The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-06-27

! ulODl1e is uISou 10 JOIN Tie party
which will be accompanied by the
Cambridge City Band.
almost certain she heard the sound
of whisperings.
Mrs Thurston is not in just now.
Will you leave any message?'
Helen felt her cheek burn against
the receiver. Mrs. Thurston WAS
there and she would not speak to her!
ASK her to call me up as soon as
she comes in," she demanded.
With her elbows on the desk and
her flushed face in her cupped hands,
Helen fairly glared at the inoffensive
telephone.
So Mrs. Thurston had deliberately
refused to speak to her. Evidently
she thought her "easy"-as Warren
would have expressed it. Helens lips
set grimly. She would show Mrs.
Thurston her mistake.
1t was twelve now. Mrs. Thurston
was ALWAYS at home for luncheon.
She would wait until one and call
still out-then-Helen had not yet
quite formulated in her mind just
what she would do then.
| With tense Impotence, Helen
watched the clock. 1t had barely
struck one when she called up.
Us Mrs. Thurston in?"
who is it, please?"
Again Helen gave her name, and in
the pause that followed strained for
the faintest whisper. She could hear
only the hum of the wires, but the
wait was long enough for the maid to
receive instructions.
mo, Mrs. Thurston has not come in
yet"
Can you tell me when she will be
in?" icily.
But the maid evidently at sign
from her mistress, had cut her off.
With flaming cheeks Helen started
up and walked blndly around the
room. The she came back to the
phone. This time she called the near
est messenger office to send boy at
once.
A STRONG NOTE.
The note she wrote now she wrote
quickly. without pausing to weigh
words or phrases.
"My Dear Mrs. Thurston:
Il have just called up your
apartment twice, and both times
your maid said you were out, al
lllOuSI lue lISl llule L nedIu d
distinct whispered consultation.
l know that you are NOT out,
| but are deliberately refusing to
speak to me.
"Of course the only possible
reason for this is the twenty-five
| dollars | lent you and which you
| have failed to pay back. If you
did not have the money, you could
at least have written. But to let
! almost two months go by without
word of explanation and then
, deliberately refuse to speak to me
over the phone has made me most
indignant. | am writing this to
ask you to return the money at
once.
: l understand, of course, that
this ends our friendship, as
neither of us could be comfortable
, after such an incident.
, Very truly yours,
, HELEN l.. CURTIS"
: She gave this to the messenger with
, strict instructions to wait for an an
f swer
, 1t was an endless three-quarters
' of an hour before the boy returned
She said there wasn't no answer, "
he announced. indifferently.
who said that? | told you not tC
give it to the maid, but to the lady
q herself
! Yes, ma'am, that's who | gave il
a to. The girl let me in and then the
I lady came out. She read it and said
, there weren't no answer"
r Are you SURE it was Mrs. Thurs
+ ton? Was she tall, with dark hair
and - reluctantly, rather good look
, ing"
, Yes, ma'am, that's her." twirline
. his cap impatiently.
+ She paid the boy and let him go
BY this time she had worked herself
: up to d trembling, sick rage. 1t was
. not often that Helen got thoroughly
! angry, but when she did, it always
made her i'll. She had visions OF
= going straight to Mrs. Thurston's
t apartment and confronting her.
q SHE TELLS WARREN.
The rest of the afternoon she spent
rehearsing various such scenes. Bu
- first she would tell Warren. For once
O the thought of his fiery temper was
X comforting. 1t would be soothing te