The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1914-08-22
CHAPTER x-contInued.

ths frst opportunity.
CHAPTER x.-continued.
He looked a. though he expected
nothing. He could only sit back and
wonder why the deuce Sara meant by
behaving like this.
They returned at seven. Dinner
was unusually merr.. Sara appeared
TO have recovered from her indispo-
sition: there was color In her cheeks
and life in her smile. He took It to
30 an omen Of good fortune. and was
fmmeasurably confident. The soft.
cool breezes Of the starlit night blew
visions of impending happiness across
his lively imagination: famed his i'm
patience with gentle ardor; filled him
with suppressed signs Of contentment,
and made him willing to forego the
delight Of conquest that he might live
the longer in serene anticipation Of
Hs thrills.
Ten o'clock came. He arose and
stretched himself in sort of ecstasy.
His heart was humping loudly, his
senses swan. Walking to the veran-
Aah rail he looked out across the
noonlit sound. then down at the So
Iscted nook over against the garden
wall-spot to be immortalized land
actually shivered. In ten minutes
time. or even less, she would be down
there in his armsl linguistic media
lions!
He turned to her with an engaging
smile. in which she might have dis
esrnsd . prophecy. and asked her to
some with him for . stroll along the
wall. And % he cast the die.
Hetty sent swift appealing look
ut Sara's purpossly averted face. Lee
Ne observed the act, but misintsrprst-
Cd it, meaning.
{, "oh, II IL quite warm" he said
quickly. you won't need q wrap" he
added. and In spite Of himself his
voice trembled. or course she wouldn't
Deed . wrapi
Il have few notes to write" said
1ara, rising. She deliberately avoid
- the look in Hetty's eyes. you will
End me in the library"
She stood in the doorway and
watched them descend to the terrace.
. sphinx-like smile on her lips. Hetty
seemed very tall and erect. a. one 60
hg to meet . soldiers fate.
Then Sara entered the house and
at down to walt
A long time after . door closed
stealthily in . distant part of the
house-the sun-parlor door. she know
~ direction,
A few minutes later an upstairs
soor creaked on its hinges. Some one
lad come In from the mellow night,
and some one had been left outside.
Many minutes passed. She sat
there at her fathers writing table
and waited for the other to como in.
AZ last quick. heavy FOOTBALLS sounded
a the tiled floor outside and then
sans swiftly down the hall toward
tho small. remote room In which she
sat She Looked up - he uncsrsmo-
niously burst into the room.
He came ACROSS and stood over her.
a expression Of utter bswildsrment
= his eyes. There wa, ghastly
omA1o On DID upo. ,
'Dn Il ali. Cara" he said shrilly.
~shs-shs turned me down."
He seemed incapable Of comprshsn-
oouo.
she was unmovsd. Her eyes mar.
Sowed, bat that was the only sign Of
emotion.
IL can't bslisvs--~ hs began
eosrulously. ~0h, what's me usef
~ won't have me. 'GAdi In trsm-
Ming Ike : lsak Where's Watsonf
uavs HIN get ne somsthing 10 drink.
Never mindi m 81 Il nom the sids-
lard. rm-In o--di~
H AroDpsd heavily into \ chair
q the - q ~ tpble and looked 1t
AR v1lh slaso1 ey6a. ~ she stared
bach q him ~ ha1 Tie curious fool-
~ th6t ~. ~ shrunk psrcsptibly,
tAaf ~ clotheG hing rather Ilmply
- M ~ f1ee Doensd 70 have lost
- q ~ snart symmetry; there w.
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