Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1933-06-28

mentS Tor her care while they were
gone.
while they are gomez" 1t was
Ben Sutton's surprised voice. "You
mean TO say they won't take the
child with them?e
Cynthia in her turn looked sur
prised. ITO Indian Why, II would
be the ruin of Tenny's health. Mr..
Montague knows better than that
"But"-he was genuinely puzzled
does he expect you to make ar
engagements for her SCHOOL,"
school? What SCHOOL,"
IF her father doesn't take her
with him she'll have to be put In a
boarding school, won't sheY'
AT that Tenny gave a cry of an
guish and ran to Cynthia, clutchlng
her madly, shaking from head to
foot. Cynthia soothed her with
hand and voice.
There, darling. therel Mr.. SUIT
ton just doesn't understand, that's
ALL"
But Tenny was beyond reasoning
with. With a child's unerring in
stinct she had caught Sutton's real
meaning. Cynthia was going to live
with him, and he didn't want Tenny
to come, too Cynthia bent over her
distressfully.
"Tenny-Can't you trust Cynthia =?
Tenny, darling"
1t was Geoff who came to the res
cue. He picked Tenny up bodily
and carried her into the parlor.
Now listen, Tenny You're not
going to a boarding school, do you
get that? neutrality-suspicious.
%stances!"
She flung her arms about his
neck. believing his collar with her
tears.
Cynthia promised-Cynthia prom
lseu, sue SODDeu.
If Cynthia promised, then you're
all right he assured her. shes
lever broken a promise yet, has
she? And here's mine to add to
hers. You'll go to a boarding school
only over my dead body You see,"
he went on conversationally, 1--WE
been in 'em myself and l know
what they're like. All right for chill
dren that haven't any fathers or
Cynthias or Geoffs, but utterly out
of the question for you"
Her thin arms held him In a
strangling embrace.
Tiff Cynthia goes to live with
with Mr.. Sutton-you-youll keep
with your"
He took her face between his
hands and looked straight into her
eyes. Il give you my word of
honor | will, Tenny
Meanwhile Ben had touched Gym
thia's arm and motioned with his
head toward the library.
"Shall we go in there and talk
this over?"
She followed him, almost as ex-
cited and frightened as Tenny. 1t
had never entered her mind that
Ben might consider he was acquir-
ing a family quite large enough
without adding this child.
But to let Tenny gol Cynthia
said, and honestly believed, that she
could think no more Of the child
If she were her own. Somehow
those months of battling with the
disease which threatened the frail
body had seemed to make her Gym
She saw now how false was
the security In which she had rest
ed. Anything might threaten It:
Mr.. Montague's remarriage, her own
prospective one, a return OF the
lung condition which had so fright
ened them when Tenny first came.
ben, you wouldn't-wouldn't let
her stay with us?"
Cynthia, dear-think Tenny is
nothing to me-cannot be very much
to you, though l know you're fond
Of the child We're-I don't mean
to remind you unduly, sweet, but
still II must be considered-we're
planning a pretty big household as
1t is"
Il know y she said proudly.
Cynthia, don't speak like that
I'm glad to have them all-gladder
than ! can say. But there's Benny
Il must consider Benny"
She looked at him piteously. 81
was thinking what a nice playmate
would be for him."
He shook a smiling head. Gym
thla, Tenny's not a child I'd want
to be with very muchl She's
emotional, excitable. Look at that
scene this morning, for example.
She"
"But, Benz The child was fran
ticl She thought she was going to
be put back in a school"
And that's exactly where she
ought to be, II you'll forgive my
SO, dear. She needs dlsci-
"She needs no such thing She's
had altogether too much of 1t In
her short life now. She needs love
and care and a home. She"
Wen get nowhere talking like
this, Cynthia" he told her gently.
4 don't consider the child an adj
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