The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1916-07-13
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CHAPTER Xxx.

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to the new house. He went straight to
Sibyl and spoke to her quietly. but so
that the others might hear.
"When you said that if I'd stop to
think. I'd realize that no one would be
apt to care enough about me to marry
me, you were right" he said. 81
thought perhaps you weren't, and so l
asked Miss Vertrees to marry me- It
proved what you said Of me, and dis
proved what you said of her She re-
fused"
And. having thus spoken he quilted
the room as straightforwardly as he
had entered It.
He's so queer!' Mrs. Sheridan
gasped who on earth would thought
of his doin' thatY'
81 told you" said her husband.
grimly.
You didn't tell us he'd go over
there and"
Il told you she wouldn't have him.
l told you she wouldn't have Jim.
didn't II"
Sibyl was altogether taken aback.
DO you suppose it's true? Do you
suppose she woudn'tT'
He didn't look exactly like a young
man that had just got things fixed up
fine with his girl" said Sheridan. Not
to me, he didntw
But why would"
Il told you" he interrupted, angrily,
"she amt that kind of a grill If you
got to have proof well, I'll tell you and
get 1t over with, though I'd pretty near
just as soon not have to talk a whole
lot about my dead boys private af-
fairs. She wrote to Jim she couldn't
take him. and it was a good, straight
letter, too. 1t came to Jim's office; he
never saw it, She wrote it the after
noon he was hurt"
Il remember I saw her put a letter
in the mail box that afternoon" said
Roscoe. Don't you remember, Sibyl2
l told you about it, was waiting for
you while you were in there so long
talking to her mother. 1t was Just be-
fore we saw that something was wrong
over here, and Edith came and called
me-"
Sibyl shook her head but she re-
membered. And she was not cast down.
for, although some remnants of per
plexity were left in her eyes, they were
dimmed by an increasing glow of
triumph; and she departed-after some
further fragmentary discourse-visibly
elated. After all, the guilty had not
been exalted; and she perceived vague
ly, but none the less surely, that her
injury had been copiously avenged. She
bestowed a contented glance upon the
old house with the cupOa, as she and
Roscoe crossed the street.
When they had gone, Mrs. Sheridan
INDUCED in reverie, but after a while
she said, uneasily, Papa, you think it
would be any use to tell Bibbs about
that letter?"
Il don't know" he answered, walk
ing moodily to the window. 81 been
thinkin about it." He came to a de-
cision. Il reckon | will" And he went
up to Bibbs' ROOM
well, you goin' back on what you
saidT he inquired, brusquely. as he
opened the door You goin' to take
it back and lay down on me again?"
''No," said Bibbs.
well. perhaps didn't have any cal!
to accuse you of that. l don't know
as you ever did go back on anything
you said. exactly, though the Lord
knows you've laid down on me enough.
You certainly have!" Sheridan was
baffled. This was not what he wished
TO say, but his words were unmanage-
able; he found himself unable to con-
troll them. and his querulous abuse
went on in spite Of him. II can't say
] expect much of you-not from the
way you always been, up to now-un-
less you turn over a new leaf, and
don't see any encouragement to think
you're goin' to do that If you go down
there and show a spark O. real git-up,
reckon the whole office II fall in a
faint. But If you're ever goin' to
show any. you better begin right al
the beginning and begin to show it to-
morrow"
"Yes-I'll try"
you better, If it's in your Sheri
dan was sheerly nonplused. He had
always been able to say whatever he
wished to say but his tongue seemed
bewitched. He had come to tell BibbS
about Marys letter. and to his OWL
angry establishment he found it i'm
possible to do anything except to scold
like drudge-driver. you better
come down there with your mind made
up to hustle harder than the hardest
workin man that's under you. or you'll
not get on very good with me. l tel
you'll The way to get ahead-and yot
better set it down in your books-th'
way to get ahead is to do ten times
the work of the hardest worker tina
works for you. But you don't know
what work is. yet All you've eve
done was just stand around and feeC
machine child could handle. ant
then come home and take a bath anC
90 calm. tell you you're up agains