The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-14
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EEaid. 'sI'd sorter hate to have the may
or and city council OF Atlanta startin'
fer Elktown swtth campin' outfit and
n1nin' tools
Howard's place at the table IN the
hotel was next to Mrs. Langham and
her daughter He found Cora alone at.
dinner one day.
a have p surprise for you, she srnil-
ed, land it may not be a pleasant one
either, Do you still intend TO go to At
Ianta tomorrow.
Yes, have some business Mr.. Dan
lei wants me to attend to, and have
/ postponed it as long as I can. What
is your surprise2T
why, was telling mother about
your going, and it really put her in the
nption of running down on the same
day We have some shopping to do,
and she wants to have look at her
flowers, which She is afraid our house
keeper may be neg1ecting. We would
K be there only a day and night, and then
come back here.n
81 am glad you are going, Howard
said. sIt viii make the trip much more.
pleasant, for / don't care much for At
lanta IN the warm weather. -
you must take luncheon with us
when we arrive tomorrow" Cora said.
Mother has set her heart on it She
has already written to our housekeeper
to have everything ready. You've
never been to our home, and it is really
rather NICE even In the summer time,
for it is cool and wen shaded
With some vague misgivings, the
nature OF which Howard hardly I'M
derstood, he accepted the invitation.
You viii meet my father, too, l
hope" Cora continued "He is taking
his meals at the club; but If he is not
overwhelmed with business he will
s5ofn Us at lunch He is a very nice
Imam, II do say it, she added, with
q smile; che is rather stern in his man
ner even with mother and me, but he is
a dear. dear man."
Howard had to do some early morn
Ing work at the office the next day, and
50 did not meet the Langhams till just
before their departure at O'Clock.
/ He Joined them in the observation
car at the end OF the train, where they.
had secured comfortable seats
The journey was pleasant enough to
the young couple. Howard was dis
covering a side to Cora's nature that
was new to him. and he was not re-
belling so strongly against her attrac-
tons. He was half convinced that he
had misjudged her In regard to her
hunger for the admiration of men, and
after all, he began TO ask himself, who
could know positively that confirm
ed 1irt might not love some particular
man as strongly and as unselhshIy as
any other woman2 At any rate, the
bare thought that she might actually
care for him was an attractive one.
III -. m
Informed Howard, as he got her things
together. James is always prompt
and viii be anxious to see us. we
have luncheon at 2 o'clock 1t is now
IL, and you may go directly home with
us If you wish, Cora added, as they
came out of the car and Joined the
throng of passengers going toward the
door leading to the street sThere win
be plenty Of room in the carriage
There is something I must attend
to at once" Howard answered. 81
think I had better come out later. 1
might miss the man expect to see If
wait till the afternoon
sTou would If We had our way about
A. Cora answered sweetly "Once we
get you out home we viii keep you as
long as possible
The driver, a middle aged coIored
1nan, wore silk hat and a long, dark
blue coat with brass buttons, and as
The reached for the satchels Howard
kcarrfed he dofred his hat and bowed
kBervilely to the ladies.
why didn't Mr. Langham conner
MRS. Langham asked, as they all fol-
lowed the driver to the resplendent We
hicIe and wen groomed bays at the
Eedge Of the sidewalk
sSafd he was too busy, MISS James
answered, as he opened the carriage
door and stood, still hatless, to one
Fside. t.Said fer me ter drive down fer
Film at6dinner time an fetch i'm out.''
AS the prancing horses bore them
Paway and Howard turned to cross the
kstreet to go to the business part of the
Petty he glanced back. Cora was look
Ting from window. She waved a del-
s1cate handkerchief at him and smiled
All the time that he was engaged in
transacting the business he had come
to attend to Cora remained in his
thoughts.
Two O'Clock found him. alighting
from an electric car in front of the
Langham residence.
A young colored maid In white cap
and apron and careful step answered
IHoward's ring and showed him into
the great double drawing room on the
right OF an equally roomy hall, from
which a polished walnut stairway
Kcurved upward. Seating himself, he
Hooked about him. Beyond the farthest
Eparlor was a library, and adjoining this
was a smoking room, or den. Massive
lp1ate glass mirrors in gilt frames rose
from the floor to the ceiling at oppo-
@ite ends of the drawing rooms, giving
che effect of more space than could
otherwise have been obtained.
He thought of Mary Trumbley with
certain touch OF Inconsistencies He
pmflsd as he fancied seeing her. seated