The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-10-23
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He took two keys out Of his trou.
sers pocket and held them in his
hand. "Mr. Broderick gave me
these" he said. Zone Is the front
door key and one is the key to the
side door; I won't need them both"
He held the smaller one, the frona
door key, out to her.
It'll use the side door," he went
on. II can 60 out and come in that
way without disturbing anyone, Mr.
Broderick said"
He would" thought Susan.
think you'd better keep both
the keys" she said aloud.
He laid the front door key on the
table and shook his head. "No. One
doors enough for me-" he insisted.
and perhaps you'1l show me the
way out now, 90 I'll know how to
ind it when ! bring the rest Of my
traps tomorrow"
He picked up the empty suitcasea
and the thought flashed through Su.
sans mind that . person must be
poor who owned only two suitcases.
battered ones ct that, and had to
make two trips with them, to carry
al his worldly goods from one room.
ing house to another.
That was real poverty. aha
thought q she led the way down
the stairs and past the dining room
door TO the NARROW rear hall that
ended in three steps 1t the side door
Of the house.
She noticed, % Mr.. Sholes put out
his hand to open the door. that the
sleeve OF his gray overcoat was
frayed 2 little ut the cuff and that
his ungloved hand was chapped. He
was just as shabby as she was in her
faded old blue flannel.
do you hate to wear rloyes?"
she heard herself asking him. and Il
seemed to her that the question was
asking itself.
He nodded his head. eve lived
out west for . long time where We
don't have to wear them unless We
liant liant tG- .aas. ! / just don't have the
I've never had It." said Susan.
She hod IN absurd feeling that Il
was . sort Of bond between them
that they both disliked to wear
gloves.
an bet he likes to walk around
in the cold and the dark. too. inst
the way ! do,s she told herself when
he had stepped out into the side
yard where the arc light II front
Of the house threw cold purple-black
shadows across the snow.
WInAAh.~ ~ - ->s>~ ~1- -
from the darkness.
Goodnight" Susan closed the
door and stood leaning against Il
TOR . minute or two. She was filed
with the oldest sense Of excitement
and thrill. A feeling that was en-
tirely different from her feeling Of
satisfaction over her engagement to
Wallace.
;. ::'scmethins's happened At last in
this old rookery," she Thought. With
: fine feeling Of exhilaration, % she
started up the stairs to the rear
hall =. in this old rookery where
nothing ever happened!
Her uncle was standing In the
doorway ct the end Of the rear hall.
waiting for her with the news that
Wallace had arrived.
"Not - fast, young woman!" He
stopped her q she murmured.
"Thanks for telling me-" and tried
g squeeze past him. His breath was
thick with the odor Of the liquor
that he had been drinking from the
brown glass bottle on his desk-his
.bitters," q he called It. Everyone
In the family knew that he drank \
great deal too much. But because he
usually did It in the solitude Of his
little room, behind the closed door.
none Of them ever mentioned Il 70
him OF tried TO stop him.
THAT was Mr.. Sholes you were
talking to just now" he said.
II was showing him where the
side door is. He seems to have taken
your hint about using it."
"Anna could have shown him
where the side door ii" he said with
the air Of . man who has ! full
stan Of servants ct his beck and
call. There WAS no need for you 10
do it-and ] don't like It, Susanl
don't like it . little bit! Before din.
ner when we talked over this mat
ter Of taking in = paying guest We
al agreed that It wouldn't Sc neces.
sary to become friendly with him
and now, crack out Of the box. / And
you lallygagging With him in the
back hall, while Wallace n cooline
his heels 1t the front door"
Ito b Continued)
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