The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-07-19

this out-oirthe-way place until tho trouble las
/ blown over" ."dli0x l
~ never in MY life," said, heard such
nonsense know an about Alfred. knew his
cousin intimately, and in any case, is il likely
that fraudulent bankrupt would be in a
position to keep motor carp"
Mrs. Sullivan says they often do"
~ Think, " said, that am more likely to
be right in such matter than Mrs Sullivan"
happened next day to meet Mr. Jefferson
in the village street. was just going into
shop to buy tin Of tomatoes for soup. We
were expecting Mr.. D'Alembert to dine with
us that evening Jefferson greeted ME with
such unusual heartiness that / knew be must
have something unpleasant to say. He did
not say it at once. He began by telling me
that the Amcsbuys were coming home from
Norway or wherever it is that they were
spending the summer. do not know whore
Jefferson gets his information Iexpect that
his wife gossips with the old housckeepcr at
Cloonarragh Castle. He went on to tell INC
that Lady Amesbury's health had broken
down, and that she found It necessary to get
back to London to see some specialist
knew that my wife was waiting for the toma-
toes and tried to get away from Jefferson.
He took hold Of me by the lappet Of the coat,
a detestable trick Of his, and wouid not let
me 60.
"By the way" he said, "you remember
how we all seemed to recognize that fellow
D'Alembert when he first came, and yet
dn'texactly fix where we'd first seen him.
"I recognized him, +" | said stiffly, "by his
likeness TO his cousin whom knew intimate
ly used to meet him"
81 know all about that, /" said Jefferson.
"You've often told me. What wanted TO
say was this. You recollcct the Owens d.
vorce case. The papers we're full Of it last
spring. Well, ! happened by the mcrest
chance to be looking over some old numbers
Of my London paper and | came across pic
ture Of Dawson, theco respondent, youknow."
"Well," SAID. for Jefferson paused.
"Well, Da~son is our friend D'Alenbcrt
Or D'Aler,hert Is Dawson, whichever way
you like to p.:t it,"
"Mr. D'A.enbert, Iss;d, "isa gentleman"
So was Dawson" said Jefferson. In
fact Dawson was an Honorable, the Hon
orable EuStace Dawson. II was a dcuced
unpleasant business, about as bad ns it could
be. don't think I'll sec more of D'Alem.
bert lean help for the future"
Youcan do as you like, ~ said, asfar as
am concerned 49,"
"Cloonarragh," said Jefferson, "is just the
sort Of place that kind Of man would come to
in order to lie low until the scandal was for
gotten"
shook off Jefferson and went into the shop
TO get the tomatoes. On the way home met
Goulding. He had the unparalleled inso-
lence to but:onhole me and give me what he
called friendly hint about my daughters
intimacy with D'Alembert
(which particular scandal are you aluding
to?'I said. "Doyo believe that Mr. ID 'Alen-
bert is fraudulent bankrupt, or the CO.
respondent in divorce case7
"ldon't believe, said the rector. "Idea't
actually believe either story. merely think
that until one or the other or both Of them are
cleared up"
| lett him without listening to the rest OF
whathe had to say
After dinner that night matters came to q
crisis. D'Alembert formally proposed to
Mandie and was accepted.
| received the news with quiet dignity.
My wife fell on Mandie's neck and kissed her,
a proceeding which seemed to me super
fuous considering that the girl had been half
an hour in the conservatory. BY way Of say
ing something Of parentally judicial kind |
asked Alfred how old he was He owned up
at once to being forty. Mandie is not yet
twenty-five. My wife, who had stopped kiss
ing Mandie, said that eighteen years was
quite the right difference between husband
and WIFE,
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