The Detroit times., 1913-10-14
but the difference would have been
noticeable only upon the scales.

but the difference would have been
noticeable only upon the scales.
Padre. my shoe pinches." said Nora
with a pucker between her eyes.
my child replied the padre.
never carry your vanity into shoe
makers shop. The happiest man is
he who walks In loose shoes.
| III they are his own. and not In
herited." quickly.
The padre laughed quietly. He was
very fond OF this new-fOund daughter
OF his. Her spontaneity, her blooming
beauty, her careless observation OF
convention, her independence, had
captivated him. Sometimes he believ-
ed that he thoroughly understood her.
when all at once he would find him
self mentally peering into some dark
corner into which the penetrating
light of his usually swift deduction
could throw no glimmer. She possess
ed tho sins OF the butterfly and the
latent possibilities of a Judith. She
was the most interesting feminine
problem he had In his long years en-
countered. The mother mildly anus
ed him, for he could discern the char
acter that she was sedulously striving
to batten down beneath inane social
usages and formalities. Some day she
would revert to the original type. and
then he would be glad to renew the
acquaintance. In rather a shamefaced
way "a sensation he could not quite
analyze) he loved the father. The
pugilist will always embarrass the
| scholar and excite a negligible envy;
for physical perfection Is the most en-
We'd Of all natures gifts. The padre
was short, thick-set, and inclined to-
ward stOutness In the region OF the
middle button OF his cassock But he
was active enough for all purposes.
Il have had many wicked thoughts
lately" resumed Nora, turning her
gaze away from the tennis players
She and the padre we're sitting on the
lower steps OF the veranda. The 9TH
ers were lettering by the nets.
The old plant disturbs your"
Yes"
Can You not cast 1t out wholly?"
Hate has many tentacles."
What produces that condition OF
mind?" meditatively. lis 1t because
we have wronged Somebody"
'Or because somebody has wronged
us"
"Or misjudged us, by us have been
misjudged?" softly.
Good gracious" exclaimed Nora,
springing up.
What is it,"
Father is coming up the path"
Il am glad to see him. But I do
not recollect having seen the face or
the man with him."
The 1.-THE eagerness went out OF
Noras body instantly Everything
seemed to grow cold, as II she had
become enveloped In one Of those fogs
that suddenly blow down menacingly
from hidden icebergs. Fortunately
the inquiring eyes Of the padre were
not directed at her. He was here. not
dozen yards away, coming toward
her, her fathers arm In his! After
what had passed he had dared! 1t
was not often that Nora Harrigan was
subjected to a touch OF vertigo, but at
this moment she felt that II she stir
red ever so little she must fall. The
stock whence she had sprung, how
ever was aggressive and fearless; and
by the time Courtlandt had reached
the outer markings of the courts, Nora
was physically herself again. The adj
vantage Of the meeting would be his.
i
on her part would be playing into his
hands. II only she had known!
Let us 60 and meet them, Padre"
she said quietly. With her father. her
mother and the others, the inevitable
Introduction would be shorn OF It's
danger. What Celeste might think
was OF no great importance: Celeste
had been tried and her loyalty proven.
Where had her father met him, and
what diabolical stroke of fate had
made him bring this man up here?
Nora" It was her mother calling.
She put her arm through the PADRES.
end they went forward leisurely.
why. father, 1 thought you weren't
coming said Nora. Her voice was
without q tremor.
The padre hadn't the least idea that
volcano might at any moment open
ND at his side. He smiled benignly.
Changed my mind" said Har-
rigan.
Mora. Molly. want you to meet
Mr.. Courtlandt. l don't know that l
ever said anything about it, but his
father was one Of the best friends
ever had. He was on his way up
here. so I came along with him."
Then Harrigan paused and looked
about him embarrassedly. There
were half Q dozen unfamiliar faces.
The colonel quickly stepped into
the breach, and the introduction of
Courtlandt became general. Nora
bowed, and became at once engaged
In an animated conversation with the
Barone, who had Just finished his
set victoriously.
The PADRES benign smile slowly
faded.