Show 0 C 7 A 00 abw JO C LIN 1911 by D appleton co CAROLINE AND STEPHEN BREAK OFF diplomatic RELATIONS WITH THE CAPTAIN synopsis atwood groves graves new york lawyer goes to south dens dans boro cope coil to see sea captain ellelia warren caught in a terrill lc e while on the way lie he mccaa caan warren by accident arid goes with tho the latter to his home the lawyer informs ifon ns warren that hla his brother whom lift lie lint had riot not seen been for eighteen years ling lina died billed rind named him ns as guardian of his two children caroline aged twenty and stephen aged nineteen tho the captain tells graves ho he will go to now new york and look over the hie situation before deciding whether lie ho w will 11 accept tho the trust tho the captains arrival in new york causes conster consternation n a among ills his wards nil and the heir fr aristocratic friends tho the I 1 a makes friends with james rein Pen son moll it reporter then lie ho consults WI with I 1 11 sylvester liend head of graves firm tile tho captain decided to accept ills his brothers trust sylvster sylvester Is pleased please but graves expresses disgust rind di dismay sinny pearson calls and Is surprised for he had known tho the young warrens rind their father caroline asks tho the captains aid for a servant whose eliose father was burt by an auto the captain finds that malcolm dunn had caused the injury and makes lint help in ili paying the sufferers expenses until his death pearson bearson tells ells tho the captain of a 1 difference ference If lie he had with rogers warren because lio lie refused to help tile tho latter in a shady transaction captain plans a birthday celebration for caroline but the latter who with steve had been spending tho the day with during falls to return for dinner CHAPTER X continued 10 at last the bell rang captain might sprang up smiling his bis impatience and worry forgotten and pushing the butler aside hurried to open the door himself lie ile did so ana faced not his niece and nephew but pearson good evening captain hulled balled the young man cheerily expect rne me did you I 1 dropped in for a moment to stake shake lands bands with you and to offer congratulations to miss aliss warren then noticing the expression on his friends face he be added the matter anything wrong am I 1 intruding no not nol course not youre as welcome as another egg in a poor ioor mans henhouse come right in and take off 01 your things im glad gad to see you only well wel the fact la Is I 1 thought thou glit caroline comin home she and stevie was to be hero here over two hours houra ago and I 1 cant imagine keepin em cm 11 lie ile insisted upon his visitors remaining although the latter when ho he understood der stood the situation was reluctant to do so but a good many minutes passed and still they did not come pearson aware of his companions growing anxiety chatted of the novel of the people at the boarding house of any tiling thing arid and everything lie he could think of likely to divert attention from tho the one important topic the answers he received were more rind more briet brief and absent at last when edwards again appeared appealingly mute at the entrance to the dining room captain ellsha with a sigh which was almost a groan surrendered 1 I guess to ho said reluctantly 1 I guess jim there aint any use waltin any longer kept lem cm and they dont be here for dinner you and ill set down and cat though I 1 aint I 1 got the appetite I 1 calIn cal ted to have CHAPTER XI caroline I 1 want you EARSON had dined hours before P PEARSON but lie he followed his bis friend resolved to please the latter hy by go ing through the form of pretending to eat cat they sat down together captain ellsha with a rueful smile pointed to the floral centerpiece 0 we wont touch the birthday cake jim im 11 he added a little later ashes got to cut that herself tile the soup was only lukewarm but neither of them commented on the fact the captain had bad scarcely tasted of his when ho he paused his spoon in air iley he exclaimed Ll listen steril that dy by the overl astin it Is hero here they are at bastl lie sprang up with such enthusiasm that his chair tipped backward against tho the butlers devoted demoted shins pearson almost as much pleased also rose captain hilska paid scant atte attention ribon to the chair incident what are you waltin for tori he demanded whirling on edwards who was righting the chair with one hand and rubbing hla his knee with the other dont you hear bear em cm at the door lot let em cm in I 1 lie reached the library first lila his friend following moro leisurely caroline and stephen lind had just entered well he cried in his bis quart quarterdeck erdeck voice his face beaming with relief and delight you tire are here aint nent you I 1 begun to think why ahava the matter the question was addressed to ste ate phen who stood nearest to him the boy did not deign to reply with it contemptuous grunt he be turned scorn fully away from his big guardian 1 what Is it caroline demanded captain clAp tain ellsha illas has anything bap led the girl looked coldly at him A n new w brooch sirs airs corcoran dunns birthday gift alft sparkled at her throat no accident has fins happened if that Is what you mean she said but why yes yea that was waa what I 1 meant you was so awful late and you sou know you said tie be home for dinner so 1 I changed my mind come stove steve sho she turned to leave 0 the room peak pear son at that moment entered it stephen saw him first what lie ho cried well of sill all the nerve bervol I 1 look carol caro t jim sir mr pearson I 1 mean ran in a few minutes ago explained captain ellsha bewildered and stammering he thought of course wed had bad din nor and rind lie lic just w anted to wish you many happy returns caroline pearson had extended ills his hand and a good evening was on his lips stephens strange behavior and language caused him to halt lie ile flushed lu shed avak ward surprised indignant caroline turned rind and saw jilin him she started rind and her cheeks also grew crimson then recovering she looked him full in the face and deliberately and disdainfully turned her back come steve sho she said bald again oud and walked from the room iier her brother besita hesitated ted glared at pearson and then stalked haughtily after her captain elyshas Ells has bas bewilderment was supreme eme ile ho stared open mouthed after ills his nephew and niece and then turned slowly to ills his friend what on earth jim bo be stammered it mean pearson shrugged his shoulders 1 I think I 1 know what it means mcana he said il 1 I presume that alias warren and her brother have learned of my trouble with their father iley hey no you dont think it 1 I think theres no doubt of it IL but how 1 I dont know how what I 1 do know to is that I 1 should not have come here I 1 felt it and it if you will remember I 1 said so I 1 was a fool good night captain 11 hot flot and furiously angry at ills his own indecision which had placed him in this humiliating situation lie ho was striding toward the hall captain H iisha ellsha seized bis big arm stay where you tire are jimal he be commanded it if tho the troubles what you think it Is im more to blame than any body else and you shant leave this house till ive done my best to square you fou thank you but I 1 dont wish to be squared ive done nothing to bo be ashamed of and I 1 have borne as 1118 many mally insults no as I 1 can stand im going go ng no you aint not yet I 1 want you to stay at that moment stephen stephens i voice reached them from thu the adjoining room 1 I tell you I 1 shall carol it pro fiercely do you suppose im going to permit that follow fellow 0 o como come here agalli again or to go until he be la is made to understand what we think ot of him and why no by fadl im the man of this family and ill toll tell him a few things pearsons jaw set bet grimly YOU tou may let go of my wrist captain warran ho be said ill stays stay possibly Step liens intense desire to prove his big manliness made him self conscious at any rate ho be never appeared more ridiculously boyish than when nn instant later he bo marched into ilia library and confronted lis his undo uncle and pearson Pc arson 11 II I I want to say he be began ma jestic ally 1 I want to say aay ile ho paused choking and brandished brandishes bran dished his elal 1 I want to say he began again all right stevie interrupted interrupt the captain daly then id say eay it tf f I 1 wits was you I 1 gums itt its time you did 1 I want to to tell that fellow there with a vicious stab of hla forefinger in the direction of pearson Pea reon that the A I 1 cou con sider elder him an on an iterate ana and a byoun drel and a miserable steady I 1 captain Ells bashas bas interruption was sharp this time steady bowl leavo leave out the pet names what to is it youve got to tell 1 I my slater sister and I 1 have bavo found out what a scoundrel ho he Is wb bhatt we have learned of tho the lies he be wro wrote to about father wo we know that lie ho was w as responsible for all that cowardly lying stuff in the planet all that about the trolley combine and wo we dont dollt intend that he bo shall sneak into tills this house bouse if was wan the least of a man lie he would never have come mr warren began pearson Ien stepping forward the captain interrupted hold on jim I 1 lie he said bald just a minute in now youve learned you say bay stevie the mang dunna told you I 1 spose never mind who told roo me I 1 1 I dunt dont much but I 1 guess wed bettor better lieve a clear nil all of ua w caroline will you come in here please ile he stepped toward the door stephen sprang in front of him my sister intend to cheapen herself by entering that mans presence lie declared hotly ril ill deni with jilin him myself jall all right but I 1 guess shed better bo be here just the same caroline Coro lluc I 1 want you she shant come yes she shall Caroll nol nel the boy would have detained him but lie ho pushed him firmly aside and walked toward the door before ho be reached it however his nacco appeared well she said coldly what Is it you want of me 1 I want you to hear mr pearsons side of this bus business liness and mine dilno before you do anything bo be sorry for 1 I think ive heard quite enough of mr pearson bearson already nothing lie he can say or do will make inake me more sorry than I 1 am ain or humiliate tile me more than the ilia fact that I 1 have treated fronted him ns as it friend the ley icy contempt in her tone lone was cutting pearsons frice face was white but lie he spoke clearly and with walli dellb bellber antion miss alias Wil warren irren lie he said 1 I must insist that you listen for another moment I 1 owe you an apology for apology I 1 broke in stephen with a scornful laugh Apolo apology gyl 1 well by gad just hear that carol the girls lip ill curled 1 I do not wish to hear your apology she said hut but I 1 wish you to hear it not for my attitude in the trolley matter nor for what I 1 published in tile planet planca no nor r ar 7 91 V k 6 well sho sha said raid coldly what do you want of me for my port part in the disagreement with your father I 1 wrote tile the truth nod and nothing more I 1 considered it right then I 1 told your father so and I 1 have not changed my illy mind I 1 should net act exactly the same under similar clr cir cum 11 you blackguard 1 shouted stephen bearson ignored him utterly 1 I do owe you nn an apology lie continued for coming here as I 1 have done knowing knotting that you were ignorant of the affair I 1 believe now that aliat you are aio misinformed as to the facts but that is Inin immaterial interial you should have been told of my lily trouble with mr air warren I 1 should have insisted upon it that I 1 did riot not do so Is my fault arid I 1 naolo gize but for that only good evening ile ho shook himself free from the lie cap talas grasp bowed to ilia trio arid and left the room an instant later UP alie outer door closed behind jilin him caroline turned to her brother brot lier come steve she bald stay right where you tire arel I 1 captain Ills lia did riot not request now lie he commanded in stevie Stev le stand still caroline I 1 want to talk to you the girl hesitated she had never been spoken to in that tone before iler her pride lind find wen been already deeply wounded by what she lind had learned that afternoon she was arcely resentful angry and rebellious she was sure she never hated any one ns as site sho did this dian who iio ordered her ter to stay arid listen to him but sho stayed caroline wild captain ellsen Ell slin niler a moment of sile silence nep 1 I presume of course I 1 dont know for sar tit but I 1 presume likely its I 1 mrs dinin i rind that son ot of hert her dhove told you what you think you know it concern you who boldus tol told dus us blustered stephen pushing forward ile ho might have been a fly buzzing on tile wall for or nil all the attention his uncle paid to him 1 I presume likely the donna told you caroline lie ho repeated calmly ills his niece met ills gazo gaz stubbornly well she and it they did wasal it necessary we should know it oh with a shudder of disgust 1 wish I 1 could make you understand liow low ashamed I 1 fet feel 1 how wicked find ashamed I 1 feel that II 11 I 1 I 1 should havo have disgraced my fathers memory by oh ob but chere I 1 I 1 cant I 1 yes mrs biro runn rind malcolm did tell us ninny things lod god that wo we have friends to tell us the ho truth trutha I 1 amen I 1 quietly ill say amen to that caroline tiny any time only I 1 want you to bo be suro sure those you call friends uro are ones and that tile tho truths they tell aint like it bait on it 11 fishhook put on il for bait and just thick enough to cover the ho barb do you mean to insinuate screamed tho the irrepressible nephew wild tit nt being so ao completely ignored ills ilia uncle again paid not tile the slightest but that aint neither hero here nor there now ow ho he went on oil mr al V arar ear son on just told you that hat his conlin coming g to this his house without tellin you fust of ils ills quarrel with hillje was ills his fault that ahat aint so the fault was mine nl al together og ether lie he told tile me the whole story told old me ilia that lie ho hant called since it happened on that hat very account arid and I 1 t took tho the whole responsibility an I 1 I 1 ask ed 1 htiu him to come I 1 did I 1 do you know why iche if ho expected an answer none was given carolinas lids dropped disdainfully steve she said lets RO go stop I 1 stay hero here until I 1 finish I 1 want to say that I 1 tell you about tile trolley fuss because I 1 wanted you to learn sonio things for yourself I 1 wanted you to know mr bir pearson to find out what sort of inan lie ho livas afore you judged him then when you had known him long enough to understand lie he it i liar ilar and it blackguard rind nud till nil that steve ling has call culled lint I 1 was gain to tell you the ho whole truth not a part of it and after that I 1 was gain to let you do de clde aldo for yourself what to do im a lot older than you tire ive mixed with all sorts sorta of folks im post past tile stage where I 1 can call he be fooled hy by false hair bair or soft soap you cant pour sweet oil over a rind and make tile ino bellevo its n sardine I 1 know tho ilia pearson stock ive sailed over a hasip of 0 stilt salt water with ono one of tho ilia family anil and ivo ive kept my eyes cyca open since sanco ive run accost this particular member anti and I 1 kaw your father too caroline warren and I 1 say to you now that knowin jim pearson and bijo warren benyes yes and knowin tile tho rights rind wrongs of that trolley business quite ns as well its as malcolm dunn or claf L Is I 1 say bay to you that although bijo wits was my brother ill hot bet my life that jim had nil the right on ills side therel there 1 the truth and no look 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