The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-06-23
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her guest eMr cuthbert isn't there.
Pm 10 sorry"
Her information implied that the sof-
row WINS sympathetic rather than per-
sonal sibyi Beach resented IT,
You needn't be- Helen" she said,
the curve Of her lips strengthening
firmly.
why, l invited him to come. par
ticulariy on your account"
"And / wanted him not 10, pnrticu-
larry on my account. said the girl.
why. sibyl dear. thought you
were such great friends or even more"
80 did l." There was a suspicion
Of tears IN the bright eyes the girl
turned 20 her friend $50 did | until
until he disgraced himself. oh, you1l
know all about 1t soon enough any
way. may as wei show you now"
She held ont a clipping from week.
IL publication which makes a business
OF purveying social sewage to IT'S read
ers.
IT came to me IN the mail-anony-
nous. Of course" she said
Mrs. Verrell took It with an express
sion Of distaste.
You wouldn't believe anything that
wretched paper says. hope" she OBJ
served. Whenever | read II / feel as
II needed bath 70 get clean again"
1.-The Era had a \ q notice, too, say
ina that Sid-Mr. q fnbert-- was there,
and that is reliable enough l only
wish It weren't"
with pressed lips and frowning
brow Mrs. verrell ran over the clip
pings. II was a comment less yelled
than is common with that paper upon
the presence Of Sidney Cuthbert at the
funeral Of woman who had once
been well known In that dim border Of
the theatrical profession where people
Of a more dubious world claim habita-
ton.
1T win strengthen Mr.. Cuthbert's
reputation for generosity among hts
club and society friends" commented
the paragraph, that he should have
borne the expense OF the funeral from
bis own pocket The woman who was
once known as Viola Trevannion was
buried beside her son. whose death
two years ago was also the occasion
Of a burst Of mortuaFy generosity on
the part Of young Cuthbert"
"Isn't that nice thing 10 read about
man you had thought you could
could at least respectT' said the girl
bitterly.
Il don't believe Il about Mr.. Cuth-
bert" began the other Indignantly
when the two men came over the raii.
After verrell and young Or. Dent
had greeted the two women the latter
turned 10 his cousin and said.
"Did ] hear you speaking about Sid
ney CuthbeFt, Beauty"
.Yeu may have II you were listen
ing, said the girl And I do wish,
Harvey, that YOU would drop that
childish nickname. I've outgrown IL"
wen, I don't know about your out
growing It." said Dent. looking at her
flushed cheeks and shining eyes, "but
you certainly haven't outgrown your
chlldish-beg pafdon-your childhood
temper. But Of course tn drop il. sib,
If you don't IKE II" he added good
naturediy. "But was interested IA
Sidney Cuthbert because used to
know him when be was Typh 7 and /
was house n sawgums.'
whats sawgums?" asked Verreil
Iazlly from his deck chair. "Lunatie
asylum And was Cuthbert one Of the
numbered patients and you anotherl
/ understood you 70 say You were a
house. Singular deIuslon."
"sawgums Is short for St. Angus
tines hospital. where dlsported my.
self as house physician when Cuthbert
became typhoid case No. T." explained
the young physician. AS all the pr,
vate rooms we're full. he had to go into
the public ward and live at dollar
per day between a profane and asth-
matte car driver and q charity conva'
lescent.n
every good lesson in economy" OBJ
served VerreH virtuously.
"He couldn't give many dinner par
Ties and send the kind Of flowers he
used 10 favor sibyI with on that basis
Helen, If my feet age in your way I'll
have 'em moved" he concluded, bliss
fully unconscious Of bis wife's savage
giances. Ibid Cuthbert like IT. DentT
Seemed to enjoy It tolerably after
he got convalescent He got up quite
friendship with another patient known
as Tommy the Cod, presumably be
cause he lived IA an empty fish box
down Fulton market way"
anon't remember having heard Cuth-
bert speak Of the gentleman" mur-
INJURED verrell. mid he ever bring
him 70 call. sibylf Helen, II You kick
the only husband you're ever likely to
have on the shins he'll rise up and de
sert you"
'tThe Gods real name, as near as he
could tell, was HannIgan," continued
the physician. "Cuthberts previous
acquaintance with him was purely a
business one. Tommy used to sell
Cuthbert evening papers on Wall
street until one day truck ran over
bis ankle. and when we got him here
we found he had a very interesting
ease Of heart disease, SO we kept him.
Well. the Cod used to give Cuthbert
All the news about the street that he
got from his friends who used to visit
him. 1t meant good deal to Cuth.
bert, for he was keeping his Illness q
secret for fear 1t would bring his moth
er back from Newport and consequent
b didn't haye any callers OF his own.
Tommy generously loaned him his Wis