The Washington herald., 1908-01-20
CHAPTER XIII-Continued.

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es. so ] hear am rather glad To
see you alone" His tone was terse. As
MISS Granger moved forward 10 the fire
ne said Il have come down 10 ask for
news Of Camilla. Can YOU give me any?'
The girl looked at him for an instant.
She was here to-day" she said.
Here? What time2"
She came I'm the morning. l under
stand she had travelled straight through
from Devonshire, only changing stations
in town"
He caught his breath in a way that
was very like a sigh, and sat down. half
shutting his eyes.
Then she wished 10 avoid me. he said
Where has she gomez
When Katherine told him, he just nod
ded his head and said:
Yes lie paused a moment. and then
he said: 4 am very troubled about her.
Indeed, his voice sounded very heavy
with trouble.
The girl waited for him 10 go on.
She seems TO be slipping out Of my
hands, Do said Haverford: try as / will,
cannot satisfy her, or keep pace with her.
! assure you these last few weeks ] have
been like a creature on wires. I have not
known from one moment to the next
what she wished me to do. Perhaps I am
too exacting. 7 don't know. I only know
that em wretched, that I cannot sleep
for thinking about her, thinking, not in "a
selfish fashion, give you my word it is
sat forward and stared into the fire. THE
last time We We're together we quarreled
rather badly, he said then.
Stin katherine Granger said nothing.
There was nothing 10 say. Il was
moment IN which silence was more help
ful than words
I'VE qusrreIed about Cuthbert.r the
man said. rising and standing by the fire.
place She has been sitting to him for
her portrait That l don't object 10. bur
what 1 do object TO most emphatically-
what seems so wrong, so unmanly on his
part so weak, SO foolish on hers-is the
fact that he has been getting money out
OF her ! taxed him with it, He could
not deny IT, And when I brought the
patter 90 her and insisted an giving her
back the money she said very bitter
things 10 me"
He drew his breath sharply, then as If |
10 himself he said
What is there who is there. that can
help me 20 give this woman happiness? /
l hoped / was going 70 do IT, but 1 have /
failed, failed right through"
How do you know that you have fail /
ed:' asked Katherine. speaking for the I
first time. she Is not an easy person to I.
deal with, yet it is Just her very elusive /
ness that gives her her hold on us. And 7 /
know one thing. I can affirm this. that /
II there is "a creature on this earth whom
she honestly respects and values, you are /
that person"
Respect said Haverford The fire /
glow lit up his face, and she saw that he /
was smiling family. He was silent for a .
time. and then he said.
II don't regard the question Of Cuth- /
bert as a serious one, Notwithstanding
that she has taken this peculiar attitude.
ranging herself with him against me- and
declaring my resolution 10 Leg him work
up 20 fortune and fame as a cruel, an al
most unnatural thing there are other
points Tar more serious. unfortunately.
which make the situation so difficult just
now. / have repeatedly asked her not
10 10 10 lea Abbey. yet You see. she
has gone there And I have felt myself
compelled TO absolutely forbid her to have
any sort OF Intercourse with Sir Samuel
BroxboWue. To-day / learned quite by
chance that he has been staying I'm Dew
onshire the greater part OF the time She
has been there. The man is her shadow.
Wherever she goes he appears, and when
we meet there is a look about him as
though he would pick a quarrel with me" /
Then Haverford pulled himself I'D sud
denly.
Il really beg your pardon" he said.
" am pouring ont my troubles Just like
an old woman. How pleasant il is here.
ne added, abruptly $50 quiet ana coy. /,
and homelike." He paused again, then he
asked Aurriedly: How was she look
ing?"
III" katherine answered. and added.
very Wr"
Then her eyes flashed 'eWhy don't you
assert yourself? Why don't you insist
on getting married? She belongs 10 YOU.
When once she is your wife, all this non
sense viii end. think you are as much
TO blame as she is. After ALL she has !
promised you; You ought to exact the ,
fulhllment of her promise"
He TUNED and looked at her.
That is how YOU spoke the first night
you came To my house" he said. and his =
tone had Il faint touch of amusement
~ |-
Miss kathie. How any one so sharp and -.
impatient as you are can handle children =
as You do is marvel"
Katherine was trembling with nervous
ness, and with a strange sick sensation / =
1f pain but she laughed. Ii
"Oh. I don't believe in fussing." she
said. eff I had only had a little bit more d,
'Dirit when I was with your mother. it =
would have been q better thing for me-" u
She moved away from him and then she -
anne back 90 him. ard looked straight / b
ntO his face. DO you know what YOU :,
jught to do2 You ought to go over now -
10 Lea Abbey, and bring her back here =
You ought TO keep her here, and marry N
1er down here. If you want a witness n
III be one"
i cannot do that tonight" said HaveT- ~
ord. 81 have brought nothing with me- "
ind l really must so back to town a
She understood him. 1t was not the =,
irst time she had realized how sUpremeIy -
ieneate was his attitude toward Camilla. -
70 follow her now might be to suggest =,
o Camilla desire to know what she |
vas doing to demonstrate to others =,
is right to do this, -
For all this thought and tact Katherine ="
ave him keenest appreciation; at the =.
anne time she felt in her impatient way "'
hat # was the moment for action.
Suppose I take the children 10 town ,''
)-morTow? I know she VIII come if I liz
Il her suppose she is wanted" she sug-
ested.
But they are so happy here. and so
-ell."
"Ohr' the girl answered, almost sharp o..
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