The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1914-07-03

brain reeled In a new and vast whirl
of intoxication.
She sat there very still and unre-
sistIng. her hand to her lips, uttering
no word, scarcely breathing. He wait
ed. He gave her time. After a little
while her fingers strayed to the crown
OF her limp. rakish panama. They
found the single hatpin and drew 1t
out. He smiled as he pushed the hat
away and then pressed her dark little
head against his breast. Her blue
, eyes were swimming.
Just this once, Just this once" she
murmured with a sob in her voice.
Her hand stole upward and caressed
his brown cheek and throat. Tears OF
Joy started In his eyes-tears Of ex-
quisite delight.
Good God, Hetty, IL cant do
without you,' he whispered. shaken
by his passion. Nothing can come
between US. | must have you always
like this"
Che sara, sara" she sighed. like
the breath of the summer wind as
II sings IN the trees.
The minutes passed and neither
spoke. His rapt gaze hung upon the
glossy crown that pressed against him
so gently. He could not see her eyes.
but somehow he felt they were tightly
shut. as If in pain.
Il love you. Hetty. Nothing can
matter he whispered at last. Tell
me what it IS"
She lifted her head and gently with
drew herself from his embrace. He
did not oppose her. noting the serious,
almost somber look In her eyes as she
turned to regard him steadfastly, an
unwavering integrity OF purpose In
their depths,
She had made up her mind to tell
him a part OF the truth. Brandon. am
Hetty Glynn,"
He started. not so much in surprise
as at the a%bruptness with which she
made the announcement
Il have been sure OF It, dear, from
the beginning" he said quietly.
Then her tongue was loosed. The
/ NOTuS Tusutu W HtI lips, Nds
Hawkright's model for six months.
| posed for all those studies, and for
the big canvas In the academy. 1t
was either hat or starvation. Oh,
you will hate me-you must hate me-
He laid his hand on her hair. q
calm smile on his lips. Il can't love
and hate at the same time" he said
There was nothing wrong in what
you did for Hawkright. | am a paint
er, you know. | understand. Does
does Mrs. Wrandall know all this"
"Yes-everything. She knows anG
understands. She is an angel, Bran
don, an angel from heaven. But" she
burst forth, Il am not altogether
sham. | am the daughter OF Colone
Castleton, and | am cousin OF all ths
Murgatroyds-the poor relation. /
isn't as II l were the scum OF the
earth, is It? | am a Castleton. NJ!
father INT Of a noble family. And
in my life that l am really ASHAMED
Of is the deception l practiced on yo1
when you brought that magazine t
me and faced me with it l did no
lie to you. | simply let you believ
l was not the-the person you though
l was. But | deceived you"
mo, you did not deceive me-" h
said gently. 81 read the truth in you
lear eyes"
There are other things, too. | sha'
not speak OF them, except to repea
that l have not done anything els
In my life that | should be ashame
of" Her eyes were burning with ca
what she meant.
Again he stroked her hair. IT al
sure OF that" he said.
MY mother was Kitty Glynn. tn
actress. My father, a younger sol
fell in love with her. They were ma
ried against the wishes OF his fathe
who cut him of. He was in the ser
ice, and he was brave enough to site
They went to one of the South Afr
can garrisons, and | was born thet
! Then to India. Then back to Londo
where an aunt had died, leaving II
father quite a comfortable forum
! But his old friends would have not
. ing to do with him. He had lived
1 we'll, he had made life a hell for n
mother in those frontier posts. He d
serted us In the end, after he hi
%squandered the fortune. My moth
made no effort to compel him to pr
vide for her or for me. She WI
proud. She was hurt. Today he
In India, still in the service, a ms
tinet with a record for bravery
the field OF battle that cannot
e. taken from him, 10 matter what ell
| may befall. | hear from him once
J. twice a year. That is all | can t
you about him. My mother died thr
r years ago, after two years OF inval
ism. During those years I tried
& repay her for the sacrifice she h
e made IN giving me the educatit
re the" She choked UP for a secor
and then went bravely on. Her {
e manager made a place for me in o
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