The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1914-05-29


Challis spent several summers there"
Vivian took me through 1t one aft
ernoon last summer"
1T must have been quite as much
OF novelty 10 her as IL was 10 you.
old chap" said Leslie gloomily.
What do you meant"
"Vivian's a bit OF a snob. She never
liked the place because old man Gooch
built IL out OF worsteds. She never
went there"
But the old mans been dead for
years"
That doesn't matter. The fact Is.
Vivian didn't quite take to Sara until
after-well. until after Challis died.
We're dreadful snobs. Brandy. the
whole lot Of US. Sara was quite good
enough for much better man than
my brother. She really couldn't help
the worsteds. you know. I'm very
fond OF her. and always have been.
We're pals. Cad. Il was a fearful slap
at the home folks when Challis justi-
fed Sara by getting snuffed out the
way he did"
Booth made An attempt TO change
the subject, but Wrandall got back
to II.
Since then we've all been exceed
ingly sweet on Sara. Not because we
want to be. mind you. but because
we're afraid she1l marry some chap
who wouldn't be acceptable to u.s."
II should consider that a very neat
way out OF IT," said Booth coldly.
Not at all. You see, Challis was
fond Of Sara, In spite OF everything.
He left will and under II she came
In for all he had. As that includes a
third interest In our extremely refined
and irreproachable business, II would
be deuce OF trick on us IL she mar.
ried one OF the common people and set
him up amongst us. willy-nilly. We
don't want strange bedfellows We're
too snug-and l might say. too SNUG.
Down in her heart mother Ia saying TO
herself II would be Just like Sara to
get even with US by doing Just that
sort OF trick OF course Sara is rich
enough without accepting a sou under
hasn't handed 1t back TO us on a silver
platter. with thanks: still. on the
other hand, she refuses TO meddle. She
makes Us feel pretty small. She won't
sell out TO us. She just sits tight.
that's what gets under the skin with
mother"
Il wouldn't say that, Les, II I were
In your place"
ut is rather priggish thing to say.
isn'c~it?"
Rather"
you see. I'm the only one who
really took sides with Sara | forget
myself sometimes. She was such
brick. all those years"
Booth was silent for q moment, not
ing the reflective look In his compan.
ions eyes.
II suppose the police haven't given
up the hope that sooner or later the
er-the woman will do something TO
give herself away" said he.
They don't take any stock in my
theory that she made way with herself
the same night. | was talking with
the chief yesterday. He says that
anyone who had wit TO cover up her
tracks as she did, is not the kind to
make way with herself. Perhaps he's
right. II sounds reasonable. Cad, I
felt sorry for the poor girl they had
up last spring. She went through tho
third degree, II ever anyone did, but.
by Jove, she came out OF II all right
The Ashley girl, you remember. I've
dreamed about that girl, Brandy, and
what they put her through. It's sort
OF nightmare 10 me, even when I'm
awake. Oh, they've questioned others
as well, but she was the only one 20
have the screws twisted tn Just that
way"
where is she now?"
shes comfortable enough now.
When / wrote TO Sara about what
shed been through, she settled a neat
bit Of money on her. and she'll never
want for anything. She's out west
somewhere. with her mother and sis
ters. tell you, SarSs wonder. She's
got a heart OF gold"
II look forward TO meeting her,
old man"
'Tswas with her for a few weeks
this winter. In Nice. you know. Wv
Ian stayed on for q week, but mother
had to get 10 the baths. Cad, be
beve she hated 10 go. Sara's got a
most adorable girl staying with her.
A daughter OF Colonel Castleton. and
shes connected In some way with the
AurgaIoyds-old Lord Murgatroyd.
you know. ] think her mother was
niece Of the old boy. Anyhow, mother
and Vivian have taken a great fancy
10 her. That's proof OF the pudding"
II think Vivian mentioned com
panion OF some sort"
you wouldn't exactly call her a
companion" said Leslie. she's got
money 10 burn, take II. Quite keeps
lD with Sara In making II iy, and that's
saying a good deal for her resources.
I think It's a pose on her part, this |
calling herself a companion. An Eag
lish Joke. eh? As matter ~ fact, |
she's IN old friend of Sara's and my |
brothers TOO. Knew them IN England |
Most delightful girl Oh, 7 say, old |
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