Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-09-20
FRECKLES

CHAPTER XXI.


The Chicago address was suit
II. Auditorium. She laid ner
~ hand on her drivers sleeve.
There's fast driving limit?" she
asked.
Yes. miss"
"WiIl you crowd il all you can with
DOT danger of arrest? / will pay we'll.
Z must catch some people,
Then she smiled at him. The hos
piral. an orphans home. and rhe Audi
forum seemed queer combination to
that driver. but the angel was always
and everywhere the angel, and ner
ways were strictly her own.
Il will get you there just as quickly
as any man could with a team ne
said promptly.
She chung to the card and paper,
and. as best she could in the lurching.
swaying cab. read the addresses over.
"O'More. suite eleven. Auditorium"
"'O'More.'" she repeated Seems
to DIT Freckles to a dot Wonder Ii
that could be his name? Suite eleven
means that you are pretty well fixed
Then she turned the card and read
OF its reverse. Lord Maxwell O'More.
M r.. killvany place. County Glare.
Ireland
"A lord manr she groaned despair
sngly. "a lord man! Bet my hoe
cakes scorchedr'
She blinked back the tears and.
spreading rhe paper on her knee. read:
After three months fruitless search.
Lord O'More gives mp the quest for
his lost nephew. and leaves Chicago
today for his home ID ireland
She read on. and realized every word
of IT, The likeness settled H. II was
Freckies over again only older and
elegantly dressed. There was not a
chance to doubt
Thank you: and wait. no matter
now long" she said 10 her driver.
Catching up the paper. she hurried
to the desk and laid down Lord
O'More's card
HAS my uncle started yetT' she
asked. sweetly.
The surprised clerk stepped back on
a bellboy. and covertly kicked him for
being In the way.
His lordship is in his ROOM" he
ssid, with low bow.
The clerk showed the bellboy toward
the angel
SHOW her ladyship to the elevator
and Lord O'More's suit" ne said.
moving double
At the belboy's tap the door swung
open and the rveried servant thrust a
card tray Defure the angel The
opening or the door created a current
that swas ed a curtain aside. and in
an adjoining room. lounging in great
chair. with a paper in his hand. sat
the man who was. beyond question,
of FreckIes blood and race.
With perfect control the angel
dropped Lord O'More's card on the
tray. whipped past his servant and
stood before MS lordshlp.
Good morning." she said with
tense politeness-
Lord O'More glanced her over with
amused curiosity until her color be-
gan to deepen and her blood TO run
hotly.
well. my dear" he said at last,
show can serve your
lnsta thy the angel bristled She
had been so shielded IN the midst of
almost entire freedom. owing to the
OF her life. that the
words and the look appealed TO her
SIS almost insulting She lifted her
head with proud gesture.
IL am not your DEAR" she said.
with slow distinctness. There isn't
a thing in the world you can do for |
me / came here TO see II could do |
something's very great something
for you; but if | don't like you / won't |
dc itr'
There was a silken rustic and a
beautiful woman with cheeks OF
cherry bloom. hair of jet and eyes
OF pure irish blue. moved to Lord
O'Mores side and. catching his arm.
shook him impatiently.
Terence. Have you lost your
she cried. Didn't you IN
what the child said? Look
HI Def ldC6i Set w udL Sut uf1S.
Il beg your pardon" be said. ''The
fact is. am leaving Chicago sorely
disappointed. Ii makes me bitter and
reckless ! thought it was some more
IF those queer. useless people that
have thrust themselves on me con-
SANITY. and was careless Forgive
ne and tell me why you came"
II will If | like you said the an
rel stoutly. land if | don't won'tP'
"But / began all wrong. and now
ion't know how to make you like
me-" said his lordship. with sincere
,enitence in his tone
The angel looked into the beautiful
Fomans face.
Are you his wife7" she asked.
Yes said the woman, II am bis
Wife"
well" said the angel judiciaiiy.
the Bird Woman says nc one In the
vhoie world knows all a mans big.
.>-xsov .nd oil mia rtfiarassaz "a hin .