Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-05-01
CHAPTER II-Continued

Another reflection followed the first,
and was far less agreeable. He won
dered if Campbell had told his grand
daughter the peculiar relation in which
be, Renshaw, had entered the family.
That he should give this detail a
thought was surprising That he
should have the moments concern that
now followed it was nothing short of
amazing. He was actually hoping that
the girl did not know, that old Camp
bell had not told her!
The reflection, though vivid in it's
little instant of life, persisted almost
as soon as it was born What differ
ence did it make what the girl or any
one else knew or thought? He turned
off the lights, opened his door and
strobe out into the hall.
Again, as in the corridor down
stairs, he caught around a corner the
autter of disappearing bit of white
stuff-a natural enough phenomenon
In any house, he reflected, and inter
esting only because of the impression
Of flight it conveyed. His attention to
the incident was feeting. Evidently
Csmpbells servants were curious lot,
and the arrival of a stranger in this
isolated house was to them an event
out of all proportion to it's Importance.
He entered the living room at ex-
actly one minute before eight, and as
he opened the door felt behind him the
figure of jerks, coming to announce
dinner. Campbell and his grand
daughter were already in the room,
the latter before grand piano, which
Renshaw, in his abstraction, had not
observed during his first visit. The
girl had been playing or singing, he
assumed, though he had heard no mu-
sic. Now, seated sidewise on the
piano-stool, she was absently turning
the sheets on the music rack. and lend
ing an ear to the monologue Of an old
lady who. sat with Campbell before the
fireplace. Her resemblance to him
placed her as the old mans sister, but
she had entered the world ten or
twelve years later. Like Verify, she
was in full evening dress. She wore
superb diamond-and-pear collar; and
half a dozen diamond, sapphire and
emerald rings relentlessly called atten-
ton to the enlarged joints of her fin
gers. Her white hair was as elabo-
rately waved and pulled as If she were
going to ball. AS Renshaw went to-
ward her he heard the conclusion of
her monologue, delivered on high
pitched, plaintive key and without the
slightest pause:
"Of course you will belittle the mat
ter Davy as you always do but I've
told you before and tell you again
tails to the servants will eventually
drive us out of house and home as to
the way they act some Of them didn't
get in till after twelve last night
though where they could have been is
more than know unless James drove
them to town in the service car which
Verify has expressly forbidden him to
do without permission but they never
pay any attention to what one orders
anyway so what is the use Of giving
them orders"
Old David Campbell raised thin
hand.
Zone moment, Kitty" he said good
humoredly. "Let me present my new
secretary, Mr.. Renshaw. Renshaw,
this lady is my sister, Mrs. Pardee, and
she's got more troubles than any one
you ever met before. She'll tell them
all to you, too; you may be sure of
that"
He chuckled over his own joke,
while Renshaw bowed over the wrin-
killed. hand that lay in his own.
The voice of jerks placidly repeated
the announcement Of dinner, and Da-
vid Campbell offered his arm to his
sister. Renshaw hesitated. Was he
expected formally to escort Miss
Campbell? Or would she resent such
an assumption on his part? She was
as proud as the devil, that girl-every
line Of her and every glance of her
eyes proved that. Also, she was really
amazingly lovely. Feeling very insure
Of himself, he approached her and for
mally offered his arm, on which she
semotely laid a perfect hand. Together