Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1933-05-25

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then she'll be as disagreeable as pos
| sible because some triaing household
task has been neglected.
How she ever strayed into this
charming family is mystery. She
must have been changed in her cradle.
| Miss Mona is too sweet to be true, the
| old man Is q mine of interesting In
formation, Cary, barring little nat
ural foolishness. is one of the incest
young chaps I've ever met. Even the
Tenny child Is adorable.
"But Cynthia
AL | can say Is that now, nearly
nearer liking her than was that first
| highland that's saying great deal
for me. I'm usually pretty fond of my
| fellow humansp'
He found no occasion to change his
| opinion of Cynthia In the days that
| followed. Rather did his disapproval
| and dislike grow. She was bully.
he told himself, small, rather at
tractive, youthful bully, but none the
less bully. 1t seemed to Geoff that
| she found her sole happiness in life In
| discovering what gave her family
pleasure and then frustrating their
| pursuit of 1t.
II Miss Mona announced she was
| going shopping the next day. Cynthia
| was sure to persuade her mother to
walt until she herself could accom-
pany her. Geoff more than once
| boiled inWardly at the look of hurt dis
| appointment In Miss Nona's face on
| these occasions.
The girls cupidlty repealed him
strongly. Several times he had heard
her In the kitchen taking Marguerite
| to task for some trif1ing extravaganza.
Geoff began to take quiet pleasure
In setting himself against Cynthia. He
invited the Captain into his room after
| dinner where the smoke from his
cigars was lost In that Of his own
cigarettes.lCynthia could scarcely IN
wade the hoarder's room with her
edIcts and ultimatums, he thought
| When Cary presently lost his Job
again, Geoff threw himself heartily
Into conspiracy of silence against
Cynthia; helped the boy find another
position and smiled with triumph when
| Cary made airy announcement Of the
change.
/ He carried Miss Mona Off boldly one
Sunday morning and kept her all day
without telephoning Cynthia. meeting
the white-faced daughter who rushed
| frantically out to greet them, with his
| mothers favprite lift Of eyebrow. ut
| never occurred to me that 1t was neces-
sary for her to announce her plans In
| advance" he commented.
Cary was his devoted friend the
Captain liked him heartily, Miss Mona
| made no secret of her affection for
him. Marguerite showed her back teeth
In vast grin when Geoff tipped her
lavishly. Only Tenny held aloof.
| 1t surprised Geoff to find how whole
heartedly the child adored Cynthia.
Miss Mona gave her the tenderest care.
Captain Cary was never too busy to
take her on his lap and read to her.
| Cary played with her almost as though
he were her own age She accepted
| Geoffs own overtures with shy pleas
| ure. But 1t was to Cynthia that she
| gave all her love-
| Cynthia never petted her, seldom
| played with her or told her stories.
| She held Tenny to strict accounting
of her day. Had she hung up her own
| nlghtgown and aired her bed? Had
she taken her cod liver oil after each
meal?
Tenny would nod In passionate as
sent to these questions She hung
about the gate In the evening, strain
| Ing her eyes In the dusk for the first
sight Of Cynthia. When the slender
figure appeared. walking somewhat
YEARLY these autumn nights, the child
would slip hand IN the older girls
and stick to her like little burr TIL
bedtime came. Once or twice Geoff
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Tenny's little shoulder, and the radl-
ance In the chlld's face was like a
| burst OF sunshine.
| Come here, Tenny," Geofr said one
evening, holding out his hand to her.
your face has looked like little
thundercloud all evening. What's the
| matterT'
She came. not unwillingly, but with
no tightening of the gloom which en-
veloped her.
| Il don't like Cynthia to work 50
hard" she said. Her head ached this
morning. know 1t did, And now
she's telephoned she can't get home
before | go to bed"
@It's shame, darling" Miss Mona
said. I'm worrying about Cynthia.
too. She's working far too hard"
| STUFF and nonsense-her running that
shop at ALL" the Captain said testify.
"You should put your foot down,
| Mona
Miss Mona shook her head. "You
know | can't do anything with her,
Father We've both talked to her
| did 1t do one bit Of good?" She
sighed and laid down her sewing.