The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1926-03-11
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= . By RUBY n AYRES SSrttS2sazt:3s
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PETER LISTER loses his mem.
DRY on the Western Front. Upon
his return to London he fails to rec
NAN MARRABY, the girl tc
whom he was engaged before going
JOAN ENDIco TT ana ID returns tliSrin
home when news ome of her step
mothers death. There she meets
JOHN ARNOTT, fellow officer
with Peter, who has brought the
latter to the home Of his sister for
a rest. Peter also fails to recognize
HARLEY SEXTON. a money lend
er, who has been to Mans home sew
eral times to see her father. To.
day, however, he is calling upon her.
Their conversation is interrupted by
Mans three young stepbrothers.
Nan takes them away to make them
presentable. They tell her that
Seton is the mar who hit them
with his riding whip.
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THAN did not know what to say
IN for a moment, then she said
briskly:
well, I dare say he thought it
was just as well to teach you a les
son." she said. you might have
been killed if the horse had knocked
you down"
She would not allow further argu-
ments; she hustled them downstairs
again and into the ~schoolroom. where
tea was laid.
Saf+on vras stapdino boo1, 4o 4ba
fireplace. looking round him with
quizzical eyes.
Thinking how shabby the place
IS, I suppose" Nan told herself in
dignantly; she went into the kitchen
TO fetch the cake; when she came
back the three boys We're standing in
a defiant row, cycling their visitor
with unfriendly eyes.
Nan broke what seemed to be an
embarrassed silence.
"Tea-tea? she said gaily.
Seton came forward; he took the
cake from her.
Let me carry that to the place Of
honor" he said.
His fingers touched hers as he took
the dish, and Nan gave a little shud-
der.
She looked at his hands, and quick
ly away a~gain--strong, rather crue+
looking hands they were; the sight
of them strengthened her dislike Of
him.
How dare he hit the boys-the
brute" was the indignant thought in
her heart. It's just exactly what I
should expect of him. No wonder
the boys won't shake hands with
him. / don't blame them"
Tea was hardly a success, though
Seton did his best to be entertain.
ing.
= He tried hard to make the boys
talk, but beyond answering in mono.
syllables when compelled to by Nan,
they sat silent, all three Of them on
n side of the table, staring at SET
ton from under their shaggy hair.
B. Even the offer to take them for a
ride in his a exacted no better re.
Spouse than a sort of grunting ac-
~quiescence, and yet Nan knew that !
If there was one thing in the world i
for which the boys longed it was to G
ride in a car. s
Afterwards, when the meal was /
ended and the boys had rushed off,
glad to get away, Seton said with 9
~ironical note in his voice:
THE only success seems to have /
been the cake" Y
Nan could not help laughing. a
THE boys were rude" she said. II
feel that I ought to apologize; they're /
not always like this-they can be
darlings if they like" s
There was a note of appeal in her y
voice.
TITS an odd thing, but children
never like me-" Seton said candidly. n
It's rather a sore point with me, I
admit" h
Really Nan was not at all sym.
pathetic. Children are queer little Il
.hings," she said. "They get a like
" dislike into their heads and stick
o It, no matter how you try 10 dis.
odge IT," fl
And, apparently. I am to be n