The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1914-03-21

"You Must Play the Game, Hetty"
we're afraid she'll marry some chap
who wouldn't be acceptable to u.s."
II should consider that a very neat
way out OF IL" said Booth coldly.
Not at all You see, Challis was
fond of Sara, in spite of everything
He left will and under II she came
in for all he had AS that includes a
third interest In our extremely refined
and irreproachable business, IL would
be deuce OF trick on US II she mar
ried one OF the common people and set
him up amongst US, willy-nilly. We
don't want strange bedfellows. We're
too snug-and | might say, too SNUG
Down In her heart mother is saying 10
herself II would be just like Sara TO
get even with US by doing just that
sort of trick. or course Sara is rich
enough without accepting a sou under
the will but she's a canny person. She
hasn't handed IL back to us on a silver
platter, with thanks; still, on the
other hand, she refuses to NEEDLE. She
makes US feel pretty small. She won't
sell out 10 us. She just sits tight
That's what gets under the skin with
mother"
Il wouldn't say that, Les, If were
in your place"
1T is rather priggish thing to say,
isn't it?"
Rather"
You see, I'm the only one who
really took sides with Sara. | forget
myself sometimes. She was such a
brick, all those years."
Booth was silek for a moment, not
ing the reflective look in his compan-
ions eyes.
Il suppose the police haven't given
up the hope that sooner or later the
er-the woman will do something TO
give herself away" said he.
They don't take any stock in my
theory that she made way with herself
the same night. / was talking with
the chief yesterday. lie says that
anyone who had wit TO cover up her
tracks as she did, is not the kind To
make way with herself Perhaps he's
right II sounds reasonable. Cad,
felt sorry for the poor girl they had
up last spring She went through the
third degree, If ever anyone did, but,
by Jove, she came out OF IL all right.
The Ashley girl, you remember. I've
dreamed about that girl Brandy. and
what they put her through. It's sort
OF nightmare to me, even when I'm
awake. oh, they've questioned others
as we'll but she was the only one TO
have the screws twisted in just that
way"
/ Where is she now?"
She's comfortable enough now.
] When | wrote to Sara about what
she'd been through, she settled a neat
bit OF money on her, and she'll never
want for anything. Sheis out west
somewhere. with her mother and sis
ters. tell you, Sara's a wonder. She's
got a heart OF gold"
II look forward TO meeting her,
old man.
II was with her for a few weeks
this winter. In Nice. you know. Wv
ian stayed on for a week, but mother
had TO get to the baths. Cad, l be-
/ lieve she hated 10 go. Sara's got
most adorable girl staying with her.
I A daughter OF Colonel Castleton, and
: she's connected In some way with the
/ Murgatroyds-old Lord Murgatroyd.
: you know. ! think her mother was a
| niece OF the old boy. Anyhow, mother
and Vivian have taken a great fancy
TO her. That's proof OF ,he pudding"
Il think Vivian mphtioned com
( panion OF some sort
You wouldn't exactly call her a
companion" said Leslie. She's got
money 10 burn, AXE Il. Quite keeps
up with Sara in making IL ny. and that's
saying a good deal for her resources.
think it's a pose on her part, this
( calling herself a companion. An Eng
lish joke. eh7 As a matter OF fact,
she's an old friend OF Sara's and my
I brothers too. Knew them In England.
Most delightful girl. Oh. | say, old
man, she's the one for you 10 paint"
Leslie @axed enthusiastic. "A type.
positive type Never saw such eyes in