Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-09-19

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ter another argumentative interval the
Crags was put on the line.
/! Hello" called the boy, lis this the
Crags? Wharf.-The Crags?-Say,
could I speak to Mrs Todd?-Yes-
Todd, Mrs. Todd What?-Oh, zone
outo--All right, Thanks. Goodby."
/ He hung UP the receiver and turned
to Algernon, but Algernon was already
at the door He would go to the Pines
and borrow the money. from James.
James had met him as a stran ger, but
would be willing to help him if he were
! in trouble. A Coed old James!
| AT the Pines, Algernon found that
both James and Hancock were out, had
| gone in the motor boat and We're not
! expected back for some time. Alger-
non went to the garage, and as one
chauffeur from another, borrowed
! three dollars from Hancock's man.
I'll return this tomorrow, positive
, ly," swore Algernon with the earnest
ness of one who has already been
doubted and has only his word to prove
his assertion.
cav, no hurry" said the other kind
ly. I'm flush just at present. Can't
get broke up in this gay metropolis" "
Back in the telegraph Office once
more, Algernon grimly laid the three
dollars on the counter and waved aside
any change.
"Send those kilograms as fast as you
can, or II report you," said he coldly
and stalked majestically away, rehab-
ilitated in his own sight with the size
of his tip and his stern reproof
Great guns!" he thought as the car
turned out of Brockton and took the
road for home, what damnable
thing it must be not to have any money
and no way to get any, no one willing
to lend. Poor old Molly, no wonder
sh,, wanted to marry Hancock"
All the way home he kept thinking
of the girl and his wounded love. The
circumstances all pointed to her guilt,
and the last month had shaken his be-
lief in her word He was sick with
disgust at the whole affair and at the
knowledge that he still cared for the
girl, that he would not, could not leave
her behind She had said she. would
marry him and he knew that she
meant it and that he would ask her
to again, that he wanted her above
everything and in spite of everything.
All the way home he fought his love,
KNOWN" it would conquer him In the
end. He told himself that she was an
INSCRIPTIONS woman, that he had
trusted her because her eyes were big
and blue and her hair was soft and
curly and dark, clinging to her neck
and temples in tiny ringlets, and that
she had betrayed him.
Again he recalled that Sunday when
she had wheedled his secret from him.
She felt that her time was drawing
to close and that the opportunity she
had always longed for to marry rich
man, which had come to her In this
out-of-the way corner of the world, was
slipping from her grasp, never 10 re-
turn. and in her desperation she had
resorted to anything to get rid of the.
troublesome Patterson without herself
forbidding him the grounds and Great
ing talk. He remembered that she
had gone across the bay Monday morn
ing in her motor boat to Brockton She
had probably telegraphed then. There
was no one else who could have done
SO, no one else who knew about Pat
terson. He forgot about the broken
boiler and that Holmes had been trac-
ed through it, his hired chauffeur hav-
ing telegraphed a confirmation Of the
laws demand if Holmes was not there.
Yes, the circumstances were all
against her, and yet he loved her,
could feel still how soft her hands
were as she had chung to him and he
had prevented her from kneeling,
could hear her voice laughing at him
from the dancing waves Of the sea, the
Tilt of the springtime in it's laughing
cadence. Yes, the struggle was use
less. He cared for her and always
would, no matter what she did, no mat
ter what she was.
He stopped at the village store and
filled the tonneau of the car with the
provisions Higgins had got ready, par
rying the village curiosity with the
density of we'll trained servant. He
knew nothing about Mrs. Todd's plans.
Yes, he supposed she was thinking OF
going camping. Yes, that was probably
why she ordered so many things. No,
he couldn't say when she was going.
He just knew that he had been order
ed so many things. No, he couldn't
say when she was going. He just knew
that he had been ordered to get the
things and so he was getting them. No,
he didn't know if she expected Alger
non up or not, supposed she did, but
wasn't sure when. No, Hancock was
not going with her, Of course not. They
weren't married. No. certainly not.
They weren't going to get married,
hadn't any intentions of doing so.
Some one was asking for you" said
Higgins. standing aside as the last OF
the packages was slowed away and
Algernon was cranking the car.
THAT so?" asked Algernon. who
was it,"
"The constable" said Higgins cheer
fully, from Brockton.'
Algernon flushed. "What'd he want
of me?" he asked nervously. He had
hoped Patterson would be able to get
away before the constable came.
Don't know" said Higgins, thor
oughly enjoying the situation, He
asked for Teller named Joseph
Holmes, and we sent him up to the
Crags." 1
Thanks drawled Algernon. "Ill
20 on up and find him.
Algernon did not stop at the house