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When she burst In upon her mother
half IN hour later that excellent lady
started up from her couch, alarmed By
tho excitement in her daughters face
Mrs. Rodney. good soul. was one Of
the kind who always think the world
10 coming to an end. or the house Il
on fre, or the king has been assassinat.
ed. II any one approaches with look
Of distress in his face.
my dear, my dear!'' she cried as
Katherine stopped tragically in the
doorway. "What has happened to your
father7 Speak!'
Mamma. It's worse than that! r.
''Merciful heaveny' The good lady
blindlyt reached for her smelling salts
''I've made dreadful discovery"
went on Katherine In suppressed tones
1T came to me like lash. couldn't
belisve my own brain. SO watched
them from my window. There's no
Doubt about II, mamma. It's % plain
% the nose on your face. Hs"-
my darling. what are You talking
.about1 u my noss-what II tho mat
tee With my nose7" She vaguely felt
e6 her nose, In horror.
Hes In love with bsr. There's. no
0istako. And, will you believe NE.
namala. shs;is encouraging HINT Pos
aldvslyl Why-why. ~ utterly con
tsmptible! Oh. dear. what are ws
10 DOR
Mrs. Rodney looked blankly at her
laughter. who had thrown herself IN
Z chair. She gasped and then gave
vent 10 4 tremendous squeak.
I'm love! Your father1 With whom
-Who 10 she!''
"Fathef' Oh, Lord, mother, I didn't
say anything about father. Don't cry!
It's another man altogether"
'sNot Freddie Ulstervelt?'' quavered
Ars. Rodney. pulling herself together.
after all he has said to you
'.No, no, mamma cried her daugh-
tee irritably. "Freddie may be in love
with her, but he's not the only one.
Nammay' She Strengthened up and
looked at her mother with wide. horror
struck eyes. "Roxbury Medcroft d
madly in love with Constance F0wler!'
Mrs. Rodney did not utter sound
for fully minute and half. She new
er took her eyes from her daughters
distressed face. The color was coming
back into her own. and her lips were
setting themselves into thin red lines
above her rigid chin.
'I'm sorry. Katherine, that you have
seen 1t too. I have suspected 1t for
several days. But have not dared to
speak-it seemed too improbable. What
are we to dor She sat down sudden
~, even weakly. ~
.She's not only leading Freddie on.
but she's firting with her own broth
er-in-law-her own sisters husband
her-her"-
"Her own niece's fatheri It's afro
cious!''
'she's horrid beast! And thought
loved her. oh. mamma, its just
dreadful!'
"Katherine, control yourself. will
not have you upsettlng yourself like
this. You'll have another Of those aw'
ful headaches Leave it all to me-
dear. Something must be done. We
can't stand by and see dear Edith be-
trayed. She's so happy and so trust
ing. And. besides all that, we'd be
dragged into the scandal. r.
"And the Odell- -Carneys too. Heav-
ensr'
ut must be stopped! shall 60 at
once to Mrs. Odell-C Carney and tell her
what we have discovered. 1t will pre-
pare her. She is the best friend l have,
and know she will suggest way to
put a stop to this thing before 1t Is
too late We must
'Why don't you speak to father
about 1t first?"
"Your father! My dear, what would
be the use? He wouldn't believe It
He never does. I wonder If dear Mrs
Odell- Carney is in her ROOM" The es' |
timable lady fiuttered loosely toward
the door. Her daughter called to her.
"1f were you I'd wait a day or
two. mamma" She was quite cool i
and very calculating now. 1T may
adjust itself. and-and II we can just !
drop a hint that we suspect, they won't
be so-so-well, so public about it.
lknow-I just know that Freddie will !
be disgusted with her II he sees how
she's carrying on" Katherine sud
denly had realized that good might
spring from evil. after all.
In the mean time young Mr.. Ulster.
velt was having troubles and disap-
pOintments of his j. wn Persistent ef-
fort to make love to Miss Fowler had
finally resulted in an almost peremp.
tory command to desist. An unlucky
impulse to hold her hand during one of
his attempts to ''try her out" met with
disaster Miss Fowler snatched her