The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-11-05
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lhSaTeI Ihat you wanted IL and tha
you'll send him a check for tn,
whole three thousand dollars"
"But-but," she stammered. "hov
could you do that? You haven
seen him. have you? He's no
tere?"
mo; he's not here" Patrick said
hut I managed to find out where
he was and talked with him ove-
the telephone. know where h,
IS now and where his nephew is
so that II you want 10 talk TO him
or see him again the boy. I near
why, II can be managed"
Her answer now startled him
She spoke dispasslonately enough
hut her words were intense with
cold conviction 81 wish some one
would shoot his uncle"
He cried out some sort OF pro.
test at that. and the Princess went
on TO explain 81 think it's wicked
that anyone should he as afraid
or anybody as poor Bill ia OF that
man. You can't blame. Bill. OF
course. les gone on ever since he
was a little boy Why, he began
giving concerts, he says, when he
was six years old He's never had
eny fun-never done anything but
work 10 make his uncle big and
rich and important And the way
his uncle must have treated him.
. Why, he screamed Just AZ the
sound Of his uncle's voice talking
Pusslan TO the chauffeur OF the
other taxi Il simply couldn't bear
Il, so 7 tried TO help him run away
I'd have done anything to get him
away. was even Going 10 marry
him until saw Il wouldn't do any
good. Do You suppose he's--kill-
ing him now? Walter. his ewes.
when that horrible man was after
ne, were Just like little cocker
spanieps that we used 10 have.
when mother was going 20 whip
him for having run of And I had
10 90 away and leave him. He was
too frightened TO come down tho
FIRE escape with me"
Walter came around behind her
chair and took a steadving hold Of
her shoulders. 81 don't believe he's
getting beaten. Princess" he said,
comfortingly. THE uncle sounded
calm enough when talked with
him over the phone; and really
cutie amiable when I said we'd pay
the three thousand dollars. 7
shouldn't be surprised II he'd
learned his lesson from this rebel.
Hon OF his nephew's" He paused
there and took his hands away
"T oven believe he'd consent" hs
v vent on, Ito your seeing the boy
aealn this afternoon. II that's what
you want to do"
The Princess was aware OF no
logical reason for bursting into
tears at this point, but this. never.
theless, was what she did. She
knew the reason was not the one
which Patrick naturally enough as
signed TO the phenomenon. and all
his rather panicky attempts 20 com.
fort her, his promises 10 produce
Bill at once and so on. went down,
OF course, tho wrong way, She
managed at last TO be coherent
enough to correct. in one oxasper.
ated outburst. this misapprehension
OF his.
what do you want to make mo
70 back to Bill for?" she cried n
don't want to see him againl I
wish you'd go away yourself ana
let me alone!"
But this last wish WAS not gem
u!ne, for she stopped him on the
way TO the door with the question.
what made you think wanted TO
20 back to him."
why" he said. "f thought you
must havo cared for him a whole
lot or you wouldn'tNhave run away
with him in the first place"
"But ! didn't run away with
HIM" she declared 'T'd never seen
him nor heard OF him when ran
away. ! didn't even know who he
was until this morning. out on the
dunes, when he told me-"
Ris look OF complete incredulous
hewilderment goaded her little
farther.
III you want to know why ! ran
away ran away because OF you;
because, the words caught on a
cob and then came out in a rush
because you were always laughing
ot me"
He wlted at that, leaned back
against the door. his hand on the
knob. and gazed at her with a look
that reminded her a little of Bill.
After a breathless silence he SAID
simply. IN n voice that brought the
tears back into her own eyes:
I'm sorry, Princess"
And presently, before she could
n AXE any reply to that, he added.
We'll. that's a trouble you're going
to be delivered from. When you
Let on the train at Joliet youll
lave seen the last of me"
Don't be silly" she commanded.
81 didn't mean you laughed at me
in a horrld way. You didn't laugh,
either, exactly. You smiled, as II
you we're sorry for me. AS II you
thought ! was a sort OF poor little
--beggar.gtrl you wanted TO be
kind 70. II made me wonder II |
was thought I'd like 10 get away .
where | wasn't Leda Swan for a
little while, and see what-what
rna1 1ifa Waq like Wall have all