The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1908-02-05
The Fighting
IN -. By.
Copyright by the Publishing Company
Copyright w. Chambers.
Copyright 1906, by the Curtis Publishing Company
Copyright 1906 by Robert w. Chambers.
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grace Ierfall STOOD thinking mo
ment. THAT sketch you made proyc'
a great success, didn't it," And she
laughed under her breath.
"Did itp thought Mr. Quarter
seemed annoyed
Really? What a muff that cousin
of mine is. He's such a muff, you
know. that the very sight of his point
ed beard and pOmpadour hair and hi
complacency sets me in fidgets to stir
him up"
Il don't think you'd best use me for
the stick next time" said Siward.
Hes not my cousin, you know"
Mrs Ferrall shrugged her boyish
shoulders: by the way" she said Gu
riously, "whO was that girl?'
what girlT" he asked coolly, look
ing at his hostess, now the very incar-
nation of delicate mockery with her
pretty laughing mouth, her boyish sun
burn and freckles.
you won't tell me, 1 suppose?"
I'm sorry
"Was she pretty, Stephen
yes" she said sulkily. 81 wish you
Wouldn't
Nonsense! DO you think I'm going
TO let you off without some sort of con
fession? If | had time now-but |
haven't Kemp has business letters.
He'll be furious, so I've got to take hi
cards or we won't have any pennies
TO buy gasoline"
She retreated backward, with a gay
nod of malice, and turned to enter tbr
house and met Sylvia lands face u
face In the hallway.
you min :" she whispered "Aren"
you ashamedY"
Very much. dear What for?" And.
catching sight of Slward outside i'm tho
starlight, OWNED perhaps something
of her hostess meaning for she laugh
ed uneasily. like child who winccs
under a stern eye.
You don suppose for a moment"
she began. hat | have
Yes, do You always do"
Not with that sort of man." she re-
turned naivey. He won't"
Mrs. Ferr"'l regarded her suspicious
ly. You always pick out exactly the
wrong lldl 10 pay Win
They had moved back side by side
into the hail, the hostess arm linked
in the arm the younger girl.
The wrong manY repeated Sylvia,
instinctively freeing her arm, he
straight brcvs beginning to bend in
ward.
Il didn't mean that-exactly You
l. I
and for him" The obstinate down
ward trend of the brows. the narrow
ing blue gaze, signaled mutiny to the
woman who knew her so well
What is so wrong with Mr.. ST.
ward?" she asked.
Nothing. There was an affair
This spring in town. | know it. Is
that alp
Yes, for the present" replied Grace
Ferral uncomfOrtably. Then: For
goodness sake, Sylvia. don't cross ex-
anime me that way! care great deal
for that boy
$50 do I. I've made him take my
dog"
There was an abrupt pause. and
presently Mrs Ferrall began to laugh.
81 mean il, really" said Sylvia quiet
ly. II like him immensely"
Dearest you mean it generously.
with your usual exaggeration. You
have heard that he has been foolish,
and because he's so young, so likable,
every instinct, every impulse in you
is aroused toto he nice to him
"Aud If that worn frtta'
There is no harm. dear Mrs
Ferrall hesitated, her eyes softening
TO a graver revery. Then looking up,
ITS rather pathetic" she said in
low voice Kemp thinks he's fore
doomed, like all the Siwards It's an
hereditary Calling with him-no. It's
hereditary damnatiOn. Siward after
Siward generation after generation.
you know She bit her lip, thinking
a moment. His grandfather was a
friend Of my grandparents. brilliant,
handsome. generous and-doomed. His
own father was found dying I'm y
dreadful resort I'm London, where he
had wandered when stupefed-a ST.
ward! Think of it, SO you see what
that outbreak Of Stephens means to
those whose families have been New
Workers since New York was. 1t is
OminOus, It Is more than Ominous Ii
means that The master vice has seized
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