New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-27

; s,iu, vet Il would be fine if we could camp
Lnt that isn't very comfortable ! loVc -
Rnt vou know there are no porcelain tu D2
a6h. I know. I've campcd IN the We,
Dear. good many years ago, oJII' ~ !;
were born. | wonder how ! Shoui' INV
now;'
CHE paused, her wandering gaze r res. ,
- on the desk which Camilla liad iJ,, .
disorder. the letters scattered JHe P'tf,:a,
ar,nbs al which She had been IoohIII'
19ronnod upright against the TIN docu',,'[T zen.
Rnv' II was on the photographs tina, Ni'
Rumscn's gazc had stopped. olo"iy 9.'
rose from her chair with an ar oil aII,91o .,
attention. adjusted her lorgnon' ana -
amipcd them at close range.
81 thought might have been mistaken d
first She said quickly. 81 see m ho'
camilla dear where on earth did YOU GO
that photograph of the General; ,,~
Camilla Rad arisen. The General. sh'
faltcrcd. 81 don't understand: 49,.
"Of my brother, Cornelius Bent Una. j.
HE nbot6graph. have one ike it IN th'
family album at home.
THAT can't be 49,.
81 was looking over them only the othe
dav-whv do YOU look SO strangely; 81.
aArc YOU sure, You can't be sure.
81 am. | remember the queer cravat an'
the nose Of the hands on the chair. ! rcincm
BIER him too. perfectly. DO you thi1k
wouldn't know my own brother; p,
ooh there must be some mistake. II
dreadful can't
@Wbat is dreadful, Child? What do yot
,ncan9~ She laid a hand on Camilla S arm
and Camilla caught it, her nerves qu'cTi'ls
~Thc photograph is
~Whcrc did YOU get It; II isn mlne' j.
it, or Cortland $; ..-t..t
"No. no, 1t has been in that tin box I iG
more than thirty years. 1t ism Z yours. j.
IcT's-my husbands do YOU understand.
It's his-oh. | can't tell you. rs TOO nor
rblc! can't believe it myself. don wan
10 believe it,
She sank into the chair at the desk, trcm
bling violently. Mrs. kumscn, somewhat
s,,rnri,cd and aware Of the immncncc OF
recitation. the nature Of which she could not
even family surmisc, bent over Camilla
kindly and touched her gently on the shoul
compose Yourself, Camilla, and if YOU
think ought TO know tell me. What hac
nv brother TO do with YOU or yours; How
id this picture come here
Camilla replied with difficulty. Thai
picture has been in Jcf's possession since he
WAS a baby. Il was the only heritage ms
mother left him, the photograph and thes'
letters. | have just been reading them
They were written 20 her. He had deserted
heretofore Jeff was born.
Mrs. Rumscn's hand had dropped iron
Camilla's shoulder, and she turned quickly
away. with a sharp catch in her breath
When she spoke her voice, ike Camilla $
was suppressed and controlled with dim
Guilty.
"Thcn my brother was y-your hus
band
"Oh. don't know" Camilla broke ii
quickly. at is all so dreadful. There may
be some mistake. Jeff will never speak OF It
He has tried all these years TO forget. don
know why | took these letters ont TO read
Perhaps il would be better II YOU hadn
known
40. no, think ought to know Per
haps in Justice to my brother
There can be no justice for jeff S father
Mrs Rumscn. have read his letters to heI
to Icf's mother. Before YOU came IN |
was irving TO think Of a punishment horrible
enough for the kind OF men who deceive
women as he did, and then leave them toiace
the world alone.
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