The Washington herald., 1908-01-26
CHAPTER XVII.

his mothers funeral. He had to charge
himself with the arrangements Of her af-
fairs. matter in which his half-brother
should have taken his share. But Cuth-
bert Baynhurst had fastened away as
quickly as he could go.
He seemed to be haunted by the dread
of infection il he set foot again In the
house where his mother had suffered and
died. More than this. he had put into his
mind the morbid fear that he had in him
already the seeds Of this complaint which
his mother had endured in silence for 50
long He was not even present at the
funeral.
At the time the coffin was being lowered
into The ground Camilla and he were
travelling in hot haste away from London,
from England, from the mere possibility
Of breathing the air the poor dead woman
had bTeathed.
This will be the beginning Of the end.
katherine Granger said TO herself. Her
eyes may be blinded for a little while,
and he may attempt TO tyrannize through
this power he has over her now, but Ca
mila is not his mother She will tire
so soon. and his selfshness has no linn
its"
She was sitting out in the garden alone.
There was a moon, and the world was
wrapped about in the hush of the summer
nighta
The children were asleep. They had
been in a great excitement ali day be
cause il had suddenly been decided that
there was 10 be q departure from the
country to the sea.
MIS-. Breuton had expected TO re-
Iinquish her little charges TO the care
of their mother. bUj this was now post
poucd indefinitely.
The note Camilla had scribbled just be
fore leaving London had touched Agnes
Brenton almost i'm the old way.
She wrote so lovingly. one could see
that her heat yeamed for her children,
and yet that she could not separate her
self from this new tie
She burdened both Mrs Brenton and
katherine with all sorts of charges for
her two little ones; above all. she en-
treated them pathetically 10 keep her al
ways vividly In front of her children's
eyes.
III I aid not know that they were so
safe with YOU. that they We're put COM
pletely out of the reach of Neds people,
! should never be abIe-ro leave them
AT once Mrs. Rrenton decided that they
would 20 away from Yelverton
"A change will be good for all of u.s.
she declared, with something of her old
briskness. You have never been 10 Nor
mandy have YOU. Kathe2 Well pre-
pare yourself for a delightful experience"
on the morrow the packing would com
mence, and Katherine smiled half family
10 herself as she conjWed Up the inn
portance Of this occasion 20 Betty and
Baby. How busy they would be, and
what a muddle they would make.
Tie girl leaned back in the chair and
closed her eyes.
II was deliciously cool and quiet. This
was the moment that she loved 90 Doe
alone, when The gardens had greater
beauty for her and the healing tranquil
hty Of the country spoke To her elo-
qucntly.
she was glad 10 90 away. and yet il
would be wrench 20 leave this place.
which now seemed soWn with the most
precious oI hef JhouEhis' "aieied win
Ief heafl tears, ana warmed WIN l1dI
JOY "hleh. tnoush IL haa come I' secret
haa renamed 20 iIuI"lhe hef "lole HIe.
she Had written AlIh q re" words OF
syinpaIhy- lney were not framed I'LL lIi5
CSual conventional I'Ilioid' sHe wrote
ti'a' MS iH"'hei utdlh No"l" nave
Tar greater significance 10 MIN now
thah al any otheT tlnei that, as ne had
STOOD ana looked on ms moJher dead,
there must nave come a new and a
deeper rush OF bitterness.
Inc grave camilla had aug mad oeen
the burial ground OF all those sweet
hopes and dreams winch had Gus
tered about him like children OF late.
Ills heart must have been barren as he
had stood by his mothers grave
She had not seen hIm since that most
memorable evening" II did not seem
likely or probable that they should see
MIN again before they Went away.
Betty had been writing him a Num-
Der OF epiStles II appeared that Sne
required a great many things to go
abroad win. ana she had already
learned 10 turn 10 Rupert Tor the Iul-
hiImeht oI all heF "iShes- NothihS
louched halheIlhe s." mueA as ms at
utude 70 the chlldreni he was, II pos
sloIe more tender than before. tie
ADOPTED niue more serious ar ana
IN eEeFy sort OF way ne made IL known
70 All 'hat ne was thelr guardian.
was AFRAID, Mrs. BfeuJon had SAID
once 10 the girl was AFRAID thdt
he might nave changed IN lhls, Dut 1
ought 10 nave known MIN better. An
other time she said Dld tell you he
had refused 10 take PACK a single thing
ne Iad given hefE she lold me All TINS
IN the hrsl letter she wrote from lJaly,
ana YET even now MIS- brehtoh ADDED
In low tone, i doh DelleVe she
gfasps the nun meaning OF ms gene
roslly. AIIeT lelilhg me an Jhls' she
eaded that' OF course II IL had oeeh
any other man thah tuJhperJ she
could not nave kept the JeWeIs' Dut
that as Cuthbert was ms brother ne