The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-31

Iect'pe. informs Mrs. WraadalI that the po-
having murdered wrandaIi Determined 10
cave the girl who Is dying, from pnnoyanc,,
counsel. Mr.. Carroll. ana tho two assisted
by soGsh TAKE s,eps to protect the unjus,ly
nervous breakdown.
He dropped the quarter into his own
pocket, whore II mingled with coins
mat were strangers to IL up to that
instant, and imperiously closed the
door behind the boy who failed 10 saw
THANK you" Every man TO his trade.
There was n woman in the draw
ing groom when Vivian entered. stand
Ing we'll over against the windows
with her back to tho light. Tho visi-
tor stopped short in surprise She had
expected to find her sister-in-iaw In
bed. attended by politely superior
person in puro white
Why, Sara" she began. IT am 70
glad to gee you are up and"
The other woman came forward.
But / am not Sara, Miss Wrandall"
she said. In well-rcmenbered voice
How do you dor
Vivian found herself looking into
the face OF Hetty Castleton. Instant
ly she extended her hand This is a
aurprlsc!" she exclaimed when did
you return? Leslie told me your plans
were quite settled when he saw you
In Luccrne. On, l see. OF course!
How stupid OF me. Sara sent for you"
she has been quite ill.," said Hetty,
non -committally. we got in yester-
naturally"
Naturally" repeated Vivian, in
detached sort OF way. How Is she
to-day? May l see herr
She is very much better. In fact,
she is sitting up In her room a
warm flush suffused her face, n shy
smile appeared in her eyes She Is
receiving two gentlemen visitors. TO
be perfectly honest, Miss Wrandall. her
lawyer, Mr. Carroll and--Mr. Booth"
They were seated side by side on
the uncomfortable Louis Seize diyan In
the middle OF the room
Perhaps she won't care to see me.
after an audience so fatiguing." said
Miss Wrandall swcctlw And so .x-
asperating." she added. with q smile
Hetty looked her perplexity.
But she VIII see you, Miss Wran-
dall-if you don't mind waiting. IL Is
n business conference they're having"
An ironic CLEAN appeared in the cor
ner OF Vivians eye. '.Oh," uhe said,
and waited. Hctty smiled uncertainty
All at once the tall American girl was
impressed by the wistful, almost hum
BILE look in the Enghshwoman's eyes,
an appealing look that caused her TO
wonder not a little. Like a flash she
jumped at an obvious conclusion, and
almost caught her breath. This girl
loved Booth and was losing him, Vi
wan eNulted for moment and then.
with an impulse she could not quite
catalogue, laid her hand on the others
slim ringers, and murnurcd somet. nat
haziiy: Never mind. never minu."
''Oh, you must wait" cried Hctty, not
at all in touch with the others mood.
sara expects TO see you. The men Will
be out in few minutes"
II think / will run in tomorrow
morning" said Vivian hastily. She
arose almost Immediately and again,
extended her hand. 80 glad TO see
you back again, Miss Castlcton. Come
ana see me- GIVE my love 10 Sara"
She took her departure in some
haste, and in her heart she was re-
Joicing that she had not succeeded in
making a fool of herself by confess
ing 10 sara that she had said unkind
things about her TO Brandon Booth.
Hetty resumed her seat in the broad
French winuow and stared out over the
barren tree-tops in The Dark. "A
frightened, pathetic droop returned to
her ups. II mad been there most OF
the Gay.
In oaras boudoir the doors of which
were carefully closed, thee persons
were in close, even replessed confer
ence. The young mistress VI the house
sat proppeu up III u luxurious chase
Tongue, wan put intense. Confront.
ing her were the Two men, leaning
forward in their chairs. Mir. Carroll
held in his hand n number of papers
pi ominenL among them beng thee oil
four kilograms. Booths lace was ra-
uiunt despite the serious matter that
occupied his mind. Tie had reached
town early in the morning IN RESPONSE
to Telephone message from Citiroii
announcing The SUDDEN, unannounced
appearance OF Hetty Castlelon ut his
oinces on the previous afternoon. The
glrrs arrival had been most unexpect-
ed. She walked IN on MIR. Carroll, ac-
compamed by her maId,' who had
uislinctly sheepish look in her eyes
ana seemed eager to explain some
thing but could not find the oppor-
tunity.
With some firmness. Miss Castleton
had asked MIR. Carroll to explain why
the woman had been set to spy upon
her every movement, n demand the
worthy lawyer could not very we'll
meet Cor the good and sufficient rea-
son that he wasn't very clear about
IL himself. Then Hetty broke down
and cried, contrasting that she was
eager to go to Mrs. Wrandall, at tho
same time sobbing out something about