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

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81 am very much obliged to you,
but l prefer the certainty that I have
to all the possibilities in the world"
Then there had bSen a rather brisk
passage of arms betvAeen them on the
subject of the girls maney.
Il wish you would not pretend
things to me- Katherine had said,
when they had first discussed the mat
ter. 81 can't help feeling that this
is all your doing, that you consider it
your duty to make some provision for
NE; in fact" with touch of defiance,
81 don't believe my mother had any
thing to leave me-" After little
pause she said, And l assure you
don't care in the least to take money
from other people, even from you, ex-
cept, of course, when l earn it. )"
She was astonished to see how
cross he looked.
Evidently" he said, you have not
read those old letters and papers l
gave you"
And then Katherine was obliged to
II advise you,' Haverford had re-
marked, "to acquaint yourself with
your mothers story. then you will see
I have invented nothing"
But Miss Granger could be obsti-
nate at times
We'll" was all she had remarked
in answer to this, there may have
been something; but I am convinced,
Mr.. Haverford, you are giving me
more than | ought to have"
To this, little stiffly, he said:
"1f you are not satisfied with what
has been arranged, you can instruct
a lawyer to go into the matter. l will
give you the address of very good
man"
And Katherine had frowned, and
then smiled.
You know perfectly we'll l am not
grumbling at you. The idea is ri
diculous!'
Are you not?' he had queried, with
smile. WELL it sounded uncom
monty like it,
On the whole. however, they were
on the best of terms, although they
never progressed to intimacy
April was we'll advanced when the
children's mother arrived unexpected
! ly at Yelverton.
She had travelled up from Devon
shire without pausing for a rest il
town, and declared that she was per
fectly well! but Agnes Brenton wa
shocked at her appearance-shocke
too, and panied by the change in he
manner.
That quiet, apathetic languor wa
gone. Camilla was all jerks an
nerves. She seemed strung up to tn
highest pitch of excitement Sh
talked necessarily, and smoked neal
ly all the time. This was a ney
habit.
1t appeared she had not come t.
stay at YelveEton. She was due a
Lea Abbey.
81 want to leave Dennis here" sh
said to Mrs. Brenton. "She is seedJ
poor soul, and told her she had be-
ter take holiday. can manag
without her for day or two"
They strolled out-of-doors to joi
the children. Katherine was dream
ing.
1t was so delicious out in the garde
sitting looking at the country ths
stretched away in the distance, veile
In that tender, velvety bloom which
, the first embrace of spring; so d.
licious to hear the irresistible an
: varied notes of the thrush from th
; boughs Of the old apple tree, chantin
to the buzz of the bees humming
and out of the adjacent currant bushe
, The children were playing about be
Baby was picking flowers; every no
and then she would over-balance he
t self and topple over, and then 81
, would sit solemnly contemplating tt
earth with resigned expression ii
t Betty came and pulled her up. H.
, treasures were always brought ar
, laid on Katerines lap.
7 The girl closed her eyes for a m
| ment. and when she opened them
: seemed as If fresh bunch of snow
pear blossom on the wall beside b
/ had been whispering into life. Beyo1
!, in the paddock little lambs were blee
l ing
Betty had made a great discover
: that morning. The robins eggs in tt
t nest hidden so cunningly Gust at Il
. entrance into the fruit gardens) hi
t vanished, and in their place son
e little feathered morsels, with wild
open beaks and glittering eyes, we
treasured in the warm. dark-deptf
d Life was full of indescribable delight
J. The coming of Camilla was like Il
l. falling of curtain. The time f
e dreams was ended; the quiet gard'
# seemed to culver with another kind
life.
n She spent the few hours she was
y Yelverton with the children. TIL
carried her erywhere-through t
rough meadows, over the marches
r the woods that were carpeted wi
+. primroses, with here patch of W
It violets, and anon a streak of buddi
# bluebells. A great weight seemed
have gathered about Katherine Grs
e iger's heart. For the first time S
:, Jagged as she walked, and quite f
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