The Lamar register., 1914-04-22

into the hOwer-oankDd Above sudden
| ly distract amid her esoort1 sallias II
was at this moment that she sew. Gn-
tsring the corridor from the garden.
the missinG couple.
II was not the faint flush on ah4r-
ley's chesk-that was not oeeD-oor
was It his nsaTness to her. though thsy
stood closely. a. lovers might. But
there was In both their faces q Soma.
thing that sesurgent convenfdonajfty
had not had time to cover . tSsm-
bling rshese1pn Of that Tight chaf
never was. On 50 or land"-whfcA W.
ifke . deafAStzb 10 what lay fW deep
eF than Kasha1fnes heart, her pride.
She drew svffKU back. dismayed It
the sudden vesfncation, and for an In.
slant her whole body chilled.
A craving for . glass Of VISITOR has
served its purpose a thousand times:
as her cavalier sohcftousiy departed To
fetch the cooling draushf. she rose.
and oarelsssiy cumming the refrain
the music had Just left Oh. sauntered
lightly out by another door to the open
air. A SWIM glance about her showed
her she w. unoboerved and she step
ped down to the grass and along de
winding path 70 benoh at some dfH
lance IN the shrubbsry. Here the
smiling mask slipped from her faos
and with q shfver she dropped her bot
face In her hands.
There were no tears. The wave
that was yelling over her was one OF
bitter humiliation. She had shot her
bolt and missed-she, Katharine lar.
60! For three years she had bald
John Valiant Fomanttcally speaking In
the hollow Of hsr shapefy hand. Now
she had an bU' thrown herself Il biz
namehaiFed, vivid girl whom he had
not known - many moufhsl
Heavy fooffalls Al at once APPROACH
ID herOtwo men were coming from
the house There was the sptttins
crackle Of q match. and a. she peered
out. its rcd fare lighted the massive
fAce and floating hair of Major BrtD
tow. His oompanion's faoe was In ths
shadow. She waited. thinking thsy
would pass: but TO her annoyance.
when she looked again. thsy had ssat
ed themselves on q bench . tew paOoa
away.
To be found incoming h the shrub.
berry like . schoolgirl did not please
her. but II seemed there was no ~
course. and she had half arisen. when
the majors gTud-voicsd companion
spoke q name that caused her to cit
down abruptly.
"Bristow. Shiriey's . magnificent
girl"
Finest In seven counties" as1osd
the majors baAs-
Whom DO you reckon shs'n ohnoss
to marryr
Chilly Lusk. Of course. The bovS
been In love with her since they wsso
In bibs- And be comes - near beng
At for her a. anybody"
"Hump!" said the other sardoaicak
ly. mo man ever saw was half eood
enough for Q good WOMAN But eood
women marry just the aAmA Il INIT
Lnsk- I used to think Y would b.
but I've got Q pair q eyes In mo
head. II you haven't. It's young Va
liant"
Tho pearl fan twisted IN K.tha-
rine's fingers. What she had guessed
was an open secret, thsni
The major made an exclamation that
uaA mo onOCS u coming eItot NV
dropped silence. IL never thought
Of thati"
The other resumed slowly. Some
what bitterly. It seemed to the girl
listening. IF her mother was in love
with Sassoon-"
Katharine's heart beat fAst and then
stood still. sassooni That was the
name Of the man Valiant's father had
killed In that old duel Of which Judge
Chalmers had told! IF her mothR-
Shirley Dandridges mother|"was In
love with Sassoonl" Why
WAS she?"
The majors query held q sharpness
that seemed almost appeal 6hs was
conscious that the other had faced
about abruptly.
I've always believed so. certainly.
II she had loved Valiant. would she
have thrown him over merely because
he broke his promise not to be . party
to q Quarrelr
You think notf" said the major
husxny.
Not under the circumstances. Val
liant was forced into It. No gentleman.
at that day. could have declined the
meeting. He could have explained 1t
to Judith's satisfaction-a woman