The Ordway new era., 1919-12-26

tried to be gentle! 1 don't care TO be
handled with gloves! I tell you was
right. and ] don't need any coddling
by pconlc that think / wasnti And
| suppose you believe I was wrong not
to let Morgan see her that last night
when he came here, and shc--she was
dying. II you do. why In the name of
God did you come and ask me3 You
could have taken him In! She did
want 10 see him. She"
Miss Fanny looked startled. "Iou
think"
"She told me soi' And the tortured
young man chokcd. "She said-'Just
once She said I'd like to have seen
him-just onccr She meant-ro tell
him goodbye! That's what she
meant, And you put this on me, too /:
you put this responsibility on me !
But l tell you, and told Uncle
George. that the responsibility isn't
all mincl II you were so sure | was
wrong all the timc-when l took her
away, and when turned Morgan out
If you were so sure. what did you
let me do IL for? You and Uncle
George were grown people, both of
You. weren't you? You were older
than l. and II you were so sure you
were wiser than l. why did you Just
stand around with your hands hanging
down. and let mo go ahead: You
could have stopped It If II was wrong.
couldn't you?"
Fanny shook her head. mo. George"
she said slowly. Nobody could have
stopped you. You were too strong,
and"
"And what7" he demanded loudly.
"And she loved you-too we'll"
George stared at her hard, then his
lower lip began to move convulslvely,
and he set his teeth upcn 1t but could
not check its frantic twitching.
He ran out OF the room.
She sat still. listening. He had
plunged into his mothers room. but no
sound came to Fanny's ears after the
sharp closing OF the door; and pres
entity she rose and stepped out Into
the hall-but could hear nothing,
What Interview was sealed away from
human eye and ear within the lonely
darkness on the other side OF that
.
own special chairs were, and her own
special books, and the two great wal
nut warirobes filled with her dresses
and wraps? What tragic argument
might be there vainly striving to con-
fute the gentle dead? 'ln Gods name.
what else could l have doncg For
his mothers immutahle silence was
surely answering him as Isabel in life
would never have answered him. and
he was beginning TO understand how
eloquent the dead can be. They cam
not stop their eloluence, no matter
how they have loved the living; they
/ cannot choose. And so, no matter in
what agony George should cry out.
"what else could I have doneT' and
to the end Of his life no matter how
often he made that wild appeal. Isabel
was doomed TO answer him with the
wis,ful. faint mur,nur.
"rd like 10 have-seen him. Just
once"
A superstitious person
might have thought II unfortunate that
( Fanny's partner In speculative indus
try as In wtIhur's disastrous rolling,
mills, was that charming hut too hap
hazardous man OF the world. George
Anderson. He was one OF those OPP
timists who believe that II you put
money into great many enterprises
one OF them Is sure 10 turn out a for
tune. and therefore. in order 10 lind
the lucky one. IL Is only necessary 10
so into a large enough number Of them,
"You ought to have thought of my
record and stayed out" he told Fanny,
one day the next spring. when the at-
fairs Of the headlight company had
begun TO look dlscourasins. Things
do look bleak. and I'm only glad you
didn't so into this eontounded thing
10 the extent did"
Miss Fanny grew pink. But Il must
So right" she protested, ave saw
with our own eyes how perfectly II
worked out In the shop II simply
oh. you're right about that" Am
serson said. at certainly was per
feet thlnc-tn the shop"
"But think OF that test on the roat
when We"
THAT test was lovely he admitted
THE inventor msde US happy with his
oratory. and You and Frank B0aasos
and went wairling through the nigh
at speed that thrilled Us We mus
never forget it-and we never shall
II COST"
~sut something must be done
~it must indeed, Ny sonethln,
would seem TO ae leaving my watch g
. my une,e's- Luckily, you"
The pink OF Fanny's cheeks eecsa
, deeper. ~fsut ssnt thst man going &
do snythins 10 remedy It! Can't h
Try to
He can try said Anderson. n
i Is trying. in fact I've sat in the shoi
: watching him try for several beautiful
, sftc-noonS-
, ~RHt yol r,uss make him keep O,