Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-21
"And I should not discuss it at all

"And I should not discuss it at all
were it not for the absurd and COM
promising influence that you seem to
exercise over my poor child. She
the lady almost choked with indigna-
tion-'she referred me to you. | can
hardly believe that she is my
daughter"
Il have had difficulty in believing
that too, said Guy. Then he added,
with a CLINT in his eye: Am to
understand that you hold a brief for
john"
John is a deeply penitent man. 1t
is not for. me to Judge John. But /
should like you to understand that
was a wife before | was a mother, MT.
Charteris."
Il have always understood that,
Lady Barnbogle."
al mean that for the moment | have
tried to forget that Angela is my W
flesh and blood. A husband may sin,
Mr.. Charters, and his wife may loathe
his sin, but my Bible teaches me, not
to mention my experience of the
world, that it is a wife's duty to o
the sinner"
Not an easy thing to do" said Guy,
.even when he has eighty thousand a
year"
"Sir!"
"You may take my word for it that
Angela never could and never mas
loved-John.',
Lady B~arnoccle glared into Guy's
cool, grey eyes.
THAT is because
"Yes?"
because you have come between
husband and wife"
81 hope So said Guy gravely.
"That you should say this to me-"
Lady B%arnbogle, my love for your
daughter has not hurt her. And If
have beer willing to give everything
and receive nothing-nothing, do you
hear?-are you the one to throw
t stones at me? Perhaps you do not
t know John as l know him. He may
be deeply penitent-I am sure he is
but his ~penitence will be blown inside
!, out at sight of the next pretty face.
Come, join with me in undoing a mar
I riage which you made"
!, Eyes; l made it. | knew what ]
: was doing; I accept the responsible
> ity."
DIG SPOKE III d Aoiu, uhy iSiaiAS
voice. but behind it quivered a note
= of pain. Guy had always disliked this
: matchmaking mother intensely, as q
: traficker in white slaves driven tc
!, the Mayfair market and sold without
t reserve to the highest bidder. Now
for the first time, a curious doubt as
Y sailed him.
q "You say you knew what you were
doing"
They were sitting in the big draw
9 ing room in Grosvenor Square. Wher
0 the bolt fell, John remained at thu
Abbey. Angela fed to town. The
room was one of the most beautiful IL
London. It expressed subtly not oni.
G Angela's exquisite refinement of tast'
y and her sense Of color, but, what wa
c more striking to the o%bservant eye
her elimination of everything not o
e the rarest and most costly. Perfec
taste with a moderate income coult
It never nave achieved such an amaz
ing result. Lady Barnbogle looked
thoughtfully at a cabinet by Gouth
IL iere, then very abruptly she said
Surely you have found Angela out?'
e 81 don't know what you mean"
S "She loves things better than pei
sons. If you don't know that, l an
y rather sorry for you. She gets it fror
II her father. 1 say that this marriage
it which l made, has turned out happily
IS because Angela has been able to ful
ID nish this room, and other rooms. Doe
b. she look unhappy? This scandal ha
s made her uncomfortable, of course
and she resents that; but how man
b. tears has she shed? Look into he
n eyes and judge for yourself. l ma
.. not know John Tempest as well 20
c. do, but l know my daughter, VIII
st spends five thousand a year on he
lg clothes. | don't think there is muc
more to be said. l shall advise Al
~ gela to forgive John land | advis
you to find another friend who ca
offer something instead of nothing
r return for your undivided attentio
n and affection. Good morning"
V. The august lady retired with tt
honors.
Guy, of course, did not believe tn;
Of Angela preferred things to persons.
is Ultimately John was forgiven, ar
of life flowed on much as before, ii
John returned to his husks.
We shall pass over what followe