Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1921-05-20
CHAPTER x-continued.

She went extremely pale and put out
her hand to grasp something Tor sup
port as If she we're going to fall. She
saw him rise up slowly, an expression
of amazement and relief going across
his face. She smiled, but what weary
little smile it was and how full of
pleading, as if she were silently beg
ging him to forgive her for some deed
she'd done.
John Pendlehaven gazed at the two
young people, and then he too got to
his feet.
Philip" he said abruptly, "this is
Tonnibel Devon. She's Pauls COM
panion. We have"
Philip interrupted the speaker by
his sudden bound around the table.
stony Devon, little Tony" he cried.
81 thought, oh, I thought you were
dead. I thought I'd lost you forever"
| A noise fell from Katherine's lips,
and Mrs. Curtis stumbled to her feet.
$50 you know her too, Philip" she
snarled with hasty glance at her
pallid daughter. II thought we'd kept
her well out of your way. So you've
played the sneak while eating bread and
butter in my house, miss she blurted
at Tony. ''Well, it's what one might
have expected of you-you huzzy."
''Mother!" gasped Katherine, as Ton
nibel snatched her hands from Philip.
"Kathie, you needn't mother me!'
cried Mrs. Curtis, blind with rage.
EITHER she goes away or do. won't
stay in the house with common
sneak-a common"
Sarah, sit down." Numbered John
Pendlehaven "Don't speak another
such word Or"
Tony was at the doctors side be-
fore he could finish MS threat.
II didn't sneak" she said, looking up
at him. "Oh, please please believe
me-"
"That she didn't" cried Philip, COM
ing to her side. cousin John, I've
known Tony Devon ages, and didn't
even know she was in this house, He
turned his flashing eyes upon Mrs Cur
It's, who was weeping Historically.
"You ought to be ashamed of yourself,
Cousin Sarah," he went on, ito use
such language to perfectly nice little
girl. Why, you've just about broken
her heart"
His voice had sunk to a passionate
whisper. His eyes misted in youthful
struggle to control his joy, and-and
at the sight of him, Katherine lost her
wits entirely.
''Who and what have we been har-
boring in this house, Cousin John?'
she shrieked in high thin voice. strug-
Cling to her feet. "a gutter rat. lit
tie snake, loose girl"
Each word, brought out with greater
vehemence and passion than the one
before, struck the listeners dumb In
shame-faced misery. Tonnibel sank to
the floor, dropping her head into her
hands.
"Oh, no, I'm not that" she walled.
"My mummy never lived in the gutter;
she never did. / was poor, awful
poor"
"Poor y exclaimed Katherine you're
worse thai poor. suppose you've
wheedled Philip the same way you
have Cousin Paul."
katherine, l command you to be
SILENT" shouted Pendlehaven. IF you
say another word, shall ask you to
leave my house"
"Well, 1 never !" screamed Mrs. Cur
it's.
"And you too, Sarah" thrust in the
doctor. "We don't know the truth of
this thing, but know very well that
Tony Devon is not bad girl"
'That she is not, interjected Philip.
snow XII tell you all about it."
AS sfin Pendlehaven raised her to
her feet, Tonnibel lifted her head and
fixed her fearful eyes on Captain Mac
Cauley.
"You promised you'd never tell any
body" she murmured. Her mind was
with the dead Edith Devon, and the
words of her own serious reverent
oath given in the presence of her Wild
eyed mother would not allow her to