Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-05-12
CHATTER N-Continued.

She shook her head with a drol
sntle.
Perhaps if it were" she confessed
Il should hate to do it. There's 8
Nineteenth Century on the sofa: Yor
can read my article"
She hurried out Of the room, from
which she was absent only a very few
moments. The Marquis, with a fin.
ser between the pages of the review
which he had been reading, looked
up as she re-entered. She was q
woman Of nameless gifts, of pleasant
it not unduly slim figure. Her fore
head was perhaps a little low. hel
eyes brilliant and intelligent, hel
mouth large and exceedingly mobile
She was not above the allNrements OF
dress, for her house gown. with it.
Icing tunic trimmed with light fur
was of fashionable cut and becoming
Her fingers, cleansed now from tn.
violet stains. were shapely, .almos,
elegant. She threw herself into al
easy chair opposite her visitor. ane
reached out her hand for a cigarette
Well" she asked, and how ha.
the great trial ended ;"
Adversely" the Marquis con
fessed. :"
You foolish person" she sighed
lighting the cigarette and throwing
the match away "Of course 70,
were bound to lose, and I suppose it.,
cost you no end of money" y
81 believe" he admitted, a littl,
stifly, that my lawyers are sonse
what depressed at the amount"
She smoked in silence for a mo
ment.
8 he will go back to Mandeleys
It is queer little fragment of life
What on earth does he want to do I
|for?"
"obstinacy." the Marquis declare<
|-"sheer, brutal, ignorant obstinacy.'
and the boy?" she asked, pur
suing her own train Of thought
Have you heard anything OF him ~.
Nothing. To tell you the truth.
have made no inquiries. Beyond tn,
fact that it seems as though. for tn
present, Richard Won't will have hi
way, I take no interest in either o
them"
She nodded thoughtfully.
eff only. We. others" she sighed
could infuse into our lives some
thing of the marvellous. persistence o
these people whom in other respect
We have left so far behind!"
"My- dear Marcia" he protested
surely, with your remarkable intel
Iligence, you can see that such persist
ence is merely q form of narrow
mindedness. Your father has shut ii
his fife And driven 1t: along one mar
row groove. To you every day bring
its fresh sensation. its fresh object
lHence-coupied,f of course. with you
observation-disclosures The per
son who thinks OF but ono thing II
|life must Be Indeed & dull dog
Very excellent reasoning" she id
mitted. '.still. 70 con.s back TO thi
little traSedy-for II 10 Z tragedy. ISM
Ift1--have you any idea what h,
means to do when he gets to Man
,,deleys? 'ss I,
"None atsalli"
LET me see." she went on, ut /
nineteen years ago last September
fiau't it7-ninetesn yeaFs. but Of tn
middle Of his life. VIII he ut In tn
garden and brood, / wonder. or ha,
hs AsouEkt bAek With him som,
scheme Of msdiisval rsvense7.' ~
sf""Thero wAA q: timo.~ the NaFqui
rsAscted, :'wsbsn several u my Irisl
ItSnants. used TO shoot - ne ever.
lgafura1y night from behind ! hedge
lJt 49, not II the lost dAngefou
t6perAtion, and ! presume II brongh
them some Srefjef. with Won't, how
lever. thiR6S would 10 different. I r.
member him d~istirctly q : n.,s
wcsdsFfpl shot"