The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-12-26
CHAPTER Two--(continued.)

AOu hNtP thCA" hSio' ~
safe, think you9"
II don't keep them here all
the time. Indeed, ] got these from
the safe deposit only this morn
ing. l shall return them there
in a few days. While here, 1 shall
wear them all | can to liven them
up"
"You brought a. lot of your
other jewels, didn't you, Aunt
Lucy''. said Pauline, casually.
"Why did your Are you going
to a ball2"
"No. / wish to look them over
and plan to have some reset
"But are they safe9" inquired
the Count again; do you not
fear thievesf"
"No, we never have such
things as robbery in Merivale
Park. 1t is a quiet, we'll behaved
neighborhood."
"But you have a safe7' went
on the Count "you take at least
that precautionf"
"Oh, yes, I have a safe in my
boudoir. There is really no dan
ger. Count Charlier, would you
like to hear me sing2 Find one
of my records, Gray
Miss Carrington's singing voice
had been q fine n and was still
fair. She sometimes amused her
self by making records for her
monograph, and Gray Haviland
managed the mechanical part
Of it.
(which one, Lady LucyP' ne
asked, as he rummaged in the rec
ord cabinet.
ANY Of those pretty love
songs" and Miss Darlington
glanced coyly at the Count.
"Here's a fine one and Havi-
land placed a disk in the machine.
Listen" he said, smiling;
"don't miss the introduction.
The needle touched the record,
and Miss Lucy's laugh rang out,
30 clear and true, it was difficult
TO believe it was a recorded laugh
and not a sound from the lady
herself. Then the recorded voice
said: "This song is one OF Cars
favorites, I'll sing it for him.
And then, with only a few Sec
onds' interval, Miss Carrington's
voice sang: believe me, If all
those endearing young charms.
1t was well sung, and a perfect
record, so that the incident OF the
singer listening to her own voice
was interesting in itself.
"Capitall" a~pplauded the
Count, as it was finished. ut is
indeed pleasant to preserve ones
songs thus. May l not some time
record my own amateur at
Tempt"
delighted to have you,
Count" said Haviland cordially.
"Come over some morning, and
we'll do up a lot Of records"
"Since when have you been
master here, Grayf" said Miss
Lucy, with fine scorn- II will
give the invitations to my own
house, if you please! Count Char
lier, if you will come tomorrow
afternoon, / will instruct Mr..
Haviland to make the records
1t was not so much the words
as the manner Of their utterance
that was offensive, and Haviland
set his lips in stifled anger. 1t
was not at all unusual, this sort
of rebuff, but he could not endure
II as patiently as the two girls
did. Haviland was a second
cousin of Miss Darlington, and,
while he lived with her in the
capacity of a business secretary
and general nan Of affairs, the
post was a sinecure,s Tor the serv-
ices of her lawyer and of her So
cial secretary left little for
Haviland to do. His salary was a
generous one and he was substan-
TALLY remembered in her will, but
he sometimes thought the annoy
ing and irritating fleers he had to
accept smilingly were worth more
than he was receiving. He was
continually made to feel himself
a dependent and an inferior.
These trials also fell to the lot
Of the two girls. Pauline, al
though her aunt's heiress to the
extent Of half the fortune, the
other half to go to an absent
cousin, was by no means treated
as an equal of Miss Darlington
herself. It seemed to give the
elder lady delight to domineer
over bag niece and in every pos
sible way make her life uneasy
and uncomfortable. As to the so