The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-09-16
FORHER SISTERS SAKE
BY HAROLD o1Noases.


door opening and closing caused her to
turn and face the centre of the room
land her husband came in.
! He greeted his wife inpstien;ly.
"You are not in driving costume, yet
l told you Msnvers would be here a
eleven"
am not going to drive with Man
vers; don't like him.
who supposed you would like him
Who wants you to? II is all matte,
of business"
at is not the kindseS business ] ed
mire. And want you to leave me our
hereafter"
why do you tall, such nonsense
You have got to drive with him.''
"Oh, no; l do nothing under com
pulsion. You know nue. better than
that"
Wyatt hesitated, cfung him self into 6
chair, drew a long breath. and spoke
again 10 different tope:
Penelope, don't be foolish. Man
vers will ask youc opinion on those
paintings, and yoar advice es to his
purchasing them. You will simply sp-
prove and applaud his taste. Whs
you beth come back Hyse will be here,
Hyse will be bargaining for the collec-
ton, you will carefully announce Man
vers' intention to buy, snd Eyss will
bid against him. There Is every reason
to hope for big stroke"
There is something wrong about the
pictures, said Penelope, coldly. II am
not going to advise Msnyers-nuch as
detest him-to throw away his
money"
do you know what you are saying,
woman DO you want TO De turned
into the street-you and your pretty
sister? Do you want to stsrve?"
Penelope moved little now. Hith-
Ell to she had been motionless.
Il don t understand YOU" she said
slowly.
"t mean'eVe-y word" he resorted,
with little less vehemence. we are in
preearious condition. Expenses have
got TO be met, not only Tor ourselves,
but for Rachel as we'll.
Penelope did not reply at once. She
turned and walked TO the window
again, and stood looking out.
Rachel Yes, to be sure; she must
think of Rachel, whose innocent young
face came up clear to her Temem brsnce.
as beheld short time since. Rachel
was wandering somewhere with her
lover in the park below. lie was q
noble fellow, and he was wealthy.
RaLhel must not have prospects mar
red in any way, for Rachel loved him.
The thought of what her husband
had said made Penelope dizzy for an
instant. She turned to him again.
Dexter" she said. with little less
strength of voice, tell me the truth
is it really you ssy? Can't you man
age without thrusting me into the
society Of "a mani abhor. Dexter, sup
pose he should say something insult
ing?''
He will not" said Wyatt, Struggling
his shoulders. II am not afraid for
you. You know how to put man
ant with him and humor his little fan
cies; he cannot. harm you. Penelope,
if you'll manage this for me | won't
ever ask you to do anything of that
sort.
RemeGber. again, Rachel. Hush;
there is the bell. That is Msnyers. Go
and dress quickly
But Penelope did not move.
IF &c, 1 will go as am" she said,
smoothing down her plain gray gown.
She did not put out her hand TO greet
the visitor. She wondered if he
noticed that she shrank from him. She
thought she never had known him to
look coarser, moreutterly soulless.
Wyatt accompanied them to the
door.
Its eonfoundedly good OF YOU to
take Mrs. Wyatt out" he said genialIy.
by the way, I'm expectieg Ryse-
you know Ayse-to talk about that b
collection. He's crazy to get hold of it.
But so are several others. Well. wish
you pleasant drive And to Pene-
lope, "Bye-bye. my dear"
Penelope had vague notion that
she must converse with her compan: on
on everyday topics, as they decended
in the elevator and went ont into the
golden September haze.
Manvers was in excellent spirits.
He talked oeaselessly, until. after the
horses had made one brillient squirt or
more, he refined them up and the
wheels revolved less rapidly. He con-
tinued to drive slowly then for awhile.
Penelope, on the other hand, grew
silent. He had not spoken of the
pictures. He had spoken of other
thinks; he had even begun to speak in
a way that msde the blood seem to
freeze in her veins.
Did he mean to Insult her? She
scarcely knew. She ha6 such s. hOrri-
BILE, helpless sensation. What could
she do or say? More and more slowly
he drove. She could tern her face
away, but she could not help but hear
the language of the man beside her,
speaking of Dexter Wyatt.
Your husband DOES not appreciate
you Why should woman
waste al her youth and sweetness on a
man who does not repay? X AS
for marriage, it is well enough for the
lower classes. x One is more
likely to End appreciation where there
are no letters to make us the A
friend if often better than q husband"
Penelope had not lost word; she
vas utterly quiet and utterly cold.
Eow strange, she said 10 herself, how
terrible it was! That she must sit in
frozen silence and shudder as he poured
n her ears the deadly poison of his
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