The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1911-04-13
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The evening following the day Of
their arrival they were sitting OH the
porch enjoying the cool evening air aft
er dinner. The judge was smoking.
He was not slave to the weed. but he.
enjoyed a quiet pipe after meals, claim.
ing that 1t quieted his nerves and en-
abled him to think more clearly. Be.
sides, it was necessary to keep at bay
the ubiquitous Long Island mosquito.
Mrs. ROssmore had remained for
moment in the dining room to admoD-
ish Eudoxia. their new and only maid
OF all work, not to wreck too much of
the crockery when she removed the din
ner dishes. Suddenly Stott, who was pc
rusing an evening paper. asked:
by the way. where's your daugh-
ter? Does she know of this radical
change in your affairs?"
Judge Rossmore started. BY what
mysterious agency had this man pene--
trated his own most intimate thoughts? {?
He was himself thinking Of Shirley
that very moment and by some mex
plicable means-telepathy modern psy-
biologists called 1.-THE thought cur
rent had crossed to Stott, whose mind
being in full sympathy. was exactly
attuned to receive 1t. Removing the
pipe from his mouth. the Judge replied:
"Shirley's in Paris. Poor girl.
hadn't the heart to tell her. She has
no idea Of what's happened. didn't
want to spot her holiday"
He was silent for a moment; then
after few more puts he added con.
ndentially in low tone. as IL he did
not care for his wife to hear:
.:'The truth is. Stott. couldn't bear
to have her return now. couldn't
look my own daughter in the face"
A sound as Of great sob which he
had been unable to control cut short
his speech. His eyes filed with tears.
and he began to smoke furiously, as II
ashamed Of this display of emotion
Stott, blowing his nose with suspicious
vigor, replied soothingly:
"You mustn't talk like that Every
thing will come out all right. of course.
But think you are wrong not to have
told your daughter. Her place is here
at your side. She ought to be told even
II only in Justice to her. If you don't
tell her, some one else will or, what's
worse, she'll hear of it through the
newspapers
"Ah, l never thought of thatw ex.
claimed the Judge, visibly perturbed at
the suggestion about the newspapers.
Don't you agree with me?" demand
ed Stott, appealing to Mrs. Rossmore,
who emerged from the house ut that
instant. Don't you think your daugh-
ter should be informed Of what has
happened?"
"Most assuredly do," answered
Mrs. Rossmore determinedly. "The
Judge wouldn't hear Of it, but l took
the law into my own hands. I've ca
bled for her,"
'You cabled for Shirley?" cried the
Judge incredulously. He was so unac-
customed to seeing his ailing, vacillat-
ing wife do anything OH her own initi-
ative and responsibility that it seemed
impossible "You cabled for Shirley?''
he repeated.
EYES," replied Mrs. Rossmore tri-
umphantly and secretly pleased that
for once in her life she had asserted
herself. 81 cabled yesterday. SIM
ply couldn't bear it alone any longer"
"What Gid you say?" inquired the
Judge apprehensively.
II just told her to come home at once.
Tomorrow we ought to get an answer"
Stott meantime had been figuring on
the time Of Shirley's probable arrival.
If the cablegram had been received in
Paris the previous evening, it would