The Ordway new era., 1916-09-29
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The outward usualness OF things
continued after dinner. In the library
while his wife sat In her customary
I chair. gazing at the DIRE. Sheridan le,
/ the unseldel evening paper rest upon
! his ian. though now and then he lifted
il, as I. 10 Rad. Hhes came in noise
! lcssly snd sat In q corner, doing moth
I ing and rca.i q reception room
across TIE hall sn indistlnct vocal mur'
mar scoAz me jg>t audible at intervals.
Orce, when this murmuv grew louder,
| under STRESS .. sane irrepressihle mer-
virueut. SlitA,s voice could be heard
Bobby. a-ea't you swtulr' and Sherl-
I dan glanced ScTNsSs az his wife appeal
/ inety.
She rose q: once sni went into the
( ''-ccrp;Soa NOM" there was auTry OF
whispering. aud the sound Of tiPtoclns
IN the hSll-Edith And her suitor
. changing quarters 70 more distant
-,asn. Ms. Sheridan rstuTned 70 her
chair IL Jhe library.
They waa't hOther you any more.
papa. she sad IN tNNuso-c.us voice
she to.d ne st laach he'd 'VhoceI he
uaa.cI - >No1le gP tbs evening. and
! $A.i l though; he'd hS;te- wal; few
DAYS hut >he Sl.i >hs'i A.-Saiy :o'd
h.aa Ne r2ali-~ So 74u>tsi. :Scl HddeI.
rather SE..f.,y I -. Kind - notion
zasgSe EH>GNs &o1.t Ike l-GI - much
- be a>rl IN NEy-e--E -Eysss yaG ee,-
-r7 a>& E7>.-s- VsTt A11 sS >atT-
E-a -n5ia5 Sven. :. Sc co-tig2eI.
s.- Na>:s --.rz SEy : Sa-L - : nigh:
~ v--E- -nrG: e. 1-y,Er
lie -rsEs-s s=.- s-L sasy sat S1-
Salr ---s II s-tENs wA--e Ms,
>sr- San r-r ke v-.a 8 ---.s SC.-. hAT-
1-- t-.s- .=:1 s -svs-.s -A4: b7CnSlc
-ta-> -Taa. Mss vs---y--S wzS egsrt
----~ - - g she waS all --sht."
Ur- 1->Nl-i evidently Aai II jlti-
10y IN :r.Hwla= her rrA-a u thought.
ea- he nodded once uo7e, aH-na-
.-vrIy.
~u.d yo1- How did you tx Z, about
cHs-;he Really company e. she fal-
:e-ri. Did you
He rose heavily helping himself 70
his feet by the arms OF his chair. Il
f1t-i it." he said, In husky voice He
went 10 her. put his hand upon her
shoulder. and drew a long. audible ire
mendous breath. It's my bedtime.
mamma; I'm eoin' up" When he
reached the door he stopped and spoke
q gain. without turning to look at her.
The Realty company'n go right on
just the same" he said. Its like
its like sand. mamma. 1t puts me in
mind of chuldren playin' in a sand .
pile. One OF 'em sticks his finger in I.
the sand-pile and makes hole, and .
another of 'em II pat the place with .
his hand. and all the little grains |
of sand run in and I'LL 1t up and set
tie against one another: and then,
right away It's fat on top again. and |
you can't tell there ever was hole
there. The Realty company II go on .
all right, mamma. There amt any !
things anywhere, reckon, that |
wouldn't go right on--just the same"
And he passed out slowly into the |
hall; then they heard his heavy tread
upon the stairs.
Mrs. Sheridan, rising to follow him, |
turned a piteOus face to her son. Its |
so forlorn," she said. chokingly. That's |
the first time he spoke since he came |
in the house this evening. l know it .
must "A hurt him to hear Edith
laughin' with that Lamhorn. Shed
OuGhtn't to let him come, right the very
first evening this way; she'd oughtn't !
to done It! She just seems to lose her |
head over him. and 1t scares me. You |
heard what SibyI said the other day, |
and-and you heard what-what-"
What Edith said to Sibyl?" Blbbs |
finished the sentence for her
I'VE can't have any trouble o. that |
kind" she walled "Oh. It looks as il