The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-07-23

the telling. Hetty did not go forth
to encounter drudgery, disdain and OBJ
loquy. By no manner of means! She
went with a well-filled purse, definite
purpose ahead and determined fac
tor behind.
In a manner befitting her station as
the intimate friend of Mrs. Challis
Wrandall, as the cousin OF the Murgat-
royds, as the daughter OF Colonel Cas-
Teton OF the Indian corps, as a per-
son supposed to be possessed Of in
dependent means withal. she went,
with none to question. none to cayil.
Sara had insisted on this, as much
for her own sake as for Hetty's; she
argued. and she had prevailed in the
end. What would the world think,
what would their acquaintances think,
and above all what would the high and
mighty Wrandalls think II she went
with meek and lowly mlen?
Why should they make 1t possible
for anyone to look askance?
And so 1t was that she departed in
state, with dozen trunks and boxes;
an obsequiously attended seat in the
parlor car was hers; telegram In
her bag assured her that rooms were
being reserved for herself and maid
at the Ritz-Carlton; alongside 1t re-
posed a letter to Mr.. Carroll, instruct
ing him to provide her with sufficient
funds to carry out the plan agreed
upon; and in the seat behind sat the
lady's maid who had served her for
twelvemonth and more.
The timely demise OF the venerable
Lord Murgatroyd afforded the most
natural excuse for her trip to England
The old nobleman gave up the ghost
allowing for difference In time, at the
very moment when Mrs. Redmond
Wrandall was undoing certain pack
age from London, which turned out
to be a complete history of what his
torbears had done In the way of prop
agation since the fourteenth century
Hetty did not find 1t easy to accom-
modate her pride to the plan which
was to give her a fresh and rather
imposing start in the world. She was
to have q full year in which to deter
mine whether she should accept toi
and poverty as her lot, or emulate tn,
symbolic example of Dicky, the canar.
bird. At the end of the year, unles!
she did as Dicky had done, her sourc,
of supplies would be automatically Gu
off and she would be entirely depend
ent upon her own wits and resources
In the interim she was probationar.
person of leisure. 1t had require,
hours of persuasion on the part o
Sara Wrandall to bring her into lin
with these arrangements.
"But | am able and willing to worl
for my living" had been Hetty's stub
born retort to all the argument
brought to bear upon her.
Then let me put 1t in another light
It is vital to me. of course, that yo
should keep up the show of affluenc
for q while at least. / think / hav
made that clear to you. But here
another side to the matter; the ques
ton of recompense."
-"Recompense? cried Hetty sharply
without your knowing 1t, | hav
virtually held you prisoner all thes
months, condemned in my own judt
ment II not in the sight of the Law
have taken the law unto myself. Yo
we're not convicted of murder in thi
unitarian court OF mine, but Of al
other sin. For fifteen months yo
have been living under the shadow c
crime you did not commit. ] wa
reserving complete punishment fo
you in the shape of an lgnoble ma
riage, which was to have served tw
bitter ends. Well, had the trut
from you. | believe you to be abs,
lutely innocent of the charge | hel
over you, for which condemned yo
without hearing. Then, why shoul
not employ my own means OF NAL
ing restitution"
"You have condescended to belley
in me. That is ALL ask"
"True, that is all you ask. But
1t altogether the fair way out OF II