The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-01-31
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-NX THE GIRL WITH @-
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BY p. c. Murray
; BY D. c. Murray

had Knswn hin fer years and had regard
ed him with an almost sisterfy affection,
began to think i'll Of him, and found it .
painful and grieveus thing to Dc.
Before Maskelyne's departure Angela's
manner to O'Rsurke had been that Of
open friendship, and now It was marked
BY disdain 20 ul-cencea1ed that, 10 far
as Lucy was concerned, it might as well
not have been concealed at all. The girls
! mingled sadness and anger had been 50
evident one afternoon, when Lucy and
ORourke had visited the chateau TO-
gether, that her new friends heart grew
hst with sympathy for her and with In
dignation at the patriot, and On reaching
home she marched straight to her hus-
bands room.
"Ah, little woman" he said, brightly,
looking UP at her, "you are back again.
Wait half 4 minute, and shall be done
for to-day"
"Austin," returned his wife, seriously,
II want to speak to you."
! us there anything the natterf Ysu
lsok quite grave"
| "Austin," she began, II don't like the
patriot, ~ yen sA1 him"
| "Dsn't like o'nsurkea" cried Austin,
IN surprise.
II 4 net like him, Austin. He Is play
nag q mean part here. I am sure Of It.
And he naks Ne help him plsy It. He
has demo -, until nSw, but I an 50
ashamed and unhappy shout II that he
shall never d It any mere"
tell Ne ev~ythhg," said Austin,
standing over her with a troubled face,
Let me understand"
"You remember young Mr.. Haskelyne,
the American Did yeu over notice him
and Angela Together? There was a asri-
GUS attachment between them. Then came
Mr.. O'Rourke, and made leve to his
friends sweetheart, and am certain he
knew that Mr.. Maskelyne cared fer her"
"Well, well, ny DEAR" said Austin,
laughing. LET the best man win. I
should have thought you would have
been pleased to see ORourke settled.
Why, I've heard you advise him to mar
~"
"Yes," she answered, somewhat hstly !;
but I never advised Kim to be treacher-
Gus to his friend. And that isn't all,
Austin. Listen. 1t is no laughing mat
ter. He made lsve to Angela watch
ed him, and I saw it all. Young Mr..
Maskelyne ia NO sooner driven of the
field and the girl made miserable than
Mr.. O'Rouxks GENES here with this veal
thy American widow, and, under the very
nose Of he psor girl whose sweetheart
he chased away, hs is making leve to
Mrs. Spry. He II fortune hunter, Aus
tin. He IL using me to get near this
poor little widow. Shes dreadful sim-
pletsn, but shs's dear little creature,
all the same. I swA that Mr.. ORsarke
has delightful manners. He Is very clev-
or, and he car be very charming. Austin,
. fortune hunter is a creature dospise."
Look here, my dear, FL 20 and have
a taxi about this with O'Rourke himself"
"AustiR!" cried his wife in genuine
feminine horror. II wouldn't have you
speak Of it for the world"
You'd have nae suspect an cid friend
and net tell him Of tt? An sdd pro-
posal. isn't itr'
Austin ysu make me angrier than I
was. I will never speak to that base
man again"
"New, csns," said Austin. "This is
growing serious"
1t had grSwn 50 serious that Mrs.
Farley absented herself from the supper
table that evening and declined Austin's
entreaties to join O'Rourke and himself
in the little garden sftsrward.
"You can tell him that 1 have a head
ache" said Lucy. Austin nodded and
walked straight into his study, where
he solemnly set down this memorandum:
ITO Be observed. Candor and verac-
ity. Feminine"
Then he descended to the garden and
sat with ORourke over a cup Of coffee.
"O'Rourke," he biurted cut, whats
the matter between you and my wife?"
"Ah!" said O'Reu,ke, as wen and as
readily as il hs had seen. the bludgesn
falling. and had waited to parry Il.
You've noticed 1t, have you? what h
TT Shes annoyed with me. Shs eaye
ne real snub this afternoon On tho way
back from Hsufsy. Ana yen know, cid
man." he went On, witt an cir q half
connie, half earnest regret, ''sAe and I
have always been such friends De me a
good turn, Farley. Find cut for ne what's
the matter and let me make my peace"
you've no idea what 1t h? said Aus-
tin. O'Rourke noticed a sound Of relief
IN the tone.
met the remetest in the world.
meant to ask yeu about It," said
O'Rourke, ssnially, ''but I didn't like
to do so for fear Of seeming to exaEger-
ate the thing"
He felt the situation to be awkward.
but he faced 1t with his usual courage.
At the worst be could feign recall. He
must take time to think. and must think
clearly. IF Mrs. Farley hasn't forgiven
me by tomorrow morning." he said, ris-
ing and setting both hands on his friends
shoulders, "I1l ask her where I'm wrong
and beg her pardon. You and can't
afford to quarrel after all these years,
anyhow"
He rocked Farley to and fro for a
little AZ he spoke, and hooked at him
with a snils 90 frank and kindly that
the novelist rose and shook hands with
him in . little heat Of renewed friend
ship.
mo, no." he said, with q laugh, you
and won't quarrel"
CHAPTER XIV.
Mr.. Zeno rose somewhat later than
the lark, but gay and blithe as he, and
during the progress Of his toilet chanted
a selection of scraps from the songs of