Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-08

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Of RoSamund En JIN3
Fane's arrival ktW<S W M .
! at the Minister'S VIZ SVxSS
house, Brook N, - \\A
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sun bronZed
forehead but he TOT ochlGe Nun"
made no COM euon9 "'''' N'
ment.
observed.
WHAT exclaimed Selwyn in dis
gust.
"Yes; he came ashore with the
| Fanes."
Selwyn flushed little, but went on
| cutting the pages of the magazine.
When he had finished he flattened the
pages between both covers and said,
without raising his eyes:
I'm sorry that crowd is to be in evil
dence."
| ''They always are and always will
be-" smiled his sister.
He looked up at her. DO you mean
that anybody else is a guest at Brook
minster?'
"Yes, Phil"
"Alixe?"
| "Yes."
| He looked down at the book on his
knees and began to furrow the pages
absently.
| Phil she said, shave you heard
anything this summer-lately-abou
the RuthvensT
| "No"
Nothing at all p
mot word
"You knew they were at Newport as
usual?"
81 took it for granted"
"And you have heard no rumors-
no gossip concerning them-nothinG
about yacht?"
where was 1 to hear it? What COS
sip? What yacht?"
has been very careless"
Il "Everybod is. What of it?"
at is understood that she and Jacl
Ruthven have separated"
He looked up quickly. 'Who TOLD
you that?"
: "a woman wrote me from Newport
And Alike is here and Jack Ruthven i:
in New York. Several people have.
: have heard about it from severa
t sources. I'm afraid it's true, Phil
They looked into each others trou
bled eyes, and he said "If she ha
, done this, it is the worse of two evil
she has chosen. To live with him wa
5 bad enough, but this is the limit"
81 know it. She cannot afford to d
such a thing again. Phil. what is tn
matter with her? She simply canno
be sane and do such thing-can she?
81 don't know" he said.
well, do. She is not sane. She ha
made herself horribly conspicuou
among conspicuous people. She ha
been indiscreet to the outer edge of Ell
. | frontery. Even that set won't stand
always especially as their men fol
4 are quite crazy about her, and she lead
y train of them about wherever sh
! goes-the little fool!
+ And now, If it's true that there's &c
@ ing to be separation. what on cart
:. will become of her? ask you, Phil, fo
, don't know. But men know what bt
i comes eventually of women who sla
h tne world across the face with owe
. ringed fingers.
> Tiff there's any talk about tt
there's newspaper talk-if there's
It vorce, who will ask her to their houses
s Who will condone this thing? Who wi
: tolerate It or her? Men, and men onl
the odious sort that fawn on her no
o and follow her about half sneeringl
}, They'll tolerate 1t, but their wiz,
J. won't, and the kind Of women who wi
receive and tolerate her are not inclu
/, ed In my personal experience. What
e fool she has been! Good heavens, W
e fool!"
d A trifle paler than usual, he sal
e, There is no real harm in her. l kno
e there Is not"
s. "You are very generous, Phil"
Il mo, am trying to be truthful. Al
. say there is no harm In her. l ha,
made up my mind on that score" T
leaned nearer his sister, and laid OIL
hand on hers where 1t lay across II
l hammock's edge.
| Nina, no woman could have dol
what she has done and continue to
! what she does and be mentally SCUM
This, at last, is my conclusion"
1T has long been my conclusion" 81
said under her breath.
He stared at the floor out of gr,
eyes grown dull and hopeless.
'Phil." whispered his sister, "su
pose suppose-what happened to b
| father
81 know"
She said again: TT was slow at fir