The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-05-15

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yes; more than twice even"
sThen you must tell me wherein we
are alike; I should really like to
know"
4 have told you 1 can't; it's beyond
my poor powers. 1 viii tell you this.
a though-"
i 4Well?"
THAT 1 think you both delightful"
Il am disappointed in you. thought
Sou man of courage. Mr.. Donovan"
N Even brave men falter at the can
d hons mouth"
@You are undoubtedly an Irishman.
Mr.. Donovan. am sorry we shan't
have any more tennis"
lyon have said so, Miss Holbrook,
not l."
She laughed, and then glanced to-
i ward the brown figure of Sister Mar
n garet, and was silent for moment,
while the old clock on the stair
doomed out the half-hour and was an
swered cheerily by the pretty tinkle
of the chapel chime. I counted four
poppy leaves that futtered free from
bowl on the book shelf above her
head and 1azily fell to the floor at her
s feet.
4 had hoped" she said, that We
were good friends, Mr.. Donovan"
q have believea that we were, Miss
Holbrook."
You must see that this situation
must terminate, that we are now at
N crisis. You can understand need
A not tell you-how fully my sympathies
lie with my father; it could not be
otherwise"
"That is only natural. have moth
ing to say on that point"
aAnd you can understand, too. that
1t has not been easy for me to be de-
n pendent upon Aunt Pat. You don't
KNOW have no intention of talking
against her-but you can't blame me
II for thinking her hard-a little hard on
my father"
/ nodded.
81 am sorry, very sorry, that you
should have these troubles, Miss Hol-
brook"
q know you are" she replied, eager
ly, and her eyes frightened Your
sympathy has meant so much to Aunt
Pat and me. And now, before worse
things happen"
Worse things must not happen!"
Then we must put an end to it all,
Mr.. Donovan. There is only one way.
My father will never leave here until
Aunt Pat has settled with him. And
it is his right to demand it," she hur-
ried on. 81 would have you know that
he is not as black as he has been
painted He has been his own worst
enemy; and Uncle Arthur's i'll doings
must not be charged to him. But he
has been wrong, terribly wrong, In his
conduct toward Aunt Pat. I do not
deny that, and he does not. But 1t is
only matter of money, and Aunt Pat
has plenty of it; and there can be no
question Of honor between Uncle Ar
thur and father. It was Uncle Arthur's
act that caused all this trouble; IA
fher has told me the whole story Quite
likely father would make no good use
of his money! will grant that. But
think Of the strain of these years on
all of us; think of what 1t has meant
to me, to have this cloud hanging over
my life! It is dreadful-beyond any
words it is hideous; and | can't stand
it any longer, not another week-not
another day. It must end now and
here"
Her tear-filled eyes rested upon me
pleadingly, and a sob caught sher
throat as she tried to go on.
Pint" 7 began
Please = please" she broke in,
touching her handkerchief to her eyes
and smiling appealingly. q am ask
ing very little of you, after all"
yes. it is little enough, but it seems
to me a futile interference. If your
father would go to her himself, If you
would take him to her-that strikes
me as the better strategy of the mat
ter"
Then am to understand that you
will not help; that you will not do this
for us-for- me?"
Il am sorry to have to say no, Mis-:
Holbrook." I replied steadily.
Then l regret that l shall have q
20 further; l must appeal to you as 1
personal matter purely. 1t is no
easy; but if we are really very goot
friends"
She glanced toward Sister Margaret
then rose and walked out upon the tel
race.
you will hate me-" she began
smiling wanly, the tears bright in he
eyes; and she knew that it was no
easy to hate her Il have take
money from Mr. Gillespie. for NV fl
-uoa SINCE came mere. II is a lars
sum, and when my father left here h
went away to spend ito waste i
1t is all gone, and worse than gone.
must pay that back-I must not b