Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1913-06-05
80 Dark Street:
OR
ODE Actors Daughters
By F. w. ROBINSON
Continued from Page 7.
rare you coming now, George?"

rare you coming now, George?"
Coming? Hang it, old fellow,
have only just arrived; and have a
heap of news for these two ladies,
and am here to keep them company,
and save them from utter loneliness;
and I am off duty, am I not?"
81 shall see you presently, then"
I said, without attending to his ques-
ton.
IF I have time," was his quick
answer.
Then I went into the dark passage,
and George Fairfax followed me and
opened the street door, first closing
the parlor door after him, to keep
out the cold, or the sound of our
yoices-or both.
'They are two such lonely little
women, Arthur" he said, half apollo
getically, as it were, ''that l keep
them company now and then, you
see"
81 see. Is it quite wise?" I asked,
thinking of the elder sisters warn
ing.
II am not WISE" he replied.
''You believe in them implicitly
now?"
Eyes, implicitly. There are not two
better young women in the world"
II am glad to hear it."
'Not conventional, certainly" he
added. ''Women who can take their
own parts, and have fought brave
fight, and won it; who have been
fighting against adversely for years"
poor girls, suppose SO. Well, au
revoir, George; I shall see you later
on"
NO." was the response, uttered so
sharply that I started back step.
"That is, unless I can get away in
plenty of time; but don't expect me.
I have packed up my pOrtmanteau
and taken it off your premises. 1t is
at the railway station already"
"Of So suddenly-and unceremon-
iously as this!"
"Have I not a funeral to attend
down in Derbyshire?"
II thought you were not going"
II have altered my mind" he said
EVERY sane person has a right to
alter his mind, just as every insane
person has no mind to alter"
Goodbye, then, if you should not
come my way, George" said, dryly.
"Good-bye."
eve shall meet soon, at all
events"
II hope So"
IT want to have a long talk with
you. I have something to tell you," I
said, thinking Of Miss Nash's last in
junction to me.
eff should turn up, will let you
know where I am"
every good; and for all that you
have done for me, old friend, much
thanks"
We shook hands, and I noticed
that his hand was very hot and dry.
I went slowly down the gritty steps,
along the pavement, and out at the
gate. I stood outside in Dark street |
with my hand on the iron ratings. |
There I paused. George Fairfax had |
closed the door quickly and gone |
back into the parlor. On the blind |
from without I saw his shadow,
black and distorted, as he passed be-
tween it and the light. He was set
thing down for the evening, and had
not warned him to come away and
keep away, as Hyacintha Nash had
urged me-Hyacintha Nash, who was
not aware how impossible it was to
warn George Fairfax of anything, to
turn him from any purpose he had
once taken into his head. Still, I
thought he should have warning
soon; he should be told what was
wish at least.
The piano began playing before
my hand had left the iron ratings; 1
was still standing there and staring !
1t the house like a man who had not i,
quite made up his mind to quit the
Vicinity; 1t was probable that the in
mates Of No. SO thought that had
got half way down the street, for
George Fairfax knew well his
honest and honlely style of piano
humping-struck up For he's a
oily good fellow" with much empha-
lis and apparently out of compli-
nent to me.
l went on my way at last with an