The Holly chieftain., 1924-03-06

where you wouldn't want to 60 alone
And mornings she could give you les
sons. She'd want to be the right sort,
! of course. But there wouldn't be much
| trouble about that; there are plenty
| of them to choose amOng-some Eng
| lishwoman. suppose, would be best"
Still without looking around at him,
| she asked. What kind of lessons?
History and French and things like
| that?"
Her tone was muffled. ambiguous; !;
and it was this. more than anything
else. that made him hesitate. "Why.
| suppose so," he answered dubIously.
Manners, too?" she inquired. How
to talk with an English accent, and
never raise my voice? And what kind
Of clothes to wear, SO that nasty little
Dorothy Williamson can't laugh at me
behind my back?"
Look here. TrIx," he commanded.
"Weve been over this before. You
agreed to learn their game. It's no
disgrace not to know it. but it's silly
to make fuss about learning 1t, when
| to go on not knowing it will put you
| at disadvantage. 1t won't be hard
to do.
| But IL you 60 around flinching at
everything and imagining people are
laughing at you, you can be d-n un-
happy. 1t is Imagination, mostly, with
you. Certainly no one was laughing
at you last Sunday up at William
sons"
She whipped around upon him with
a furious contradiction. ''They were
A whole lot you know about 1t! You
weren't there to see."
II could see you were having what
sounded like good time"
II laughed too loud, suppose" she
commented. "Oh, some of the fellows
were decent enough. But the girls,
especially your darling Dodo- Oh.
she makes me sick !"
She's no darling of mine" he de-
clared-with grin, for the notion that
Trix might be Jealous amused him.
60 after her If you don't like her
Beat her at her own game. Take her
boys away from her. Show her up
Only you won't do 1t by wishing you
could. Let me hire you the right sort
of governess, and after she's showed
you the ropes you'll be able to give
Dodo the laugh"
THAT isn't what you want her for"
the girl said, with sulky conviction, at
the end Of long stare. "You want
her because those women have been
| telling you how horrible 1t is for me
to have any fun my own way; going
anywhere alone, or taking drives with
anybody but George George Burns,
l mean This in answer to his
sharply interrogatory frown.- sup
pose Dodo would call him Burns.
They've made you ashamed Of me, too,
1 guess.
Don't be fool, Trix!" He hadn't
meant to be as sharp as that, though,
and he paused to get control of a qui-
eter manner. "Pm sorry but l guess
you didn't know how that sounded.
Nobody's said word to me about
Burns. And when 1t comes to enter
tanning your friends here, you can't
have young men coming to see you and
finding you alone; nobody but the serv-
ants. Even for going anywhere at
night, when I'm away, you'll want
someone. hadn't thought 1t through
as far as that before. Wen call that
settled. guess, Trix."
But he saw it was anything but
settled in his daughters mind. "All
my llfe," she said. with a sort Of
| vicious quietness, I've had people
sticking their noses into the things
was doing. telling tales on me, making
mother say couldn't do this or 1t was
| wrong to do that. And now you talk
about hiring someone to do Just that
thing. Well. it isn't what came here
for. II you trusted me you wouldn't
mind having people coming to see me
without chaperon spying on me all
the time: But you don't trust me !;
that's the trouble. You asked me to-
night who I'd been telephoning to. It
wasn't anybody-but if 1t had been 1
wouldn't have told you"
She was, beyond concealment, crying
now. and this phenomenon, while 1t
paralyzed him, seemed to rob her of
even the wish for self-control. "You
wouldn't have thought of it, yourself"
she sobbed. Its all been put into
your head-that I'm freak that has
to be taught how to act. and watched
to see that don't do anything awful
Jennie Macarthur and Mrs William
son-and 'Margaret'!'
She crumpled her handkerchief into
her fist and beat on the table with it.
I'm not going to have your mistresses
telling you what I'm to do" she cried.
Nor an old maid that's trying to
marry you. either!"
He reached across and seized her
by the arms. what the devil do you
mean by that?" he roared at her. She
wasted no breath answering; her
single-mlnded purpose was to break
out Of his grip. Her teeth were locked,