Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-10-26

grimmest seeker after reality looks
ont Of the corner of his eye for the
1utter Of white handkerchief from
the ivied tower he affects to ignore;
and, in spite of himself, he is buoyed
! by the hope that some day horn will
sound for him over the nearest hill.
Miss Osborne met him at the YER
anda steps. Indoors mandolin and
piano struck up the merry chords Of
| The Eutaw Girl.
my young sisters have company.
| Well sit here, if you don't mind"
She led the way to a quiet corner,
and after they were seated she was
silent a moment, while the light from
the windows showed clearly that her
perplexity of the morning was not yet
at an end. The music tinkled softly.
softly and a breeze swept in upon
them with faint odors of the garden
II hope you don't mind, Mr. Girls
void, if l appear to be ashamed of you
It's not a bit hospitable to keep you
outside our threshold; but-you un-
derstand-I don't have to tell YOU"
II understand you perfectly, Miss
Osborne!"
ut seems best not to ist the others
know just why you are here. told my
sisters that you we're an old friend
of father's-who wished to leave a
message for him."
THAT will do first rate!" he laugh
ed. My status is fixed. l know your
father, but as for ourselves, we are
not acquainted
| He felt that she was seriously anx-
ious and troubled. and he wished to
hearten her if he could. The soft dusk
of the faintly-lighted corner folded
her in. Behind her the vines Of the We
randa moved slightly in the breeze.
A thin, Maynard shaft of light touch
ed her hair, as though searching out
the gold. When we say that people
have atmospheres, we really mean
that they possess indefinite qualities
that awaken new moods in us, as by
that magic through which an ignorant
hand drumming a harp's strings may
evoke some harmony denied to con-
scious skill. He heard whispered in
his heart mans first word of the
women he is destined to love, in which
he sets her apart; above and beyond
| all other womenkind-she is differ
ent; she is not like other women.
/ sit is nearly nine" she said, her
voice thrilling through him. my
father should have been here an hour
ago. We have heard nothing from him.
The newspapers have telephoned re-
peatedly to know his whereabouts.
have put them off by intimating that
| he Is away on important public bust
ness, and that his purpose might be
defeated If his exact whereabouts
1 1,p r fy;o 10 s,,fi 10 wit h.
out saying as much, that he was busy
with the Appleweight case. One of
the papers that has bitterly antago-
nized father ever since his election,
has threatened to expose what the
editor calls fathers relations with
Appleweight. l can not believe that
there is anything wrong about that;
Of course there is mott"
She was controlling herself with an
effort, and she broke off her declara-
ton of confidence in her absent faith
er sharply but with sob in her
voice.
II have no doubt in the world that
the explanation you gave the newspa-
pers is the truth of the matter. Your
! father must be absent a great deal
it is part of governors business to
keep in motion. But we may as we'll
face the fact that his absence just
now is most embarrassing. This APP
pleweight matter has reached cri-
sis and failure to handle it properly
may injure your fathers future as a
public man. If you will pardon me, l
would suggest that there must be
some one whom you can take into
your confidence-some friend, some
one in your fathers administration
that you can rely on?"
Eyes; father has many friends; but
can not consider acknowledging to
any one that father has disappeared
when such matter as this Apple
weight case is an issue through the
state. No; have thought Of every one
this afternoon. 1t would be a painful
thing for his best friends to know
| what is-what seems to be the truth, .
Her voice wavered a little, but she
was brave, and he was aware that
she Strengthened herself in her chair
and when hayward CLEANS of light
/ fell upon her face, that her lips were
set resolutely.
4 "You saw the encouragement this
morning." she went on. "As you sug'
gested, he would naturally be the one
to whom should turn, but can not
do it. there is reason"-and she
faltered q there are rea
sons why can not appeal to Mr.. Bos
worth at this time.
She shrugged her shoulders as
though throwing off a disagreeable
topic, and he saw that there was moth
ing more to be said on this point. His
heart-beats quickened as he realized
that she was appealing to him; that
though he was only the most casua
acquaintance, she trusted him. 1t was
dictum Of his, learned in his study
and practice of the law, that issues
must be met as they offer-not as the
practitioner would prefer to have
them, but as they occur; and here was
condition of affairs that must be
met promptly If the unaccountable alb
sence of the governor was to be rob
bed of its embarrassing significance
AS he pondered for moment mes
senger rode into the grounds, ane
J Miss Osborne slipped away and me-
the boy at the steps She came bacl