The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-04-20
strong wIfhin her.

to speak to you'll" Isabelle said, sud
denly. Harriet followed her upstairs,
and they entered the beautiful boudoir
together. Here Isabelle dropped into
d chair and stared duly ahead of her,
q queen Of tragedy.
Germaine came forward, evidently
more accustomed to this mood than
Harriet was. Like q flash the high
heeled shoes, the silver gown, and
the brocaded stays were whisked
away, and a cool, loose silk robe en-
veloped Isabelle, and she took q deep,
cretonned chair BY the window. The
lights were lowered, Isabelle nodded
Harriet to the opposite chair.
II ask you she said, with d great
breath OF anger restrained, Il ask
you If any woman Id the world could
stand It'll You saw the way Mr.. Car
ter acted. You saw him make me
ridiculous-make a fool Of mel The
boy will ONE to the house
again"
"'Oh, I don't think thatr Harriet
said, in honesty.
ssMr. Garter stalked III upon us, ut
dinner" his wife said, broodingly.
She fell into thought, and suddenly
burst ont, Harriet, my heart aches
for that boyi Ny God-my God
+ what have I done to him r
She rested her white full arms on
the dressing table, and covered her
face with her hands. Harriet saw the
frail silk Of the dressing gown stir
with her sudden dry sobbing. .
my God-if I could cry y Isabelle
said, turning. And Harriet realized,
with a shock, that she was not acting.
"Mr. Carter only sees what I see,"
she added, that it must stop. But
I am afraid it will kill him. He isn't
like other men. He" She opened a
drawer, fumbled therein. "Read that I"
she said. .... '- ,
Harriet took the sheet Of paper,
pressed it open. @
"cMy heart" she read, In Tony
Pope's handwriting. "tI will go away
from you if I must. But It will be
further than India, Isabelle, further
than Rio or Alaska. While we two
live. L must see you sometimes. Per-
haps outside the world there is q
place big enough for me to forget
| your"> ~.
"Now-W said Isabelle, rising and
beginning restlessly to walk the floor.
"Now,. what shall, I do7 Send him
away to his death, or risk Mr.. Car
ter's insulting him again, as he did
tonight! Anthony Pope means 1t,
Harriet know him well enough for
that" =.
She fell silent. Germaine appeared
with a tray, and, began to loosen and
brush the dark hair, and Isabelle
went automatically to the business OF
Dreaming and rubbing, still shaken,
but every minute more mistress Of
herself. With the thick, dark switch
gone, Harriet was almost shocked by
the change in the severely exposed
forehead and face. Isabelle looked
fully her age now, more than her age
"Welll" said the mistress, somber
eyed still, and with a still heavine
breast. '"There was something else
Harriet Gently, please, Germaine
my head aches fr%ightfully. Oh, Har'
riet, win You see what this Blondin
man wants with Nina2 She tells me
he suggested some sort Of summer
party in his roof garden I don't know
quite what it is. But her heart is sci
omit. They seem to understand each
ofher--T always felt that when Ninas
affairs did begin. she would pick out
freaks like this! Don't" Germaine
had gone to the bathroom for a hot
towel, and Isabelle dropped her voice
almost affectienately-"'don't worry
about this little scene, Harriet. It viii
be quite all rightw
sob, surely" The '~companion's
voice was light and cheerful; she
went upstairs only pleasantly excited
and thrilled. And at the breakfas'
table next morning Harriet could show
the head of the house the same brigh'
assurance. Richard had come down
stairs early, and they had, their coffee
alone. ~.&3 i. i z-A-
"Nina? ~ asked her father. ~
t"She- comes back today" Harrie
said. 'Mrs. Carter Is going to hav'
her masseuse, so she won't be down
She asked you to remember that yo'
are dining at the Jays tomorrow
There's to be tennis at about four"
"Finals,n' he said, nodding, and wen
out to his ear apparently well pleased
with himself and his life. Harrie
started for the Hawkes. with a philo
sophie reflection or two as to thu
ephemeral quality Of married quar-
rels. u ~
She brought Nina back at noon,
~garrulous and complacent Nina, VIII
could pity the elder Hawkes. as Girl
who "neyer had admirers" Whel
they reached the driveway Of Grown
lands, Harriet recognized the q tina
was already there, and said to her
self that Anthony Pope would job
them for luncheon. But just as sh
and Nina were about to enter tn
cool, wide, dark doorway, Anthem,
himself passed them. He was a
most running, and apparently did nc
see them, He ran down the shallo'y
steps and sprang into his q while
scattered d spray Of gravel as h
jerked II madly about, and was gon
before she and Nina had ended thei
look or surprise. Harriet went sIowl
upstairs, with q dim foreboding q
back IA her heart.
AL about three, when Harriet an
Nina were idling On the shady te