The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-06-04

| W. \
"You and y" He Asked, After a Mo.
ment
thing else We are dining out this
evening"
"You and -" he asked after mo-
ment.
Certainly not. Your father and |.
was about to suggest that you dine
with Lydia--or better still, ask her
over here to share your dinner with
you"
He was scowling. Where are you
going?"
Going? Oh, dining. see. Well"
slowly, deliberately, I'VE thought it
would be great fun to dine alone at
Delmonico's and see play after.
ward"
What play are you going to see?"
he cut in. She mentioned Belasco
production. We'll, hope you enjoy
lit, Yvonne. BY the way, how is the
|governor today? In good humor?"
( There was no response. He waited
Ifor moment and then called out:
I.sAre you there?"
+ "Good-by." came back over the wire
he started as if she had given him a
ship in the face. Her voice was cold
and forbidding,
When Lydia rejoined him in the sit
ting-room he was standing at the win
dow, staring across the courtyard far
below.
Are you going?' she asked, steadily
He turned toward her, conscious OF
the telltale scowl that was passing
, from his brow. 1t did not occur to
| him to resent her abrupt, uncompro
) Imising question. AS matter of fact
lit seemed quite natural that she SHOULD
put the question in just that way
, fatty, incisively. He considered him
: self, in way, to be on trial.
mo, I'm not" he replied. "You die
not expect me to forget, did you?" HI
was uncomfortable under her honest
4 inquiring gaze. A sullen anger agains
himself took possession of him. HI
y despised himself for the feeling o
= loneliness and inconsistencies that sud
denly came over him.
e 81 thought" she began, and thel
e lher brow cleared. 81 have been LOOK
n ling up the recitaIs in the morning
s paper. The same orchestra you hear
l. last night is to appear again toda
n at"
I'VE will go there, Lydia" he intel
o rupted, and at once began to hum tn
gay little air that had so completed
charmed him. TRY it again, Lyddl
You'll get it in no time"
After luncheon, like two happy chi
dren they rushed off to the concer
e and it was not until they were on the
Il way home at five o'clock that his el
e thusiasm began to wane. She wa
# quick to detect the change. He b.
g came moody, preoccupied; his part
e the conversation was kept up with a
e effort that lacked all the spontaneit
II of his earlier and more engagin
d. flights.
g, Lydia went far back in her calcul
It tons and attributed his mood to til
d promise she had exacted in regard
IS his attitude toward his father. 1t 0
cured to her that he was smartir
e under the restraint that his promis
10 involved She realized now, moi
e than ever before, that there could
" no delay, no faltering on her pal
y She would have to see James Broc
'e at once. She would have to 60 dow
on her knees to him.
" Il fee! rather guilty, Freddy" 81
d. said, as they approached the hons
a. "Mr. Brood will think it strange tn
ID should plead headache and yet RI
n. off to a concert and enjoy myself whit
h he Is so eager to finish the journal
especially as he is to sail so 500
At | ought to see him, don't you THU
d so? Perhaps there is something
10 can do tonight that will make up f
u the lost time" She was plainly ner
GUS.
He'd work you to death If
e. thought it would serve his purpose
8. said Frederic, gloomily, and back
that sentence lay the thought tn