Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1914-11-05

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OF all to Sara Wrandall. from whom
the girl plainly meant to keep the
truth. This conviction distressed him
but not in the way that might have
been expected. He had no scruples
about sharing the secret or In keeping
1t inviolate; his real distress lay In
the fear that Mrs. Wrandall might
hear OF all this from other and per
haps ungentle sources. AS for her pos
ing for Hawkright. 1t meant little OF
nothing to him. In his own experience
two girls OF gentle birth had served as
models for pictures or his own max
ing. and he fully appreciated the ext.
gencies that had driven them to 1t.
One had posed in the altogether"
She was girl of absolutely ire
proachable character. who afterward
married chap he knew very we'll,
and who was fully aware OF that short
phase in her life. That feature Of the
situation meant nothing to him He
was In no doubt concerning Hetty. She
was what she appeared to be: A gen.
tlewoman.
He admitted to himself that he was
under the spell OF her. 1t WAS not
love. he was able to contend; but
1t was a mysterious appeal to some
thing within him that had never re.
vealed itself before. He couldn't
quite explain what it was.
In his solitary hours at the cottage
on the upper road. he was wont to
take his friend Leslie Wrandall into
consideration. AS a friend. was it not
! his duty to go to him with his sordd
little tale? Was 1t right to let Nran.
dali go on with his wooing when there
existed that which might make all the
difference In the world to him He
invariably brought these deliberations
to close by relaxing into grim smile
OF amusement, as much as to say:
Serve him right anyway. Trust him
to slit her antecedents thoroughly
He's already done 1t, and h. IS quite
satisfied with the result. Serve them
all right, for that matter
But then there was Hetty Clynn.
What OF her? Hetty Glynn. real or
mythical. was a disturbing factor in
his deductions. If there vas a real
Hetty Glynn and she was He;ty Gus
tleton's double. what then?
On the fifth day OF a series of rather
prolonged and tedious sittings, he was
obliged to confine his work to an hour
and half in the forenoon. Mrs. Wran.
dali was having few friends In for
auctior-bridge Immediately after lunch
con. She asked him 10 stay over and
take hand, but he declined. He did
not play bridge.
Leslie was coming out on an evening
train. Booth. In commenting on this.
again remarked sharp change In Het-
Tvs manner. They had been convers-
ing somewhat bouyantly up to the mo-
hent he mentioned Leslie's impending
WISH In flash her manner changed.
A quick but unmistakable frown sue
ceeded her smiles. and for some rea-
son she suddenly relapsed into q state |
OF reserve that was little short of sui
len. He was puzzled, as he had been
before
Inc day was hot. Sara volunteered |
10 take him home in the motor. An |
errand In the village was the excuse |
she gave for riding over with him
heretofore she had sent him over |
alone with the chauffeur.
She looked very handsome. very
tempting, as she came down to the |
car
by Joye." he said to himself, "she
is wonderful"
he handed her into the car with the
grace OF courtier, and she smiled |
lpon him serenely. as a princess might
uave smiled In the days when knight.
hood was In flower.
Nhen she sat him down at his little
garden gate. he put the question that
mad been seething in his mind all the
way down the shady stretch they had
traversed
Have you ever seen Hetty Glynn.
the English actress"
Sara was always prepared. She knew
the question would come when least
expected.
Oh, yes she replied, with inter
est. Have you noticed the resem.
biance? They are as like as two peas
IN pod. Isn't 1t extraordinary"
He was a bit staggered. 81 have
never seen Hetty GIynn," he replied.
oh? You have seen photographs
OF herr" she inquired casually.
What has become Of herr" he ask.
eo' ignoring her question. rs she still
on the stage?"
Heaven knows she replied lightly
Miss Castleton and | were speaking
OF her last night. We were together
the last time l saw her. Who knows?
She may have married into the nobili.
ty by this time. She was a very moor
actress. but the loveliest thing in the
worid-excepting our Hetty, of
course"
II he could have seen the troubled
look In her eyes as she was whirled
on to the village. he might not have
gone about the cottage with such a
lDnthesome air. He was happier than