Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-10-08
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more and confessed
aHow could I deny it, What would
have been tie good of denying it,"
BAH What can he do, even if he
had uroofsl He IS your son. after all,
and the person your exposure would
.ueh most nearly. If he knows every.
thing it is ell the easier to marry him
to Irma"
II tell you he will never marry Irmai
&c is simply infatuated about this girl
Keefe, or KeVerne, or whatever you call
A.r he declares that he cares nothing
Tor the estates or for money. or even for
tbs family's good name; that, IF we don't
sand Kathleen and Irma away from here,
bs,ll make the whole thing public"
The countess looked at him contemptu-
Ossly, and asked spitefully, what are
you going 20 dol"
DOT You know I can do nothing.
He's determined TO tell Alick in any
case-says that he means to do so in
ustice to Kathleen The only thing
can do Is to let him, and to appeal to
Alick for tie sake of the family to hush
the thing up"
"You can think of no other way out
Of the dificulty2" said the countess.
mo; there is no way out Of it," Lord
Delisle replied YEARLY. 81 don't care
mugh now. Pm tired OF the whole thing,
and want to be done with it anyway"
The countess sat down on a low seat.
She had seen her husband in this mood
once or twice before; and, while it in
creased her contempt for him, it caused
her too to feel good deal Of uneasiness.
Personally abe had no intention of sit
ting still and letting things take their
course As Delisle had said, Alexander
Lorrin was simple and kind hearted; and
It was probable that he, and even the re.
bellious Gartmore, could be induced for
family reasons to hush the affair up.
But then there were the girls. How
could they rely on Irma and Kathleen
keeping silence, and waiting until their
money was paid to them2 And even if
lima and Kathleen did this Lady Delisle
would have been far from content with
such an arrangement The sums which
Deisle had originally Incorporated
were comparatively small ones--a few
hundreds which had gradually swollen to
few thousap DIS, as the girls passed from
childhood to womanhood, and Lord De-
isle had taken these sums chiefly to pay
certain pressing debts. But his wife
had not ceased to long to have the whole
Of the girls fortunes. In the will left
by Delisles old friend, the father of
Irma and Kathleen Vassie, the earl, then
Viscount Gartmore, had been made sole
Igatee in the advent of the children's
dying before they came of age. The boy
was already dead-but even Lady Delisie
preferred not to think how the boy had
died. He had always been delicate, and
little neglect, little misunderstanding
Of the doctors orders-she thrust away
the thought of the boy. No! Delisle
had been wrong when he had said that
bis son knew all
II only Kathleen and Irma were dead!
U only abe could see them dead with
her own eyes, and know that their
money would make an easy life and
bright prospects for her own little
daughters!
She would not be beaten-she would
not let the money go! Was there not
way to silence Gartmore before he spoke
TO the doctor or Alick LorrinH
As Lady Delisle raised her face the
haggard, so cruel, so CHASTITY
"What-what are you thinking" De-
lle stammered out, trembling.
de must not know-Lord Gartmore
was his son.
"Nothingl" the countess said, forcing
Ger features to resume their usual ex,
PRESTON. "Nothingl Like yourself, am
aick OF the whole thing. l can't think
about it, and don't care what happens.
am going to my room"
she went upstairs. Norton, her maid,
SaIkened the blinds, and the countess
Aid down on her bed and thought.
Loro Gartmore was alone in the smoke
room. His father, for obvious reasons,
avoided a tete-a-tete with him; and
Nauoe Surtees had gne, after dinner, to
pay ms usual evening visit to Kath-
ISens room. Gartmore took note from
us pocket. and reread It.
80 didn't need to worry my head
spout speaking or not speaking to him."
ae Salo slowly to himself. What a de-
S tslnllned girl Irma is. She never seems to
ESTATE or be frightened. And she's
aAnosome tool declare she looks pref
ner every day"
piece. s"0 0Hi"iney
half past 9. I asked Surtees to come
ue'e at 10. Heighol It's bound to be
81 unpleasant interview. It's a queer
POsIlon for man to be into have to
S Scar witness against his own father
1 1u' III DO my best to persuade Surtees
Una tLa. the thing may be not right yet. and
.aat lather was persuaded into It by the
soe, believe he was. Halo, you're
Va 'lg. doctor! Sit down. We sha'n't
De disturbed"
=. II was long interview. and painful
~ me young viscount had predicted be
, ~puId lind it. 1t was after IL o'clock
, r1sn claude Surtees rose to leave the
.. Good night, Lord Gartmore!" he said
at the door.
nod Dood night. You viii speak to Lord
~ tomorrow, then, about sending
sH's away somewhere"
es Good night"
d.. "a lae stepped out into the wide,
s, en- l'ghted hall. The Delisles kept
- - hours, and the great house was al.
s"af quiet Half