Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-03-14


ever about Mr.. Haverford or what he
is doing. How should II"
We'll, l hope to goodness there is
no truth in this report" said Mrs.
Cuthbert Baynhurst "If there is, it is
very had lookout for all Of u.s.
The girl beside her crimsoned.
Have you, got enough already?"
she asked in low voice.
This made Camilla look at her;
then she stood still and gave Rather
inc a little pull.
Nov, don't be cross with me-" she
said, and, just like Betty, she added,
Nasty, unkind Kathie!" Then, be-
coming serious again, you know it IS
not at all impossible that he might
do this. He is so extraordinary about
some things wonder who put the
idea into his mind l always under
stood that old Woolgar had no rela-
TONS"
They walked on, and then, with a
little laugh, Camilla said:
! eff you want to know the truth, we
| have not got half enough. ! find
Cuthbert is thousand times more
extravagant than l am, and that is
saying something. wanted him to
come with me today, but do you think
could get him away from the
petits chevaux'? Not I! And let
me tell you one can lose fair
amount of money at that game, silly
as it isl
Katherine Granger stood still;
there were tears in her eyes.
ooh, dearest," she said, SIS is
it always to be the same? Is ;.
Camilla whipped her round, and
they walked slowly back towards the
sands.
'You shan't cry for me-" she said;
I'm a beast. I'm not worth it. You
don't know how little deserve your
| tears"
eyes, do" said Katherine: "but
can't help crying; because | love you,
because you are the first person. you
and the children, who have belonged
to me. who have made life real, and
because I want the children to have
a proper mother. Not just a pretty
doll dressed up every time they see
her in something new You had 1t in
your power once to turn your back
deliberately on all this worthlessness;
but I won't go into that now
Only l must speak, I must try to let
you realise Once again her
voice broke; then, with an effort, the
girl said, Though you have lost sc
much, there is still so much left.
l know it will be little bit harder
for you now, but still you can do it il
you like. l beseech you, by your love
for the children, to to
The words ended abruptly.
DON'T" said Camilla, and then she
added, when | am with you | want
to be as you want me to be, but wher
am away I have the strength tc
change, and it all seems SO useless
the trying | mean. There
was real depth in her voice as she
=. said, do you think | don't know
what I have lost? I have known i
more and more every day. expec
, I shall know it a good deal more
surely before come to the end of m!
life. It's only this excitement tina
makes me want to so on at all"
There was long pause, then kath
crime said in low voice, 81 though
you were happy"
The other woman shrugged he
!, shoulders and said nothing. Then
quite abruptly, she began speakin,
about Broxbourne.
''Do you know that ever so man.
t people assured me you were going t.
t marry him. l wouldn't believe it, an,
l when l saw him in Dieppe yesterda,
/ | determined all at once that | woul'
: speak to him myself. l don't min'
telling you, Kathie, that I have beel
. deadly afraid of Sammy all this time
: he | mean | did somethln
once to make an enemy of him, an
and he threatened me, yo
t know he can be horribly nasty whe
he likes 1t was really all Sammy
d fault that | did what did But We:
! terday. the moment | saw him, wa
d no longer afraid
;, Katherine was staring at the white
4 fecked sea. Her heart was throbbin
e in her throat; to speak was beyon
q her
Eyes" said Camilla, % I saw 6
d once that the worst of his anger ha
g burned out, and so | took my courag
n in both hands and went straight up
I him, and | asked HIM bodily if | ha
l. to congratulate him. | think | rattle
startled him." Camilla said compose,
= "; anyhow, he would not speak {
8 first but when | insisted, at least h
thawed, and then he told me no
d much he thought OF you, and how h
v had proposed to you half a doze
S times, but that you would not hay
anything to do with him. He sal
e something more; that you We're tt
e best sort he had ever come acros
IS and that if there was anybody in tt
n world who could pull him up ar
make a decent fellow of him,
IS thought you were the person WI
ID could do it. and | could see he was
G. earnest. Fancy you and Sammy b
t. ing such friends You funny, qui
lie Kathie. Perhaps it is you who hay
made him so amiable to me- B
re Camilla rejected this idea even as 81
he said it. mo, expect he knows
have done for myself this time, and
TX | am going to be paid out for all II
1T sins, he feels, perhaps, he can affo
N to be little generous. Anyhow, L
IN glad you won't have him, Kathi
You are worth something better tn;
re Sammy, if even he does reform. |
tell You what, | have a good mind
re make up match between him al