The Holbrook news., 1922-02-17
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and hostile look gave consent, Mrs. Tabor is too thoroughly acquainted with convention to blame you + your father keeps you under governess' eve for little while longer You're the most precious thing your father has. Nina, and as I used to remind you years ago, you don't begin to have the restrictions that the European prin- cesses have to bear!
 This view of the case was always pleasing to Nina's vanity; she was quite clever enough to see that friend protected and confined, watched and valued. would lose no prestige with
 the charming "Ladybird." She pouted :; and Harriet saw that for the moment the battle was hers.
 Darling gownr' said Harriet of the picture.
 "Oh. she has the most wonderful clothes," It was the old Nina's voice. "Has she been here very much?' Harriet said, after a moment. "Oh. lots! She loves to be here. and
 I can't think why" Nina said, be cause people are all crazy to get her, and she could go to the most wonderful dinners and things. But she really is just like a girl, herself; sometimes we
 burst right out laughing. because we think exactly the same about things :.
 And she just loves picnics, and to let her hair dOwn--and she's so funny {!
 You'll just love her when you know
 her"
 Nina, Harriet reflected. had had a
 thorough dose of poison. It would take. like many diseases, more poison to cure
 her, a counter dose. Going to her room
 to change to one of the new gowns,
 Harriet had moment of contempt for
 unscrupulously play upon the girls hungry soul, But with this situation
 it was possible to cope; there was defi- nite comfort in the fact that Nina had
 not mentioned Royal Blondin. Brave in the new gown whose lus-
 terless black velvet made even more brilliant her matchless skin. Harriet
 went to find Ward. She met, instead
 one of his house-guests, Corey Eaton, man some years older than Ward. a
 big. rawboned, interruptions youth,
 with a wild and indiscriminate laugh.
 MT. Eaton" Harriet said, in an un-
 dertone, making another strategic de- cision, "come in here to the library,
 will you? I want to speak to yOu.'
 "When you speak to me thus," said
 Corey Eaton, passionately, T can re-
 fuse you naught!"
 But he sobered instantly into tre- mendous gravity at Harriet's first con
 fidence She told him simply of Isa- belle's death.
 well, that surely is rotten-the
 poor old boy!" said Corey, affectionate- ly. "Ward's mad about his mother, too! Well, say, what do you know about tbat? We'll beat it, Miss Field.
 Nixon and I. We came in my car, and we'll go to the Jays for dinner Say, that is tough. though, isn't it?" It was not eloquent. but it was sin cere, and Harriet made her thanks so personal and so fiattering that the young man could only fervently push has plans for departure, swearing se- c-ecy, and evidently touched by being taken into her confidence The fast nesses were yielding one after anoth- CT; Harriet could have laughed as she left him at the foot of the stairs. Bot tomley, the butler, respectfully ad- dressed her as she turned back into the hall:
 Miss Field, I wonder If you'd be so good-?"
 She nodded, and accompanied him instantly into the pantry, where they
 could be alone.
 Its Madame" said BottOmley, bit
 terly, "she's just 'ad me up there agine, it's really tryin-that's what 1t is. It's tryin'!"
 "Now, just wait one moment, Bot
 tomley," Harriet said, soothingly. Il
 want to talk to you and Pilgrim. Is
 she in her room? Suppose we go there?"
 Pleased with the consideration In her manner, the outraged BOttomley led the way. The housekeeper was enjoying solitary cup of tea; she hustled hospitably for more cups. q want to tell you that your comin' has taken a load of my sOul," said | Pilgrim, gray. rOund-visaged woman | who had sentimental heart, "and so I said to MT. Carter not three days since. It's been very bad, indeed, Miss, since you went, as we was tellin' you bit back. Impotence, orders | this way and that, confusion and
 what not, and MT. Ward very wild, really very wild, and so at last Bot
 tomley said he couldn't stand it." "rm hoping he will reconsider
 that" Harriet said, pleasantly, with i a glance at the face BOttOmley tried | to make inflexible. For I'm going to
 tell you two old friends some news. ]"
 With no further preamble Harriet an-
 nounced Isabelle's death. The servants were naturally | shocked. There were few moments
 of ejaculatory and sorrOwful surprise.
 When this had died away, Harriet had more news.
 "rm going to tell you two some thing" she began. You are the very
 first to know, and I know you'll be | glad. Before left the house last Oc-
 tober. Mir. Carter did me the-the i great honor to ask me toto marry him."
 | It gave her inward delight even to
 voice It: 1t made the miracle seem