Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1920-01-15

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"Cf All the Ridiculous" He Began
FuriousIy.
from its grasp of his sleeve and
clapped it over his mouth.
FLUSH up!" Never for an instant in
this g:Otesque struggle did Fanny
rails" her voice above husky whiSn ].
''tiUsi! up! It's indecent--lke squat
1T, outside the door of an ororaf
sov'a! Go on to the top Of the STAIRS
20 on"
Ard when George had most unwiIl
'ngly obeycd, she planted herself in
his way, on the top step. "There!"
she said. "The idea of your going In
there now! l never heard of such
thing" 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 | dreamed you'd go making
everything into such tragedy? Do
your
81 don't care what you dreamed"
George muttered.
But Fanny went on, always taking
care to keep her voice from getting
90 loud in spite of her most grievous
agitation. "Do you dream l thought
you'd 90 making such a fool of your
self at Mrs. Johnson's? Oh, l saw her
this morning She wouldn't talk to
me- but met George ANDERSON on my
way back, and he told me what you'd
done over thcre And 60 you dream
thought you'd do what you've done
here this afternoon to Eugene? Oh,
knew that, too! Of course he went
to George Anderson about it, 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 what You stay
here and let her brother tell her; he's
got some consideration for her!"
II suppose you think I haven't"
George said, and at that Fanny laugh.
ed witherlngly.
you! Considerate of anybody
I'm considerable of her good name !"
he said hotly. "It seems to me that's
about the first thing to be considerate
of, in being consfderate Of a person
And look here; it strikes me you're
taking a pretty different tack from
what you did yesterday afternoon"
Fanny wrung her hands. Il did
terrible thing!" she lamented. NOW
that it's done and too late, l know
what it was! 1 didn't have sense
enough just to let things go on. ]
didn't have any business to interfere
and l didn't mean to interfere-I only
wanted to talk, and let out little!
| did think you already knew every
thing told you. did And I'd rather
have cut off my hand than stir yor
UP to doing what you have done! ]
was just suffering so that wanted t.
let out little-I didn't mean any real
harm. But now see what's happened
or l was fool ! haven't any bust
ness interfering. Eugene never would
have looked at me, anyhow, and, OH
why couldn't have seen that before
He never came here a single time II
his life except on her account, never
and 1 might have let them alone, be-
cause he wouldn't have looked at ms
even If he'd never seen Isabel. AnG
they haven't done any harm ;.she made
Wilbur happy, and she was true
wife to him as long as he lived. 1t
wasn't a crime for her to care for
Eugene all the time; she certainly
never told him she did-and she gave
me every chance in the world She
left US alone together every time she
could-even since Wilbur dled-but
what was the use? And here go, not
doing myself a bit Of good by it, and
just"-Fanny wrung her hands again
-"just running them"
II suppose you mean I'm doing
that" George said bitterly.
mo. She doesn't let anybody know,
but she goes to the doctor regularly"
"Women are always going to doe
tors regularly"
mo. He told her TO-"
George was not impressed. Its
nothing at all; she spoke of it TO me
years ago-some kind Of family fall
ing. She said grandfather had it, too;
and look at him! Hasn't proved very
serious with him! You act as If PG
done something wrong in sending that
man about his business, and as If ]
were going to persecute my mother,
instead Of protecting her. BY JOve
it's slckeningI You told me how all
the riffraff in town were busy with
her name, and then the minute l lift
my hand to protect her, you begin to
attack me and"
"ShI" Fanny checked him, laying
her hand on his arm. "YOur uncle is
going" ..