Evening star., 1921-08-08
CONTINUED from Yesterdays star.)


McCarty demanded.
Her sable scarf was gone, although
she still held her muff, and her velvet
SUIT was torn and bedraggled." Miss
! Frost spoke with morbid relish and
her dark eyes snapped balefully.
she lfmped, too, and hugged one
arm to her side as though it hurt her.
should have gone to her assistance
| at once had not something In her ex-
preston warned me that she was not
| in any mood to brook intrusion. Pain
, and rage and a look of vindictive de-
termination were all written in her
face and l withdrew and shut my
door. / could hear her pacing the
! moor OF her room until the day broke.
when l fell asleep at last. I arose
, at my usual hour. however. and came
downstairs just in time to see her
! receive a note from the hands of
| messenger. ] was astonished to see
her up and dressed, for she usually
breakfasted in bed, especially when
she had been out
Wait a minute. please" McCarty
Interrupted her. You saw the mes
form?''
mo. l did not observe him par
ucularly. but he appeared to be
shabby-looking lad. Mrs. Kip bade
me good morning in an absent
! minded sort of way and instead of
following me into the breakfast room,
went into the library with the un-
opened note in her hand and closed
the door. l saw that her arm was
clumsily bandaged. and while I was
at breakfast the doctor was an
nounced: she must have summoned
him before l rose. 1 slipped out into
the hall as he was leaving and asked
him how Mrs. kip's arm was, and ne
said that she had suffered a bad
sprain and made some reference to a
a trh n
later"
Was it about her slipping on a rug
or something yesterday?' asked Nc
Carly"
Yes. as l remember Miss Frost
glanced at him in surprise and then
went on: Mrs. Kip came down again
| in few minutes and at my natural
! inquiry about her injury she told me
| that she slipped and had fallen in her
room on her return the night before.
She must have seen in my face that
! knew the truth. for suddenly she
of an unrestrained, ill-bred nature
and a most disgraceful scene ensued,"
Miss Frost's head. with its elabo-
| rate puffs. bobbed agitatedly and an
| indignant flush mottled her face.
Il had never realized before how
/ thin was the veneer; how utterly COM
/ mon she was! 1 can assure you. Mr..
| McCarty, that ! have never been SO in
suited. Among other remarks which
| / shall not repeat, she said that she
| was not child and was tired of my
| eternal spying; that / was an inter
fering old busybody, She actually
| dared to insnuate that i was "a
sort of society CRATER. an object of
charity. after all that ] have done
| for her! ! was simply stunned. but
| when l pulled myself together to an
| nounce OF my own accord my immedi-
/: ate departure from her house she
forestalied me by demanding that 1
i leave at once. She actually dismissed
| me. Gave me notice, as though /
were d servant, Words cannot de-
| scribe my humiliation. but if l can
build social regulations L can also
demolish them, Mrs. Baillie Kip will
not find door open to her three days
! from now"
Hold on a bit. ma'am." McCarty
stemmed the outraged flow of words.
looked disbelieving at her excuse
about her arm?''
We'll, no." the lady conceded. 81
! was disgusted at the insult to my in
! telligence and let her know what /
had seen. 1 think / also mentioned
| other occa sions to which / had taken
silent objection and perhaps I eX-
pressed my opinion as to being used
as a cloak for actions which / did
not understand. When our interview
terminated 1 packed at once and came
here.
! I'm strict justice to the woman
cannot say that her manner was other
than most circumspect when she was
under my eye; she was popular and
had several admirers. but there was
no suspicion of love affair.
81 did not know what to think of
Those nocturnal excursions of hers. but
III could not believe that there was
anything actually disgraceful about
them. Still. servants talk and such
things get about: 1 was afraid. as
say, of scandalous rumors and gos-
sip. but l never thought of anything