Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1912-04-26

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Mrs. Gonagle, and this was a great
aid. She would doubtless tell Mr..
Constable that so far as she could dis
Germ l had stood the test. This would
incline him to infer, unless l quailed
under his searching gaze, that had
stood 1t. Emboldened by my first sue
cess, determined that l would de-
| ceive him If 1t took all the talent for
deception there was In me. Besides,
now that my blood was up for the
fight, would teach him that he could
not play such game on me with i'm
punity.
Nevertheless I knew that unless |
could at my next meeting with him
throw up dust as / had done with
Mrs. Gonagle would be beaten. What
was my CONSERVATION when Mrs. Con.
agile came into tho room where I was
writing, not ten minutes after my ar
rival, with note in her hand and told
me that l must go right back with It
to Mr.. Constable. She had telephoned
for an auto and 1t would be at the
door In a few minutes. 81 will trust
to your high sense of honor" she said,
"as Mr.. Constable has done, leaving
my note unsealed."
SIT doesn't matter about that, Mrs.
Gonagle." said IT won't feel hurt
IL you seal It,"
But she didn't, and l sealed 1t my
self before her eyes. had no use for
what It contained. The plot was to
send me right back to Constable so
soon after my guilt--if indeed was
guilty-that he might the better detect
it. There was no time to form or
carry out plan for his deception, GER
tainly not another breakdown. Two
such articles would be a dead give
away. | resolved to march straight up
to him, driving all embarrassment out
of my head, acting with absolute ap-
parent indifference. made another
resolution. resolved-but never mind
what | resolved.
When I was ushered into the room
where | again found him sitting be-
hind his rosewood desk ! think could
have enacted any part-I could have
announced to him that he was to be
decapitated In ten minutes without
showing the slightest trace of emotion
The gray eyes were brought to bear on
me, but / met them with an inquiring,
childlike wonder as to why he looked
so hard at me Then, MS II my modesty
had been touched by such gaze, | call
ed up faint blush and turned my
eyes away. felt that | had conquered.
My pantominc would have deceived
Satan himself.
Still pretending that Mr.. Constable
was another person than himself, the
secretary took the note out of the room
and returned with another, which he
handed me unsealed. He did not open
his lips to me during my brief stay.
! acted as though there was no one
present except myself, looking most of
the time out of the window The note
he gave me | dropped at once into my
bag without looking at It, pretending to
be at the moment hunting for either
my handkerchief or my purse.
From this time forward felt thnt
was mistress of the situation The
only mention | made OF Mr.. COnsta.
bic was as the old gentleman who
did so much for the poor" and this
was not TO Mrs Gonagle, but In her
hearing. think this took away any
suspicion she might have had TINT
,new or bor nlot sbo did moi sond
me with any more notes to Mr. Con
stable hut did sond mo m him with
verbal messages When / wont with
the first OF these Mr.. Constoble's pre
tended secretarv waxed ofrobIo ana
endoovored IN en0ooo mo I'm converso.
tion. I showed no lndIspositlon ia
talk with him tbouob be never oava
mo one of those pozes Of bis but thot
I lowered nv eves I'm ono Of o,r
chats I asked him ~ no wore Mr. Con.
atable's secretary and he RENTED TINT
he was moro thon tbat--he was his
business manager
.ar Constohlc must be n anlondIo
old gentleman" said, "to do so much
for tho poor"
what else can he do with his mon.
eyT" was the response. HE can't
spend Il all on himself"
Then the secretary began to come to
Mrs. Gonagle's on various pretexts,
and every time he came she would
manage to leave us in her Office room
together while she pretended to be at.
tending to the matter about which no
had called. | saw that he was bent
on wooing, and permitted him TO
WOO. He took me out several times,
and one evening on our returning
from tho opern on leaving me in tho
vestibule he pressed my hand. There
was light enough for me to show him
that was very much impressed by
tho performance