The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-05-04

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very quiet / had one once. so
| know"
There was something In the way
this was said that caused Susan to
| sink back In ner chair Eve Goodhue
was very definite personality
Very well. Pam. you GO" she con-
sented. land don't stay long,"
Only minute. mother" Pam
passed out, giving her mother a friend
| ly pat as she went by.
Outside Smifrs door she knocked
lightly. Smif had expected this She
knew some one must come 70 inquire
II anything could be done for her. but
she longed passionately for their de
parture. She wanted to be alone az
Lovelylea to take her fareweli of all
that she had loved through an absence
that would have weakened the tie to
any save a faithful heart
Come inr' she called cheerily
enough. She had herself well In hand.
Pam peeped in cautiously as If she
expected some serious manifestation
of an illness that had laid low 50
stout a soul
is your head very bad. Sniff dar-
ling?" she inquired.
MOT at ALL" Sniff replied promptly.
my head is polite prevarication IT'S
something inside me that's dropped a
stitch. | know the Box Hall cook and
| feel that discretion Is the better part
of valor for the present. so I'm going
to stay-here." she had been about to
say home" only stopping herself in
time. Lovelylea was home no longer
Not when Miss Mercedes was to be its
mistress. Sniff had jumped at once TO
the conclusion that BillLee had sold
to Stone. Keep the others away
Pam. THAT'S a good scout. ] do feel
peculiarly rotten. but I'll be all right
by the time you get back"
Pam halted for an instant on the
way to the door then returned with a
soft little rush and slipped to her
knees by the side Of the couch.
81 don't want to bother you. Sniff
dear. but there's something ! want to
tell you even before tell father and
mother. because believe you wangled
it somehow. Paddy and ! have fixed
it up. We're going to be married and
I'm awfully happy. An freshman
is different from an Englishman.
isn't heT"
ITO be sure he is" Smif agreed
heartily. PADDY Miles is peach, or
whatever their favorite fruit IL In Ire
land | can't think of anything but
the potato"
"Paddy'll love that. mean to tell
him you said he was an Irish potato"
Pam said Hes awfully funny about
himself-and u.s." she added in softer
voice. "He vows he entirely lost visi-
bility In the British matrimonial mar.
ket when news of his cousins numer.
Gus heirs got around He even says
he was afraid wouldn't be able to see
him without the clarifying light cast
by title. But he was coming back
after me anyhow this autumn" she
ended explantorily. anxious that Smif
should not misunderstood.
'Of course he was, darling" Smif
treasured her. "Stone says he's one
of the best, and crazy about yon." She
was glad for the girls sake. heartily
fond of her, yet so tense in her own
misery that moments seemed like
hours and she thought she would never
find herself alone.
Pam dropped kiss on her cheek.
"Tm off," she announced. land I'll
see that none of the others bother you"
The door shut behind her at last
and Sniff lay In semi-darkness waiting
for the sounds that would signal the
departure of the party for Box Hall.
She knew the hour set for the start.
She knew that Stone could be trusted
to get them going according to sched-
ule. but the minutes still Jagged and
she looked at her watch half dozen
times before she heard the welcome
clatter of horses hoofs as they came
around from the stable.
She got up from the couch and seat
ed herself near the window to wait for
the return of the stable boys and. sit
ting there, she looked down on the
same vista her father and she had
seen when they had watched Remus.
the foxhound. hurrying off on his ur-
gent private affairs while the long
lines of rain like fine-drawn threads
of Ice, fell steadily, to melt into pud-
dies on contact with the earth. Once
again she had a vision of the past.
Then she shook herself back to reality.
mental and physical. The boys had
passed and she was wasting time. Be
fore the others returned she meant to
visit all the spots she loved the most
to burn them indelibly into her mem
Org; to store them up against the
barren days to come. She leaped to
her feet and looked at herself in her
mirror before she opened the door of
her room. So far as she could see, she
would pass muster If she met any of
the servants.
Thoughtfully she went from room to
room, peopling them with her mem
cries.
Downstairs she came at length to
Stones study. to find that door shut
She hesitated before it.
OF course.-The dogsI They had
been shut in so that they would not
try to follow their master. Poor dar.
lings. they and she would be In much
the same case once Mercy was mistress
here Persona non grata Well
next to Stone, they loved her. They
should come with her on her rounds.
She opened the door and walked into
the room. It was a cool morning and