Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-03-06

: TO q waiting room Close py' tueh no
j took Paquita by the arm. led her to
the chair he had just left. closed the
door on them and, turning, looked
down on her with a stern disapprovai
which he made mighty, efforts to
maintain.
II tell you what it is"' he said,
| with the Quietness OF extreme dis
! pleasure: "if you behave like this
you must be good enough to send for
! another doctor. It Is no use being
! angry with the nurse. for you are
are treating her very badly and"
'.Tn make it up to her" said Pa
! thing she likes"
Notning ySn can H.vt give . he W wau
| are treating me badly, too. What's
| the use OF my-but what's the use
of talking TO you? Are you no more
than a child?-to behave in this fool
ish. wayward fashion"
! Paauita lifted her face to him won.
! deringly. Her cheeks were bright
| with color and her eyes we're dark
and liquid and full OF light. She
was certainly the loveliest woman
Hextall had eyer seen ana S. ne almost ss
stood staring at her. He had to drag
! his eyes away and to nerve himself
/ to maintain a proper professional
! dignity.
sisted. "The sort Of conduct should
have expected from a spoilt child OF
| twelve.
'T'm not a spoilt child Of twelve"
| exclaimed Paquita: I'm a grown
that's why 1 came to You. / don't
know a soul in all this great town.
that I can turn to. But II you're so
/ angry with me I'll go away"
| She rose as she spoke and Hextall.
4 al q
determined to be bachelors, was re-
! markably soft at heart, saw her beau
| tiful lips culver and couple or
| great pearly tears gather In her eyes.
! chair. drew another to her side and
unconsciously throw a vast amount
of sympathy and protection Into his
voice.
with it! You'll be all the better when
/ it is told"
tiny Aim OF cobwebby lace and shook
Darrell has gone" she said:
| "Your brother: exclaimed Hextall,
frowning. "Why-I thought he was
goins to stay and and lock ok. after ter your ~.
last. Didn't tell you Kesteven was
an incarnation OF the devil? SO he
| is-and knew Darrell wouldn't rest
| until-until he was off to him. saw
| how he was hdgeting and fidgeting
| to go. And-and In the end he went!
| What would you do II you had q
brother. whom you loved very much
and whom you saw going straight
There was something so absolutely
simple and naive in this question that
Hextall could scarcely forbear a
|! smile. But the girls simplicity made
him answer very seriously.
CT, nh
; to stop him." he answered.
1--WE moved heaven and earth-and
so far it's no good" asserted Paqufta.
I've said more prayers than / ever
+ could. on earth. which. perhaps
! isn't much. No good:-up to now.
! The devil-thats Kesteven-is too
| much for HEAVIER. and earth and me
al! w F4a1ed Is i Mr. KeassSeen asked Hex
! tall. And how is it that he exercises
this bad influence on your brother"
"rd give everything to know who
Kesteven is" she exclaimed: las to
got hold Of Darrell. that's all. Just
got hold Of him-and he does what
he likes with him: And his influence
is bad-bad-bad!
he got hold Of him." suggested Hex
tell. He saw that the girl wanted
to talk, must talk, and he judged It
best to let her talk to her hearts
content. It was s no business .aI ass, OF his hi:
unburdened her conscience she would
fret herself into a fever. Did he
know Mr. K ,e b. before 70, you e; came ne
"t'll tell you everything" she said
with sudden inlpetuousness. That's
what I came for-rd have burst or
. something. lying there in that beast
fiat with - Darrell s,ala gone n ana only
/ knew 1 could trust you-I had q good
| look at you when you came in last
! night. I think-I think you're the
first man-man!!1.Ive seen since I
II sincerely trust not" SAID Hex
you're mistaken. But now tell me-
whatever It is you wish to tell. Be;
1 don't want you to talk too much
you ought to be in bed and fast
"Beins in bed with me Of late has
said. "rfhinkinr and thinning. you
! know. well-but you see, you don't
| know anything about us. There are
I three of us-Darrell and myself and
our little srosaes' Bona Ronald 4 only
until about eight months ago--we
came last September. You see. our
father was g. ranch owner out in
| South America--in the Argentine. He
! married q Spaniard-thats why am
called Paquita; 1t was my mothers
name. She died when Ronald was
about two years old. Then my father
! died, three years Afterwards, and
then Darrell ran the ranch, though
| he was only . boy. And I don't think
things went very we'll, because We
began to get rather poor-only Il
isn't SO dreadful to be poor out there
as 1t seems to be hero In England.
And then--last year-we became. oh,
| trem endously richi Because Uncle
James, whom We had never seen. died
and left US all his money and the
place we now live in-I0nne Court.
| in Surrey. so we came home-And
| now I wish we'd stopped at our
| estancia, however poor We might
have been! :. because :. :. then Darrell
Where did he meet him-And
when?" asked Hextali. forced to put
leading questions. Il
very soon after we came. You sec.
chant in London. left ens-half Of his
and the other half in equal shares
between me and Ronald. Darrell
used to come up to London q good
deal after We arrived ut Lynne Court
and suppose he met Kesteven some
where. Anyway, Kestevens began
coming down to Lynne Court long
before last Christmas. and then he.|
ana Darrell were always together.
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