Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-06-11
sibyl bit her lip and began to tap

at half length in a gold chair. with his
eyes closed
Where did Edith go?' she asked.
curiously.
Edith he repeated, opening his
eyes hlanlily. rs she gomez"
SjDyl got up and stood in the door
wa.'. She leaned against the casing,
still tapping her chin With the brooch
Her eyes were diating; she was sud
denly ut high tension, and her expires.
sion had become one Of sharp excite
ment She listened intently.
When the record was spun out she
could hear Sheridan rumbling in the
library. during the ensuing silence.
and Roscoc's voice, 1utrulous and
husky: II won't say anything Mt all.
! tell YOU, you might just rs well let
me alonc!"
But there We're other sounds: a rus
Ting ana murnrr. whispering, low,
protesting cadcncca in n male voice.
And as Mrs. Sheridan started another
record sudden, vital resolve leaped
like fire in the eyes OF Sihy!. She
walked down the hall and straight into
the smoking room.
Lamhorn and Edith both sprang to
their feet. separating. Edith became
instantly deathly white With rage
that set her shaking from head to foot,
and Lamhorn suffered rs lie tried to
speak.
But Edith's shaking was not so viO-
lent as Sibyrs. nor was her face so
white. At sight of them ana Of their
embrace. all possible consequences be-
came nothing to Sibyl She curtsied,
holding up her skirts and comforting
her lips to the sen blance Of a smile.
"Slt just rs you were-hoth Of you"
she said. And then to Edith: did you
tell my husband | had been telephon-
ing to I.amhorn?'
You march out OF herew said Edith,
iierccly. March straight out Of here"
Sibyl lcvclcu forclnger ut Lam
horn.
Did you tell her I'd been telephGn.
ing you wanted YOU to Gomez"
"Oh. good Goa" Lamhorn said.
Hush"
"iou knew she'd tell my husband.
didn't your she cried. "You knew
hat"'
"llush!' he begged, panic-stricken.
"That was Il manly thing to do! Oh.
II was like Il gentleman! You wouldn't
comc-you wouldn't even come for five
minutes to hear what had to say!
You were tired OF what had to say!
You'd heard it all II thousand times
before, and you wouldn't even come!
No! No! no." she stormed, you
wouldn't even come for five minutes.
hut you could tell that little cat! And
she told my husband. You're a mani"
Edith saw in fash that the con
sequences of battle would he runoYs
to SibyI. and the furious girl needed
no further temptation to give way to-
her feelings. sect out of this house,
she sllrieked. This is my fathers
house. Don't you dare speak to Rob
EFT like that"
"No! no! mustn't speak"
Don't you dare"
Edith and Sibyl began to scream in
suits ut each other simultaneously,
fronting each other, their furious faces
close Their voices sl:rillcd and rose
and clacked-they scrcrched. They
could he heard over the noise Of the
phono%raph. which was playing a
brass band selection. They could be
heard all over the house. They were
heard in the Kitchen: they could lave
brea heard in The cellar. NeitLe" Of
them C. red for that.
you told my hushand" screamed
SihyI. bringing her face still closer to
Faiths "You told my husband. This
man put that in your hands to strike
me with! He did,
"I'l tell your husband again! I'll
tell linn everything know! It's time
your husband"
They were swept asunder by a ban
dagcd hand. "DO You want the neigh
bors in?' Sheridan Numbered.
There fell shocking silence. Frcn-
lied Si5yl saw her husband and his
mother in the doorway. and she unuer-
stood what she had done. She moved
slowly toward the door: then suddenly
she began to run. She ran into the
hall, ana through it. and out of the
house. Roscoe followed her heavily,
his eyes on the ground.
Now them said Sheridan to Lam
horn. ...-.. ... ......"..
The words We're indefinite. but tn
voice was not. Neither was the vicious
gesture Of the bandaged hand, which
concluded its orbit in the direction Of
the door in Il manner sufficient for the
swift dispersal of George and Jackson
and several female servants who how
cred behind Mrs. Sheridan. They fled
lightly.
Papa, papa!' walled Mrs. Sheridan.
"LOok at your hand! You oughtnt 70
been so rousl, with Eide: you hurt
your hand OF her shoulder. Look!'
There was. in fact, spreading rcd
stain upon the bandages at the tips
Of the fingers. and Sheridan put his
hand back in the sling Nov then!"
he repeated. You goin' to leave my
house ?"
"He will not" sobbed Edith. Don't