The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1911-08-29

her hand reluctantly. III you could
have looked into the dining.room
since, instead of staring out of these
windows"
Why? How forgotten" her eyes
opening wide in surprise
Il had the pleasure of taking supper
with Miss Maclaire."
OH" the exclamation decidedly ex
pressive.
Yes, ] come at once to you with
the confession. However. our meet.
Ing was purely accidental, and so
hope for pardon"
Pardon from me? Why. what diff.
terence can II possibly make to me?"
Would you have me consort with
the enemy?" he asked, scarcely daring
to press his deeper meaning
oh no. of course not What did
you talk about? Do you mind telling"
Not in the least; our conversation
was entirely impersonal She was
telling me about Hawley what a won.
derfully good man he is | have be-
gun to suspect the fellow has fas-
cinated the poor girl--he is good
looking devil. possessed of tongue
dripping with honey"
Surely you do not mean she has
fallen in love with him." and Hope
shuddered at the thought why
why that would be impossible for
for a good woman"
Standards OF morality are not al.
ways the same" he defended gravely.
Miss Maclaire's environment has
been vastly different from yours
Hope. She is variety hall singer
probably, from her own account, a
Walt since childhood and Hawley has
come to her In the character Of a
friend appealing both to her interest
and sympathy. do not know she Is
In love with him, merely suspect she
may be; certainly she Is ready to dc
battle on his behalf at the slightes
opportunity She believes In him, de
tends him. and resents the slightes
insinuation directed against him. HI
even escorts her back and forth from
her work.
You know this?"
II certainly do" and he laughed a
the recollection. "Fairbain met u
coming out of the dining.room-yo
know what a delightful. blunt. blundei
ing fellow he is, Well. Miss Christi
must have made an impression eve
I on his bachelor heart. for he actual
requested the privilege of escortin
her to the Trocadero, and back to tn
| hotel after the performance to-nigf
| limited at lunch. the gay old dol
! and pranced about like stage-doc
Johnnie. II was treat to watch he
face when he blurted 1t all out, sna
ping his sentences as " he swung
. whip-lash She excused herself o
the score OF previous engagement
But that was not necessarily vii
Hawley."
81 asked her directly, after the do
tor had disappeared"
you must have become very fam
= lar" questioning once again in h
voice.
y so Miss Maclaire evidently though
Judging from her manner. Howev
she answered frankly enough, al
: even defiantly added the informati'
- that the gentleman had something
impart TO her of the utmost impo
ance sarcastically asking me If
didn't wish | could be there and ov'
hear. But sit down, Hope, until t.
- you all that has occurred
80 He went over the various events
~ detail, watching eagerly the eXpr'
sion upon her face as she listened
tently, only occasionally interrupt
with some pertinent inquiry. The lig
fell so that she sat partially In
shadow, where her eyes could not
ee' read. yet he experienced no difiicu
- I'm cOmprehehding the various moo
with which she met his narrative,
color changing in her cheeks, her s.
ple form bending toward him, or lie
NJ ing backward In the chair, her ing
,,o clasping or unclasping in nervous
W tention. He began with Neb's rept
20 repeating. word by word, as nearly
Jb he could recollect, what had pass
On between Hawley and her father.
14e paused to inquire II she had e
AN heard the name Bartlett, but her
ply was merely negative shake
the head. When he described n
missing the train, she was, apparen
not convinced as to the Generals
parture upon it, although finally agi
IN ing that. II he really believed the
port that the man sought was
where, 1t would be characteristic
him to accept the first means OF
ting there. III he only knew |
here" she exclaimed YEARLY,
sup might be so different, but, oh, we
ure all OF us just cropping IN the da
Then Keith turned to his chance m
ty. ing with Miss Maclaire, and repes
carefully their conversation, dwel
= particularly upon the few admlss,
which had slipped through her
These did not seem important to
err, although they treasured them
and talked them over. Then, nav
exhausted the topic, silence fell
49,. .h.,, kaith asking the ID