El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-09-10

ELEM ROBBINS was on the YER
anda waiting to greet the pair
as they rode up to her door. Her
cottage was on the slope of one of the
many hills surrounding Pleasanton
Lake and commanded view that was
worth the climb necessary to reach IT.
And my car took that hill on high"
exulted DR.. Haynes, as his hostess
greeted him. q tell you, that ma
chimes hard to beat"
Beatrice had a sudden impulse of
Impotence, accentuated by the fact
that when the car stopped all the
breeze seemed to stop, too, and she
felt as if she were plunged into
steam bath. The sensation reminded
her of the hot room" in a Turkish
bath establishment. CHANGING dowa,
she saw that her pretty white shoes
were gray with the dust that had
blown over them in the swift ride
across the dry country.
She would not have minded the heat
and might not have noticed the dust
if her companion had exclaimed to her
friend on the delights OF the ride with
such a charming companion instead of
bursting forth into panegyrics of his
automobile. But she checked her irri-
tation, and after a moments hesita-
ton seconded the mans praise of his
machine"
"Oh, Helen, such a drive"' she said
with seeming enthusiasm. And such
a driver as DR.. Haynes is I am too
ignorant to know what it means to
have an automobile take hill on
high but if it means that q car al
most flies, why I agree heartily with
the statement"
For the second time that day the
doctor looked at her with a pleasant
expression.
Dusty Roads.
81 he
driving" he said. Then he turned to
Helen Truth compels me to declare"
he said ruefully, that I never saw
much dustier roads than those we came
over this morning. You may know
that I like the looks of PleaSa nten
when I say that now that I am here,
I can forgive even those miles of hea-
and dirt"
Helen laughed merrlly. well, re-
joice that you like it our here" she
said, and I'm hoping that Beatrice IS
going to think it such a nice place
that she Will decide to spend the rest
of the summer in the cottage I have
picked out for her. 1t is right over
there" pointing to bungalow nestled
against the hill a little way beyond
her lawn You can see only the roof
from here. but one can walk to the
place in five minutes without hurry
ing"
While Beatrice was in HeIen's
dressing room removing her wrap md
hat. smoothing her hair. her hostess OK
cused herself and went down to give
some final Instructions with regard 20
luncheon The widow. thus left aloas,
her toilette, then stro'led
into Helen's bedroom, and, going %
the window, peered forth between the
shutters at the roof of the bungalow
in question She was glad to note
that even from the upper windows Of
the Robbins cottage the front door
and veranda of her probable summer
residence were not visible. She ,e-
nembered that it might be most in
lble to spy upon her and h - callers.
ct do not want her to know every
time her uncle comes to see me- she J
nused- 'I wonder what I am going
c do about HIM, anyway"
Sinking into an easy chair by the !
open window she rested her head |
against the cushioned back and closed |
her eyes She was glad to have |
little time and quiet in which to /
hink. for she found herself in po-
dtion where she was more uncertain 1
bout her future actions than she was |
before she left home this morning |
Then she had thought of DR.. Haynes /
IS a man who might become a DOS
IDLE sutton. She had hoped that she /
night interest him in her sufficiently /
o make it worth while for her to de-
er settling the question with regard 4
o Henry Blanchard until late in the
she could. But this morn
ngS experience had proved to her
hat, so far. the physician thought of
Ter only as the mother of his little
'atient lin whom he was interested |
Ter only claim on him, up to date !
vas evidently her relationship to Jean. |