The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-04-01

mires you"
Z cannot see him through spur
eyes. Sara"
But he 10 charming and agreeable.
you'll admit persisted the other.
He ID very kind. and he il devoted
to you. should like him for that. %
You have no cause for disliking
him" 81
Il do not dislike him. II am-Oh.
you always have been SO thouehtful.
30 considerate. Sara. can't under
stand your falling to see how hard Il
Is FOR me to-to-well. to endure his
open-hearted friendship"
Sara was silent for q moment. "You
draw q pretty fine line, Hetty," she
said gently. n,
Hetty flushed. "You mean that
there is little to choose between wife
and brother! That isn't quite fair.
You k.4ow everything. he knows roth
ing. ! wear mask for him; you have
seen into the very heart of me-. II
isn't the same" u
Sara came over and stood beside the
girls chair. After a moment of inde.
cision she laid her hand ON Hetty's
shoulder. The girl looked up the ever.
recurring question In her eyes. ~.
We haven't spoken ot--of these
things In many months. Hetty."
Not since Mrs. Wrandall and Wv.
ian came to Nice. l was upset--dread.
fully upset then, Sara. don't know
how l managed to get through with
It," As
But you managed it." pronounced
Sara. Her fingers seemed to tighten
suddenly ON the girls shoulder. Il
think we we're quite wonderful. both
Of US. It wasn't easy for me-"
why did we come back to New
York, Sara" burst out Hetty. clasp
Ing her friends hand as II suddenly
spurred by terror. I'VE were happy
over there. And free!" a Il
Listen. my dear" said Sara; q
hard note growing In her voice: this
Ia my home. do not love it. but l
can see no reason for abandoning 10,
That Is why we came back to- Ne "
York"
Hetty pressed her friends hand 10
her lips. Forgive me-" she cried III
pulsiyely. Il shouldn't have corl-
complained. 1t was detestable."
Besides" went on Sara evenly,
you were quite free to remain on the
other side. left 1t to you" Is
'You gave me week to decide"
said Hetty In a hurried manner Of
speaking Il took but twenty.tcur
hours--less than that Over night,
you remember. l love you. Sara
could not leave you. All that might
could feel you pulling at my heart
strings. pulling me closer, and holding
me. You were In your room, III ~
mine. and yet all the time you seemed
to be bending over me In the dark,
ness. urging me to stay with you and
love you and be loved by YOU u
couldn't have been q dream" x H3
1T was not a1dream," said 6aEe,
with a queer smile. v a
"You do love me?"i- tensely. ,E&3
II do love you" was the firm a..
aver. Sara was staring across the
water. her eyes big and as black az
hight itself She seemed to be looking
far beyond the misty lights tina. bob
bled with nearby schooners, far be-
yond the yellow mass on the opposite
shore where q town lay cradked In the
shadows, far into the fast darkenins
SKY that came up like wall out of
the east. SRI n
Hetty's fingers frightened !, Id .
warmer clasp. ENTHUSIASTICALLY ps.hsph.
Hara,s grip on the girls shoulder
tishteusd also: unconsciously. for her
thoughtsswers fur away. The younger
woman's pensfve gaze rested on the
peaceful waters below. taking In the
slow, approach Of the fog that was
soon to envelop the land. Neither
spoke for many minutes: inscrutabls
thinkers. each q prey to thoughts that
leaped backward to the! beginning ana
| took UP the puzzle at its inception.
ar wonder" began Hetty. her eyes
narrowing with the intensity OF
| thought. She did not complete the
sentence ,S Las
| Sara answered the unspoken CUES
| ton. at will never be, different from
what 1t is now. unless you make II 70. !
t1etty started How could you have
| known what was thinking?" she
| cried In wonder.
ut is what you are always think.
Ing, my dear. You are always asking
| yourself when will I turn, against you.
Sara" -
| ~Your own intelligence should sup.
ply the answer to all the.Questions you
are asking Of yourself It is too late
for me to turn against you" She alb
ruptly removed her hand from Hetty's
shoulder and walked to the edge OF
the veranda. For the frst time. the
English girl was conscious Of pain.
She drew her arm up and cringed. She
pulled the light scarf about her hare
shoulders. #f
The butler appeared. In the doorway
"The telephone. itwou please, Mia
Castleton. Ms. Leslie Wrandall ia
calling" ..y ~.
the gill. stArsd. @For me. watsonf"
"Yes, miss" E..A} =.
fietty had risen, visibIy asitated.