Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-07-03

sWer you l would nave TO reveal the
secret that makes it impossible for
her to become your wife. and that
cannot, will not do"
rs it fair to me?"
Perhaps not, but 1t is fair to her,
and that is why must remain silent"
Before God, shall know the truth
from her, If not from you-and-"
"If you love her, if you will be kind
to her, you will let her go her way
in peace"
He was struck by the somewhat sin
lister earnestness of her words.
Tell me where I may find her." he
said, setting his jaw.
1T will not be difficult for you to
find her." she said, frowning, IF you
insist on pursuing her."
you drive her away from your
house, Sara Wrandall, and yet you ex-
pect me to believe that your motives
are friendly. Why should accept
your word as final?"
81 did not drive her away, nor did
ask her to stay"
He stared hard at her.
Good Lord, what is the meaning
of all this?" he cried in perplexity?
What am to understand"
The car had come to a stop under
the porte cochere. She laid her hand
on his arm.
IF you will come in with me, Bran
don, will try to make things clear
to you"
He left in half an hour, walking rap
idly down the drive, his coat buttoned
closely, although the morning was hot
and GREATNESS. He held in his hand
a small scrap of paper on which was
written: "If l loved you less, would
come to you now and lie to you. If
you love me, Brandon, you will let me
go my way. 1t is the only course.
Sara is my friend, and she Is yours.
Be guided by her, and believe in my
love for you. Hetty."
And now, as things go In fairy sto-
ries, we should prepare ourselves to
see Hetty pass through a season in
drudgery and hardship, with the ulti-
mate quintessence Of JOY as the re-
ward for her trials and tribulations.
Happily, this is not fairy tale. There
are some things more fantastic than
fairy tales, if they are not spoiled in
the telling. Hetty did not so forth
to encounter drudgery, disdain and OBJ
loquy. By no manner Of means She
went with well-filled purse, a definite
purpose ahead and a determined fac
tor behind.
In manner BETTING her station as
the intimate friend of Mrs. Challis
Wrandall, as the cousin of the Murgat.
royds, as the daughter of Colonel Cas-.
Teton Of the Indian corps, as a per.
son supposed to be possessed of in.
dependent means withal, she went
with none to question, none to cavil
Sara had insisted on this, as much
for her own sake as for Hetty's; she
argued, and she had prevailed in the
end. What would the world think
| what would their acquaintance think
and above all what would the high and
mighty Wrandalls think if she went
with meek and lowly mien?
Why should they make it possible
| for anyone to look askance?
And so it was that she departed in
state, with dozen trunks and boxes
an obsequiously attended seat in the
parlor car was hers; telegram in
her bag assured her that rooms were
being reserved for herself and maiC
at the Ritz-Carlton; alongside it re
posed letter to Mr.. Carroll. instruct
ing him to provide her with sufficient
funds to carry out the plan agreed
upon; and In the seat behind sat the
lady's maid who had served her fol
a twelvemonth and more.
The timely demise of the venerable
Lord Murgatroyd afforded the mos
natural excuse for her trip to England
The old nobleman gave up the ghost
allowing for difference in time, at thu
very moment when Mrs. Redmond
Wrandall was undoing a certain pack
| dSS liolu LOuuOut WHICH turned gu
to be q complete history of what hi
torbears had done in the way of prop
agation since the fourteenth century
Hetty did not find it easy to accom-
modate her pride to the plan which
was to give her fresh and rattle
imposing start in the world. She wa
to have full year in which to deter
mine whether she should accept tot
and poverty as her lot, or emulate tn
symbolic example of Dicky, the canar,
bird. At the end of the year, unles
che did as Dicky had done, her sourc
Of supplies would be automatically Gu
off and she would be entirely depend
ent upon her own wits and resources
In the interim she was probationar.
person OF leisure. 1t had require
hours of persuasion on the part O
Sara Wrandali to bring her into lin
with these arrangements.
But am able and willing to wor
} for my living" had been Hetty's stut
born retort to all the argument
brought to bear upon her.
Then let me put it in another light
1t is vital to me, of course, that yo
} should keep up the show of affluenc
for while at least | think | hav
made that clear to you, But here /