Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-03-05

her and insisted on giving her back
the money, she said very bitter things
to me-
He drew in his breath sharr.y;
then, as if to himself. he said:
What is there, who is there, that
can help me to give this woman hap,
piness?.I hoped | was going to do it,
but l have failed. failed right
through"
Glow do you know that you have
failed?" asked katherine, speaking
for the first time. "She is not an easy |
person to deal with, yet it is just her
very elusiveness that gives her hold
on us. And ! know one thing. l can
affirm this, that if there is creature
on this earth whom she honestly re-
spects and values, you are that per-
SON."
Respect" said Haverford The fire
glow lit up his face, and she saw that
he was smiling family. He was silent
for time. and then he said:
81 don't regard the question of
Cuthbert as serious one. notwith-
standing that she has taken this pc
culiar attitude ranging herself with
him against me, and declaring my res
olution to let him work up to fame
and fortune as cruel, an almost UNI
natural thing; there are other points
/ far more serious, unfortunately, which
/ make the situation so difficult just
now. l have repeatedly asked her not
to go to Lea Abbey. yet. you see she
has gone there. And have felt myself
compelled to absolutely forbid her to
have any sort Of intercourse with Sir
Samuel BroXbourne. Today | learned
quite by chance that he has been stay
ing in Devonshire 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 quarrel with me-
i Then Haverford pulled himself up
suddenly.
! 81 really beg you'd pardon" he said,
81 am pouring out my thoubles just
like an old woman. How pleasant 1t is
here" he added abruptly, so quiet
and cosy and homelike" He paused
again. then he asked hurriedly, Glow
was she looking?"
'Ill." Katherine answered, and adj
: ded very ILL.,"
Then her eyes flashed. ''Why don't
: you assert yourself? Why don't you in
sist on getting married? She belongs
to YOU. When once she is your wife,
all this nonsense will end think you
are as much to blame as she is. After
I. all she has promised YOU you ought
to exact the fulfillment of her prom
ise"
He turned and looked at her.
| ''That is how you spoke the first
} night you came to my house." he said
and histone had a gaint touch Of
: amusement in it. "You are little BIT
of mystery. Miss Kathie. How any
: one as sharp and impatient as yor
: are can handle children as you do /.
Q marvel"
Katherine was trembling with ner
|, vousness. and with strange sick sen
. sation Of pain. but she laughed.
g ooh! I don't believe in fussing,
she said; "if had only had a littl,
e bit more spirit when was with you
mother. It would have been a bette
& thing for me-" She moved away from
l. him. and then she came back to hin
and looked straight into his face
9 do you know what you ought to do
You ought to go over now to Lea All
9 hey and bring her back here. Yo
r ought to keep her here, and MARI
her down here. If you want witness
L I'll be one"
81 cannot do that tonight" sal
q Haverford. 81 have brought nothin
with me. and | really must go bac
y. to town."
n She understood him. It was not tn
S, first time she had realized how 81
premely delicate was his attitude tt
a. wards Camilla. To follow her no,
IS might be to suggest to Camilla a de
"a sire to know what she was doing; t
70 demonstrate to others his right to d
f. this.
For all this thought and tact Katf
"a crime gave him the keenest apprecis
Is ton: at the same time she felt 4
le her Impatient way that 1t was the mt
ment for action.
1T Suppose | take the children t
1t town tomorrow know she will com
II let her suppose she is wanted
le she suggested.
But they are SO happy here and S
ID we'll"
e. "Oh!" the girl answered. almos
to sharply, Eve are not considering tn
n children now; they don't count. An,
W besides, they can always come bac
here"
IL She sat down on the broad fende
stool, and pondered moment, starin
into the fire.
Really and truly l believe if yo
y. pull her up sharply, let her know 20
u. are tired of being played with, all wi
g go well. Mrs. Lancing is a bundle {
nerves-she has had SO much to TT
a. her that she is really not able at tn
~ moment of taking matters into he
own hands. think 1t is so naturi
10 that she should be doubtful and ne
:. vous,' said Katherine, "but one thin
81 Is sure, that the longer she delays, tn
more difficult it will seem to her I
~, take any definite step. She wan
~ some one else to show her the wa
7u That is your duty
She looked up at him. and Have
nv ford smiled as he looked down
her.
ce Practical little person. he sale
Nv "you would have made splendid ma
On Kathie."