| Show iE i III E iThe ITh Bishops Bishop IS s Purse Pursel 1 By Cleveland MaHeU and nd Oliver Herford J s sh h g I Copyright ill by Cleveland Moffet and Oliver 1912 1912 I I III II II l l J J 00 i It 4 CHAPTER IV Continued V. t Xo co no ac I wont won't for any auy fa fake fac c 3 n name m Take vrr rr r 0 own u name Ill I'll inv in in- v traduce jc o e a as 31 Miss liCiS Thompson my ne secretary Tho J 11 never fr er Hetty Thompson V fo But Bul of f thA relatives e will be b ft sure fo know you objected J Ulc le iti j The oe never seen me mue fai J Petty V V V Bob has V Not ot i a 31 s 10 y years that old that t i ri V e eleven cnn years carR Wie I terribly b. b Mrs Baxter J Jl l is if Well my tHy r. r you wore b by b no Ito means a t l be uK Vou certainly certa Lave lI c put V in Hiram ul f J. i f Flank you Guard uarI v. v Lb 11 mt it it 11 i t settled Im I'm p bp br the tle rew V Mis fi Thompson 1 ot Ihs Mis 1 t ii h DOT yon r oll i t theres there's a l V mr J Is it bar bargain barain sha ho hoV 1 I V plying hin them her t to tiO o hands whilo hil a 1 nis chio light ht lanced in iii lie her e. e evi ils l litT Isitt Is 1 it itT 1 You don mind lo Iv you I 1 I rl II U Ii work werk I Ill I'll 11 do rIo btu LII I want your V 1 that I L in ui to bo ba hi lii now CIe 1 tar tan tary is ii J I I e ve ye e mv my said n flax x j and bOti tI lie ic c heU bIJ cut his hie hl bic 1111 which h tV i f O and tl then n r hu h Jed l in her br W warm white hito hito palms U rid And you 7 rl to fo EI Eloa- Eloa n. n or Please a o Jl ont only kl p r up for a few do crl ild d 14 U What Vt a InIS InI'S V V Yen Verv well weH Mies Ii Th Thompson mp I give ti my t promise And Ai it it wasI was arran cJ I i It ItUs' ItUs was Us' t 4 wh when u reached 1 1 the tho litti j station where pu quests for lot IP IP- V piu house left the train Potty's heart with apfl surprise ri 33 no n w splendid looking oun fc ow ow tall un tn V bo forward to tu D piet th them m. m I V 1 V Bob Boh lC Mother Dad Daill caroo cama I the t quick happ happy cri eri ric s and then j u a awkward wk n moment f t tb the 11 young A American Amen Ameri m j. j Camm ran can was presented to tf Betty 11 Bob I r want 0 yo o to know mv un- my new nw r Miss Mi tI Thomp Thompson oD wid taid id L in 10 a g matter mailer of fact tone k iks H Thompson OD sit t. t Mr Mr J Jt j t. t Th r r eyes cye me met meL 3 and d th that l. l first quick brou brought bt an impression a swift legation that neither ever eyer 1 After tho ladies F. F h disposed in ia the Hiram climbed I t into tb the front seat eat beside hL hi son son and I I the ear aft after r a tr jr of oC mon moo 8 lIe leaped for forward yard with n n nJ J dragon like snort aud and s swiftly rounded L tt l the crags raa bordered Slower flower bed where here J bc ambItious station master h rl I the name of Corl in ir inand I and t illegible ible i tums t- t A blur bur of whitish gray varied with J ep and splashes of 01 c over oyer- ry poll io rose lose e color olo was tall Bet Betty ty taIf aw of th timp street For a frac- frac rae V t OD of ot a H her hol eye eyo cau caught ht and time the fantastic ima imago imao c gf vf a cat at on op a OUR iD bi A n n-A n A Blue muo Cat Cat with with golden feet or were they golden bott Before re b her hr r min tho picture V the little tavern tB w wa was was' left farr far fal- r behind eh ow ow tb the y were swiftly 81 L aja n 1 bave tave for the thc simmering j ot of r the be motor through b a shimmering hv i h bt of mo mow moms s grown rown beeches and ivy cov covered red oak where high bich i h hawthorn L shadowed hado miniature ri jungles of oC 1 leaves vi ea c o and nuu ferns and ami ne nesS nes- nes S thin tune Cowers owen Like a green blue tapes tapes- V Vy X it t them in m on cither side Only a as tb b u. u V ar r slowed for lor an instant when I I U ar a T Corner carner vor or could one make k out A 4 i of V pf foxglove ox lo e wild rose V or It bb w e Bettys Betty's 9 1 firs rs V I of a rambling En V la lane Jane e and bet I rn mind nd hew ew back b-ack to the tho stolid French euch U- U r ro l lined cd with staid order orderly 1 If IS OP V VI l I 7 Thi ill i is made ade Quito quite mad iliad by compari compari- I 4 she hid to herself hencH f but jut k 1 t rn mad d Eke The Thed aloud VV J to lOw frs B cr n as the bbc leaned back V J IInes V VV e I y they arc are En Jh b V they were down a a. a nar nar- I alley the tho hawthorn V hedges e ea meL o the thc hc AFa t t bound W was IJ if a going froin b r rs through n a t tunnel Baxter dId ad not hear bear but she v 1 iod d smiled to t save ave H Betty th fron A a of V l Betty sat Eat directly behind Mr Ir Baxter at the thc other ido sido of f the tho car clr from Bob and though h jOie he could study him hint tr l d she bad bud after tho first shock of oC m m avoided looking at him She SIte I had wanted to bo ho alono quite alone quite quite I alone She Site wanted to think it jt all aft all over t to o reconstruct herself as ill it were re to adjust ad ad- j just to this now this totally m unexpected d edition of her old od playmates play mates ftc 8 So phe had t the distraction t tion ion of thi this intoxicating beauty that f m wani past rast her in mu IU the tho golden oldon nier liazo haz If it lulL did not nol leave heave her to herself at least it took her ber away ay from froni this Bob Bub this disturbing giant with his hits hist broad V shoulders betit forward easily in t the Iho iD business o of steering I and who now at last Jast held OS and would not lot let thorn them go o. o Not cw even n the thc wild roses could drag her hel glance and they continued their mad backward hackward race with the lie foxgloves lo l and ferns and harebells hare ro I bells and all unobserved by hr Mies 8 U Betty tt Thompson A And lid presently n she bo found herself 1 waiting for the tho moment moment- when whon ho he would turn a again a n to speak to hi his hilS m father when she hc would once more moTO 6 see 0 his hil profile Something Hiram L Baxter had har just said aid caused Bob to te laugh 85 s ho turn turned d his head hea and Betty laughed aloud for sheer 5 sym m path pathy A moment before Bob Dob had L open beu frowning and anil with th trip heavy Baxter eyebrows and pugnacious jaw by the regularly rl modeled f features of of his Ins 1 handsome father Bob Bobs Bob's face iu iii repose only just missed r bin being plain just missed d it Betl Betty thou bt b by that miss that is as 35 good goodas I as a a. mile milr And ud nd now when he laughed I every feature ever every lino Uno of his hill honest houet hou hon et est face faco scorned to collaborate in tho the I expression of irresistible mirth V They were cro turning in at nt th tho park parkgate gate tto of For Por a moment the oar ear came Caine to a standstill chutter 1 in mg ng impatiently while a small apple apple- 1 faced child a little girl Irl with reddish h ir and wondering CS vho I eyes lia had I wat watched their approach fr from tho thc I of th the tho lodge the iron irongate I j gate atc slowly open Ah At tJi th he car lunged forward again agair I I Betty gave fa a ba backward looH oo along thc tho shaded b d roadway ay Tho figure of a young woman 1 in It a 1 scarlet cloak slim dark foreign looking a gypsy per per- balI was standing in m in th the shadow r rat at al a turn turu of tho the road watching them their i intently The next instant she ha had disappeared among the trees Ii It I happened so o quickly b that as the iron irom 1 cato tato cJan clanged ed behind them tho ho sear scar let et of th girls girl's cloak was all an that tha Bettys Betty's mind mind retained of the thc picture It wits was a peculiar I shade 0 of Where had sho I seen cen it before U CHAPTER V. V The Rev Horatio Merle In order to make it clear how bow Hes ter of the scarlet cloak for it was she bapp happened to be waiting at time the Jod lodge o 0 gate on the evenin evening of of Betty Bett Thomp Thom Thompsons son sons son's s 's a arrival we Wc must go IO ba back k a U and consider the activities of the Hc Rev Horatio Merle during the previous S twenty four hours It If was on the morning Of the day pre pre ceding Hiram Ilu-ani Baxters Baxter's return and ami th tho 0 curate and his wife were Jin lingering erin R ov over r their in repast the sunn sunny y breakfast t room rOOD of Bainbridge e manor A nice little little clerical man an a pink an and ii puffy puff woman ho bo with find finely V drawn features and nd thin side bide whiskers m hc with alert almost domineering ives w Good gracious cried Mrs rs Mesh Merle lookin looking up from the newspaper Just Jos t U listen to this Hora Horatio tio I r am listening my dear ear sal said I Horatio carefully replacing in iu it its S Dresden cup the c egg which had been bee n doin doing preliminary duty duty as a n hand band d warmer clasped between bis devotional ii palms ahns But Batt Harriet Merle with hh the tho self self- absorption of or newspaper monopolists monopolist S 'S Y was 8 now reading rapidly half aloud half hal T to herself with incoherence C first class carriage ge pocket pocket- nyc five thousand pou pounds fo progressive ber J hJ searched rc bishop 01 mm if V That ac accounts for it sho bo ho said laid at last t. t J laying yi down the newspaper p per That That explains it repeated repealed Harriet II Explains what haU Wh What t is it all an about f queried her husband nervous nervous- lv ls adjusting his eyeglasses which magnified mag mag- to an tip almost goblin intensity the note of interrogation in in his palo pale blue buc yes v Harriet briefly ted tho the startling news of the stolen purse to a a. running accompaniment of Tut tut tnt II Bless my soul soul Well Yell I never never from her astonished spouse who straightway trai htway br bogged begged to see seo tho the newspaper pa paper per for him himself of anti and with fascinated in interest in mu- mu terest studied tho the details of the tho rob rob- bery Clover er piece of work the curate muttered Looks like a high cla class s crook And his eyes went 1 off oft into space pace A rook crook t Horatio What do 10 you mean Nothing my mv dear dcarl Nothing he lie assured her with a a. guilty look looks for the truth was thi this thip mild mannered clergy clergyman I man mau adored detective m mysteries and Jn ju In hi his hi secret Ecret chamber had rl devoured cd num bers of them Now you JOll see fee ec Horatio the tho bishop will be detained in London over Friday and as Dr Dibble is laid up with his lus throat that is wh why the tho pro progressive e eul ul mothers thors have bavo asked you to deli deliver vcr the at the tho opening of the tho bazar 1 Dear dear i f sighed Horatio inor mg ng tho the all important matter of the ad ad- hess PS- PS Such a Jar large c sum such an in incredible in in- credible sum sum Fan Fancy Josin losing any anything thin so eo hu huge e as 1000 he be smiled at the thou thought bt Its HI like like its its it's liko hiko the mu musician musi i. i dan cian who lost Jost a ba bass B drum arum in a ban ban- pom cab rab Now o if it wore s 5 Or c even cn 5 5 I could really sympathize I and speak speak- speaking ns int of sympathy Harriot harriet I think I Imil will mil m go co to tho the rectory this morning and andeo Seo eo eo if there thre is anything I J can do for Joor Dr Dibble I do nothing of the tho kin larriet had bath finished her I fast breakfast au and sow low Ow roso rose majestically to h bAr hor r full height of five o vo feet three inches including her ber pompadour and military heels Yo go co straight strail to your room and write your pro progressive re mothers ad ad- dr dress ss You Yon make m may Ii light bt of our pov pov- erty and the humiliating dependence it entails on the tho hospitality Of Dl my cou cousin in Hiram hiram hiram- Second cousin in gently cor cor- reeled Horatio Sho She swept tho limo interruption a aside ide I Yon ou ma may even cn scoff at m my soy relationship relation relation- ship to Cousin Eleanor hut hilt nm shall not make Ji light bt of this thil opportunity It Tt is not only 3 an honor Horatio but is is alto 3 a- a Harriet hesitated I Honorarium 4 su suggested her hus bus hand She nodded II I I dont don't know how much but we 0 cannot afford aorl to ignore it an and heide there is no knowing what it il may lead to Poor dear den Dr Dibble must bo be in his bis ci eighties and another of t these e attacks attacks attacks- Horatio raised a hand in protest My t dear I bc beg of you not to impute such guch mercenary motives to my ray anxiety V about Dr Dibbles Dibble's health V But Harriet was wa l not listening she he hc I was gazing with an arm expression of oC horror at Horatio's outstretched bau baud o I Horatio sho exclaimed He lIe examined t no hack back of hii his Jis two to hands then turned them over ocr and hold theme them out with the air aim of a schoolboy IP V I expecting to bo be scolded I Ir assure vou you vou m my dear ear I T scrubbed l I them with all In my might bt but hut the water was so 50 cold s-o s o very cold he be shiv shiv- at the recollection oD Harriet shook hook her head It ft isn't that she sho said Then urben what is it my dear This sUf suspense is k killing llin me nic Your cuff cuffs Horatio lEer Her voice had bad iu iii it a note nole of an an- For lor the moment all nfl the pitiful makeshifts of the last Jast few months ever since since Horatio nel fr from 01 his bis last pulpit and their present pr depend depend- enCe on the tho bour bounty t of a distant rela rein tive seemed to find conc concentrated p ex cx- in Horatio frayed fraye liar Har riet riot was on the verge of tears teams V Como Come to your aur room she said I t will WIn get et my scissors V They paused at t the first landing of the long Z oak staircase Harriet for breath Horatio for Harriet I I r wish you ou thought more of your Jour appearance Horatio she panted Cousin Hiram though b he is itS only au an American is so so particular about his bis shirts V If If I Thad had Cousin Hiram's I r money mi ht V l No Not you Horatio You'd spend it all an ou on ch charities and Iud Aurora Angora u ora I cats eats and and and-and and mechanical toys toy 1 she adI added 11 Indi indignantly c And Amid lid real lace for my mx old Dutch laughed Horatio putting g e- hi hiarm his arm around her and satin atin sUppers slippers like the Countess CO hates H. H Tim 4 TIm Tho i snapped mapped Harriet Horatio tio felt foil her bc's of aversion at nt 1 tho tim mention of Kate it Ho HI 11 vinti what mt Harriet wn wac t thinking knew what bate bat she e would say sa- saif if s she he spoke Kato Kate had bad no woman roman of 19 49 c can n forgive she he bo bad youth y Kate atc had other things equally u unforgivable ablo thin things s that went wit with J y and s satin tiu slippers and a a. a a tite a title HUe t after all is a tittle even evon if it only a a. title and Harriet classed German titles in in mn a a. a vague category with rith German silver German mea measles c cousins cousin German and and Germans coming comini now said Horatio Hora Horn t tio io interrupting her ber thou thoughts bh What Who WhoP The satin slippers sUppers he ho repeated in ina a stage whisper and pointed u upward nvard His choice of word words moved even Haret Harriet Har Har- n riet et to reluctant mirth for br the countess h had ad put on hea heavy walking boots boot and t tho he sound Mund of them now descending the thc uncarpeted rp oak stairs was anything b but ut satin Kate Iato paused a a. iner in h her er downward flight to exchange the u usual sual mornin morning insincerities She Y was wasa a splendid specimen of British young womanhood with b her r d dark rk we well well- b behaved hair and green gray eyes capitally capi tally ally t set etoff et off by a gray t eed walking 5 tiit HarrIet T hr resentfully What right bad Kate to the lon complexion o of f an ear early r riser when she fhe be always b breakfasted in b bed |
