The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-02-05
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Impossible, not even McAusland was cap
able Of quite that; they must be hearing
amiss HObyn WGs frankly open mOuIneu
beneath his clipped, bottle brush mustache'
MOnteflOre bent forward, startled into the
eminent counsel. Hugh had flushed anu
his fingers were uncOnsciousiy destrOyIns
a silk curtain at his back. Father Sebastian
might have been carved from some gray
{" the Reverend James Clinton Dali
hOusie, now otherwise known as Father Sc
bastiOn Of the mission church Of Saint Mary
the SOrrowful, city Of New York.
The whole estate to Father Sebastian,
! should Hugh die without legal children. ~
took all the combined social training Of the
/ group to EurmOunt that moment. Only Nc
Ausland was the same, nOdding delightedly
like some ~miraculOusly frosted child. An
| unbelievable man, for a quarter Of a cen
fury he had been bent in bitterness until
it seemed that his mental and physical It's
ues must have grown that way NOW
by some uncomfortable cOntOrtiOn, he was
leaning as far In the opposite direction.
It was the doctor who first recovered
from the general surprise, clapping Hugh
upon the back.
you will have to wait, my boy I gave
your father another lease of life TINS
morning."
Amen" Father Sebastian pronounced
And to you, lad, a happy marriage anC
soon l hope. And the Church of Saint
Mary the SOrrOwful is always open fol
christenings."
The signatures were witnessed and they
trOOped out again. Mahan was last Will
F.! Peter McAusland at his side. The shOr
passage from study to gallery was IN
lighted. and Mahan halted. Surely whel
he came in he had turned at a sharp angle
yet there right ahead of him was a. glimps'
Of the brilliantly lit CuriO gallery.
McAusland nodded at the others sur
| nriqp-
"That is merely a reflection" he ex
planned. lone reflected from the miro
Z that faces the gallery; we calculated tn
angles with precautions, you know. AS
; sit in my study with the door open / cal
see any one who approaches, or who eve
crosses the gallery here"
( Mahan examined the angling of tn
mirrors and an involuntary, But if 20
can see them, then rose to his lips
But he cut it short, substituting a smil
D Of understanding.
5 to themselves, are seen so differently" b
said.
lone catches them off guard like that,
McAusland returned, rubbing his plum
Z hands in satisfaction. One never know
: there may even be treacheries in ones Ow
Y household. Should anything happen to M
\ you might remember / mentioned tha
. suspicion"
\ So that was his place here in this Lake
I hOlme affair, Mahan thought, as he pr
pared for bed that night. His was the rOl
of the impartial observer who was to n
member having been told something.
As he considered that, there came a ia
r on his door, and Hugh McAusland's vOic
d 1 just came to make sure that you al
being properly looked after" he SAT-
d as he entered at Mahan's bidding. "Ha7
Z you everything you want?"
Everything, hanks"
l Under his smile Mahans glance was ke6
= as he looked at the other, standing irres,
u lutely just inside the door. He seemed
, young man under stress, which is a thin
" that youth never understands. OF cOurs
from his age, he must have shared in Il
y stresses of the war. But that had been
le general affair, vile this, whatever it mig
- be, was something private, locked in b
- own person. Mahan remembered tim
3,e when he himself had been driven to se
= comfort in unlikely quarters AS a rule
Il merely meant some one to listen to hi
81 have everything" he repeated" exec