Show A WONDERFUL WOMAN BY MAY AGNES FLEMING I r could coul never nC be an enemy of or you yours YOUl'S re Gaston Gaston II never er Do what they mi night ht I never could hate those hose whom I once loved lo My Iy likes litH'S and dislikes como come at first filst sight I detested that woman from flom the tho moment 1 I set et eyes on her Feminine instinct I suppose Thero ThelO Theros Is s no love lost between you ou darling Ive I've caught her looking at you ou at times who she sho thought no one was is-as watching watch watch- h ing ng g her hir and and J it tI wasn't J J. J a nut loo look Iyo Q W l I She s a great deal hOt but I i It isn isna isn't a very mirthful smile and Il sh s 's the tho sort of woman to lo present j you ou a disc d of strychnine and a kiss together What Vhal does hoes she do o at An tn Anold Anold old friend of hi his I think Sir John said He lie didn't look 1001 at lie her he In a avery avery very Ny friendly manner mannel h by the lie bye he as ashe ashe asic he ic said It She Is a most unwelcome intruder It i is easy to lo be bc seen to Sir SIl John as well as aR to you rou Why In then does o s he lie not nol give her hel con congo conge e Au Ah wh why Indeed repeated repeated re re- re- re with a frown I r 1 wish some someone someone someone one would tell me wh why There Is some secret understanding between them hem that thai I cant can't fathom 1 i wonder if f pa papa pala ever committed a murder or 01 ora ora a forgery or some sonic Interesting crime of that sort and that this human human hu hu- man nian cat has found It Jl out and holds holis lh the tho secret eret like the sword of Dam Dam Dini- what's what's hs suspended tl o cr o 0 or er his head by a single hair hall That would be 10 like the plot of or a modern nove novel Like the thc plot of or a a. modern no novel perhaps hut but not In tho lie least last like Sir J John oh n Dangerfield Still I think youre you're right Kathie there here Is a secret understanding un un- and If that lint un understanding relates to a crime I dont don't believe Sir Fir John ever committed it The llie lear dear old olti dad doesn't over U 31 1 above like me mo my darling dallIng still lies he's a game ame old bird and anti never did mortal man manor manor manur or ur woman wilful wrong TOns in his life Im I'm positive Doesn't our florid little often speak in iii an odd old sort of Way va of your YOUl mother Kathie Now it strikes me the secret secret fur for there Is Isone one one involves Involves her hel I I 1 think it very cry likely Indeed re responded responded ye- ye KatherIne and I told papa so only yesterday You did lid And what did ho lie sa say Nothing satisfactory satisfactory only only only lost hl his a temper temper a chronic loss with him since Inco Mrs l advent ad lie u used cl to tobe tobe be he the tho dearest old love but hut hes he's become be he- conio come completely demoralized since that lint womans woman's been heen In iii the hou house e She always talks tall as if she had been an intimate friend of my mothers mother's and papa fidgets and antI winces and turns red and pale by hy turns and r iver says saysa a wor word woid Mysteries l may uc be very vury In Interesting in- in said Miss Dangerfield with Ith witha Itha a frown but hut Id I'd rathe havo them neatly neally bound In cloth than 1 live in the house with them One comfort is Is' she is going to leave utI ars before he- he fore fore fore- S Kathorine blushed and laughed and broke offWell off uIT Well Vell ma belle hiehle lo hc when shien Before oh Before oh well wo WI aro alO married Now No on on the lie pub pub- public lic lie road sir dont don't Its It's all ull very well weB to know lwow that lint the lie sh ilna tJ of tho ho fathers I shall be visited on the children andall and all that but hut it its it's nowhere In the catechism onto cate I chism chisin that the tho Inconvenient Incon ship of or the Iho mother shall hall an and I devoutly dc- dc e- e youth wish our vl visitor In Joppa Jom I never saw m my mother that I can roe rec I 1 never nc heard papa paa f i oak much about her anti and everybody tells me nie I dont don't look the lie least In the world like her her I I dont don't look 1001 like paI papa d either eIther Colonel Colonel and und the late Mrs 1 Dangerfield Dan- Dan gerfield were both han handsome No o 1 I dont don't want to compliment ito no oven ell your yoUl eyes Gaston can make mako m mo me out our other othor than sallow and plain And 11 d' d with a little droop of or the lie head a little falter of th the young voice olce I never wished In all my life as I have O wished to be bo beautiful since t since I have known you My l dearest t Kathie Kathle Mr 11 wild said politely struggling with a yawn awn for a vel very sensible girl Irl as girls go o. o you OU can talk precious us nonsense some fome- Sallow and plain I 1 confess confes I should never havo have found It out ll It you had hatI not told lold me You dont don't want ant antI to tu be lie cast lii tho ho mould of or the stere stereotype I rt I British young lady Indy I hope with a. a face inee like a pink and white wax wax din I anil f o h head more hollow I can cnn only nh say iy uy If you had you ou would never ne hael have havo l bewitched me iuie 1 Gaston Miss Dangerfield sai said do I 0 you ou mow know what they say in Cas what Mrs Its Va asor says about you yon you Not at pl present answered M- M with his customary Imperturbable ur- ur bable bablo sa sang bang 11 I reid frold nothing nothing good ool thou though h Im I'm quite certain flu They Th say say say-It It Is almost an to you to repeat It that It that it It is not Kati- Kati erine Dan you ou love but the heiress of S She he l looked l up lq o see ee some outburst I S F t I 11 1 Ii p S You dont don't think that Is h news new to tome me do you ou OLi Of course e they think why wh why shouldn't th they they they-I y-l y I would m myself In their theil place My h dear child and haven't seen you OU are arc seventeen se much of or life life life-I'm Im I'm seven and twenty ond have seen it in all Its Us phases And AndI I tell you OU no poor man such as I 1 am over 01 Ci married a wealthy wealth wife yet that the same wasn't said He lie may love lovel l her el with the lie passion of a second Romeo lt It It will make no difference She Is rich he lie Is poor and It naturally follows h he ho must ho bo a mere merc mercenary fortune There were people In Lyons perhaps II who said Claude Mel Mel- only wanted Pauline for fOl her lot fOI tune lune until he lie proved his disinterested disinterested- nOM 1058 Of 01 course e they sa say Im I'm a fOI for tune hunter and adventurer I I would be beery very ery greatly surprised If they did not jint Your Yom father thinks thinks Mrs Va Va- vasor asor knowing how she he would act in inin m in my place thinks so your OUr your cousin Peter Pet Pt er or 1 furious with his hs late lale rejection thin thinks Ii inks Ii so But you you you-Kah ou Kathle my fe-my my darling darling- ho bent his hits pathetic liquid dark eyes upon her hot you rou surely do rho donot donot not hOt If you OU do then iO then here this here this moment mom mom- cut ent bid me go n. n and 1 I will obey bOY Gaston what Gaston what nonsense If I h be lie- lIe Nl would I be h at your our side now I should die tIle Ir If I doubted you VOll Mr fro laughed a little cynicallY cally eally S No o you wouldn't die J Broken en hearts went v out ut of fashion with Paul and Virginia and anti our great grandmothers You'd not dl die Kathle you'd you'd forget me In six months for for for- what you ou could easily find a ibid a better man nian Mr 11 was w would uld have been heen very easy to find a better holler man hut but Katherine Dan field was seven seven- teen te-en and thc tho glamour of a melodious voice olce of or Spanish C eyes an and a a. face like Ilk some ome Rembrandt picture was upon her and her whole heart henrt was In the lie words I would never forget When WheaT I foret forget forget for for- get et you true you true or 01 false fal false I J c-J I shall have ha for forgotten all things earthly Something In iii her lieu tone In iii her eyes moved mo him hini He lIe lifted ono one of or her hands and kissed ItI ItI it It I am not half worthy worth such love e and trust t as yours I was isas a villain not Kathie not fit to I kiss ls the lie hem of your our garment My I life has been otto ono long round of Reckless days and reckless night nights nights- Unholy songs and tipsy fights But nut I will try try try-r I will will will-to to make you ou happy when you are arc my wife An tho he sooner that rIa lay day comes conies now the better beller Miss Dangerfield resuming his customary careless tone one are you ou aware It Is beginning to rain I It hind hall been a fitful October dayno dano day day- no now no noun sun SUit un gleams now gray Iray gloom J looked up at the sk sky andone and andone one due great drop IOp then another fell upon her hirr face The whole sky was dark arle with drifting clouds and growing each Instant darker The storm which hall hau been blEn brewing all da day clay was close upon them And we W are arc five fire miles from Seats Scats wood and In five c minutes the rain wll wOI descend In torrents Gaston what we do I V I had rather not get drenched papa will scold And Ancl I had rather not get set drenched d de cn een c e n without papa a-papa 1 to scold cold h Dren hInl h- h lug Ing Includes watery water eyes eos nn nna md a tendency to talk through ones one's no nose e and is not an Interesting complaint I somewhere Cant Can't we run to cover er You know everybody In this thin neighbor neighbor- hood Theres There's Mayor ii Cs Place I behold through the trees tree s. V My I dear deal I understand your our hesi hesi- tation The gallant major did his be best t tto to snub me inc the other day but Im I'm dont don't much of or a n fon forgiving turn and mind I r think I could endure that tho old grim looks more more easily t than tho ho raging elements clements on the lie op open n downs Shall wo vo mako make for Marchmont Marchmont March March- mont 1 No said I Katherine If It you can endure Major Marchmont's Insults Instills I cant can't We Ve can do better than that that that- we can go to Bracken Hollow Continued tomorrow morning |