The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1921-05-19

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quarters. There she sent the maid to
ask Tonnibel to come out to Doctor
Paul's conservatory for minute.
Tony silently stared at the white
woman when they came face to face.
Mrs. Curtis swallowed her pride, gulp-
ing at the Jumps that rose in her
throat.
I'm sorry about this afternoon,
Miss Devon" she said. II really didn't
understand"
Tonnibel thought in a flash that
Mrs. Curtis must have gotten re-
ligion; nothing but a softening of
heart could account for the apology.
"Never mind" she choked. 'Pm
awfully sorry about my daddy, but if
he will be bad, then I suppose be
must 60 to JAIL"
This statement renewed the dread
in Mrs. Curtis heart about her son.
"Could you take message to my
Cousin Paul for me?" she ventured.
"What is it?" asked Tonnibel,
thickly.
my son is ILL.," Mrs. Curtis ex-
planned tearfully, land he must 60
away. 1 haven't any money, but If
Paul knew about it he'd help me.
Will you ask him?"
Tony thought minute.
"Not tonight" she replied. "Mebbe
Doctor John"
sNo, he hates my son." the other
cried passionately. "Oh, you mustn't
say anything to him about it."
Tonnibel Devon was lawfully
tempted to refuse the naughty woman
who had pulled her around by the
hair only that afternoon. But she re-
membered Philip, remembered his
love for her, and relented.
"Come along back tomorrow morn
ing, and mebbe I can get you some, ~
she answered, walking away. Then
over her shoulder she flung back, 'I'll
try, anyhow"
With this last statement Mrs. Cur
tis had to be satisfied. Reggie suf-
fered dreadfully the night through,
his mother sitting at his bedside.
Tony Devon also had been awake
most of the night. In the morning
after breakfast, she set about gather
ing courage to approach Doctor Paul.
With Gussie Piglet in her arms, she
sat down beside him, and now the
minute was there to. speak, Tony
didn't know how tQ begin. But to be-
gin meant to begin, Tony had learned,
so she coughed and blurted:
"Your cousin, Mrs. Curtis, is kind
of pretty, ain't she?'
"She would be if she didn't cry so
much" responded Doctor Paul.
This gave Tony the opening she
wanted
"Her boys awful sick, so she says, "
she broke out, that's why she cries.
If he don't 60 away, he'll die, mebbe."
The lovely gray eyes grew darker
as they searched his, and Doctor Paul
leaned over and looked keenly at her.
"Did Cousin Sarah ask you to come
b. me. little girl?" he questioned IN
kindly tone
Tonnibel nodded.
"She Says Doctor John don't like
her boy, and mebbe you'd help her"
said the girl, blushing.
The man considered the red face
moment.
"Would it please you to have me
help her and him?' he then queried.
81 should think you'd be the last per-
son to ask that My brother told me
she's always very unkind to you"
"She don't know any better" re-
piled Tony. "She's never learned
what lovin' awful hard means, and
mebbe she's so worried over her boy
she's got to be horrid to some one."
Paul Pendlehaven laughed, then he
grew grave. "Perhaps that's it. Now
do you think you could find my cousin
and bring her here?"
Tonnibel looked at him doubtully.
"She might make you nervous" she
said obviously.
II don't think so" replied the doc
tor, smiling. "I'm so much better. We
won't speak of this to John, and l
won't get nervous" He made tho
last promise because the girls face
was troubled and anxious.
Tonnibel nodded and hurried out.
She knew which room Mrs. Curtis oc-
cupied and sought the other wing OF
the house. When she knocked at the
door, a voman's voice called a low:
"Come inv
Tony stepped inside and, turning
shut the door before she took a sur
vey of the room. When she did, she
almost tainted. Reggie Brown, the
awful man she had known in the
canalboat days, the man who had
dropped the poison into Paul Pendle-
haven's medicine, was seated very
near Mrs. Curtis, and Katherine was
by the window, wearing a very bored
expression.
An exclamation came from each
one of the three as the girl faced
them, looking as if she were ready to