Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1920-10-16

! Mrs Ra~hfoId-ahd ma1a
, o,,.-finn that ScarleS' compau.,r wa.
H.nL,hirahI, my mcles widow -..,.
nn her band and Smiled ID . ,ya,
,r,, showed that >h" wa> nor ,, ron,
r., d-,p,,a>.l with Alice as h,, ..,r,.
implied.
pay pla' lriv'r Tor Do" ana dom.
c,Y - rr nm. Those V...r..I.'
-, M, cate al. but Killed h.u n ,...
,ury ,nr vigorous detcru.n.r.,, -,
I.Fl gentleman, vino yer, -ar.r,,....
,.ru5frrd me 70 share tho .r., ,,.,,...
A. The station. that got through The
..,ie, alive. beg Your pardon hut
what i Your name:
Mrs Ba>hford, ! inlcrpo>eI INV
friend Mr. SoarIe~.
Mr. S,arleS." cried Alice, dror,.,,c
- cage containing some weird 0rior,aI
bird which had been amon. INV orn,.s
n.p~iim,nt, The bro ~,r,a.,k,a
hidcou>ly.
Miss Violet Dewing pcrrsa me f.
nrr>cnf the au;hor Of TaIy LII
spur
It was wees later thai A..,. and
| SAT uu the stone wall Matching tho
waves. nj the point foreycr r.norabl.
as the scene &c or frs talk
ANN Alice isn't playin. fair. .ha
said. "Shr prctcnds now thar if was
all my idea coming over ~ rr,y a,
being our uncle, widow. tur >l.. real.
" encouraged me 10 DO {, 50 | coric
give her IN impartial md.1u.r, ~
your character I'm her only ptrr.
and her namcSake and She relic, on
me a good deaf. YoH know She, ,.r,
very rich, and she had never am, ta...
Of keeping your unce'S money. She.
meant all the while to give il To- Won
provided she found You were nice,
And She thinks You @e very nice
Your OWN opinion of me would ha
interesting. suggested.
She had gathered handful Of neil
htcs and was fiiuging them nrrulIv q,
a bit of driftwood. wished her lirS
hadn't that little CULVER that prcludpd
laughter and that her eyes were not
the haven of all the dreams in nh.
world.
She landed a pebble on he tar..t
before replying.
You are very nice, think" she
said with disconcerdng detacnment
"At first | was afraid you didn't Ike
nonsense, but YOU really got through
very well. considering the trouble 7
caused yOu. But Imin trouble myself
now. Papa will land tomorrow, He's
the grandeSt. dearest man in all this
world. but when he inds that I'm 20
ing TO act in Mr.. Scales play he will
be terribly cut up. Of course it will
not be for long. EEeR if it's Il big
success, I'm 10 be nleaSed in three
months. Constance and Sir Cecil
think l owe it TO myself to appear IN
the piece: they're good enough to say
nobody else can do / so well--which
is question. I'm ping to give all
the money earn 10 the blind sol
diers."
Il wished the ters In her eyes
didn't make them mre lovely still y
Being what you an and all you are,
II would be brutal br me TO add to
the number Of things you have 10 tell
your father. I'm a very obscure per
son. and he is a gentleman of title and
otherwise distinguished. You are the
Honorable Miss"
Papa has said numbers of times.
she began softly, looking far out
across the blue Sound-"he has said
oh, very often. that he'll never stOr
troubling about me untii-untii fu
happily married
"When you came here YOU wore
wedding ring" ! remarked casually
at was only a property ring. {,
help deceive you. ] bought it in Chi
cago. When Aunt Alice came | threw
it away"
THE finger seems lonesome without
it," | said. IF / get you another,
hope youH take better care of IT,"
IF you should put II there" sh,
replied, looking flxedly at the hand
that would be very, very different