The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-08-05

embrace. all possible consequences be-
came nothing TO Sibyl. She curtsied.
holding up her skirts and comforting
her lips to the semblance Of smile.
''Sit just as you were-both OF your
she said. And then to Edith: "Did you
tell my husband l had been teIephon-
ing to LamhOrnY'
You march out of herer' said Edith
ferceIy. March straight out of hereT'
Sibyl Ieveled a forefnger at Lam
horn.
did you tell her I'd been teIephon-
ing you I wanted you to conner
"Oh, good GodT' Lamhorn said.
"Hushp'
You knew she'd tell my husband.
didn't you?' she cried. You knew
thatI'
"Hush!' he begged. panic-stricken.
THAT was a ma.lly thing to do. Oh.
it was like a gentleman! You wouldn't
come-yOu wouldn't even come for five
minutes to hear what l had to say!
You were tired of what l had to say:
You'd heard it all a thousand times
before, and you wouldn't even come,
No! mol Mop she stormed. you
wouldn't even come for five minutes.
but you could tell that little eati And
she told my husbandI You're man.
Edith saw in a flash that the con-
sequences of battle would be rufnous
to Sibyl. and the furious girl needed
no further temptation TO give way to
her feelings. Get out of this houseI''
she shrieked. This is nv fathers
house. Don't you dare speak to Rob
ert like THAR
No! MOI 1 mustn't speak"
Don't you darer'
Edith and SibyI began to scream in
suits at each other simultaneously
fronting each other, their furious faces
close. Their voices shriIled and rose
and cracked-they screeched. They
could be heard over the noise of the
photograph, which was playing a
Grassland selection. They could be
heard all over the house. They were
heard in the kitchen; they could have
been heard in the cellar. Neither Of
them cared for that.
You told my husbandr' screamed
Sibyl, bringing her face still closer to
Edith's. You told my husband! This
| man put that in your hands to strike
me with! He did!'
"I'll tell your husband again! I'll
tell him everything l know! It's time
| your husband"
They were swept asunder by a ban
daged hand. do you want the neigh
bors in?" Sheridan Numbered.
There fell a shocking silence. Fren-
zied Sibyl saw her husband and his
mother in the doorway. and she under
stood what she had done. She moved
slowly toward the door; then suddenly
she began to run. She ran into the
hall, and through 1t, and out of the
house. Roscoe followed her heavily.
his eyes on the ground.
Now Them said Sheridan to Lam
horn.
The words were indefinite. but the
voice was not. Neither was the vicious
gesture Of the bandaged hand, which
concluded its orbit in the direction OF
| the door in a manner sufficient for the
swift dispersal of George and Jackson
and several female servants who how
erred behind Mrs. Sheridan. They fed
| lightly.
Papa, papaP' walled Mrs. Sheridan.
LOOK at your hand! You oughtn't to
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| your hand on her shoulder. LOokP'
There was. in fact, a spreading red
stain upon the bandages at the tips
Of the fingers. and Sheridan put bis
hand back in the sling. Now Them
he repeated. 'You goin' to leave my
hOuseT
"He will not" sobbed Edith. "Don't
you dare order him outr'
Don't you bother, DEAR said Lam
horn, quietly. HE doesn't under
stand. You mustn't be troubled. y
PalIor was becoming to him; he looked
very handsome, and as he left the
room he seemed in the girls distraught
eyes a prosecuted noble, Indifferent to
the rabbIe yawping insult at his heels
the rabbIe being enacted by her IA
Their.
Don't come back. eitherP' said
Sheridan, realistic in this impersona
ton. keep of the premisesr' ht
called savagely into the hall. This
family's through with your
1T is not!' Edith cried. breaking
from her mother you'll find on
what'H happen! What's he done? YoI
don't know anything about it. Dom
about him soon as he began COINS
there. and he hirted with her a uttI,
before he met me! After that ht
wouldn't She was bound she wouldn'
give him up. He told her long ago ht
cared about me, but she kept perse
cutting him and"
''Yes,'' said Sheridan, sternIy; that:
his side Of it! ThatH do He doesn'
come in this house QgainT'
'FYou look out!'' Edith cried.
Eyes, III look outl I'd "a told vol
today he wasn't TO be allowed on tn
premises, but had other things in M
mind. I had Abercrombie look I'D thi
young man privately, and he's n,
count. He's no count on earth! He
no good! He's nothin'i But it wouldn'
matter If he was George Washington
after what's happened and what I'v,
heard tonightr'
''But. papa" Mrs. Sheridan began
eff Edie says it vas all Sibyl's fault
maxim up to him, and he never encour
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