Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-10-06
CHAPTER XXXvI1.


10 passed several weeks Mrs. Forbes
abandoned "the Palmers" without
)sieh and began to study the Scotch &C.
- oent. Every one was happy save John.
The weather did its best, though it &C.
eas;onally broke out assigning and a-soo'
hing Harrington and Pat supplied MIS-.
Rorhes With some Of the widest legends thar
were ever invented, all about giants ana
maidans. skeletons, scrunched bones and
blood. When she repeated them to Betty Ban
bridge that scholarly spinster pronounced
them utterly spurious, and offered as more suit
able mental food the rules Of the Gaelic
grammar.
PITY Pat and his grandmother cruised
about beautifully. Yet Dorothy was restless.
HDaughtes," said Forbes, 81 wouldn't"
eyes you would" said Dot. "You wouldn't
stand It a. we'll as l do. Daddy, darling,
don't know what I'm doing or what to think.
You know this was never the life expected.
You remember how 1 used to dream about
having some big mission in the world, and now
It's dwindled to this"
"oThere's a good deal Of time in life" said
Forbes, "and 1 don't remember as you had
any definite date for setting out on your cru
SADIE. You wait awhile. The Lord Almighty
amt wasteful"
But / thought it had all come with Pat;
and, Dad, it did. There's great work to be
done right here-lives to be made straight
and happy; industry and self-respect to be put
into them. And then the disease-the wretch
ed. preventable disease. And here they chain
me, Dad, with all that going on before my
eyes And Pat laughs and kisses me when
protest"
Pat went his careless way for about another
week and Johns plan hung fire. And then
help miraculously came from the one person on
earth who would have been most 10th to serve
him. His mother, Mrs. Fortesque, having
passed from one chauffeur to another, until she
found one dauntless Of the largest policeman
and eontemptuous Of the most solid traf{ic
block, had enjoyed IN all too brief felicity and
had then participated in smashup, which 70
suited In the wreck Of the car-an event which
LETT har beyond the reach Of solacs-and Of her
own lift hip, which did not seem to trouble her
ct m. Nevertheless elderly ladies' may not
fracture hips with impunity. There were other
lees definite but more alarming injuries to q
tired constitution, and Pat was sent for.
The Earl obeyed the summons With double
depression. He was troubled about his eccen.
tbs but always gallant mother, and then there
was the celebration Of Pity Pats birthday, bis
Arst at Glendaire. It was very near. He
would b almost sure to miss It, and Dorothy
would be disappointed. He had had for some
time q wretched feeling that Dorothy was be-
ing disappointed.
90 Pat went to London, charging John again
and again to take care Of Dorothy and Pity
Pat.
To this end John, on the morning Of the his
rode over to the cottage beyond the mountain
to give instructions to the old woman there.
~ cannot tell you to the minute" he had said,
"but we're to dine at eight o'clock At about
nine you'd better be there. You'll have to
carry the child and keep his face covered.
Wait near the big door, and when you hear me
say Long life to the heir you are to send the
boy in. Tell him his supper is there and that
he is to 60 and eat it. Then wait on the terrace
out of sight of the hall windows and I'll bring
him to you"
"And what" she asked, "is this ay.actine
for-is It for any good?"
tits for my purpose" he answered, 40 hc
turned to ride away. See that you make NO
mistake"
ITS for evil" muttered Mrs. Moran, as abe
watched him. 'Tt's for evil. Nothing else
could make him look 30 happy