Vashti's Fate — page 174: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

a aoe mt Vea dave True Nae re”. ih) - = i tes Te dae, ae eR AAS Lo Eh Oe a a A Tere, ee a ee 4 ; a MX oak ae an se Nees i py 7 & x Ay ot = oll f | ct 3 ‘ar’ RECONCILED. 169 ‘‘T will try and make it different hereafter. I mean well, Leon. I would give every joint of mine freely to the rack, if by so doing I could save those children from their father’s fate.” ‘‘T haven't much faith in your system, Margery. Can you sée that it has availed anything so far? Almost any- body seems to have more influence over Vashti than you. She seems perfectly carried away with this tutor you have got. I don't like that man, Margery.” -*©Tush! he’s well enough, for all I have ever seen. There’s no harm in Vashti’s liking him, If she wasn’t suited she'd be off to school in spite of me. I prefer to have her under my eye all the time ” “Which you fancy you have now, I suppose ; but let me tell you, Margery, you are a great deal easier deceived than anybody I know, if one only knows how to take you; and if you don’t look out sharp you'll find mischief going on right under your eyes. ” ‘“What do you mean, Leon?” ‘That if you could get at this Dascomb’s heart, you'd find ‘villain’ traced very legibly thereon. I wish youd never seen him.” ‘“Now, you are ridiculous, Leon. He brought the very “ best recommendations.” ‘‘Well, well, we will see; but I’d advise you to keep him under your eye, as well as Vashti.” In the morning Leon went away. To Nora this parting seemed infinitely harder than the other. He was astay and support to her while he staid, but now he was gone, and she went disconsolately about, . or moped in some dark corner, thankful if nobody noticed her. | Often Margery Gresham passed her, lingering as she went - comicbooks:co l a \ wn * i Fe fa , Vas. tf 2) © a