Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-09-07
CHAPTER VII.-Continued.)

now. I must see Bailey, somehow, be-
fore co. 5a
HE is at the house; let me send
him here to YOU
If you come back with him"
They laughed together.
I will-Do you know her color
deepened rosily, they call you
Darling; I have, never heard your
own name"
"My name is David" Lestrange
said quietly, and kissed her for fare
we'll.
The earth danced under Emily's
feet as she ran across the lawns, the
sun glowed warm, the brook tinkled
over the cascades in a very madness
of mirth. At the head of the veranda
steps she turned to look once more
at the roof of the white pavilion
among the locust trees.
uncle will like you when he knows
you," she laughed in her heart. ANY
one must like you"
The servant she met in the hall said
that Mr.. Bailey had gone out, and Mr..
French also. but separately, the
former toward the factory. That way
Emily went in pursuit, intending to
overtake him with her pony cart.
But upon reaching the stables, past
which the path ran. she found Bailey
himself engaged in an inspection Of
the limousine in company with the
chauffeur.
you'll have to look into her differ
entail, Anderson" he was pronounc.
ing when the young girl came beside
him.
"Come, please" she urged breath
lessly.
Gomez" repeated Bailey, wheeling,
with his slow benevolent smile. Sure,
Mise Emily: where?"
She shook her head, not replying
until they were safely outside then;
ITO Mr.. Lestrange: he is in the
pavilion. He wants to see you"
ITO Lestrange!" he almost shouted,
hating. "Lestrange, here?"
yes. There is time; he says there
is time. He is going back as soon as
he sees you
"But what Is he doing here? What
does he mean by risking his neck
without any practise?"
HE came to see me-" she whispered
and stood confessed.
:
after a moment of speechless stupe-
faction. ,"You and him!"
She lifted confiding eyes to him,
moving nearer.
1T is a secret, but wanted you to
know because you like US both. Dick
said you loved Mr.. Lestrange. =
Eyes," was the dazed assent.
"Well, then-But come, he is watt
ing" @
She was sufficiently unlike the usual
Miss Ffrench to bewilder any one.
Bailey dumbly followed her. back
across the park, carrying his hat in his
hand.
A short distance from the pavilion
Emily stopped abruptly, turning a
startled face to her companion.
"Some one is there" she said.
Some one is speaking. / forgot that
Uncle Ethan had gone out"
She heard Bailey catch his breath
with he-vy irregularity, as few steps
farther brought the two opposite the
open arcade. There they halted.
frozen.
In the place Emily had left. where
all her feminine toys still lay, Mr..
French was seated as one, exhausted
by the force of overmastering emo
ton; his hands clenched on the arms
of the chair, his face drawn with pas
sion. Opposite him stood Lestrange,
corlorless and still as Emily had
never conceived him. listening in alb
solute silence to the bitter address
~ xuifh q
low-toned violence indescribable.
II told you then, never again to
como here" first fell upon Emily's
conscious hearing. II supposed you
were at least French enough to take
dismissal. What do you want here,
money!. / warned you to live upon
the allowance sent every month to your
bankers, for would pay no more even
to escape the intolerable disgrace Of
your presence here. Did you imagine
me so deserted that would accept
even you as a successor? Wrong:
you are not missed. My nephew
Richard takes your place, and is fit
to take It. Go back to Europe and
your low-born wife; there is no lack
In my household"
The voice broke In an excess or saw
age triumph, and Lestrange took the
pause without movement or gesture.
Il am going, sir, and l shall never
come back" he answered. never more
quietly. II can take dismissal, yes.
II ever 1 have wished peace or. hoped
for an accord that never existed be-
tween US, 60 cured Of such folly But
hear this much, since | am arrafgned
at your bar: i have never yet dis
graced your name or mine unless by
the boys mischief which sent me from
college. The money you speak Of, l
have never used; ask Bailey Of 1t, il
you will" He hesitated, and in the
empty moment there came across the
mile Of June air the roaring noon
whistle of the factory. Involuntarily
he turned his head toward the call,
but as instantly recovered himself
from the sef-betrayal. There is
another matter to be arranged, but
there is no time now. Nor even in con-
Guiding it will / come here again, sir"
There was that in his bearing, in the
dignified carefulness of courtesy with
which he saluted the other before
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