The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-08-11

iangnter tooyed Loudly. Yea you d1dr
You didn't have any other reason! Oh
no! You don't want to break it up be-
tween Bobby Lamhorn and me be-
cause"
"Edie, Edie! Now. now"
"Oh, hush up, mamma! ia like to
know II he oughtn't to come here, what
about his not going to her house.
How"
I've explained that to Mother Shert
dan" Sibyl's voice indicated that she
was descending the stairs. Married
people are not the same. Some things
that SHOULD be shielded from q young
girs--"
This seemed to have no very sooth-
Tag effect upon Edith. "'Shielded from
, 4 young girl'.!' ehe shrilled. You seem
pretty willing to be the shield! You
look out Roscoe doesn't notice what
kind of q Shield you are""
Sibyl's answer was %inaudible, but
Mrs. Sheyidan's flurried attempts at
p~acificatson We're renewed.
oh nush up, mamma, and let me
alone II you dare tell papa
Well, We'll SEE. lot Just come back
in your w room, and we'll"
mo. won't talk 1t overr Stop
pulling me, Let me alone!.' And
! Edith. ~flinging herself Violently upon
Bibbs' door, jerked it open, swung
round it into the room, slammed the
door behind her, and threw herself.
face down, upon the bed in such a riot
OF emotion that she had no perception
Of Bibbs' presence in the room. Gasp
ing and sobbing in a passion Of tears,
she beat the coverlet and pillows with
her clenched fists. Sneak she bah
bled aloud. Sneak! Snake-in-the-
grass. Gait"
Bibbs saw that she did not know he
was there, and he went softly toward
the door. hoping to get away before
she became aware Of him; but some
| sound of his movement reached her,
and she sat up, startled. facing him.
"Bibbs! l thought l saw you go out
4 while ago"
"Yes. l came back, though. I'm
sorry"
did you hear me auarreling with
Sibyl?"
only what you said in the hall. You
lie down again, Edith. I'm going out"
No; don't go" She applied a
handkerchief to her eyes, emitted a
sob, and repeated her request. "Don't
go. l don't mind yon; you're quiet,
anyhow. Mammals. so fussy, and
never gets anywhere. l don't mind
you at all, but l wish you'd sit down."
"All right" And be returned to his
chair beside the trunk. "Go ahead and
cry all you want. Edith he said mo
harm In that!"
"Sibyl told mamma-oh!" she began,
choking. MARY Vertrees had mamma
and Sibyl and I to tea, one afternoon
two weeks or SO ago, and she had
some women there hat Sibyl's been
crazy to get III with, and she just laid
herself out to make a hit with 'em. and
she's been running after 'em ever
since. aud now she comes over here
and says they say Bobby Lamhorn IS
so bad that, even though they like hid
family, none OF the nice people in
town would let him in their houses
in the first place. it's a falsehood. and
l don't believe a word of it; and in he
second place ! know the reason she
did it. and. what's more, she knows I
know 1t! I won't say what It is-not
yet-because papa and all of you would
| think I'm nc SFayu ac che 10 SnaIys
and Roscoe's such a fool he'd probably
quit speaking to me. But it's true.
Just you watch her: that's all l ask.
Just you watch that woman. You'll
see"
AS it happened, Bibbs was literally
watching that woman" CHANGING
from the window, he saw Sibyl pause
upon the pavement in front OF the old
house next door. She stood Z nonent,
in deep thought, then walked quickly
up the path to the door, undoubtedly
with the intention. Of calling. But he
did not mention this to his sister. who,
after delivering herself OF a rather
vague jeremiad upon the subject OF
her sister.in-law's treacheries. departed
to her own chamber. leaving him to his
speculatioHs.
Mary Vertrees was at that rss1nent
wondering what internal excitement
Mrs. Roscoe Sheridan was striving to
master. But Sibyl had no idea that
she was allowing herself to exhibit
anything except the Ryety which she
conceived proper to the mannc OF a
casual caller. She was no more self
conscious than she was finely intelli-
gent Sibyi followed her impulses with
no rejection or question-it was like q
hound on the gallop after a master on
horseback. She had not even the in
stlnct to stop and consider her effect.
II she wished to make a certain Ina
preston she believed that she made it.
She believed that she was believed.
MY mother asked me to say that
she was sorry she couldn't come down."
Mary said, when they were seated.
Siby1 ran the scale Of a cooling sim
ulance Of laughter, which she mad been
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