The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-06-25
Il presume" said, that we are
here with the same obiect?"

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She glanced at me curiously.
Indeed" she remarked. Then
tell me why you came.",
"To discover that child's parent
age, II possible" answered prompt
ly. 81 want to discover who her
friends are, who really has the
right to take charge of her"
"You perplex me, Arnold" she
said thoughtfully. II do not un-
derstand your position in the mat
ter. | always looked upon YOU as
a somewhat indolent person. Yet
] find you now taking any amount
of trouble In a matter which really
does not concern you at all. Whence
all this good.nature?'
Lady Delahaye'--
Eileen" she interrupted softly.
Lady Delahaye," ] answered
firmly. "You must forgive me II
] remind you that have no longer
the right to call you by any other
name. / am not goodnatured, and
! am afraid that am still indolent.
Nevertheless. l am interested In
this child, and | intend to do my
utmost to prevent her returning TO
this place"
81 am still in the dark" she said.
looking at me curiously. "She is
nothing to you. A more unsuitable
home for her than with three young
men | cannot imagine. You seem
TO want TO keep her there. Why?
She is child to-day, 1t ds true
- but in little more than years
time she will be a woman. The po-
sition then for you will be full of
embarrassments."
IL fluid the position now" l an
swered, equally embarrassing. We
can only give the child up to you,
send her back to the convent, or
keep her ourselves. OF the three
q we prefer to keep her." ,
you seem to have a great dis
taste for the convent" she re-
marked, ''but that is because you
are not Catholic, and you do not
understand these things. She would
at least be safe there, and in time.
think, happy"
We were at the head of the vii
lage street now, upon a slight emf
nehce. ! pointed backward to the
prison-like building, standing grim
and desolate on the bare hillside.
81 should consider myself no less
a murderer than the man who shot
your husband" / answered, "if I
sent her there. have made all the
inquiries ! could in the neighbor-
hood and have added to them my
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of the place may be conducted as
other places of this sort, but the
great object OF Madame Richards
sister Is to pass her pupils from
that into the religious portion. Iso.-
bel is not adapted for such life"
Lady Delahaye shrugged her
shoulders.
WELL" she said, az am a Catholic,
so Of course don't agree with you.
But why do you hesitate to give the
child up TO me?"
| was silent for a moment. II
was not easy to put my feeling
into words.
Lady Delahaye," I said, "you
must forgive my reminding you
that on the occasion of your visit
to us you did not attempt to con.
ceal the fact that your feelings to.
wards her were inimical. Beyond
that, / was pledged not to hand her
back into your husbands care,
and
Pledged by whom?" she asked
quickly.
Il am afraid" said, that
cannot answer you that question"
She flashed an angry glance
upon me.
You pretend that the man who
called himself Grooten was not
your friend. Yet you have been in
communication with him since!"
Il saw Mr. Grooten for the first
time in my life on the morning of
THAI day" | answered.
you know where he is now?"
she asked, watching me keenly.
81 have not the slightest idea. I
wish that | did know" | declared
truthfully. There is no man whom
am more anxious TO see"
"YoN would, of course, inform the
police?", she asked.
Tam afraid not" I answered.
Again she was angry. This time
scarcely without reason.
Your sympathies, in short, are
with the murderer rather than
with his victim-the man who was
shot without warning in the back?
1t accords, | presume, with your
idea of fair play?"
Lady Delahaye," | said, "the
subject is unpleasant and futile. Let
us return TO the inn"
She turned abruptly around. She
made a little motion as OF dismis-
sal, but remained by her side.
"By-the-bye," said, I'VE were to
exchange condolences. You are
here, of course, to visit the con.
vent? Why?"
She smiled enigmatically.
IL am not sure. my very simple
conspirator," she said. whether I
will initiate your frankness. You
see, you have blundered into a
somewhat more important matter
than you have any idea of. But l
will tell you this, II you like. You
may call that place prison, or any
hard names Won Dlease-yet IL ia