The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1922-01-05

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caused him to become better know
and more talked about thar in hi
earlier youth.
However, the eccentricities of a per
son in such an extremity of love ar
seldom valued except as comedy: ant
wen then with no warmth of hear
for the comedian, but rather with al
~incredulous disdain so it is safe to sa,
that under other circumstances Nobl,
might have beer missing, indeed. ant
few OF the Atwaters would have
missed him. But as matters were, they
worried a great deal about him, fear
ing that a rash act on his part nigh
reflect notoriety on themselves through
their beautiful relative-and through
the North End Daily Oriole. AnC
when nine O'Clock came and Mrs. Dill
reported to Herbert's father. over The
telephone, that nothing had yet beer
heard from her SON., the pressure OF
those who were blaming the Oriole
more than Julia became so wearing
that Herbert decided he would rather
spend the remaining days of his life
running away from Wallie Torbin than
put in any more of such a dogs eve
ming as he was putting in-thus he
defined it.
He made a confession; that is TO
say, it was a proclamation. He pro
claimed his innocence. He began the
history of it with a description of
events distinctly subsequent to the lit
tie game with Patty Fairchild, and
explained how he and Henry had felt
that their parents would not always be
with them, and as their parents wished
them to be polite, they had resolved
to be polite to Florence. Proceeding,
he related in detail her journalistic
exploit.
OF the matter in hand he told the
perfect and absolute truth-and was
Immediately refuted, confuted and
demonstrated to be a false witness by
Aunt Fanny, Aunt Carrie, and Cousin
Virginia, who had all heard him We
hemently declare, no longer ago han
the preceding Sunday, that he and his
partner had taken secur measures to
prevent Florence from ever again set
ting foot within the newspaper build
ing. In addition, he was quite show
cred with definitions and these, though
so variant, all sought to phrase Blu the
one subject his conduct in seeking to
drag Florence through the mire, when
n 100 lnA. Na.NI aD,11 nA% Infnnd
herself. Poor Florence would answer
later in the evening, he was told, Sc
verely and though her cause was thus
championed against the SANDER it is
true that some of them felt STRINGS Of
curiosity in regard to Florence. In
fact, there was getting to be something
like a cloud upon her reputation. There
were several important things for her
to explain; among them, her taking
1t Upon herself to see that Noble re-
ceived a copy of the Oriole, and also
her sudden departure from home and
odd %protraction of absence
therefrom. 1t was not thought she
was in good company. Uncle Joseph
had telephoned from a suburb that
they were dining at a farmhouse and
would thence descend to the general
of the movies.
That word Of any sort had come
from Uncle Joseph was in a measure
r%eassuring, but the air of perturbation
and gloom was not noticeably re-
The general impression might
ho c,,poponI IN in tho nrn1Hc of his
sister.
Nobody knows what that manll do,
when he decides to!" Aunt Carrie
said nervously. Letting the poor
child stay up so late! She ought to
in bed this minute, even if it is
Saturday night. Or else she ought to
be here to listen to her own bad little
cousin trying to put his terrible re-
sponsibility on her shoulders"
One item of her description of him.
self the badgered Herbert could not
Jear in silence, although he had just
declared that since the truth was so
Unexpected among his prosecutors he
would open his mouth no more until
he next day. He passed over bad"
Dut %furiously stated his height in feet,
inches and fractions of inches.
Aunt Fanny shook her head in
nourning. THAT may be, Herbert"
he said gently, "But you must try to
ealize it can't bring poor young Mr..
dill back to his family"
Again Herbert just looked at her.
lie had no Indifference more profound
han that upon which her strained
conception of the relation between
ause and effect seemed to touch and, ]
rom his point of view, to be missing
hould be the lightest of calamities. |
t is true that he was concerned with
he restoration of Noble Dill to the {
est of the Oils so far as such an !
vent might affect his own %incompara-
lie misfoytunes-but moi otherwise. ,
Re regarded Noble and Mobiles disap- :
merely as unfair damage to :
imself. He continued to look at this |
proving great-aunt of his, and his =
made his strange gaze APP :
to her so hardened that she shook i.
a.