Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-07-09


Further than their own noaaa ahY"
They had SPARED thus from their
nrst speech together, and thus they
continued sparring He expressed him.
self as unconvinced by the gospel that
she preached, and indeed he was. He
told himself land he told herr that
ne didn't care twopence for this New
Evangel, but for her (this he told
himself alone) he had come to care a
great deal. Then, gradually-the in.
sight, of course. came from caring
the Chinese puzzle that was Ella
Plympton appeared possible OF solu.
ton.
How can reformer and an artist
De wrapped up in one individuality?
That was the question which he put
to himself when he saw how finely
she could act. And this was the an.
swer-the answer, at any rate, as 1t
appeared to Ronald Bevan. She was
acting all the time and all along the
line. Waving flag on a platform, de.
nouncing the present government from
van In Hyde Park, pealing at the
Premier's doorbell, she was as much
an actress as when she was playing
Polly Eccles In that suburban revival
OF Caste" Only a shifting Of the
Kaleidoscope Of her complex personals
ty-that was all. A change OF thought
and speech, yet the same heart and
soul behind, informing all she did.
| to himself
But Bevan wisely kept his discovery
He had given up arguing with her;
1t was useless. She heaped ridicule OF
all domestic life, but see her liz tina
Eccles garnet, fcndling the baby ant
pacifying her drunken father! 81
much heart" rightly said the loca
dramatic reporter, neglecting for on,
moment hyperboles, and yet 1t was he
open boast and glory to Bevan tina
she was all head" Love-marriage-
children-she poured contempt in gath
ering crescendo on all three
An idea! If only he might see he
true self with the limelight OF! If 70
a few blessed moments she might tax
her place in real life in some situatio
that would show the stage girl to b
the real, human. natural girl Coul
he arrange
And then came his visit to Birminl
ham.
1t was the third and last night {
Caste"
II mean to take up life seriousl
again tomorrow" she said. "I'm e
ing to Birmingham to take part 1
a big Suffrage meeting"
you going to Birmingham"
II am. Anything peculiar about I'll
Nothing, except that have to 60
Birmingham on business either to-mO
row or Friday"
How slngularl If tomorrow, v
might arrange to travel together" II
new woman can suggest that sort
thing.
Bevan considered. The result of Il
consideration was that for a variety
reasons the morrow was decided to
the better day. They agreed to trav
T together. Joint membership Of q DIR
matte society was a sufficient perm
for the deed.
d In his anxiety not to miss the trai
}. Bevans took taxicab to Euston. +
L consequently arrived twenty-five mi
q utes before the hour of departure. I
8 strolled into the waiting room, al
d there was his slster-in-law, Mrs. Pet
d Bevan, with her year-old baby In b
d arms.
b He affected great pleasure at the u
expected meeting.
t. Who'd have thought Of seeing "
t, here, Celia? And where are "
It bound?"
Baby and are going down to RI
o by for the day to see Tom" Tom, b
eldest, was q Rugby boy,
ooh, what's your train?" he
e uuired, with nervous apprehension.
" 1t was naturally the same train tn
IS he and Ella Plympton had elected
travel by.
And, of course, that's yours, toc
a. continued his sister-in-law, when s
heard his destination. "Oh, how mic
N We shall be able to travel togeth
and YOU can look after baby and n
self"
lie He feebly assented. He was CALI
lating. For over eighty miles-the d
lance from London to Rugby-Celi
undesired and undesirable preser
a would be forced upon them. Only tn
e. tv miles-the distance between Rug
n, and mingham-remained for tie
y a-tete with Miss Plympton.
ct Was there no possible way of g
l ting Celia out of the way for thu
ct eighty miles? The baby was too you
to understand. but Celia
as An audacious project leaped into
70 mind.
n, He enlisted Celia's active co-ope
- t,on. He wanted to tame Sun
Is g,st. would she help him? He unto
10 ed the scheme. She thought him m
." He had only convinced her OF
a sanity and good intentions and
cured her assistance six minutes
or fore the train was timed to start
hurried along to the bookstal' VIII
he and Miss Plympton had arranged
eu meat