Gunnison news-champion., 1914-09-25
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at saras apartment. he Was met BY
the news that she Was quite III and
could see no one-.Bot even him. The
doctor had been summoned during the
night and had returned in the morn.
ing. to md that she had a very high
temperature. The butler could not
enliehten Booth further than this,
except to add that a nurse was com.
ing IN to take charge of Mrs. Wran.
dali. more for the purpose OF watching
her symptoms than for anything else,
he believed. At least. 80 the docto.
had said.
Two days passed before the dis.
tressed young man could get any def.
mite news concerning her condition.
He unconsciously began to think Of II
as q malady. not a mere Illness. due
of course to . remark Carroll had
dropped when Sara had told him the
whole truth of the tragedy and of
her own vindictive plans. II was
Carroll himself who gave a definite re
port of Sara. He met the lawyer com
ing away from the apartment when he
called to inquire.
She isn't out of her head, or any
thing like that" said Carroll uneasily
but she's in q bad way. Booth. Ill
tell you what I think is troubling her
more than anything else. Down in her
heart she realises that Hetty Castle
ton has got 70 be brought face to face
with the Wrandalls"
THE deuce you say!"
To-day | saw her tor the Arst time
Almost Immediately she asked ne II
| thought the Wrandalls would treat
Hetty fairly II they ever found out
the truth about her. ! said l thought
they would. l didn't have the heart
to tell her that their grievance un.
doHbtedly would be shifted from Hetty
to her, and that they wouldn't be like
ly to forgive her for the stand she d
taken. She doesn't seem to care, how
ever. what the Wrandalls think Of her
BY the way. have you any influence
over Hetty Castleton?"
Il wish were sure that I had" said
Booth.
do you think she would come IL yor
sent her q cablegram?"
Il am going over"
She will have your letter in Z
couple of days. according to Sara, who
seems to have q very faithful CORE
spondent In the person of that maid
| shudder to think of the cable toll,
in the past few monthsl | sometime.
ha Il
more than . loving interest in Mis-,
Castleton. What | was about to sug
gest is this: Couldn't you cable her OF
Friday saying that Sare is very III
This is Tuesday"
Il will cable, of course, but Sar;
must not know that I've done It."
"Ccn you come to my Office toranr
row afternoon?"
"Yes. Tomorrow night / shall q,
over to Philadelphia, to be gone til
Friday. hope it will not be necessar,
for me to stay longer. You never car
tell about these operations"
Il trust everything will go well
Brandon"
Several things of note transpire,
before noon on FRIDAY.
The Wrandalls arrived from Eu
rope, without the recalcitrant colonel
Mr., Redmond Wrandall. who met then
AT the dock, heaved a sigh of relief
'He will be over on the Lusitanis
next sailing" said Leslie, who TO
some reason best known to himsel
wore troubled look.
Mr.. Wrandalls face fell. Il hop
not" he said. much TO the Indenauot
of his wife and the secret uneaslnes
OF his son. These predatory conneS
tons of the British nobility"
Predatory" gasped Mrs. wrandall
are a blood-sucking lot" went OF
the old gentleman firmly. "If h
comes to New York. Leslie. Ill stalk
my head he won't be long in borrow I'M
a few thousand dollars from each o
us. And he'll not seek to humiliate u
by attempting to pay it back. Oh.
know them"
What's the news here. dad" he aske,
hastily. Anybody dead?"
Sara is quite i'll. / hear Slow feve
of some sort, Carroll tells me"
Is she going TO marry Brand
I Booth" asked his SON
Mr.. WrandaIl's face stirened %
fear ! was Little hasty in my conclu
sions. Brandon came to the Office
few days ago and informed me il
rather plain words that there is absc
lutely nothing in The raro-- "