Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-09

: and cherish. And If you'u just be
: fair, you'u see I'm right.
! Virginia stared at me in amaze
I ment for a moment. Something in
I the tremendous feeling l had and
( dared not express must have Swayed
her and moved her to recognize the
! truth of my feelings. For this
Phoebe had been protected" from
Neal and his boyish love. For this
my little dead mothers diamond
Circlet had been torn from Phoebe's
finger, and the betrothal of the two
Eourg things had been ended,
| couldn't say Il word of ii, but some
parts of what l felt seemed to COM
pei Nirginia'S respect. And as she
stared at me, wlde-eycd, with tight
enlng jaw and quiNerlng throat, l
Yentured on with the tearlessneSS
that really belongs to Il Just cause:
Virginia, l don't like Dick West.
l hated the way he sneaked us
through that narrow dark alleywaE
TO a restaurant that had a bright
enough front entrance. And I'm
convinced that EVVy.s cat ready
to claw all the Harrisons. And Shell
don-Sheldon's a tiirt.'
Virginia flushed and bridled.
oh. really. Anne, I'm not sure
that-all women aren't-cats,' she
said smoothly.
We'll. let's not set out to prove
it" l laughed nervously. Then, en-
coura ged 10y the flicker of smile on
Nirginia's lips l rushed on:
sheldon is = tilrt, Jeanne. He
was tremendously taken with YOU
at sight, that / know. So he Just
flung ENVY over like that-poun.-
for YOU. And when you did not en-
courage him-as, OF course, YOU
wouldn't, since he's not clever
enough to interest you-he talked Il
bit OF nonsense TO me. and now he's
using ENVY to further his Irritation
with Phoebe. Am l right
You put it rather cleverly,'
smiled Virginia, recognizing my ef-
forts to he charmingly tactful, but
not resentiug them tor all that
"Of course, you wouldn't bother !
with him, but ne might turn the
head OF a baby like Phoebe, l went !
firmly on my appointed way.
Then Virginia surprised me.
You don't think Pat has ever !
seen smelly out with me-and is
dolnE this on that account: she !
said disjolntedly, but not at all in /
coherently.
Would he?" I asked boldly.
Virginia sat thinking Tor mo-
ment-her face was grave and
white. l wondered il she could dof
the Harrison pride, II she could
warm her own COldneSS to the ar
dent flame OF q big, fearless love,
what then would be her answer.
wondered if she were capable of
big. fearless love. / wondered ii
Pat had asked 1t of Grand she had
lcen too wrapped i'll her icy mantle
I dignity to give il. Or had she
gwen Iavlshly and had Pat flung II
,ack at her uEwanted, or trampled
{ in the dust at the shrine OF his
,wn egotism? l wondered, but l 4
wasn't sure that l had the right /,
even to want to known.
Would big man like Pat Dali
ton stoop 10 revenge himself on !
little one like sheldon" | asked. {
You think Pat is big?'
Big and strong like real man, .
with big. strong faults; and weak /
and helpless like the boy he has 1
never quite outgrown-he's Ireland /
itself" l replied.
Yes" said Virginia. staring
ahead and sitting so still that l was
afraid TO breathe lest l break the
spell.
Then she turned and caught my
ewes fixed on her. And her pride
took flame. l could see her strug-
Cling to retrieve her cold dignity
and the flash that came into her
eyes when she had found her way
me that the ice around Nir-