Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-29

Dorrison again for some time, Bertram.
He is too closely associated with Jack s
death. Let him go away for time"
Pretty cool to order him off the prem
ises. When he is the heir, too"
He won't be that long. Bertram You
may tell him. if you like. what my wishes
are. And I think also that Miss Hamyl
and her mother should go away.
He bit his lip and turned away. scowl-
Ing. Had the woman told about that
kiss? Then he forced laugh. You
don't want to spoil match, l sup
poser"
What do you mean"
''Dorrson and Gertrude
Gertrude'?"
well, Miss Hamyl, then"
They do not interest me. If they
want to make love. let them go away.
and do it somewhere else"
You want to make the house about
as cheerful as cemetery chapel. it seems
to me- You and your new friend This
with d very contemptuOus accent.
You are going riding. l see. | am
too tired to talk any more-and much toe
tired to quarrel"
But not too tired to humilate me.
shant drive my friends away Just &c
anger, he slammed the door behind him
Eva sent for the housekeeper and eX-
planned that Margarets POSITION was now
entirely changed.
q.
that Miss Hutchinson is in no sense OF
the word either a maid even a com
panion. She IS my close personal friend
remaining here by invitation, and is no,
a paid dependent. Any disrespect shown
her will be treated as if shown to my
self She is her own mistress entirely
Make all this clearly understood by
everybody. She is i'm her own room now
81 and ask her, with my compliments. ii
she can give me a moment.'
Greatly marveling and far from pleas
ed the hOusekeeper relieved her feelings
when she had closed the door behinC
her. with a toss of the head and an ex-
clamation of disdain. But she delivered
the message, 10 Sadies no little amuse-
ment and surprise.
Il have taken you at your word Mar
garet,.. said Eva with ID playful smile. -
hope I've done right
l. I'm what way"
You remember you told ne YOU coulC
do without the-the money YOU were sup.
posed to earn here. I've told Mrs Ap-
! plegate that YOU are no longer paid any
thing and are stopping here only on my
invitation AS my guest and friend. \
very dear friend. Margaret -
You are right of course as to the
money: but Lord Broadstone?"
! oh ! told him that if he didn't like
! you TO be at the Towers We two woulc
go and live at Petherby. 1t was yer,
! easy"
! Il would rather not meet him too fire.
Quently, said Sadie.
| Il don't think he'll mind that. He does
| not like you. Margaret. and We can live
| chiefly In these rooms. He is quite uset
! TO leaving me to myself even when he i.
at the Towers. And now. dear. you must
call me Eva. or they won't believe wha'
| said about our being just friends Yoi
/ see that" she laughed
wv nat eases ne" replied Sadie. kiss
/ ing her. IS To find you your old sell
again-so much more than yourself, in
deed"
All. bat think of the cause. Oh Mar
Garet. | feel like a child at one moment
and staid and sober mother the next
/ mus the relations were changed Il
/ those of friendship between the two. witt
KIND OF armed neutrality i'm regard Il
Sadie and tie rest of the inmates Of the
. Towers.
! That afternoon Lord Broadstone had
another experience of the change in Eva
! She and Sadie had been for a drive. and
Eva expressed a wish to walk across the
| park TO the house.
! They were speaking of Jack when she
said: Il think | could bear to see the
| lake. Margaret. ! had better accustor
myself To face everything connected will
his death, hadn't To-
So they turned through so,re slrubbery
and had gone some hundred yards when
at turn IN the path they saw LORD
BroadSiOne and Gertrude Hamyl a little
way ahead. They were standing togeth-
er: his arm was round her. her hands
were on his shoulders and she was sinil-
ing mp very lovingly into his eyes. He
was in the act of STOPPING to kiss her
when the sound of footsteps startled
them, and they moved quickly apart,
looking almost 1udicrously confused
VITA start, Eva drew her arm from
Sadies and without quickening her pace
Went TO Lord Breads one.
,'ro be continued tomorrow