TJ11Q M13DK0m MA 1 L TIUBUNIC, MEDFORD, OHKOON. SUNDAY. FEBRUARY 13, 19.10.
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The GUEST '
OF
By i 0
Booth Tarkington
QUESNAY
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Ctfnmi IW IH. tr iU Uii (mhi)
Ihk ut her vyi'H, wlilcli wcro very wldo
nnd very lirlllliint. "Ilojvcver, J lo
Hove yoti iilwnyn do."
"Ah." hIiu Minllcd, "I know you
llioiiclit mc iilroclutiN from the first.
Yon find tnyrliidM of oIiJocIIomm to mo,
don't yon'"
I Jmtl fowl I uri to look nwny from
Iter I'ji'N, ii nd I kept on forgetting.
I
HJAI'TI'lt NMII.
T I linixxllilc In nn.V wlml Mnrl-
iiiiii would luivo dmii Imd there
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ii1 Ill-Oil 1(11 Il.ll'l KM IMU'V, "(
worked licihclf Into uuv of thoHe
fiirlc which unnmii i f her type enn
nltnlii when tlii'y fed tin orcnuloii
('('IiimimIk i. Mtit IlniiM'iin throw liU
rrniH iilwitit Imt. Mr. Percy enmc to his
iiNnlMiuiro, nnd Wind nnd I NprntiB In
. Ix'twccn her nlid the too fmirlcwH Indy
ihi Htrovc to n-iirli, liven nt that tho
IliiKcr iimIIk of Miirlnun'M rluht hand
touched the pretty whltti hut. hut only
toii lied It'niid no inore,
Itiiinenu nnd the little py innnaced
to :et their voelfrrntlnj: burden ncro
the cinirtyiird nnd Into her own door.
"I'rofcHHor Kerede:" Mr. Ilnrinnn
Iickimi, rexlNtluK nnd tumliuc to the
, jimfi-Hdor iippenlluKly,
"Oh. rt hlui come, too!" utile Mln
I'.llwiheth depenilely, "Nothing could
lie wire thnn thin!"
led the wity I wit to ttie pnvlllon,
'Nyt n "onl nt (JueMiny." noMicd the
ini.rtrt'vt elnf.i.!!i-"ii't nl'C ll Will
know thin before dinner. They'll hear
the whole tiling within two liourn."
"There. In nothing they tdiotildh't
know," Mild Mm. Iliiruimi.
OcnrKO turned to her with n inllv
ko hriively maniiKcd tlmt 1 wak proud
of hlui. "Oh. J en. there In," -he anld.
"We're koIhk to get you out of nil
...thlM.:'
"All thin." he repentist.
"All thl mire:" he niiMwert'd. "WVru
lining to get you out of It, 1 don't
know whether your revelation tovtho
Hpnulxh wiiinnii will make tlmt eitnler
or harder, hut I du know that It uuikeH
the inlre deeper."
Her anxluim eye grow wider. "How
Jinvo I iniide It deeper for trim) Wnmi't
If luH-enniiry tlmt the poor woman
Hhould le tidd the truth)"
She turned to Keredec with n fright
eued geturc nnd nil unintelligible word
of nppelil.
"It wuh tiernime." ho rexated, run
ning n uervouK hnnd through IIh
heard "beviiuxe the knowledge would
put iih o tutrrly In thin people'H xiw
er. Alrendy they demand more thnn
we could give them; now they enn do
mill more."
George Intervened. nnd lie npiike with
out xnrrnMii. "Tv put It roughly, thene
people have heeu nuking more thnn
the Ilnrumn eMuio In worth tlmt wkh
oti the trcngth of the woman' claim
as n wife hut now they know he I
not one her poiltlou lis ImmeiiKely
Mrcngthrncd. for nlie hnn only to k
tieforc the nrnrent connnlnnnlro de po
lice." "Oh. no." Mr. Iltinnnn cried pin
lomitely, "I haven't done that!"
"NeverJ" he nuitwered, "There could
not Im ii j; rent it lie thnn to ny you
have done It, The rciipouMlhlllty Ih
with the wretched nnd vIcIouh boy
who brouKht the cmnntrophe upon
hlmKolf. Hut don't you nee that ynu'vo
pot to keep out of It, thut we'v joi
to tnke you out of It?" . t
"Vou can't! I'm part of It. Hotter
or worne. It' an much mine, us hix.
My Dcpnratlon from my lumband Ik
over. I hImII bo with hlui now for"
"I won't listen to you!" MIhh ICIIzn
bcth lifted her wet face from GoorRe'rt
houlder, nnd there was a note of deep
niiRor In her voice. "You haven't the '
fnlntoNt Idea of what a hldeoiiN situa
tion that. creature hnn made for hlui' 1
elf. Don't you know that that awful
woman wa rl;ut? You talk of bolnc !
with him! Do you Imagine they en
courage family houackecplnu In French
prlHoiiH?" N i
"You're going much too fur," Crca
son IiikIo snld, touchlm; his betrothed
upon the arm. "My dear Elizabeth,
there Is no use exaggerating Tho case
Is uuplensant enough just as It Is." I
"lu what hnvo I oxaggcrnted?" she
domauded.
"Why, I know Lnrrnbot nnrumn," I
ho returned. "I knew him fairly wull.
I wont as far as Honolulu with him.
nd I remomber that papers were
served on him In Ban Francisco. He
was traveling continually, and I don't ,
tl.lnl. I. ,....... ....... I. .. ...I.... . I
lng on, even right around him, most of
tho time. He began with cognac aud
nbslntb In tho morning, you know,
For myself, 1 .always supposed the suit
had been carried through. So did peo
ple generally, I think, He'll probably
hnvo to stand trial, and of course he's
technically guilty, hut I don't believe
ho'd bo convicted, though I must say
It would have been a most devilish
good thing for him If ho could hnvo
been got out of Franco before la Mur
slaun heard the truth."
"Nothing Is changed," Louise llnr
man said Dually, her eyes mill tlx ml
gravely on Miss Kllzabeth's.
At that the other' face darned up,
aud hIiu uttered it half choked exolu
million. "Oh," sho cried, "you'vo fall
en lu love with playing the martyr!
It's self lovoN No oiio on earth could
make me believe you're lu love with
this degraded Imbecile. It's becnuse
you want to make a shining example
of yourself. You want to gel down on
your kneea nnd wash off tho vlleness
from this befouled creature. You
waut"-
"Mndnme," ICeredoo interrupted trcjtn
ulously'yuu speak' out, ot nojiiiovyl-
edge! There Is no vlleness. No one
who Is clean remains befouled been use
of (lie filings that are gone."
"They do not?" Hlio laughed hys
terically. "The soul that stands clean nnd pure
today Is clean and pure," Insisted the
professor.
"Mm n soul with evil tendencies,"
Ward began Impatiently.
my liir sir. those evil tenden
cies would be lu the soiling memories,
and tuy boy Js free from tliltii."
"Surely you (im't pretend he may
not take that direction again'"
"That." returned the professor (julck
ly, "Is his to ihnose. If this Indy con
be with lilm now he will choose right."
"Ho!" cried Miss KIlMbeth. "First
she Is to be -his companion through a
trial for blgumy nnd If be Is acquitted
Ills nurse, toichcr and moral precep
tor." Kite turned swiftly to her cousin.
"That's your conception of a woman's
mission V"
"1 haven't upy mission," Mrs. Hnr
man answered quietly. "I only know
I belong to him; that's nil 1 over
thought it bout. It. I don't pretend to
explain It. And when I met him again
here It was It was It was proved to
mo."
"Will you tell usV" r ''
It. was I who nsked tho question. I
spoke Involuntarily.
"Oh. when I tlrst met hlui," she sold
tremulouidyf""l was frightened, tbut It
was nut he who frightened inc. It was
the rush of my own -feeling. I did noi
know what I felt, but I thought 1
might die. and he was so like lilmself
as I had first known him. but so clmng
ed loo. There was something so won
derful about lilm. something that must
mnkc any stranger feel sorry for him.
nnd yet It is beautiful." Sho stopped
for a moment and wljK-d her eyes, then
went on bravely, "A;id the uext day
he came and walled for me I should
have come here fpr him If he hadn't
and 1 fell in with the mistake liu had
made about my name. You see, ho'd
heard I was i-ulli-d Mine. d'Armnnd,
ami 1 wuult-d lilm tu keep on thluklng
thut. for 1 thought If he knew I wus
Mrs. Ilnrmau he might (lud out''
Hue paused, her lip beginning to trem
ble. "Oh, don't you see why 1 didn't
want hlui to know' 1 didn't want him
to suffer us he would as he does now,
poor child-hut uioxt of all I wanted I
wnuted to see if he would fall In love
with me iigalu! I kept htm from know
ing because if he thought I was n
stranger and the same thing happened
ngalu his caring for me, 1 mean"
She had begnu to weep now. freely and
openly, hut not from grief. "Oh." she
cried, "don't you see how It's all
proved to mo?"
Later I went Into the garden to think
over the perplexing sltuatlou of the
IIurmaiiH.
I sauk down ngalu in a wicker chair
and contemplated tho stars. Hut the
hort reverie Into which 1 then fell
wus Interrupted by Mr. Percy, who,
launtering leisurely about the garden,
paused to address mo.
"You folks thinks you. was nil to tho
gud glttln' them trunks off, what?"
"You speak lu mysterious numbers,"
I returned, having no comprehension
of his meaning.
"1 suppoHc you don' know notbln'
aliout it." he laughed satirically. "You
dldn' go over to I.lsicux 's aft'noon to
ship 'em? Oh, no. not. you!"
"1 went for a long wulk this nfter
noou, Mr. icrcy. Naturally 1 couldn't
have walked so fnr as LIsleux and
back."
"Luk here, m' friend," he snld, sharp
ly; "do you think you got nny chaust
f git that feller off V Purls?"
"Do you think It will rain tonight?"
I Inquired.
In simple dignity he turned his back
upon me nnd strolled to the other end
of tho courtyard.
I observed him in tho act of saluting,
with a gracious nod, sonio ono who ;
was npproachlug from tho road. Im
mediately nfter-and altogether with
the air of a person merely "happening!
in" a slight figure clad iu a long coat, i
a short skirt and u broad brimmed, ,
roll bound brown hat enmo Into full
view lu the light of tho reflector.
I sprang to my foot und started to
ward her, uttering an exclamation,
"Good evening, Mr. Percy," she said
cheerily, "It's tho most exuberant
night. You're quite hearty, 1 hope?"
"Taklif a wnlk. I see. little Indy,"
ho observed with genial patronngo.
My visitor paused upon my veranda,
humming "Qunnd I'Amour Meurt,"
while I went within and lit a lamp.
"Shall I bring the light out thcro?"
I naked, but. turning, found tlmt sho
wiih already lu the room.
"You weren't afraid to come through
tho woods nlouu?" 1 asked, uncomfort
ably conscious that her gayety met a
dull respunse from me,
"No."
"Hut If MIsh Ward tluda that you're
not nt tbe chateau"
"Sho won't, She thinks I'm asleep.
She brought me up n sleeping powder
herself."
"Sho thinks you took It?"
"She knows I did," said Miss Elliott.
"I'm full of It! And that will ho tho
reason If you notice tlmt I'm partic
ularly nervous or excited."
"You seem all oX that," I said, look-
She gave a low cry ot triumph.
"Dazzling" Is a good old fashioned
word for eyes like hers. At least it
might dellne their effect on me.
"If I did manage to object to you." I
nald slowly, "It would Ik a good thing
for me, wouldn't It?"
"Oh, I've iron'." she cried.
"Won?" 1 echoed.
"Yes, I lull a wager with myself
that I'd have a"' pretty speech from
you beforo I went out of your Jlfo"
she checked a laugh and concluded
thrllllngly "forever, il leavo Quesnay
tomorrow?'
"Your father hsa returned from
America?"
"Oh, dear, no," sho murmured. "I'll
be quite at the world's mercy. I rouit
jro up to I'nrls and retire from public
lire until he does come. I shall take
the vows lu some obscure but respect
able pension."
She gazed at me thoughtfully and
Korlmitly for several moments. "I
siipiHiso you can luiiuiue," she said lu
a lone that threatened tu become trem
ulous, "what sort of tin afternoon
we've been having up there."
"Has It been"- I began.
'Oil. heartbreaking: Louise came to
my room as soon us they got back
from here t!il morning and told me
the whole pitiful story. Hut tlfej
didn't let her stay there long, poor
womun!"
"They?" I nsked.
"Oh. Kliuibeth nnd her brother.
They've been at her alt afternoon, off
aud on."
"To do what?"
"To 'save herself.' so they call It.
They're. Insisting that she must not
see her jxxir husband again. They're
determined she shan't."
"Hut George wouldn't worry her."
"Oh, wouldn't he?" The girl laughed
sadly. "I don't suppose he could help
It. he's In such a state himself, but
between him aud Kllrsbeth It's hard
to see how poor Mrs. Harman lived
through Uie day."
"Well," I said slowly, "1 don't see
that they're not right. She ought to
be kept out of nil this as much as pos
sible, especially If Imt husband tins to
go through n trial,"
"-Are you"- the girl began, then
stopped for a moment, looking nt'tno
steadily. "Aren't you a little In love
with Iotilio Illinium?"
"Yes," I answered bonoslly, "Aren't
you?"
"That's what 1 wanted to know,"
she said, and ns she turned n page In
the skctchlxiok for the benefit of Mr. i
Percy 1 saw that hr hand had begun
to tremble. ;
"Why?" I nsked, leaning toward her
across the table. (
"Hecatisc If she were Involved in
soma undertaking-something that, if
it went wrong, would endanger her
happiness and, 1 think, even her life,
for It might actually kill her If sho
failed and brought on a worse cntns
trophe" "Yes?" I snld anxiously as she paus
ed again.
"You'd help her'" she snld.
"I would. Indeed," I assented earnest
ly. "I told her once I'd do anything in
the world for her,"
"Kven if It Involved something that
Gcorgo Ward might never forgive you
for?"
"I snld 'unythlng In the world. " 1
returned, perhaps a little huskily.
Sho gave n low cry of triumph, but.
immediately checked it. Then she
leaned far over the table. "I wasn't j
afraid to come through the woods I
nlone," she said In n very low volcev
"because I wasn't alone. Louise came
with me."
"What?" I gasjied. "Where is Bher '
"At tho naudry cottage down tho (
road. They won't miss her nt the
chateau until morning. I locked her
door on the outside, and If they go to
bother her again though I ddn't think ,
they will they'll believe she's fasten-,
ed It on the inside nnd Is asleep. She
managed to get n note to Keredec late
this afternoon. It explained every
thing, jind he had some trunks carried
out the rear gate of the Inn and carted ,
over to LIsleux to be shipped' to Paris
from there. It Is to be supposed or
hoped jt least that this woman nnd
her people will believe that means
Professor Keredec and Mr. Harman will
try to get to Paris In the same way."
"So." I said, "that's what Percy
meant about the trunks. I didn't un
derstand." "He's on watch, you see." she con
tinued. "Mr. Percy I" She laughed :
nervously. "That's why It's almost
necessary for us to have you." i
"If you have me for what?" 1 asked.
"I'll help you" and as she looked
up her eyes, now very close to mine,
were daxxllng Indeed "I'll adore you '
forever and ever! Oh, much longer
than you'd like me tor'
"You mean she's going to"
"I mean that she's going to run 1
away with htm again," she whispered.
(To be continued.)
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