The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1914-08-13


Leslie's guns for him"
Il can tell you something you don't
know, VIVIAN" said he. Sara was
rather keen about making a match
there"
Vivian's smile was slow but trium-
plant. That is just what 1 thought.
There you are! Doesn't that explain
Sara?"
I'm a measure, yes. But, you see,
II developed that Hetty cared for some
one else, and that put stop to every
thing"
Am 1 to take it that you are the
some one else?"
YES" he said soberly.
Then. may l ask why she went
away so suddenly"
you may ask, but l can't answer"
do you want my opinion? She
went away because Sara, failing in
her plan to marry her off to Leslie,
decided that it would be fatal to a GER
tain project of her own If she re-
mained on the field of action. Do
make myself clearT"
"Oh, you are away off in your con-
clusions, WV"
Time will tell" WAS here cabalistic
rejoinder.
Her father appeared on the lawn
below and called up to them.
you are wanted at the telephone.
Brandon. I've just been talking to
Sara"
Did she call you up, father?" asked
Vivian, leaning over the rail.
Yes. About nothing in particular,
however"
She turned upon Booth with a mock
ing smile. He felt the color rush to
his face, and was angry with himself.
He went to the telephone. Almost
her first words were these:
What has Vivian been telling you
about me, Brandon?"
He actually gasped. Good heavens,
Sara"
He heard her low laugh. 80 she
has been saying things, has she?" she
asked. Il thought SO. I've had it
in my bones tonight"
He was at loss for words. It was
positively uncanny. AS he stood there,
trying to think of trivial remark, her
laugh came to him again over the wire,
followed by drawling good night"
and then the soughing of the wind
over the open" wire.
The next day he called her up on
the telephone quite early. He knew
her habits. She would be abroad in
her gardens by eight o'clock He re-
membered we'll that Leslie, in COM
menting on her absurdly early hours,
lad once said that her early bird"
habit was hereditary: she got it from
Sebastian.
What put it into your head, Sara,
that Vivian was saying anything un-
pleasant about you last night?"
Magic" she replied succinctly.
Rubbish"
Il have magic tapestry that trans
ports me, hither and thither, and by
night | always carry Aladdin's lamp.
So, you see, see and hear everything"
BE sensible"
you intend to be Influenced by what
Vivian or her mother said to you last
night, | think you'd be wise to avoid
me from this time on" /
Prepared though he was, he biinked |
his eyes and said something she didn't !
quite catch.
She went on: Moreover, In addition |
TO my attainments in the black art,
am quite as clever as Mr.. Sherlock !
Holmes in some respects. / really do |
some splendid deducing. In the first
place, you were asked there and ,
was not. Why? Because / was to be /
discussed. You see"
Marvellous" he interrupted loudly.
You were to be told that / have
cruel designs upon you"
Go on, please"
And all that sort of thing" she
said sweepingly, and he could almost
see the inclusive gesture with her free
hand. He laughed but still marveled
At the shrewdness of her perceptions.
I'll come over this afternoon and
show you wherein you are wrong" he
began, but she interrupted him with a
laugh.
am starting Tor the city before
noon, by motor, to be gone at least a
fortnight"
What! This Is the first I've heard
Of it."
Again she laughed. ITO be perfect
" frank with you, l hadn't heard of
t myself until just now. l think |
shall go down to the Homestead with
he CAROLS"
Hot Springs?"
virginia" she added explicitly.
i say, Sara, what does all this
mean? YOU"
And If you should follow me
here, Vivian's estimate of US will not
De so far out of the way as we'd
Ike to make it."
True to her word. she was gone
when he drove over later on in the i