The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1914-07-24

world and Its people, as she might
have done in another way by pursuing
the time-honored and rather cowardly
plan OF entering a convent, she was
soon to discover that success in the
undertaking brought a deeper n oil
exile than she could have imagined
herself able to endure at the outset.
She found herself more utterly alone
and %friendless than at any time In he
life. The chance companions she
| formed at Interlaken-despite a we'll
meant reserve-served only to In
crease her feeling of loneliness and de-
spair. The very natural attentions or
men, young AMI old, depressed her, in
stead of encouraging that essentially
feminine thing called vanity. She
lived as one without an aim, without a
single purpose except to close one day
that she might begin the next.
After a time, she went on to Lu-
cerne. Here the life on the surface
was gayer, and she was reused from
her state Of lethargy In spite Of her
self. Once, from her little balcony In
the National, she saw two of her old
acquaintance In the chorus at the
Gaiety. They were wearing many
pearls, Another time, she met them In
the street. She was rather quietly
dressed. They did not notice her. Bu'
the prosperous Hebraic gentlemen who
attended them we're not so careless.
One day a card was brought to hel
rooms. For the next two weeks she
had a true and unavoidable friend II
Lucerne. 1t would appear that Mrs
Rowe. Martin had not been apprised o
the rift in the Wrandall lutte. Sh'
had no reason to consider the exclu
sive Miss Castleton as anything bu
the most desirable Of companions. Mrs
Rowe-Martin was not long In f1ndini
out Though how she did 1t, HEAVIER
knows, that Lord Murgatroyd's grand
niece vas 40 longer the intimate o
that impossible person, Sara Gooct
She couldn't think Of Sara withou
thinking Of Gooch.
But at last Mrs. Rowe-Martin depar'
ed, much to Hetty's secret relief, bu
not before she had increased the girl
burthens by introducing her into
. cold-nosed cosmopolitan set froI
which there were but three ways of e.
cape. She refused to marry one c
, them, denied another the privilege c
: making love to her, and declined t
; play auction bridge with all of then
They were not long in dropping her, a
. , though 1t must be said there was re;
: regret among the men.
:, From Mrs. Rowe-Martin and other
!. she heard that Mrs. Redmond Wral
dali and Vivian were to be in Scotlan
In October, for somebody-or-other
christening, and hat Leslie had bee
: doing some really wonderful flying
II Pau.
= Il am so glad, my DEAR" said Mr.
- Rowe-Martin, that you refused
marry Leslie. He is a cad. Beside
you would have been in a perpetu
state of nerves over his flying
= or Sara, there wan no news, as mig
have been expected. Mrs. Rowe-Ms
:. tin made 1t very clear that Sara w
v respectable person-but heavens!
The chill days Of autumn came a,
= the crowd began to dwindle. Het
made preparations to join in the c
!, odus. AS the days grew short al
~ bleak, she found herself thinking mo
- and more of the happy-hearted, sy
~ bolic dicky-bird on a faraway windo
ledge. His life was neither a traves
20 nor a tragedy; hers was both of the.
- Something told her too that Brand
Booth had wormed the truth out
Sara. and that she would pever s
him again. 1t hurt her to think IL
while Sara believed in her. the m