The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-02-26

light words, dropped that mornins
without malicious intent-eyidently
in the fud belief that she kneE o
Jem's flirtati0ns-had a double anC
also a contradictory e-ect They
made u easier for her 70 believe
/ the more serious charge a-ains, he'
nephew. They also made i- easier
/ for her 10 Judge him ue-r-fally.
Had Sophia come 70 her bur YES
telday with this tale she would
have angrily denied O.. while saying
20 her Ouu heart that L Jem had
tou- f.. IL vas tepraved and
worthless vounS wrsCch Today.
though she reused aloud 70 believe
me cna-ge. sas vet tsiC ir compre-
hens-bIs. Shs s4v J-u lonely. friend
.sss. living t-uu tIy 70 day with
al ma plrr Of his LIE which IS
tie heritage 0t youth far from
him
Sic felt hoc anger. a singing
shame. but to- herself, far more
than Tor him. It w-s her fault, she
told herself. that this had come TO
pass. She had been unsympathetlc,
narrow. stup.d-oh, stupid beyond
belief Had Tom lived, he might
have been q help-might have shown
her that young men must be put In
monasteries If they were to live eel
ibate. She passed from one extreme
to the other-from uhe Indifference
OF her self-absorption, 10 an almos.
passionate desire to champion the
assertion OF the rights Of the flesh
If only Sophia would go away and
leave her TO wrestle with the ideaG
that swarmed in her head, confus-
ing her, But Sophia sat on, saying
severe things about the Mission C.
the Resurrection.
"It seems that their fasting and
confession and their emotional ser
vices are worse than useless II this
Is the way the young people behave
themselves she said, with glee "Mr
Turpin remarked to me-Wel..
There has not often oeen worse
case in our own parish, where we
do not set mp TO be saints"
Il suppose he meant a worse case
OF this particular kind OF sin?' said
Aunt Emma
No doubt"
And what makes this 50 heinous
an example Of what is. regret to
say. not a very unusual form OF
wickedness hereabouts2'
Sophia fumbled. She laughed ner.
yously. Finally she said lamely-
Well, YOU see, they all set up to
be so holy, there at the Mission,
don't they? But as Mr. Turpln says,
with Roman Catholics, It doesn't
matter how wicked your life is, If
YOU only pay up. That is what the
priests want
Is Father Conroy a Roman Cath
ollc?r
Well said Sophia. laughing af-
fectedly. mot ayowedly, of course d"
Then feeling the atmosphere of the
conversation was getting thundery.
she suddenly added hastily, "WiH
dear Vernon be in SOON Shall |
see her."
No. She is not coming in to tea
this afternoon" was the answer, alb
sently given, for Aunt Emma sudden
ly remembered that the girl was at
that moment at WishfieM. and this
opened a new, long train OF thought
Vernon had been specially occupied
with babies. She remembered her
speaking of twins. Suppose. she
should hear this rumor' In the sick
pause which followed the unpleasant
thought, the sound Of carriage wheels
was heard without, and soon after
the maid announced
Lady Bunbury and the Hon. Miss
Noble"
Lady Bunbury was a weather
beaten person of no particular
shape, who liked a country life and
plenty OF horses. Her over large
family had undermined her health
for some years, and she was but
just beginning to realize that she
was no longer an invalid and that
she must make an effort To pet her