The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1919-11-21
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front Of the h0uee, turned back, and
withdrew. Dvidently Isabel had gone
to the door, u Then . 'mIr6ur 'wae
heard, and Georsp Ambersoap yoiee.
quick and serious: II want to talk
to you. Isabel" ss''s!s7 ,and smother
murmur; them Isabel ana her bFothse
passed the foot Of the broad. dark
stairway. bnt did not look up and
remained uhcdhseipus n tAs iwAAeAfsl
presence abovs them.
For Z time an that George cod1o
hear was the indfstisets bonnd u ~
uncls's' voice: what AAiew9es saying
could mot be surmised, though the
troubled brotherliness df Nm tone was
evident. He seemed, to b. explaining
something at consider9bls 1ehStk sAA
there were moments when No p9nsed.
and George guessed that his Mother
was speaking, but het voice habt hate
been very low. for IL was entirely a1n%
audible to- him. 4s.
Suddenly, be, aid hear her. Through
the heavy doors her outeEy camss
clear and loud: ...,
''oh, no -
| Itwas a cry of protest, as If some
thing her brother told her must be un-
true, or. IL 1t wSfS true. the fact he
stated must be undone; and, 1t was q
sound Of sheer pain. -; h..
L Anotherl sound, Of pain. close to
George, followed It; this was a tehe-
ment sHifiihg which broke out just
above him. and. looking up. he saw
Fanny MinaferS on the landing, lean
ing over the Hanisters and applying
her ''handkerchf fef'Hto her eyes and
4 can '',g1 guess IS what 9ba that was about"
che Whispered huskily. '.He's lust
told her what you did to Eugenel"
George gave her, a dark look over
his shoulder. "You 60 on back to
your room I" he said; and he began to
descend the stairs; but Fanny, guess
ing his purpose, rushed down and
caught his arm, OBTAINING him,
you're not going in thereT she
whispered huskiiy: ""You' don't-"
LET go Of meirlsi. 90 3 ~ -.
But she clung to him sayagely. ';No.
you don't, George Minaferl ~ ..You1l
keep away from therel You will r. IL
you let go 6fT" i
II won't ), You come back 'heret
You'll come 4pstairs and let them
alone; that's what you1l do" And
with such passionate determination
did she clutch and tug, never losing
a grip of him somewhere. though
George tried as much as he could,
without hurting her, to wrench away
with such utter forgetfulness of her
maiden dignity did she assault him,
that she forced him, stumbling up
ward. to the landing.
i "Of ali the ridiculous he began
furiously; but she spared one hand
from! its. grasp of his sleeve and
clapped 1t over his mouth.
"Hush. mp r. Never for an instant ir
this grotesque struggle did Fam.
raise her voice above husky whisper
"Hush upl It's indecent-like SQUAD
bling outside the door Of an operating
room Go on to the top Of the stairs
go onp'
And when George had most unwill.
ingly obeye6 she planted herself in
his way. on the; top step. "ThereP
she said. 1.-The idea of your going in
there nowl Isnever heard Of such q
thingl" And with the sudden depart
ure of the nervous vigore she had
shown SO amazingly; she began to cry
again. II was an awful fool. Do you
suppose I dreamed you'd go making
everything into such tragedyf Do
your" i = ;,.eolo t 5..t.s -
T don't care what you dreamed" :"
George muttered.
But Fanny went on. always taking
care to- Keep her voice from getting
too loud, in spite Of her most grievous
agitation. "Do you dream I thought
you'd go making such fool Of your
self at Mrs. Johnson's? Oh, saw her
this morningl She wouldn't talk to
me, but met George Anderson on my
way back, and he told me what you'd
done over thereI And do you dream
thought you'd do what you've done
here this afternoon to Eugene? oh,
1 knew that, tool OF course; he went
to George Anderson about 1t, and
that's why George is here. He's got
to tell Isabel the whole thing now.
and you wanted. to go in there inter-
fering-God knows whati You stay
here and let her brother tell her; he's
got some consideration for her"
II suppose you think haven't"
George said, and at that Fanny laugh
ed witheringly.
"Youl Considerate of anybody"
I'm considerate of her good namei"
he said hotly. ''It seems to me that's
about the first thing to be considerate
of. in being considerate Of person |
And look here; it strikes me you're
taking a pretty different tack from
what you did yesterday afternoon
Fanny wrung her hands. II did a
terrible thingi" she lamented. Now
that it's done and too late. I know
what 1t wasi / didn't have sense
enough just to let things go on I
didn't have any business to interfere,
and didn't mean to interfere only