Grand Forks herald., 1917-02-26


I was the man she haA played It %,
ehs rsfused to hays anything more
jgmps1 out Of bed and caught her. I
:. That =. not tn. y.y to treat {.
i:sy, :syy s.'s s.is .e,n. sorSso1 sloom''y Any
We'll, that's your fault: It was
you that put her Into the false po-
Gition. It couldn't have happened IL
you hadn't" said. But that isn't
the worst Of IL. I let out that I
thought she knew that you were try
Ing to get on paying your rent."
But you ought to have known for
certain that she didn't know anything
have q thing to say to blum like
that" said Scruton.
OF course. I know that now," I
said shortly. But how on earth was
! to know that she was 4 girl like
that at the time! It's 10 confusing to
catch girl in wooden dressing
soSrno,g so%n, walkins TX n up pend and down one.
ing, and aighing like woman who
committed suicide in IT,"
Il thought man OF your birth and
social training could tell 4 lady at
once, under any circumstances" said
Scruton. with q kind Of so}amn sur
prise.
"In q nearly dark room7 How
by instinct" said scruton.
l stared at him. thought he was
pulling my leg. But he was quite
serious.
You must be quite mad" I said.
| He shook his head. looked sad and
said: I'm an old-fashioned Tory.
and I've a great admiration for the
| ~ ;,,l1 .
! peer of the realm to know a thing
like that by instinct"
But how the devil is instinct to get
= show in dark room?" said rather
loudly.
IT'S sixth sense" said scruton.
| sixth sense he damned" said
louder still.
ITS no good getting heated about
1t. Of you haven't got it. you
haven't" said scruton; and he looked
at me In a disappointed kind Of way.
| 1t was no good getting heated
about it, and I said nothing for a
minute or two. Scruton said nothing
either; he semed to be thinking 1t out.
"Well?" said at last, rather
grumpily.
We'll. it will he great disap:
pointment to me If this match falls
through he said slowly, Il have
always expected Alice to marry we'll.
but this-this surpasses my most san
guine expectation. Though ] must say
that it is rather disappointment to
md YOU lacking in instinct like that.
! shall settle hundred thousand
pounds on her, If she marries you,
Lord Garthoyle."
That's very handsome Of you; but
as things are at present she won't
marry me. She's dead set against it,"
I said gloomily.
."I,,,as but shell en- forgive o YOU; % you must st
done" he said. frowning.
Something has got to be done.
Your Internal thriftineas in the mat
ter of house-rent has got us into this
mess: and ] think it's UP to you to
get us out Of it," I said frmly.
| well. I'll see what can do" he
said slowly. evidently trying to think
Of course; but I'm not unused to wo-
men. I've been married several
times"
Several times." I howled.
Yes: when 7 was in business on
the Pacific slope-married and di-
vorced. Oh. it's very common out
there. you know. But am I to under
Alice had definitely accepted you?"
"Oh, yes; quite definitely" said.
well. an acceptance of pro-
posal Of marriage is a very serious
thing, and I shall have to speak to
her seriously about IT," he said
solemnly and he rang the bell.
The butler came. and Scruton told
him to tell Alice that he wanted to
speak to her in the smoking room
We waited two or three minutes, and
then the butler came back and said
that Miss Devine had a headache and
was staying in her room. ] wondered
whether she had guessed that 1 had
followed her home. OF course, she
house from her window.
headache. ! want to speak to her at
once. said Scruton impatiently; and
Look here. you're not going to b.
harsh with her. She's good dea,
upset" I said beginning to repent a
little at having brought him into It.
IT shall do what the circumstances
require-no more and no less" said
Scruton; and wondered IL he had
learnt to speak like a copy-book on
the Pacific slope.
He took up his stand on the hearth
rug and kept pulling at his beard We
waited for nearly five minutes, with
out saying much to each other. Then
the door opened, and Alice came In.
She was pale; and she looked as IL
she had been crying her eyes out.
But at the sight OF me her face
short.
What is it you want. Uncle?" she
said dehantly; and It looked as II