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Show ! Her Daughter and His Soo A CVanf Married Life Siory by I IDAH McGLONE GIBSON l ANN1 LEAVCS SCHOOL I heard the .sound of the blow and a feeling of horror swept over me R9 1 r,;tvv Qtce'jB clicck turn a bri'.lian: red from under iuv hund, ihen I realised real-ised thai I had so lar lorgotun nfyseH as to strike h r. 'Miss Wh'.tson! The vordv cn.me In horrified accents from the doorwuy ; nd 1 turned and found Miss luniing ton. the taaohor I liked besl In s tb school. "What i.- ihih. Mis, WhitSOD ' fan I believe my eyep.' I did not knoa that aD.v young lady in (his school would fo lar forget herself." Grace, as soon as she knew that Ihe teacher was In the room, sank to the floor v illi a moan and as Miss Hum- ington came fotward to pick her up. she pretended to falnl Rllsa Iluiinn,. tun .-hook her not too genii) and ihn I n ulued that she had probably heard flic provocation, ; yvell a'ia the n-gfltinnjM n-gfltinnjM alap n ihln time, however, ('race was In a perfect torrent nl tears, hysterically proctaimlng the tact thai she was badly hurt ;.nd that I inns: be rnad t tlo BUcfl :t thir.g to ohe v h j had alvsays heen bo kind lo me. "I will not slay in this school an , other moment," iaid (lracr "My moth' 1 et cerlainlv would not let me ttay ifj she knew what that terrible young woman has done to mo. she did no. want me to Mu; lure when she knew thai Ann was here." 'Yon don't have to go." I said "I iu not intend to slay ia school long-1 I or;" "But Jrouhjj ladles, vm nuis: lei DM ! settle this." said Miss Huntlnglon. "P was settled Ion--' ;z-. Mis- Hunt jinfion;' 1 raid. "And 1 am sure that' ( after whi.1 baa happened you will be I only loo glad to get rid of me." "Go to your room now, child 1 will come up and talk ii oer with you j laier," said Mis Huntington. I "Miss Cameron, I will take you to 'your roeni and 1 hope yoti will not make n scene on the way through the: I hal! You can sit here for ihe moment I until you get over this hysteria." I closed the iloor then :nd going to I i in; room 1 commenced to pack my! I clothes; for I knew that alter whati happened it would be impossible for me to slay in the same school with ('race Cameron I bad no mraor.. "I'm glad I did I it." I said to myself. She deserved Jit; she had no business to say lo me I the ibings she did. I'm glad I did it and I would do it again. She's a littl." cat. and she s going to make Ken-rclhV Ken-rclhV life perfectly miserable She doesn't rare at all and she would , break yffth him tomorrow if his father' should lose his tudney. 1 wish I had slapped her again." I said viciously, i 1 did nol know had been talking oui loud until I beard the soft voice of Miss Huntingdon -aying: "Oh. my i dear! You do not wish anything of: the kind " "Yes, I do; she deserved It. All j these long months -he has been here With me she has tortured me in every way possible. Sh- has circulated the unkinde-i Blortefl .ibom my dear moth-jei moth-jei imons tlv girls. She has broken, 'up the friendship between Kenneth Halsey nnd myself." "Do you know Kenneth Halsey'" she said. In a surprised tone, j "iVe known him quite as long as Grace YW three srew up toaethei And oh. Mis:: Hunnnton. you must I have seen how ihe girls of Ibis school, I have avoided me. I know you have seen it. because you have been pnr-1 pnr-1 licularly nice to me and it's all hrr fault." And before I knew it I was; pOUTifig out the story of my mother's '. sad life and my unlortunate birth , right. Miss Huntington took me in her arms before I hail finished. ' I've Pe n It all. my dear, and I know you had! I great provocation. Cut, Ann. JTOuj '.should not have done it." j "It will be the best thing that ever' - happened to Grace." "But think of the cost to yourself. ' my dear." "Ye, it came high, but still I ami glad I did it and now I hare got to MSMlaaaaaaaa ro home to my mother and tell ber how horrid I haw been." That reminds me that I have a let-1 ter for you. It came just after I sentj ou lo the village, Ann." I took the envelope from Jier hand. Tomorrow News from Home. |