Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1914-10-23


az hopeless SO far as coming to his
rescue was concerned. He began.
despite his repugnance, to watch Nora.
And all the while Mrs. Harrigan was
talking and he was replying; and she
thought him charming, whereas he
had not formed any opinion of her at
all, nor later could remember a word
of the conversation.
Teal" bawled the colonel. The verb
had its distinct uses, and one general
ly applied 1t to the coloners outbursts
without being depressed by the feel
ing Of inelegance
There is invariably some slight hes
itation In the selection Of chairs
around tea table in the open. Nora
scored the first point Of this singular
battle by selling the padre on one
side and her father on the other and
pulling them down on the bench 1t
was adroit In two ways: 1t put Court
landt at safe distance and In nowlse
offended the younger men, who could
find no cause for alarm In the close
proximity of her two fathers, the spir-
itual and the physical. A few mo-
ments later Courtlandt saw a smile
of malice part her lips. for he found
himself between Celeste and the In
evitable trump.
Touched" he murmured, for he
was thorough sportsman and appre-
ciated a good point even when taken
by his opponent.
Il never saw anything like It" whis-
pered Mrs. Harrigan into the colonels
ear.
Saw what?" he asked.
"Mr. Courtlandt can't keep his eyes
OF of Nora"
II say!" The colonel adjusted his
eye-glass, not that he expected to see
more clearly by doing SO, but because
habit had long since turned an affecta-
ton into q movement wholly mechan-
ical. well, who can blame him?
Cad! II were only twenty-five or
thereabouts."
Mrs. Harrigan did not encourage
this regret. The colonel had never
been a rich man. On the other hand.
this Edward Courtlandt was very rich:
he was young; and he had the entree
to the best families in Europe, which
was greater In her eyes than either
youth or riches. Between sips Of tea
she builded a fine castle In Spain.
Abbott and the Barone carried their
cups and cakes over to the bench and
sat down on the grass. Turkish-wise.
Both simultaneously offered their
cakes. and Nora took lady finger
from each. Abbott laughed and the
Barone smiled.
"Oh, daddy mine!" sighed Nora
drolly.
"Huh?"
Don't let mother see those shoes"
whats the matter with EN-? Ev.
erybody's wearing the same"
Yes. But don't see how you man.
age to do it. One shoe string is vir-
gin white and the other is pagan
brown"
i've got nine pairs Of shoes, and
yet there's always something the mat.
ter" ruefully. Il never noticed when
I put them on. Besides, I wasn't
coming"
That's no defense. But rest easy
, I'll be as secret as the grave"
Nov, for one would never have
noticed II you hadn't called my atten
tion," said the padre, stealing glance
1t his own immaculate patent feathers
"Ah, padre, that wife of mine hal
eyes like pilot-fish. I'm in for It,"
Borrow one from the colonel before
you go home" suggested Abbott.
That's not half bad" gratefully.
| Harrigan began to recount the trials
of forgetfulness.
Slyly from the corner Of her eye
Nora looked at Courtlandt, who wal
at that moment staring thoughtfully
into his tea cup and stirring the con
tents industriously. His face was {
little thinner, but aside from that hs
had changed scarcely at all; and then
because these two years had left 81
little mark upon his face. a tinge o.
unreasonable anger ran over her. "Mer
have died and worms have eater
Them" she thought cynically. Perhaps
the air between them was sufficient
ly charged with electricity to conve.
the impression across the intervening
space; for his eyes came up quickly
but not quickly enough to catch her
She dropped her glance to Abbott
transferred It to the Barone, and final
" let 1t rest on her father face. Foul
handsomer men she had never seen.
You never told me you knew Court
landt," said Harrigan. speaking Il
Abbott.
Just happened that way. We wen
to school together. When l was littl,
they used to make me wear curls ant
wide collars. Manys the time Court
landt walloped the school DULLES TO
mussing me up. l don't see him mucl
these days. Once in while he walk
in. That's all. Always seems to know
where his friends are, but none eve
knows where he is
Abbott proceeded to elaborate som,
OF his friends exploits. Nora heard
as If from affair." Vaguely she caugh
glimmer of what the contest wa
going to be. She could see only lit
tie way; ;still, she was optimisticall,