The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1914-05-29

DO you think it like me-" she T., /
quired innocently.
Amazingly like you" he declare, |
with conviction.
She turned the, page. He was watc. |
ing her closely. As she looked NM,
the sketches Of the ,half-nude figure .
warm blush covered her face ans
neck. She did not speak for a fn
minute, and he was positive that bo, |
fingers frightened their grasp on ths
magazine.
The same model" he said quietly
She nodded her head.
"Hetty Glynn, I am sure" she san
after a pause. without lifting her eve.
Her voice was low. the words not yery
distinct.
He drew a long breath. and she lool.
ed up quickly. What he saw in he,
honest blue eyes convicted her.
Sara Wrandall came into the room
at that moment. Hetty hastily closea
the magazine and held it behind her /
Booth had intended to show the "a
production to Mrs, Wrandall, but tho
girls behavior caused him to chanea
his mind. He felt that he possessed
a secret that could not be shared with
Sara Wrandall, then or afterward
Moreover. he decided that he would
not refer to the Hawkright picture,
again unless the girl herself brought,
up the subject. All this flashed through
his mind as he stepped forward tn
greet the newcomer.
When he turned again to Hetty. the
magazine had disappeared He never
saw 1t afterward. and, what is more to
the point, he never asked her to pro-
duce II.
He thought hard over the situation.
The obvious solution came to him.
She had been at n time reduced To-
the necessity Of posing. a circumstancs
evidently known to but few and least
of all to Sara Wrandall, from whom
the girl plainly meant to keep ths|
truth. This conviction distressed him
but not in the way that might have
been expected. He had no s%cruples|
about sharing the secret or In keeping|
it inviolate; his real distress lay in|
the fear that Mrs. Wrandall might
hear of all this from other and perl
haps ungentle sources. AS for her posi-
ing for Hawkright, 1t meant little oj
nothing to him. In his own experience
<r,o -;rle - raptta fhirth hod carvad nj
models for pictures of his md
ing, and he fully appreciated the II
gencies that had driven them to ID
One had posed In the altogether
She was a girl Of absolutely ire1
proachable character, who afterward|
married a chap he knew very WE'LL
and who was fully aware of that short
phase in her life, That feature Of As|
situation meant nothing to him. Hd
was in no doubt concerning Hetty. Shd
was what she appeared to be: A gem
tlewoman.
He admitted to himself that he wsd
, under the spell of her. 1t was nd
. love, he was able to contend; bu1
it was a mysterious appeal to some
thing within him that had never rel
vealed itself before. He couldn't
quite explain what 1t was.
: In his solitary hours at the cottagi
on the upper road, he was wont 4
take his friend Leslie Wrandall intd
consideration. AS a friend. was ii no'
his duty to 60 to him with his sordld
little tale? Was It right to let Wran1
dali go on with his wooing when ther'
existed that which might make all tN'
difference In the world to him? N
. invariably brought these deliberation'
to a close by relaxing into a grim smA'
Of amusement, as much as TO say
Serve him right, anyway. Trust n1