Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-30

swept Judith that Helen trusted her implicitly Oh
only she might stay her friend If only there
newspaper no editor But she must get her story
friend. She must worm her way into Helen's
dence to satisfy the thousands of curiosity seekers
but then too she also serving her friend All these
reflections raced through her mind she held Helen
her arms and soothed and comforted her. Time
object too She must get the six o'clock boat back
with the story. She get Helen out of bed, stop
her broodng, and make her talk She looked across to
the cherries fireplace.
4Don't leave mel the poor girl pleaded, clutching
tightly.
Il won't Dear; but I'm freezing. Just moment
She called down the stairs to the housekeeper and
had blazing log the hearth. She tdied up the
room-Jenny a better cook than chambermaid,-
and found woolly dressing gown and slippers.
She made Helen put them on; then, pulling up great
leather chair, half carried the protesting girl to it. She
crowded down beside her, and they put their feet
out to the flames. How often children they had
sat thus rainy afternoon intent over fairy
story Poor Helen! She looked like a child now with
her long braids and her mournu black eyes, just she
had looked the time she had typhoid fever SO many
years ago.
the day broke Blanches head and there wasn't any
glue to mend her, and you cried so? And old Nancy
made some gingerbread dolls to comfort u.s. I've
often wondered how she made it. I've tried all the
cipes | can find, and mine tastes like hers"
At last Helens face relaxed she let her head fall on
Judiths breast, the chair swayed gently the warmth
EMBODIED her, and she slept. Judith maintained her
cramped position. If only Helen could rest she might
dare talk to her of the tragedy but in her present mood
she must keep her mind off it.
WHEN she opened her eyes at last she looked up
with happy smile; but almost instantly realiza-
ton her and her face became troubled again
"Nely darling, tell all about it. You'll feel better
to get it off your mind. Tell everything that hap
pened all day.
"Oh Judie, it was horrible'
at won't be SO horrible with two to share it,
1--WE had quarreed dreadfully the evening before
she began. at awful His mother and father took
his part, and that made him worse and he struck of
into the woods after saying he would come back
He jealous, Judie He wanted me all alone
that why he brought to this place. He couldn't
bear for to speak to another man. He didn't know
oh, Jude, it's horribe!-but he didn't know enough
not to be jealous of the ranch hands You know we
always taught to be polite to servants but so
much spoke pleasant good morning to one of them
he would 60 into a black rage.
Il told him that day that he would make me hate
him. and that would leave him, if he didn't stop being
suspicious And didn't hate him, Jude; for he did
love me just for myself. He knew wouldn't have any
money! told him so,-but he wanted just me- | had
always been afraid of being married for my money!
You my people were SO anxious for marry
money that supposed everyone else equally crazy
the subject. Well, poor Dan wasn't bit. He didn't
rap for money: it was all just me.
"And SO got up early yesterday morning,-it was
sunny day, and thought would go for long walk
and try to think things out alone Il across him
sitting great log looking white and desolate,-
he'd been there all night, and the first thing knew
in his arms begging him to try to understand me.
We talked long tine and tried to make him see that
a of my class couldn't firt with servant,
ranch hand. He reminded that l had married a
man who had been Then began to get his
viewpoint and little by little got into sympathy with
him; for, Jude, he did love me- If you could have
seen his eyes when he looked at me-when he wasn't
jealous, mean And promised never to make him
unhappy again. And to celebrate he proposed that we
whole dav alone in he So he