The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1919-12-12
CHAPTER XIV.
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he went to his room, threw OF his
coats waistcoat, collar and tie, letting
them lie where they CHANGED to fall,
and then, having violently enyeloped
himself In black velvet dressing
gown, continued this action by lying
down with a, vehemence that brought
q wheeze Of protest from his bed. His
repose was only a momentary SEM
btance. however, for 1t lasted no long
er thdp the time It took him to, groan'
"RiffrafftY betweep his teeth. Then he
rat up, swung his feet to the floor, rose
and began to pace up and down the
large ROOM. (. 'r. 2.r
He had just been consciously rude
to his mother for the first time In his
life; for, with oil his riding down of
pcpulace and rlffraff, he had never be-
fore been either deliberately or I'm
pulsiyely disregardful Of her. But
now he had done a rough thing to her !;
ard he did not repent; the rather he
wNs the more irritated with her. And
wher h, heard her presently go by his
door with a light step. singing cheer
fully to herself as she went to her
room, he perceived that she had mis-
taken his intention altogether, or. In.
deed, had failed to perceive that he
had any intention at all.
There came q delicate, eager tap
ping Mt his door, not done with a
knuckle but with the tip OF a finger
nail, which was instantly clarified to
Georges minds eye as plainly as II he
saw It: the long and polished white
mooned pink shield on the end Of his
Aunt BAnny's right forefinger. But
ueorg1- was In no mood for human
COMMUNICATIONS, and even when things
went well, he had little pleasure In
Fanny's society. Therefore 1t Is not
surprising that ut the sound of her
tapping, instead of bidding her enter,
hs Immediately crossed the room with
the intention of locking the door to
keep her out.
Fanny was too eager and, opening
the door before he reached 1t, came
quickly In, and closed 1t behind her.
Her look was that Of a person who
had Just seen something extraordinary
or heard thrll1nS news. ,'f
"Now, what on earth do you want"
her chilling nephew demanded.
George" she said hurriedly, II saw
what you did when you couldn't speak
to them. l was sitting with Mrs. John
son at her front window. across the
street, and saw 1t ALL
swell, what Of it?"
"You did rightY Fanny said with
vehemence not the less spirited be-
cause she suppressed her voice almost
90 whisper. "You did exactly
right se,You're behaving splendidly
about the whole thing. and want to
tell you ] know your father would
thank you If he could see what you're
doing"
"My Lord I" George broke out at her.
"Iou mike ms dizzyi For heavens
sake quit the mysterious detective
business---at least do quit It around
mel 90 and try It on somebody else,
II yoz like; but ] don't want to hear
ifT
She began to tremble, regarding him
With a fixed gaze. You don't care to
hear, then" she said huskily, "that /
approve Of what you're doingT
Certainly noti Since haven't the
s,intest idea what you think I'm do
re- naturally I don't care whether
you approve Of It or not. All I'd like.
n yos please, Is to be alone. I'm not
giving a tea here, this afternoon. II
you'll permit me to mention itw
Fnnny's gazs wavered; she began
tn blink then suddenly abe sank into
chair md Hept silently. but with p
terrible desols ton ysb=y,sI sys.t 4
"Oh, for the Lords sake"r he
moaned. What in the world = " wrong on
with yohT -, $3.50 - -
you're always picking on me" she
quayered wretchedly. her voice indis-
tinct with the wetness that bubbled In
to II from her tears. y'sYoul do--you
always pick on mai You've always
done it--always--eyer since you were
. little boy Whenever anything goes
wrong with you, you TAKE. Il out on,
x7si You, dol You ,always--T ,,,ss
George flung to heaven q. gesture q
despair; Il seemed 70 him the last
Srsv that ysuny should have chosen
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