Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-04
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AND HERE 1T CONTINUES
a. Charming Teacher

% ~. :. nj. ranch once. He was an awtul
sll,' s..rted old fellow. And ! was
~ ,vful sick. Some kind of fever.
~ ",,,dn't II been for him, I'd have
!. dIcd. But he nursed me well.
r..,, wear I'd travel down to visit
~ !. When he died he left me his
',.,,. M old ranch and he asked me to keep
y. M name for him. o. he said to me.
n .;rt never had no boy nor no folks.
a ,ou amt never had no father
=, no folks. want you to kerry
name for me. That'd make me
\. .,,y in my mind So ! did He
-, silent. She saw the feeling hid
I.n Nv his mask. Then it broke be"
~. h,s smile. "It's sure hard
,.us though, amt it, ma'am? Times
II. had to plump spur myself into
,,.pin' it. And it don't so right with
3. does it,
81 don't know, think ! rather like
O. r. Kinwydden--its not bit
MI. other Names
And that was the difficulty. the great
,,. in the way of Q. rs education.
h, A. we'll as his name, was too un.
r,u,l too interesting: to Mary's mar
NV and smothered experience. alto
,.,hs, TOO thrilling. It was easier to
Mn about what he did know than what
!, didn't. Mary had a feeling that
!, knew so much.
Toward the end of his first lesson
,h,r. dirfted into the room. rather as
| y a draft had blown him there, a little
oldsh gentleman with mass of books
puder his arm. This gentleman was
introduced by Mary as Papa Her
rcice was tender, just touched by the
sottness Of a brogue, on the papa.
Ne made no difficulty Of the pupils
name In fact, to those odd syllables
b, to every syllable he spoke, he gave
b hwel.like cutting, quite beautifully
h,v to Western ears. .. Il. found
kinself fascinated by Mary's father. He
ms such fine little gentleman, greatly
ilmaged by some crumpling and dis.
wloring process of one Of life's acid
plutions in which he had very ap-
puently been dipped. He had sharp,
hng, pointed nose, redeemed at the
Ind; he had lips clever. sensitive, hurt.
NTH quiet little humor pockets at their
hopping corners; he had beautiful
Visionary eyes-rimmed with red and
pntinually watering: his white thick
hair sprang back like crest triumphant
over bis downfall. 1t was by way OF
b.ing his panache. And his fine little
sh body was shaken and rickety and
nekety, but wore its shabby clothes
quite beautifully-with an air.
Say" Q. T. remarked after the
mall gentleman had excused himself,
snderly to Mary, whimsically to Kim
vydden, and had left the room. Your
Pa he sure fnvors that curly feller ut
Crinscoombe Manners 1t was q long
time before Q. II. got his mind straight
On the matter Of the 'Grinscoombe
Manners" only with the meanness
took out Of him."
At which pronouncement Mary
laughed quite immoderately, as people
laugh when suppressed bitterness is sud
deny released by mirth.
A Crossing of Swords
Miss Selda Grinscoombe, the Miss
Grinscoombe. lifted the lid of silver
Kettle and looked to see if the water
were about to boil. 1t was, but she
dropped in square of sugar to hasten
the process Then she Strengthened Il
delicate tea cup. and turned her eyes
bvard her visitor. To all these trifiing
iuions she gave an air of cold impor-
lance. She was sitting opposite q.
T. Kinwydden on the glass inclosed
'snnda at Grinscoombe Manor. Her
aair had a very high and wide back
wickn-a chair like a bird Of the pea
ssAd tail behind Miss GrinscOombe' $
~ This background accentuatcd the
naness and haughtiness of her car
lIe' the small head. its gray black
.I carefully arranged, the long neck
amsd with velvet to hide the little
hnEles under the chin. Her beauty
eTler and texture had gone, but it
iet hard han lsomeness of bone
alsguises of youth had gone too. II
y. impossible longer to conceal harsh
., temper, II tyrannicnl will, and
\rnsconmhs ""rf Of seltishness. Miss
\s",o,Soe \S,C1,1Smoe head would have been
elr.y decorative on the end of II
tary pike. 1t looked rather as
k,,S,. uelohged there. But in all the
IN it'e@ a and harshness of its lines and
.n,Presslon. there was curious
s,,,,ss s,s'ns weakness. The great. almost
tb,t ,t gray eyes had u guarded look
Al ~,emed to brazen out a little wayer
tia ssuIilalty; the thin lips, fallen in Il
aass, ~tween chin and nose. set them.
c.r,s;. might be imagined. with n
movan concealing effort: the hands
ersts u calmly and stiily. but with delhi
Mr. guinness. One could not fancy
isncv selua sh tremulous. but one could
|trer;mnsnnut snut she had secret fear of
sirtv sushess' .snN She wns woman of
/ hftr ",ee' Dut looked not more tLan
ase .ha was az though at a certain
possbili,, nag dried past any further
tastst'nV OF deterioration. For nll her
|thers m stylish and becoming dress.
|her "as something mummitieI about
hands rested her long, DISTINGUISHED
stone. coio,ns ,ns arms OF her chair and her
colored dTrea t,oaa eyes in the narrow, stone
|contemnt"aoee aee made no secret of their
Visitor o''IEus nG u liking. For she liked her
IN bis case tt ~ nm the better because
w for connr, mere was no possible neces-