Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1914-01-08

catch a glimpse Of che girl with her
| face turned in his direction. Her COM
panions, on the contrary, were stand
ing with their backs to him, one be-
side the door she had just thrown
| open, the other at his wife's door, on
which she had just given significant
| rap.
Such was the picture.
The girl absorbed all his attention.
The shawl-a gay one with colors in
| it-had fallen from her head and was
| trailing, wet and bedraggled, over an
equally bedraggled skirt. Soused with
wet, her hair disheveled, and all her
garments awry with the passion of
! her movements, she yet made his
heart stand still, as, with sullen look
at those about her, she rushed into
| the room prepared for her use and
slammed the door behind her with
quick cry of mingled rage and relief.
| FOR with all these drawbacks Of man
ner anu appearance she was the liv-
| ing picture of Georgian; so like her,
| indeed, that he could we'll understand
now the shock which his darling re-
ceived when, in the Inconsistencies
of possessing a living sister, she had
| encountered in street or store, or
wherever they had first met, this liv-
| ing reproduction Of herself.
mo wonder she became confused
as to her duty" he muttered. i even
| feel myself becoming confused as to
mine"
Bring me up something to eat" he
now heard this latest conner shout
from her doorway Il don't want tea
and I don't want soup; I want meat,
meat. And l shan't go down after
ward, either. I'm going to stay right
here. I've seen enough Of people l
| don't know. And of my sister too.
| She was cross to me because | hated
the coach and wanted to walk, and
! she shan't come into my room till
tell her to. Don't forget; it's meat
want. Just meat and something sweet.
| Pudding's good"
All shocking to Mr.. RansOm's taste,
| but more so to his heart. For not
withstanding the coarseness OF the ex-
pressions, the voice was Georglan's
and laden with a hundred memories.
| Ransom now decided that II he
must keep up his Watch-and nothing
now could deter him from doing so =
he must take a position consistent
| with his assumed character. Detec-
ton by Georgian was what he now
feared. Whatever happened, she must
not get the smallest glimpse OF him,
or be led by any indiscretion on his
part to suspect his presence under
the same roof as herself. Yet he must
| see all. hear all that was possible to
| him. For this a continuance OF the
| present conditions, an open door ana
no light were positively requisite
| But one expedient suggested ITSELF He
would light a cigar and sit in the win
dow. If questioned he would say
that he was engaged in deciding
how he would end the story he was
writing; that such contemplation call
ed for darkness but above all for
good air; that had the weather been
favorable he would have obtained the
latter by opening the window; but it
being so bad he could only open the
door. Certain eccentricities are al
lowable III authors.
This settled, he proceeded to take
chair and envelope himself in
smoke With eyes fixed on the dimly-
lighted vista of the hall before him,
he waited. What would happen next!
Would his wife reappear? No; sup
per was coming up. He could hear
dishes rafting on the rear stairway,
and in another moment saw the maid
coming down the hall with a large
tray in her hands. She stopped at
Anitra's door, knocked, and was an
swered by the harsh command:
"Set it down. I'll get 1t for myself.
The maid set 1t down.
Next instant Mrs. Ransom's door
opened.
Don't be too generous with me" he
heard her call softly out. 81 cant
eat. I'm too upset for much food
Tea" she whispered, land some nice
toast. Tell Mrs. Dec that want
nothing else. She will understand"
The maid nodded and disappeared
down the hall just as bare arm was
thrust out from Anitra's door and the
tray drawn in. A few minutes latel
the other tray came up and was car
ried into Mrs. Ransom's room. The
contrast in the way the two trays hat
been received struck him as showing
the difference between the two women
especially after he had been given al
opportunity, as he was later, of seein;
| the ferocious way in which the foo(
: | brought to Anitra had been disposed
Of.
But anticipate. The latter tray hat
. not yet been pushed again into thu
hall, and Mr.. Ransom was still smok
ing his first cigar when he heard tn
lawyers voice in the Office below ask
ing to have pen and ink placed in tn