Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-06-09

you back again. MISS Castleton. Come
and sec me. Give my love to Sara"
She took her departure in some
haste, and In her heart she was rejoic.
ing that she had not succeeded in ma
king fool Of herself by confessing to
Sara that she had said unkind things
about her to Brandon Booth.
Hetty resumed her seat in the broad
French window and stared out over
the barren treetops in the park. A
frightened, pathetic droop returned to
her lips. 1t had been there most Of
the day.
In Sara's boudoir, the doors Of which
were carefully closed. three persons
were In close, even repressed confer
ence. The young mistress of the house
sat propped up in q luxurious chaise-
lounge. wan but intense. Confronting
here were the two men, leaning for
ward in their chairs. Mr.. Carroll held
in his hand number Of papers. prom
inent among them being three or four
telegramS Booths face was radiant
despite the serious. matter that occu-
pied his mind. He had reached town
early in the morning in response to a
telephone message from Carroll an
nouncing the sudden, unannounced ap-
pearance OF Hetty Castleton at his Of
fees on the previous afternoon. The
girls arrival had been most unexpect-
ed. She walked in on Mr.. Carroll. &C
companied by her maid, who had dis
tinctly sheepish look in her eyes and
seemed eager to explain something
but could not find the opportunity.
With some firmness, Miss Castleton
had asked Mr.. Carroll to explain why
the woman had been set to spy upon
her every moment, a demand the wor-
thy lawyer could not well meet for the
good and sufficient reason that he
wasn't very clear about 1t himself.
Then Hetty broke down and cried.
confessing that she was eager to go to
Mrs. Wrandall. at the same time sob
bling out something about symbolic
dicky-bird, much to Mr.. Carrolrs won.
der and perplexity.
He sent the maid from the room,
and retired with Miss Castleton to the
innermost Of his private Offices. where
without much preamble he informed
her that he knew everything. More.
over, Mr.. Booth was in possession Of
all the facts and was even then on the
point OF starting for Europe to gee her
OF course, his letter had failed to
reach her in time. There was quite .
tragic scene in the seclusion of that
remote little qdice. during which Mr..
Carroll wiped his eyes and blew his
nose more than once, after which he
took it upon himself to dispatch mes
senger to Sara with the word that he
and Miss CastletQp would present
themselves within half an hour after
his note had been delivered.
The meeting between Sara and Het-
ty was affecting. = Almost i'm
mediately the former began to show
the most singular signs Of improve
ment. She laughed and cried and JOY
ously announced to the protesting
nurse that she was feeling quite we'll
again! And. in truth. she got up from
the couch on which she reclined and
insisted on being dressed for dinner.
In another room the amazed nurse was
frantically appealing to Mr.. Carroll to
let her send for the doctor, only to be
COMPOUNDED by his urbane announce
ment that Mrs. Wrandall was as right
as string" and, please God, she
wouldn't need the services Of doctor or
nurse again for years to come. Thep
he asked the nurse II she had evef
heard of q disease called nostalgia"
She said she had heard Of home
sickness"
We'll, that's what allied Mrs. Wran-
dali" he said. Miss Castleton is the
cure"
Booth came the next morning.
Even as she lay passive in his
arms. Hetty denied him. Her arms
were around his neck as she miserably
whispered that she could not, would
not be his wife, notwithstanding her
love for him and his readiness to ac-
cept her as she was. She was ebdurate.
lovingly, tenderly obdurate. He would
have despaired but for Sara, to whom
he afterwards appealed.
wait" was all that Sara had said.
but he took heart. He was beginning
to look upon her as q sorceress. A
week ago he had felt sorry for her;
his heart had been touched by her
transparent misery. Today he saw
her in another light altogether; as the
determined. resourceful, calculating
woman who, having failed to attain a
certain end. was now intensely, keenly
interested in the development Of an
other of totally different nature. He
could not feel sorry for her today.
Hetty deliberately had placed her
self in their hands. withdrawing from
the conference shortly before Vivian's
arrival to give herself over to gloomy
conjectures as to the future, not only
for herself. but for the man she loved
and the woman she worshiped with
something Of the fidelity OF q beaten
dog.
At later conference participated in
by Sara, Booth and Mr.. Carroll, the old
lawyer spoke plainly.
Now are you both willing to give
serious consideration to the plan pro-
pose? Take time to think it over No
harm will come to Miss Castleton. l
am confident. There will be nine
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