The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-04-12
After Ten Years
BY MARION RUBINCAM
TWO DISCOVERIES
CHAPTER 26

Basil moped for two days, then be-
came resentful. He was afraid to
break his appointment to see the emp
ty house, and more afraid of being
lteased about his supposed matrimoni-
al intentions. He did, in the end, buy
the house as an investment, and he
did. in the end. move into it-but that
is part of another story
Meantime he began paying great
deal of attention to fluffy haired sew
enteen-year old Clarissa. But her
head was still turned by the compli-
ments of one of the visiting tennis
players and she would have nothing
to do with Basil because he did not
possess a small dark moustache!
But that followed later in the sum-
mer.
The day after Basil's visit, the local
paper came out with an item copied
from a newspaper in a neighboring
state.
Members of Wisakeagan's Country
Club set" the paper began magnifi-
Gently, will learn with pleasure that
our late visitors, Messrs. Paul Darling
ton, Mortimer Van Loon" and here
followed all the names have been
playing with the champions of the
Rocky City Tennis Club and were en-
tirely successful"
The account went on with descrip-
ton of the games and the scores, and
reminder of "the many delightful
entertainments in which these Eastern
visitors participated
At the end it said, Paul Darlington
proved the hero of the occasion, as
usual defeating all who played against
him."
! The paragraph was headed, paul
! Darlington's Victory in thick black
letters. When Patty saw the name.
her heart gave a queer little jump
and she read the badly written, florid
! little bit of news as though 1t had been
| the most beautiful literature. She cut
out the paragraph and slipped it into
her handbag.
A few days later she dropped in to
Miles on her way to the stores on
some errands for her mother.
ST need some change for the laundry
woman Millie called from the door
as Patty waited for her. Humphrey
wouldn't give me any housekeeping
money this week. | can't Imagine
why he's gotten so stingy lately"
! She entered the room, frowning with
annoyance.
Patty, see if there isn't some
change in that top drawer of my desk.
Patty turned and pulled out the draw
err. as her sister came across the room
"Or. never mind!' Millie was say
ing hastily. almost running to her.
| But Patty had seen, not only some
|
graph about Paul-carefully clipped
and lying in the desk drawer
| That in itself was not odd-why
shouldn't Millie clip out the item and
keep it? But Miles confusion, hel
obvious desire that Patty should no.
know the paper was there, gave i'm
portance to trivial incident.
There's no money there. | remem
ber" Millie said, shutting the drawer
tightly. Patty, have you any to leno
me? Give Bridget dollar for me-
Patty turned away, confused ant
embarrassed by this queer little scene
Hastily, to cover her own confusion
she opened her bag and began pulling
out money.
! A second little paragraph fell ou
and fluttered to the floor as Bridget
taking the dollar, walked out of th'
room. And the girl and the woman
looked at each other, the blue eyei
that we're really so serious and th'
brown eyes that were really shallow
questioning each other.
II suppose you saw the little not
about Paul" Millie said with a suddel
attempt to be causal. Il cut it out
/ thought you might thought II
save it for you"
The note had appeared two days be
fore, and nothing had been said. Nil
lies statement was so obviously false
her untruth SO badly told, that anyon
less concerned than Patty would hav'
, smiled at it.
Patty was troubled and puzzled.
, lie on her part might save the awk
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