The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1913-01-28
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r lORD and Lady Baselhurst, with
ii the more energetic members Of
IL their party, spent the day in
~ a 20 called hunting excursion
to the hills south Of the villa. Toward
nightfall they returned successfully
empty handed and rapacious for
bridge. Penelope, full of smoldering
anger, had spent the afternoon in her
Dom, disdaining every call Of sociabil.
ity. She had awakened to the truth Of
the situation In SO far as she was con.
cerned. She was at least seeing things
from shaw's point Of view. Her re-
sentiment was not against the policy
Of her brother, but the overbearing.
petulant tyranny Of her American sis
ter-in-law. From the beginning she
had disliked Evelyn: now she despised
her. With the loyal simplicity Of
sister she absolved Cecil of all real
blame In the outrage of the morning.
attributing everything to the cruelty
and envy Of the despot who held the
purse strings from which dangled the
pliable fortunes of Bazelhurst The
Bazelhursts. one and all-ancestors
thrown in-swung back and forth on
the pendulum Of her capriciousness
Penelope. poor rs church mouse, was
almost wholly dependent upon her
brother, who In turn owed his present
affluence to the more or less luckless
movement of the matrimonial market
hn "a 81 hod 80 t.
concise small that 1t was almost
worth testing about
Here was Penelope, twenty-five,
beautiful, proud, fair minded and
healthy, surveying herself for the first
time from new and an entirely diff.
ferent point Of view. She was not
pleased with the picture. She began
to loathe herself more than she pitied
her brother. Something like smile
came into her clouded face as she spec.
ulated on Randolph Shaw's method Of
handling Evelyn Banks had she fallen
TO him as a wife. The quiet power in
that mans face signified the presence
Of manhood that-ah, and Just here
II occurred to her that Lady Bazelhurst
felt the force Of that power even
though she never had seen the man.
She hated him because he was strong
enough to oppose her, to ignore her. to
laugh Mt her impotence.
The smoldering anger and n growing
sense of fairness combined at length
in the determination to take her broth
er and his wife to task for the morn
ing's outrage, let the consequences be
what they might. When she Joined the
people downstairs before dinner there
was a red spot in each cheek and a
steady look in her eyes that caused the
duke to neglect woefully the conversa-
ton he was carrying on with Mrs. Cd
well.
Dinner was delayed for nearly half
an hour while four Of the guests fin
ished their rubber" Penelope OBJ
served that the party displayed varying
emotions. 1t afterward transpired that
the hunters had spent most Of the aft
ernoon in her ladyship's distant lodge
playing bridge for rather high stakes.
Little Miss Folsom was pitifully unre-
sponsive to the mirth of Mr.. Odwell
She could Ill afford to lose 5000. Lady
Bazelhurst was in frightful mood.
Her guests had SO far forgotten them
selves as to win more than $1,000 OF
the Banks legacy, and she was not
cheerful loser. especially rs his lord.
ship had dropped an additional $500
The winners were riotously happy.
They had found the sport glorious. An
observer given to deductions might
have noticed that half of the diners
were immoderately hilarious, the other
half studiously polite.
Lord Bazelhurst wore hunted look
and drank more than one or two high
balls. From time to time he cast fur
tive glances at his wife. He laughed
frequently at the wrong time and
mirthlessly.
"He's got something on his mind"
whispered Odwell in comment
Eyes; he always laughs when there
r. anything on his mind" replied Mrs.
De Peyton. "That's the way he gets