Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1913-10-29

Il them 1EUm#my W1uuOW. 1ueEe no
doubt about It, mamma. It's 40 plain
as the nose on your face. He'-
MY darling, what are you talking
about7 ID my nose what is the mat
ter with my nose p She vaguely felt
Of her nose, in horror. ..=s
Hes In love with her. There's no
mistake. And, will you believe me.
mamma. she is encouraging him! Pos.
itively! Why--why. It's utterly con-
temptible! Oh. dear, what are we
to do ~ s.:. Il
Mrs Rodney looked blankly at her
daughter. who had thrown herself In
q chair. She gasped and then gave
vent to a tremendous squeak.
I'm love! Your father? With whom
| who IS she?'' 's
Father? Oh, Lord, mother, didn't
say anything about father. Don't cry!
It's another man altogether"
| mot Freddie Ulstervelt?" quavered
Mrs. Rodney, pulling herself together
After all he has said to you . *.s ST.
"No. no. mamma" cried her daugh-
ter irritably. Freddie may be in love
with her, but he's not the only one.
Mammal" She Strengthened up and
looked at her mother with wide, horror
struck eyes. "Roxbury Medcroft IS
madly In love with Constance Fowler!'
Mrs. Rodney did not utter a sound
for fully minute and a 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. =<%- -, $780,
I'm sorry. Katherine, that you have
seen it too have suspected 1t for
| several days. But have not dared to
speak-it seemed too improbable. What
are we to do?' She sat down sudden
y. 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 father! It's afro
ciousv'
"She's horr1d beast! And thought
loved her. oh. mamma. It's just
dreadful"
katherine. control yourself. I will
not have you upsetting yourself like
this. You'll have another of those aw
full headaches. Leave it all to me-
dear. Something must be DONE We
can't stand by and see dear Edith be-
trayed She's 80 happy and so trust
ing. And. besides all that. we'd he
dragged into the scandal. r.
And the Odell-C arneys too Heav
ens!''
1T must be stopped! shall 20 at
once to Mrs Odell-Carney and tell her
what we have discovered. 1t vii pre-.
pare her. She Is the best friend have
and know she will suggest way to
put stop to this thing before 1t Is
| too late. We must
"Why don't you speak to father
about it f1rst?"
"Your father! My dear. what would
be the use? He wouldn't believe it
He never does I wonder II dear Mrs
Odell- Carney is in her room" The es.
Unable lady, futtered loosely toward
the door Her daughter called to her
If ! were you I'd wait a day or
two.~ mamma. y = She was, quite cool
and very calculating now 1T may
| adjust itself. and-and If we can just
drop hint that we suspect. they won't
be so-so-well. SO public about it.
know-l just know that Freddie will
be Disguised with her If he sees how
| oh MI
denly had realized that good might
| spring from evil, after all.
In the mean time young Mr. Ulster
welt was having troubles and disap-
pointments of his own 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
hand away and. with look he never
forgot. abruptly left him. TITS all of
with her." ruminated Freddie. shiv-
ering slightly as an after effect Of the
icy stare she had given him. "She's
got it in for me for some reason or
other. Wow! That was a frost! l
feel 1t yet. Medcroft has played the
deuce helping me. wonder If Hello!
There's Katherine
Freddie did some rapid fire thinking
In the next half minute, with the re-.
suit that Constance Fowler was ban
ished forever from his calculations,
and Katherine Rodney restored to her
own. So long as he could not possibly
win Constance he figured that he
might just as we'll devote himself to
the girl he was virtually engaged to
marry. Freddie's was a convenient
and adaptable constancy. Miss Fow-
Ter out OF sight was also out Of mind
He descended upon Katherine with all
Of the old ardor shining in his eyes.
1t was soon after Miss Rodney's con-
ference with her mother. and the
young lady was of for walk in the
town. $50
"Hello. Katherine" called he, COM
Ing up from behind. Shopping? Take
me along to carry the bundles. want
to begin now" 49,
1t was Miss Rodney's fancy to re-
ceive his advances with disdain She
assumed most unfriendly manner
"lndeedT' with chilling irony. And
why, may l ask? p :. sa-
Freddie was taken aback. This was
most unexpected. = Is
practice makes perfect he SAID
glibly: Don't you want me to carr.
EN-. Kitty?" He said it almost tear.