The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1919-12-26

front OF the house, turned back, and
withdrew. Evidently Isabel had gone
to the door. Then q murmur was
heard. and George Amberson's voice.
quick and serious: II want to talk
to you, Isabel" and another
murmur; then Isabel and her brother
parsed the foot Of the broad. dark
stairway. but did not look up, and
remained unconscious Of the watchful
presence above them.
For q time all that George could
hear was the indistinct sound Of his
uncle's voice: what he was saying
could Dot be surmiSed. though the
troubled brotherliness Of his tone was
evident. He seemed to be explaining
something at considerable length, and
there were moments when he paused,
ana George guessed that his mother
was speaking, but her voice must have
been very low, for it was entirely In
audible to him.
Suddenly he did hear her. Through
the heavy doors her outcry came.
clear and loud:
| ooh, nor
| 1t was a cry of protest, as If some
thing her brother told her must be UNI
true, or, If 1t were true, the fact he
stated must be undone; and It was a
sound of sheer pain.
Another sound Of pain, close to
George, followed It; this was vehe-
ment smiling which broke out just
above him. and, looking up, he saw
Fanny Minafer on the landing, lean
Ing over the banisters and applying
her handkerchief to her eyes and
nose. ~
Il can gness what that was about"
she whispered huskily. ''He's just
told her what you did to EugeneW
George gave her a dark look over
his shoulder. "You go on back to
your room" he said; and he begun to
descend the stairs; but Fanny, guess
ing his purpose. rushed down and
caught his arm, OBTAINING him.
you're not going in there?" she
whispered huskily: "You don't"
let go Of mep
But she chung to him savagely. "No.
you don't, George Mlnaferl You'll
keep away from therel You will"
"You let go Of"
IT won'ti You come back here |!
You'll come upstairs and let them
alone; that's what you'll dol" And
with such passionate determination
did she clutch and tug. never losing
q grip of him somewhere, though
George tried as much as he could,
without hurting her, 20 wrench away
with such utter forgetfulness of her
maiden dignity did she assault him,
that she forced him, stumbling up
wnrd, to the landing.
"Of all the ridiculous he began
furiously; but she spared one hand
from its grasp of his sleeve and
clapped 1t over his mouth.
"Hush upw Never for an instnnt IN
this grotesque struggle did Fanny
raise her voice above husky whisper.
"Hush upl It's indecent-like squab-
bling outside the door of an operating
room Go on to the top Of the stairs
so on"
Ard when George had most unwill-
ingly obeyed, she planted herself In
mis- way, on the top step. ''There r.
she said. "The idea Of your going In
there nowi / never heard of such a
thingl" And with the sudden depart
ure Of the nervous vigor 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 tragedy? Do
your"
II 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 thought
YOU'D 60 making such fool Of your
self at Mrs. Johnson's? Oh. saw her
this morningl She wouldn't talk to
me. but I 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,
I 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 60 in there inter
fering-God knows whati You stay
here and let her brother tell her; he's
got some consideration for herr
II suppose you think ] haven't r.
George said, and at that Fanny laugh.
ed witheringly.
"Youi Considerate Of anybodyT
I'm considerable Of her good name r.
he said hotly. 1T seems to me that's
about the first thing to be considerate
Of. In being considerate Of q person
And look here; It strikes me you're
taking . pretty different tack from
what you did yesterday afternoon r.
| Fanny wrung her hands. II did q
| terrible thingw she lamented. "Now
that it's done and too late. I know
what Il wasi didn't have sense
enough just to let things 80 on.
didn't have any business to interfere
and I didn't mean to interfere---I only
wanted to talk. and let out Z littlsl
I did think you already knew svsry'