The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1914-06-26

after this. as I've been doing. Sara"
Don't be silly! or course you IAN.
This will blow over"
BLOW over?" he almost gasped.
Il mean the first effects. Try being
q martyr for a while, Leslie. 1t isn't
q bad plan. l can III you. It may
Interest you to know hat Challis pro-
posed to me three times before
accepted him. and yet II loved him
from the beginning"
by Jove!" he exclaimed. coming
to his feet with a new light In his
eyes. The hollows In his cheeks
seemed to fill out perceptibly.
Good night"
~ say, Sara, dear, you1l-youm help
me a bit. won't you? I mean you'll talk
it over with her and"
MY sympathy Is entirely with
Miss %Castleton," she said from the
doorway. His Jaw dropped.
He was still Illuminating over the
%callousness Of the world in respect to
lovers when she mounted the stairs
and tapped firmly on Hetty's door.
Hetty C~astleton was standing in
the middle Of her room when Sara
entered. From her position 1t was
evident that she had stopped short In
her nervous. excited pacing Of the
floor. She was very pale, but there
was a logged. set expression about
her mouth.
Come in. dear" she said. In a
manner that showed she had been
expecting the visit. Have you seeu
him."
Sara closed the door. and then stood
with her back against 1t. regarding
her agitated friend with serious, COM
passionate eyes.
Yes. He is terribly upset. 1t was
a blow to him, Hetty."
Il am sorry for him. Sara. He was
30 dreadfully In earnest. But. thank
God, 1t is over!" She threw back
her head and breathed deeply. THAT
horrible, horrible nightmare is ended.
suppose 1t had to be. But the mock
cry of it-thlnk of it, Sara!-the
damnable mockery OF it,"
Poor Leslie!" sighed the other.
Poor old Leslie"
Hetty's eyes filled with tears. ooh,
| am sorry for him. He didn't deserve
1t. God in heaven. # he really knew
everything. If he knew why l could
not listen to him. why I almost
screamed when he held my hands in
his and begged-actually begged me
to Oh, 1t was CHASTITY, Sara"
She covered her face with her
hands, and swayed as IL about to fall.
Sara came quickly to her side. Put
shoulders, she led the girl to the
broad window seat and threw open
the blinds.
Don't speak Of 1t, dearest-don't
think OF that. Sit here quietly in the
air and pull yourself together. Let
me talk to you. Let me tell you how
deeply distressed l am. not only or
your account, but his"
They were silent for q long time
the girl lying still and almost breath
less against the others shoulders. She
was still wearing the delicate blue
dinner gown. but In her fingers wal
the exquisite pearl necklace Sara ha(
given her for Christmas, She hat
taken 1t of and had forgotten to droI
1t in her jewel box.
Il suppose he will go up to the cit,
early" she said monotonously.
at Aa1tN tn n haitian oaA. tk.- 49,
think. my dear" said Sara. looking GU
over the tops Of the cedars. HE vii
not run away"
Hetty looked up in alarm. "Yol
mean he will persist in-in his atten
TONS" she cried.
"Oh. no. l don't believe you will
find him to be the bugbear you imae
Inc. He can take defeat like a man
He is devoted to you. he Is devote'
to me. Your decision no doubt wreck
his fondest hopes in life, but It doesn'
make a weakling Of him"
IL don't quite understand"
He is sustained by the belief tina
he has paid you the highest honor
man can pay to a woman. There
no eason why he should turn his bac
on you. as a sulky boy might do. N,
my dear. l think you may count o
him as your best. most loyal frien
from this night on. He has Just sal
to me that his greatest pain lies 1
the fear that you may not be willin
to accept him as a simple. honest. u
j presuming friend since"
, "Oh, Sara, II he will only be tn;
and nothing more!" cried the girl wo
deringly.
Sara smiled confidently. Il fan,
you haven't much to fear in that dire
ton, my dear. 1t isn't In Leslie Wra
8 dall's makeup to court a second I
pulse. He is all pride. The blow
g suffered tonight can't be repeated
least. not by the same. person."
8 Il am SO sorry 1t had to be Leslie
murmured Hetty.
BE nice to him. Hetty. He deserv
that much Of you. to say the least.
| should miss him II he found it imp,
sible to come here on account Of"