Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1921-12-31


n Florence's. your OWL niece ~
nephew, Jullai You don't mean you
deny 1t, do you, Julia?"
She was In great confusion; do
deny whati" ~,.s,.
.aThat his name is CrumF' Nop'e
said ~passionately. ''That his name =
Crum ana that he's a widower aa'
he's been divorced and's got NOBODY
knows how many childreni"
julia sought to collect herseii.
don't know what you're taikinH
about" she said. III you mean tnas
I happened to meet a very charming
man while I was away, and that MS
name happened to be Crun, ! dons
know why I should go to the trouble
of denying 1t. But II Mr.. Crum mas
had the experiences you say he nus
II is certainly news to mel THINK
meon told me he was only twenty
SIX years old. He looked ratnef
younger
..You think some n told you.
Noble groaned. "Oh. Julia. julia
And here 1T Ii, I'LL uOWn Ia uiaen "A
white. in my pocketP'
II haven't the slightest idea VIVA.
you're talking about JUDAS TON
was cold, and she drew herself up
haughtiiy, though the gesture wal In
effective, so far ms Noble was ON
cerned. In the darkness OF the Quivar-
ing interior. The quivering stopped
just then. however. as the taxicaD
halted before her house.
"Will you come In with me q mo-
ment, please?' Julia said as she got
out. "There are some things I want
to ask you-and I'm sure papa hasn't
come home from downtown vel.
There's no light In the front part 81
the house."
There was no light In any other
part OF the house, either, as they lis
covered after abandoning the bell for
an excursion to the rear. THAT'S dis
heartening to a hungry person. Julia
remarked; and Their remembered that
she had a key to the front door ~
her purse. She opened the door, and
lighted a hall luster while Noble
brought In her bags from the steps
where the taxicab driver had left
them.
There's nobody at home at ALL"
Julia said. thoughtfully.
mo. Nobody her sad companion
agreed, shaking his head. Nobody at
all, Julia. Nobody at ALL" Rousing
himself, he went back for the golf
tools, and with a lingering ~gentleness
set them In a corner. Then, dumbly,
he turned to go.
"Wait, please" said Julia. II want
to ask you a few things-especialIy
about what you've got all down In
black and white In your pocket. win
you shut the door, IL YOU please. and
so into the library and turn ON the
lights and walt there while I look
over the house and see IL | can find
why it's all closed up like this.
"It's chilly. The furnace seems to
be off" she said. "Ill--' But instead
Of declaring her intentions. she enact
ed them taking a match from the lit
tie white porcelain trough on the
telpiece and striking 1t on the heel OF
her glitterIng shoe. Then she knelt
before the crate and set the flame to
excelsior beneath the kindling and
coal. you mustn't FREEZE she said,
with a thoughtful kindness that killed
him.
SIN Robinson Crusoe, Noble,' she
said, when she came back. II suppose
! might as well take off my furs,
though" She did so, first unfasten-
Ing the great bouquet she wore and
tossing 1t upon a table. Noble was
standing close to the table, but moved
away from 1t hurriedly. This revulsion
she failed TO notice and she went on
to explain, as she dropped her cloak
and stole upon a chair. "Papa's gone
away for at least d week. He's taken
his ulster. II doesn't make any diff
ferences what the weather is, he never
wears his ulster In this town, but
when he's going away for a week, or
longer, he always takes Ii with him.
except In summer"
Il suppose" said Noble huskiiy,. II
suppose you'll go to some of your
aunts or brothers or cousins or some
thing"
NO." she said. my trunk may
come up from the station almost any
time. and IL / close the house they'll
take 1t back. The servants are hav-
Ing a holiday, not expecting me
back"
(To BE CoNTINUED)