Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-10-16
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| wait"
! She had not changed her position
and Griswold rather hoped she would
not, for the door framed her perfectly
and the sunlight from the inner win
dows emphasized the whiteness of the
snowy gown she wore. Her straw hal
was shaped like a<soldier's campaign
hat, with sides pinned up, the tor
denied, and single feather thrust in
to the side.
at was not 1" said Griswold, ''whc
so rudely shook the door. | beg that
you will acquit me of that violence
The girl did not, however, responed
to his smile. She poked the floor with
her parasol moment, then raised hel
head and asked:
| Who was it, if you please?"
| "A gentleman with brown beard
| a red necktie, and bad disposition .
Il thought as much, she said, halt
to herself, and her eyes were bent
again upon the point of her parasol
with which she was tracing a design
in the rug. She lifted her head with
the abruptness of quick decision, and
looked straight at Griswold. The
negress had withdrawn to the outer
door, by which she sat with sphinx
like Immortality.
Il am Miss Osborne. Governor Os-
borne is my father. Would you mind
telling me whether your business with
my father is
She hesitated, and her eyes met
Griswold's.
Miss Osborne, as have no ac-
ryr 1ter, 1oS
self My name is Griswold My home
is Charlottesville. Pardon me, but
you and were fellow-passengers from
Atlanta yesterday evening. am un-
acquainted with your father, and l
have no business with him except"
He was not vet clear in his mind
whether to tell her that her fathers
life was threatened; it did not seem
fair to alarm her when he was power
less to help; but az he weighed the
question the girl came out into the re-
ception room and sat down near the
window
Wont you have a seat, Mr.. Girls
void? May | ask you again whether
you know the gentleman who came in
here and beat the door while ago?"
Il never saw him before in my life"
THAT is very well. And now, Mr..
Griswold, am going to ask you to
tell me. If you will, just what 1t is
you wish to say to my father
She was very earnest, and the re-
quest she made rang the least bit i'm
per1ously. She now held the white
parasol across her lap in the tight
clasp Of her white-gloved hands.
Il should not hesitate began
Griswold. still uncertain what to do.
"You need not hesitate in the fear
that you may alarm me. 1 think
know"-and she half-smiled now-.I
think perhaps know what it is"
my reason for wishing to see your
father is, then. to warn him that if
criminal named Appleweight is
brought back from his hiding place on
the North Carolina frontier, and tried
for his crimes in South Carolina, the
governor of that state, your father,
will be made to suffer. by Apple
weights friends
THAT is what 1 thought" said the
girl, slowly nodding her head.
And now, to be quite honest about
it, Miss Osborne, l must confess that
| received this warning last night from
a man who believed me to be the gov
ernor.. To tell the truth, 1 told him
was the governor!"
The girls eyes made fresh inven.
tory of Griswold, then she laughed for
the first time-a little laugh of honest
mirth that would not be gainsaid. The
beautiful color deepened in her
checks. ovoc Ieb ,,,or,;1D
though at the drollery of Griswold
SO to speak, in loco PARENTS
Il have my own confession to make
| heard what you said to that man. l
had gone to the rear platform to see
what was the matter. The stop there
In that preposterous place seemed in
terminable. You must have known
that listened"
II didn't suppose you heard what
the man said to me or what / said to
him. don't know how came to palm
myself off as the governor am not
in the habit of doing such things, but
1t was due, / think, to the fact that
had just been saying to friend of
mine at Atlanta
He ceased speaking, realizing that
"HoI liz lllSuC nave Sdlu 10 ATQulOTo
was not germane to the point at issue.
His responsibility for the life and
security of Governor Osborne of the
sovereign state Of South Carolina was
at an end, and he was entering upon
a social chat with Governor Osborn's
daughter. Some such thought must
have passed through her mind, too, for
she Strengthened herself in her chair
and dropped the point of her parasol
to the floor. But she was the least bit
curious in spite OF herself. The young
man before her, who held his hat and
gloves so quietly and who spoke with
80 nice Difference In voice SO musi-
cal, was beyond question gentleman,
and he had stopped at Columbia to
render her father a service. There was
no reason why she should not hear
what he had said to his friend at
What had you been saying, Mr..
ooh, really nothing after all! I'm
ashamed of it now! But he's the most |
amusing person, with nothing to do