The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1916-07-06


and l can say l haven't any feelings
toward Edith now, but only wish her
happiness and good in her new life. l
thank you for all your kindness to me,
and | know / made poor return for
it, but if you can overlook the way /
behaved | know l would feel a good
deal happier-and l know Roscoe
be as foolish in the future, and the
same error would never occur again to
make us all so unhappy, if you can be
charitable enough to excuse it this
time"
He looked steadily at her without
replying, and she stood before him,
never lifting her eyes; motionless,
save where the moving fur proved the
agitation of her hands within the muff
All right" he said, at last
She looked up then with vast relief.
though there was a revelation of heavy
tears when the eyelids lifted.
"Thank you" she said. There's
something else-about something diff
ferent-I want to say to you, but
want mother Sheridan to hear it, too"
She's upstairs in her room," said
Sheridan. Roscoe"
Sibyl interrupted. She had just seen
Bibbs pass through the hall and begin
to ascend the stairs; and in a flash she
instinctively perceived the chance for
precisely the effect she wanted.
mo, let me 60" she said. II want
to speak to her minute first, any
way"
And she went away quickly, gaining
the top of the stairs in time to see
Bibbs enter his room and close the
door. Sibyl knew that Bibbs, in his
room, had overheard her quarrel with
Edith in the hall outside; for bitter
Edith, thinking the more to shame her,
had subsequently informed her of the
circumstance. Sibyl had just remem-
bered this, and with the recollection
there had flashed the thought-out of
her own experience-that people are
often much more deeply impressed by
words they overhear than by words
directly addressed to them. Sibyl in
tended to make it impossible for Bibbs
not to overhear She did not hesitate
her heart was not with the old sore,
and she believed wholly in the justice
of her cause and in the truth of what
she was going to say. Fate was vir-
tuous at times; it had delivered into
her hands the girl who had affronted
her.
Mrs. Sheridan was in her own room.
The approach Of Slbyl and Roscoe had
driven her from the library, for she
ad miscalcuated her husbands mood, \
nd she felt that If he used his injured 1
and as a mark of emphasis again, in 1
er presence. she would (as she thought ]
it, have a fit right there" She l
card Sibyls step. and pretended TO be
utting a touch to her hair before
aiiror.
Il was just coming down." she said,
S the door opened.
Eyes. he wants you to-" said Sibyl
It's all right, mother Sheridan. He's
orgiven me-"
Mrs. Sheridan shifted instantly;
ears appeared. She kissed her daugh-
er-in-law's cheek; then, in silence, re-
Tarded the MIRROR afresh. wiped her
Eyes, and applied powder.
"And l hope Edith will be happy"
Sibyl added, melting more applications
VI Mrs. Sheridan's handkerchief and
powder.
eyes, yes" murmured the good wom-
An. eve mustn't make the worst of
hings"
swell, there was something else l
had to say, and he wants you to hear
It, too" said Sibyl. I'VE better go
iown, mother Sheridan"
She led the way, Mrs. Sheridan fol
lowing obediently, but, when they
came to a spot close to Bibbs' door,
about it first" she said abruptly. at
Isn't secret, of course, in any way;
It's something the whole family has to
know, and the sooner the whole family
knows it the better. It's something it
wouldn't be right for us all not to I'M
derstand, and of course father Sheri-
dan most of all. But / want to just
kluu Oh 80 over IL uISl WIFI yOus IL II
kind of help me to see | got it all
straight. | haven't got any reason for
saying it except the good of the family.
and it's nothing to me, one way or the
other, Of course, except for that. |
Oughtn't to We behaved the way l did
that night, and it seems to me If there's
anything | can do to help the family,
ought to, because it would help show
felt the right way. Well what I want
to do is to tell this SOS to keep the
family from being made fool of.
don't want to see the family just made
use of and twisted around her finger
by somebody that's got no more heart
than so much ice, and just as sure to
bring troubles in the long run as-as
Edith's mistake is. Well, then, this is
the way it is. I'll just tell you how it
looks to me and see If it don't strike
you the same way"
Within the room, Bibbs, much an