses.
The blind still tapped to and fro
but the golden streak had moved.
/ blackbird was piping in the clear air
she could hear the children's voices
! from the garden. The room had tn
same tranquil air as before, but tn
soft reposeful element had passed
away; the girls eyes We're closed, bu
she neither slept nor dreamed.
Remembrance was with her again
and with remembrance. heartache
yearning and regret
CHAPTER XVI.
! In June. when the gardens at Ye1
verton were glorious with roses Gam
katherine's one task seemed to b
hunting the children out of the straw
berry beds) Cuthbert Baynhurst an
his wife returned to town.
They did not do this voluntarily;
was literally to see his mother di
that Cuthbert was summoned back t
England.
Rupert Haverford himself wrote tn
message that brought his half-brothe
home.
He himself was on the eve of sal
ing for the United States when hi
mothers condition became SO serious
He had promised Mrs. Brenton t
spend one night at Yelverton befor
leaving for America, but of course a
his arrangements were upset.
st is impossible to describe to 20
the suffering my poor mother is Ell
during just now" he wrote she
amazingly brave. and her brain is a
active as ever 1t seems cruel to sa
it but | almost regret this, for sh
persists in fatiguine herself. Only We
terday she worked three hours"
Another time he wrote:
"She has been very i'll for SON
time. how i'll no one but herself he
known; but undoubtedly she has ha
tened matters to the present crisis
, her unhappiness about Cuthbert
marriage. 1t was a great shock to hel
she Graves for him, and seems to to
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