Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-10-11

1adysh1p would 80 w ~ wc,,JI tsil
w. pa,nh and II might be that TOO.
: ,,ttIe. hut also It might be q greak
daai ia ice the charming Captsah
VIZ. And when she came back sne
toId Sir Ralph all about her dree
maker which he, poor man, coul1 Iot
,,ndarstand. but she told him notninG
ahont Cxantain Wharf, although q
told much to her. Celeste.
Iust how much, of all This tna1 sne
was narradng, was trutq 2 Nv
much was exaggeration or 1nve.le =
Crisp had to wonder
s.iri - fine natural aptitude for iy1ns.
o. erhap I should rather say y
natural Indifference to truth. u may
he that I am hard On her; in AL prod
ability my Judgment Is a great, deat
Influenced by my feelings, for !! NOV
that I detested the woman. tnought
| her to be something like the evn gen
Iius of my poor young aunt, or, az tne
! least. to be the confidante or all .
follies, If not worse than 1ol1eo' o"o
q, very bad influence.
But l could do nothing. Ceteeeo
was always perfectly respectful TO me
IN snaech' though her manner of hold
ing her. head in the ais with q htue
smile, which 1 fancied to convey
| tint of some derision, on her tn1n
Inns. AZ she passed me in the house,
was intended, I felt quite sure. to %
| offensive; but it was an offence whlch
would not be apparent to anyone else;
least Of all to Uncle Ralph, most I'M
| suspicious Of mortals, and, OF couIoe:
| It would have been no use carrying
any complaint based on the curv9ne
of the girls lips or the hit OF ner
- -. 100 ~ nv = AyYrf Enid -'.aa.-ll
So Celeste told the sergeant Of
meetings in London, meetings in Cap
tain Vibart's rooms. and how much
of It all to believe he hardly knew.
1t is to be Admitted that the girl. In
her own utter absence OF moral sense,
did not p herself to be doing
any wrong to her mistress's memory
in telling about her these tales Wheeh-
er true or false. She did not conceive
them AZ in any way lowering to tho
estimation in which q man OF the
world would hold her mistress. I be-
lieve she looked on 1t all as the most
natural and even the most inevitable
thing in the world for q young wom-
an mated with a man a dozen or 20
years older than herself. g.
When she came to speak OF Cap
tain Vibart's visits to Scotney and
Of all that happened in their course.
the sergeant could feel the ground
more secure; for he could check her
in some measure here by evidence Of
other people. Three or four times.
she said. Captain Wharf had been
+. down to stay, and each time he had
stayed for a long time. and each time
that Sir Ralph he had seemed morn
silent, more morose, more put out
about it.
And that a not tho way, was It?
Celeste appealed to monsieur-to
win milady's thoughts back from the
captain, IL that had been in N way
possible? Not that Celeste, for her
part believed that it was possibIe-he
was SO charming, such an old friend
The sergeant had to arrest the flow
Of words here, which threatened to
traverse again all the country that
they had gone over before.
And the last time that he was
down here?" he asked.
"Ah. yes. the last time-that was
the most dreadful. Heavens" and
Celeste threw her eyes in the direction
where she believed that celestial place
to lie. NF1gure to yourself that 1t 10
only two days ago-this Is Saturday
and that was ,Thursday-that he was
here. and they were so happy, 80 hap
py. the captain and milady." That
delicate handkerchief went again to
Celeste's eye and the sergeant
: thought that it could hardly DO ade-
quate to all the work that she was
imposing on 1t. And to think that
III Is now-liko that" Celeste indi-
Gated the room In which tho body war
laid out. !.
On Thursday they weror happy
were they?" Crisp put in.
Yes, monsieur; on tho Thursday.
= That Is to say it was in tho evening,
not In the afternoon. OF that Thurs
day that there happened something
WHAT" Sergeant Crisp asked.
"What?" echoed Celeste. "Ah, that,
God knows" she said, As n who
few mortals did. They had gone out
together. 80 happy. in the half Neht
after tea, and 1t was 30 peaceful. ex-
cept that SIR Ralph. he was 90 silent
30 morose. And then. when they
came in, there was something, I do
not know what. MiIady came to her
room, and I knew there was some
thing. She did not a to me a word,
but her color was high and she same
in-like a flame. She sat down on
the bed. asked her what it was.
she did MOI answer. Then she took
on her hat, a hat so pretty. and threw
1t from her on the floor. It wa time
Tor her to dress for dinner atnd she
began to take of her things and / to
help her. not saying a word. When
! did speak. when I asked her any
thing, she said, Don't speak to me
I can't bear it. If you speak to me
l shall cry, and I don't mean to cry
So we went on; it was terrible. And
when went down to dinner she
~ not say to me a word. She was
afraid to cry.
Continued Tomorrow Evening.
Beds. tables. chairs, and stools are
shown in Ewptian carvings a. a..