Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-05-20

fingers tishtsasd tAsir grasp On the
maeaaane.
'-IAs same nodsl" 10 aid auistiy.
! eAo noaasd hsr head.
.HseH 0ly1a, I an sure" the said.
after Q yazsA without lifting her eyes.
Her voeoe vas low, Tho words not very
distinct.
| He 1soW . long breath. and che look.
ed ~ quickly. What he saw: In her
honest blse syes convicted her.
! Sara WElnlan cane Int IT, .reon
.at thaks 6nE Hstf1 EaSdH Mod
the magazine and held 4 behind her.
Booth had intended 70 show the 70
production TO Mrs. Wrandall, but the
girls behavior caused him TO change
his mind. He felt that he possessed
. secret that could not be shared With
Sara Wrandall, then or efterward.
Moreover, he decided that he would
not refer TO the Havkright pictures
again unless tho GIRL herself brought
up tho subject. All this hashsd through
his mind - he stepped forward to
greet the newcomer.
When he turned again to Hetty, the
magazine had dissppeared. He never
saw Il afterWard, and, what 10 more to
tho point, be never asked her to pro.
duce It
He thought hard over the situation.
Tho obvious solution came to him:
She had bean ct ono time reduced to
the necessity Of posing. circumstance
evideptly known 70 but few and least
Of Ill - Sara WfandAll. from whom
the giri plainlH meant 70 keep the
truth. This conviction distressed him,
but not Il tie wv that might have
been sapected He had no scruples
about sharing The secret or in kesping
It inviolats; his real distress lay In
tho fsar that Mn. Wrsndall might
hear Of M Thu from other and per.
haps unsentle sources. Az for her pos.
ing for Hawkright, It meant little or
nothing 70 him. In his own experience,
two girls Of gentle birth had served O.
models for pictures Of his own max.
ing, and he fully appreciated the ext
genciss that had driven them 70 It.
Ono had posod In the altogether"
She was . girl Of absolutely ire.
proachahle character, who afterwazd
married . chap he knew very wen.
and Who vas fully aware Of that short
phase IN her Me. That feature Of the
situation meant nothing to him. He
was limo doubt concerning Hetty. She
was what she appeared to be-: A gen.
tlswoman.
!. He admitted 70 himself that he was
under the sps1 Of her. It was not
love. ho Was able TO contend: but
1t vas . mystsFious appeal 70 some
thing w1thin HIN that had never re.
vealsd itself before. He couldn't
quite explain, Whist it was.
In hid solitary hours ct tho cottage
on the upper road, he was wont to
take his friend Leslie Wfandall into
considerations. A. I friend, was It not
his duty to 90 to him with his sordid
little tals3 Was Il hight to let Wran-
dali 90 on with his woodng when there
existed that which might make all the
diRersncs In the world to him? He
Invariably brought these deliberations
70 clo0e by relaxing into grim smile
ol amusement. - much 90 to say:
Serve him right anyway. Trust him
70 sift her antecsdsnts thoroughly.
Hes already 6ons It and he 10 quite
satisfied with the result Serve them
MI right, for that matter"
But then there was Hetty Glynn.
What Of Asrf Hsttyz Glynn, real or
mythical was . disturbing factor in
his doouctioos. II there was q real
Hstty 0lynn and abe was Hetty Cas.
tlston'6 1oub5e, what then?
On IT, nh ~ u q ser4es q FaIhse
psplca q anl t@dje . sittines. - was
oaN0o1sao - NJ ~ ten Io1s,
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