The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-04-08

darling, and l am sorry to say | fell
asleep. 1t was so delicious out there
. | am awfully sorry ] was not
here when you called me. But J
have got something for you-look-
another telegram"
Instantly Mary Emerson's face
cleared and her eyes shone.
From Henry? Oh. give it to me
Lorna"
1t was evident that the second
telegram affected her as beneficially
as the first. She laughed softly, and
brushed all sign of tears away.
This is good news. isn't it, dar
ling?" she queried.
Very good!" said Lorna. Nov
you r going to have some lunch
con-. There is a delicious omelette
being prepared for you and a little
sole, and you must eat every bit OF
it,"
Il haven't the slightest appetite"
said Mrs. Emerson, "and my mouth
feels so dry"
A new pang OF anxiety darted
through the girls mind.
Julian Emerson called himself a
medical man, but had he any right
to do so? If her mother were to get
seriously i'll, to whom could she
turn? How get proper advice?
1t a with difficulty that the girl
conquered her agitation, and man
aged to play her part fairly well
She insisted upon giving luncheon
herself to her mother, and she fell
in with that mothers mood entire
ly; discussing all sorts of problemat
ical reasons why Henry had played
such a strange part. And there was
much that even in her still semi.
drugged condition which struck the
older woman as being very curious.
You know, Lorna" she said. III
is so unlike Henry. Of course, l a
quite see that if he knew this opera.
ton had to take place he didn't want
me to know anything about it-bu1
doesn't it seem to you that he could
have arranged matters differently?
He has always been so exquisitely
considerable for my feelings; then, al.
though l am not a very clever per.
son, still I am not very stupid. And
you know, Lorna dear, don't YOU"
Mrs. Emerson said p~laintively. that
l have plenty of courage?"
She smiled at Lorna, and the girl
had to turn aside her head, for the
tears would spring to her eyes.
And after a while, though she had
eaten very little, Lorna got up and
went once more into the garden
Walking round and exploring, un.
looking here and there
for some outlet or ean by which
she might communicate with people
outside, there gradually stole over
Lorna a feeling Of heart WEAKNESS
A sensation which had not come to
her since the days, those sad and
sorrowful days when the news of her
brothers deaths came through and
were followed 80 quickly by the
death of her father. If only she
could get In touch with her sister.
But what had become of Pauline?
Lorna Mallingate realized
though she had accepted
Pauline's silence she had done SO
to encourage her mother and
that really her heart had never been
at ease about her sister. or course,
Pauline being two or three years
older than herself, but having gone
put into the world and asserting her
independence so strongly, had to a
arge extent separated the sisters
There had never been condolences be.
.ween Pauline and herself, though
she had loved her elder sister and
lad been very proud OF Pauline's
beauty and prouder still of her
courage and her endurance and her
great usefulness in the war.
Yes, Lorna had always loved
and she realized now how
had been missed out Of her
ife by her sisters determined alb
Ience, and by the feet that when she
written her letters had been 30
unsatisfactory.
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