Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-03-20
a low confidential voice, with his air OF

proprietor.
One night - we had grown quite
friendly enough - said to her. Il say
| wish you would keep away from
these gambling parties. know it's
pretty dull for you, and they make an
amusing break. But all the same, they
are not quite the thing for you, don't
you know" .N
She >frowned little and said slowly:
ooh, I don't come to them because
they break the dullness, but because
my uncle makes point of it,
Il shouldn't take any notice of that,
if | were you" said l.
ooh, but l must she said. Here
am living in his house, practically de-
pendent on him: and I must do what
he asks me. And what forces me to
do it more than anything else is that
it's the only thing he does ask me-
We'll, If that's SO, must keep on
being sociable with Walsh" said /.
you do annoy him. she said; and
she laughed softly.
Il 90 it for his good said l. +.
kept on being good to Walsh and at
last worked him up to state OF first
class fury. Whenever he saw me his
eyes began to sparkle and his usual
amiable scowl grew blacker and
lacker.
Then one night | had been particu-
larly bland with him and though we
came out Of Number in nice bright
morning light and he should have had
time to cool, since Alice had been in
bed this four hours. it seemed that he
was boiling still.
went down the steps first and walk
ed toward my house, expecting him to
keep his distance behind me, for out
! side Scruton's I always cut him.
But he caught me up at once and
said: Look here, Garthoyle: we've got
to come to some arrangement about
that girl of scruton's.'
That's pretty way of speaking of
Miss Devine,' said.
I'm not in punctilious temper to-
night" he said savagely '1'm in ear
nest. I'm going to have the matter
settled up here and now"
looked at his working face and saw
that he was indeed serious.
Don't be an ass exclaimed. How
can you settle it? The woman always
settles this kind of thing"
Its no good your shuffling. You
know she can't settle it," he snarled.
"You won't let her. You keep divert
ing her attention from it."
From you, you mean" said I.
Eyes. from me. You're always try
| ing to set her against me. And it isn't
as though you meant anything your
self You don't. You're just playing the
Ttlog in the manager. You'd never mar
ry her." he said.
"Would your" said I.
Eyes, would i will he cried.
Poor girl" said I.
He stormed and cursed at me in a
growing roar.
Don't make so much noise, you'll
wake my tenants" I said.
He made more noise.
waited till he had run out Of breath.
1t gave ne more time to think. Then
said. "No; you shan't marry her =
not i'll can stop it. You're not fit to
come near a decent girl, much less to
marry her. I'll stop it if can - and
| l think I can"
"You think you can, do you? Yo,l
| Internal prig!" he cried. well, I'll
show you all about that and inside of
F, a month too"
! With that he went off down CARTS
brooke street and I turned off to my
house. He had given me plenty to
think about and / was uneasy. did
not see what he could do; but I did
know that he would stick at nothing
where woman was concerned. At the
same time was good deal surprised
to learn that he was carrying lie bon
motif concealed about his person.
On considerations did not believe
In it; certainly he would not marry
Alice. he had no intention of marrying
her. Well must look after her more
carefully than ever when he was about
But that was where he put spoke in
my wheel. Three mornings later, Her
{, bert Polkington came to see me.
hadn't seen him for some time; not
since had congratulated him on hay
ing been saved from marrying Kitty
| MAYNARD by Freddy Gage. He came
looking his most portrntous more
like a funeral than human being -
and hraced myself.
He sat down. crossed his legs and
! looked at me in what he believes to be
an iv3pressive way It makes him look
like IN excited Goldfish; then he cleared
his throat and said;
"I'vn come to see you about a serious
r'Gt*er. RuDert very serious mat
! tor indeed"
"You generally do said. without
anv show of gratitude at all. What is
!, y Fire away and try to put 1t plain
II"
! Ue~hert frowned Its about Miss
Davire." be said. II have been assur.
: oil that You propose to contract an al
lisnc~ with that young woman, the
niece of that more than suspect New
: ZeAlander, Scruton."
Well. You've been assured wrong?'
I sa'a "But suppose I did? Miss De
! ri>,a is a very nice girl - quite charm
! ing"
/ ~ w'sh I hal been misinformed
! said Herber. gloomily. shaking his
; lar~a head "Bu, my Informant"
"Who is your Informant" I said
quickly
T Earbert hesitated, then he said: "Sil
NNa1ch -