The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-09-12
CHAPTER XXXII.
A MAN MUST ACT AS HE THINKS
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A MAN MUST ACT AS HE THINKS
BEST.
Louisa knew the flat in Exhibition
road very we'll. She had helped Edie to
furnish it, and to make 1t pretty and
cosey, for Edie's passion was for dogs
and for golf; drawing-room chairs and
saucepans were not much In her line.
So Louisa had chosen practically every
thing-the piano. as we'll as the coal
scuttles, and every stick Of furniture
in Luke's room.
Tonight she went up the well-knoWn
stairs very slowly; she ached SO In
every limb that she could scarcely
walk. She seemed to have aged "
wears in two days.
Edie was sitting alone in the pretty
drawing room buried in a capaclous
armchair, her hands folded before her.
The room was in darkness save tor the
glow of the freight. She jumped up
when Colonel Harris and Louisa We're
announced and the neat servant IN
black dress and smart cap n apron
switched on the electric light.
..Oh." said pool little Edie impetuous-
". 81 am 80 thankful you've Gomez,
She ran up to Louisa n put neF
arms round her, kissing her.
..Do come and sit with me, she con
tinued. loath to %relinquish Colonel Har-
ris's hand after she a shaken 1t, i
feel that in this solitude L shall go
dotty." ia,
Whilst she spoke, she detached with
nervous febrile movements Louisa 8
fur from round her neck, and dragged
the older woman nearer to herself
r. the fire. Then she threw herself
down on the hearth rug, squattlng
| there In front Of the fire, with nerVy
| fingers picking at the fringe OF the rug.
Her cheeks were red and blotchy WIN
traces of recent tears, her mar, to"Zieu
and damp, chung to her moist te1Aples
| Suddenly she burst into a torrent VI
weeping. -,
"Oh, Lou! what does it all mean
| she exclaimed between heavy soos
what does 1t all mean? They say
LIKE has murdered that odious Phlnp!
and I have been cooed up here Tor Two
| DAYS now, not daring to go ou''
ashamed to face any one! ana huhe-
Luke-oh!' oo,
The young girl was Vlou 20 sa
overwrought and had endured d So
we're nerve strain by not having tht
means of giving vent to her 1eennss
CnIonel Harris. with all an Engllsh-
mans horror of feminine scenes, Wa
clearing his throat, looking supreme
" uncomfortable all the time;
"Sh.-sh!" admonished Louisa mp
tiently, 'be quiet, Edle' "" ~
go on like that! Be quiet nov: sshh''
added more severely seeing mat w,
girl made no effort to controi neiseA
what will your servants thlfk r,aio
DO you suppose retorted E E
that care what they think? Inc:
can't think more, a they? when the!
| ali talk of Luke as if he were a Ihu'
derer.' ~ Eaie
do for Gods sake be SILENT Eu'e
| This is too awful. ,
And Louisa, almost roughly, ASS
herself away from the girls Mysteries
embrace. She had tried SO nara 10
two DAYS and two nights to keep heL
| self together, n her nerves IN chech
All dav today had been one long con
tinuous battle against the danger o
.breaking down." hat bugbear OF III
conventional woman of the world
Now this danger, backed up by I'M
moor child's grief, doomed greater llai
ever noU-now-that breaking down
would become a positive sin, the mos
Inject form of cowardice. But Edie
| hewilderment. her loneliness, were IN
tenselv pathetic. Louise had trled l'
he severe. and insisted on checking TN
| access of hysteria. but her heart wen
ont to the child, and to her puzzleInen
in face of this awful,
| ride. a gant,v