The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1914-08-14

two gentlemen visitors. to be perfectly
honest, Miss Wrandall, her lawyer, Mr..
Carroll. and-Mr. Booth"
They were seated side by side on
the uncomfortable Louis Seize divan
In the middle of the room.
Perhaps she won't care to see me,
after an audience SO fatiguing," eaid
Miss Wrandall sweetly. And SO ex-
asperating." she added, with a smile.
Hetty looked her ~perplexity.
But she will see you, Miss Wran-
dall-if you don't mind waiting. 1t is
a business conference they're hav-
ing"
An ironic CLEAN appeared In the cor
ner Of Vivian's eye. oh" she said.
and waited. Hetty smiled uncertain
ly, All at once the tall American girl
was impressed by the wistful, almost
humble look in the Englishwoman's
eyes. an appealing look that caused
her to wonder not a little. Like a fash
she jumped at an obvious conclusion.
and almost caught her breath. This
girl loved Booth and was losing him!
Vivian exulted FOL a moment and then,
with an impulse she could not quite
catalogue. laid her hand on the others
slim fingers, and murmured somewhat
hazily; Never mind, never mind"
"Oh. you must walt" cried Hetty,
not at all IN touch with the others
mood. Sara expects to see you. The
men will be out in a few minutes"
Il think l will run In tomorrow
morning." said Vivian hastily. She
arose almost Immediately and again
extended her hand. 80 glad 10 see
you back again, Miss Castleton. Come
and see me. Give my love to Sara"
She took her departure in some
haste, and in her heart she was rejoic
ing that she had not succeeded in ma
king a fool Of herself by confessing to
Sara that she had said unkind things
about her L Brandon Booth.
Hetty resumed her seat In the broad
French window and stared out ovel
the barren treetops In the park. A
frightened. pathetic droop returned tt
her lips. 1t had been there most o.
the day.
. In Sara's %boudoir, the doors OF which
were carefully closed, three person!
were in close, even depressed confer
ence. The young mistress OF the hous,
sat propped up in a luxurious chaiee
lounge. a but intense. Confrontin,
here were the two men, leaning for
" ward in their chairs. Mr.. Carroll hell
in his hand a number Of papers. prom
: inent among them being three or fou
kilograms. Booths face was radian
despite the serious matter that occu
pied his mind. He had reached tow1
early In the morning in response to
telephone message from Carroll ar
%nouncing the sudden, u%nannounced ar
pearance of Hetty Castleton at his oil
fees on the previous afternoon. Tn
7 girls arrival had been most ~unexpect
S ed. She walked in on Mr.. Carroll, az
h compaHied by her maid, who had q dit
o tinctly s%heepish look in her eyes an
q seemed eager to explain somethin
o but could not find the opportunity.
9 With some f1rmness, Miss Castleto
had asked Mr.. Carroll to explain VIII
the woman had been set to SPY upe
g her every moment, a demand the wol
b thy lawyer could not well meet for tn
good and sufficient reason that h
d wasn't very clear about It himsel
n Then Hetty broke down and criet
confessing that she was eager to 20 I
Mrs. Wrandall, at the same time so
o bling out something about a symbol
dicky-bird, much to Mr.. Carroll's VOL
der and perplexity.
}" He sent the maid from the roou