Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-11-18

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veil over ber hair walled ana Ioitar
;ng Iootod down into tba water saa
inc the,r faces reelected and hahind
the tangled hrambIes and the crimsor
srv Tbov Ala NOT sneak hut a. 10 :,
the;r oomnonionsbin wos naocos,I mo-
nerfect
Ioud and sbr;u and sbr,,,er .rd
mora niercing from Tho wost w,ns
80 49, hn,oo nuarhona;r 49,
Tho sound reached tbem--an a,arn,
tbat cot FIora,a heart IN ,aonin-
startled anart thew listened
"would thot he's tbat for vou,"
az tbinr it,s sor me-
The words came from tbem s,mul.
+aneons,v ona aIrost % +ha samo an.
slant Flora had started across the
lawn The sight Of an anroned maid
coming out ON the yeranda and peer.
inc down tho Garden set her running
feetlv
"It;s a te,enbono for Mise cilsev -
the cir, said
ooh tbanL vorn Flora nantad
cho hnou 80 III, 49, - .ho hoa
expected at the other end of the
wire that the husky. boyish note
which reached her attenuated by dis.
lance. struck her with dismay and
disappointment.
ELLA. oh. yes: yes. Ella" What
was she saying? Ella was using the
telephone as If It were a cabinet for
secrets.
CLARA told me YOU were down
there" she was explaining. 81 saw
her this morning, yes. Welp'-and
she could hear Ella draw, in her
breath-'Tm so relieved! l thought
you'd be, too, to know. was per-
fectly right. She was after him"
Flora faltered "After whom ?'
There flashed through her mind more
than one person that. by this time.
Clara might possibly be after.
"Why, after papa, of course!" Elias
injured surprise brought her back to
the romance Of Judge Butler. Her
voice rose in sheer bewilderment.
"Well?"
Elias voice rose triumphantly. II
got it out of her myself. l just came
right out to her at last She seemed
awfully surprised that / knew; but
she owned up to it, and what do you
think? I bought her off"
Bought her Off" Flora cried. Each
fact that Ella brought forth seemed
to her more preposterous than the
last.
why, yes, it's too ridiculous; what
do you think she wanted?"
At that question Flora's heart
seemed fairly to stand still. That was
the very question she had been ask
ing herself for days, and asking in
vain.
ELIAS voice was coming to her faint
as a voice from another world. "She
wanted that little. little picture-that
picture of the man called Farrell
Wand. Don't you remember. papa
it at supper that evening
at the club? Isn't it funny she remem-
bered it all this time? Well, she
wanted it dreadfully, but Harry
wanted 1t, too, and papa said he had
it to Harry; but got it first
and gave it to her." Elias voice end
ed in a high note of triumph.
Flera's II ANYTHING. rose higher in
despair. ooh Ellai"
"Doesn't it seem ridiculous" Ella
argued chat ~ she really wanted him
she'd give him nm for that?"
"ob mo- mean VOC - Flora siam.
mered eyes Of course, thank Won
Ella very much-verv much" The