The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-11-05

girl VINO played with nre ana lice
her way out Of it. No use to protest
This man knew what he was talking
about. Was, she wondered, wa!
everybody escaping from some,
thing1 She had thought herself thu
only desperate person aboard tina,
Inflated plane. But Evelyn, in hel
way, had been as desperate.
Have you," she asked steadily
adequate proofs of all you say7"
He looked at her with something
approaching admiration. She had
not, he told himself, turned a hair,
And her eyes, very calmly on his
own, very beautiful, were not the
eyes of guilt or shame.
EYES," he answered shortly,
otherwise I would not have made
my accusations"
Your mother - knows?" asked
Fanchon and leaned forward, Curl
ously intent upon his answer.
"Well, naturally" he answered in
some astonishment. "People &C.
quaintances of hers, who knew your
relationship to US. and who hap
pened to be in Hawaii, and to have
heard the general scandal, wrote her.
1t was that which determined her to
write you and ask you to make your
home with US. She did 50, there
fore. after you had been in San Fran
cisco time. 1t took her a little
while to arrange matters, to find out
your address after you had left the
school. Naturally, you left no for
warding address, She said that
you should be given your chance. I
agreed. She, therefore, wrote you
and asked you to come. But in your
acceptance and in your subsequent
letters you told her nothing, made
no mention of the circumstances un-
der which you had left Hawaii.
That, I confess, is what antagonized
me. I was wiling" said Collin, ito
overlook all that had gone before,
your parents attitude toward my
mother, and what was at the time,
obviously, your own. Loyal to them,
you were, I could understand that.
for / was loyal to my mother. But
this silence. this naive acceptance Of
everything my mother offered in. I
must say, having read your letters,
a most righteous and I-deserve-it-
spirit-was not calculated to make
me wish to receive you with friend
ship"
Fanchon said. slowly. not needing
him:
$50 she knew-all the timer
Eyes, of course" Collin answered.
impatiently.
He was astonished to see the girls
mouth CULVER, her eyes mist over.
He could not know that her heart
was going out to Jennie Carstairs
in = rush Of warm, If vicarious, graft.
tude. She was remembering the way
in which Jennie had taken her to her
heart; she was remembering the
utter lack of reproach, of mention of
any Of this story to her. She was re-
calling Jennie's embarrassed little
apology for what she knew Collins
attitude would be. >. "loyal," she had
said of him. But she had not men
toned by word, look or gesture the
things she knew about Evelyn How
ard. She had merely waited for the
girl herself to confess. The con-
fession had not come, yet Jennie had
not changed one iota toward her IN
her attitude Of affection and con-
sideration.
WELL" asked Collin, shave YOU
anything to say-for yourself? Have
you anything-to tell my mother
In your own defense?"
Just = moment" said Fanchon
suddenly. "Please tell me by What
right you set yourself up as a fudge
OF me? Is your own life so--perfect
that you can afford to Judge and
condemn me, Mr.. Carstairssd
ne had the grace to flush.
mo don't condemn YOU
what you did or left undone !:
he said slowly, II simply Condemn
your attitude of seif-righteousness
toward my mother. That's all"
Fanchon said:
:! see. There is no use in my trv.
ing to deny your accusations. / th;nk