The Forrest City times., 1914-06-05

hef 10 become your wife, and that cannot. will not do."
 ''ls it fair to me?"
 Perhaps not, but it Is fair to her and that is why must remain silent
 Before God, I 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 ister earnestness of her words.
 Tell me where l may find her" he said, setting his jaw
 Tt 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 l accept your word as fnal?"
 T did not drive her away, nor did l ask her to stay"
 He stared hard at her.
 Good Lord, what Is the meaning Of all this?' he cried in perplexity What am l 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, l 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 breathless. He held In his hand a small scrap of paper on which was written: If l loved you less, I would come to you now and lie to you. If you love me, Brandon, you will let mt go my way. It 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.
 
 are some things more fantastic than falry tales, If they are no.Spoiled in the telling. Hetty did not go forth to encounter drudgery, disdain and ob- loquy. By no manner of means! She went with well-filled purse, a definite purpose ahead and a determined fac tor behind
 In manner befitting her station as the intimate friend of Mrs. Chalns Wrandall, as the cousin of the Murgat- royds, as the daughter of Colonel Gas tleton of the Indian corps, as a per son supposed to be possessed of in dependent means withal, she went, "lth 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 acquaintances think, and above all what would the high and mighty Wrandalls think if she went with meek and lowly mien?
 Why should they make 1t possible for anyone to look askance?
 And so it was that she departed in state, with a dozen trunks and boxes; an obsequiously attended seat in the parlor car was hers; a telegram in her bag assured her that rooms were being reserved for herself and maid at the Ritz-Carlton; alongside 1t re posed letter to MT 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 for twelvemonth and more.
 The timely demise of the venerable Lord Murgatroyd afforded the most natural excuse for her trip to England. The old nobleman gave up the ghost. allowing for difference In time, at the very moment when Mrs. Redmond Wrandall was undoing a certain pack age from London, which turned out to be a complete history of what his 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 rather imposing start in the world She was to have full year in which to deter. mine whether she should accept toll and poverty as her lot, or emulate the symbolic example of Dicky. the canary bird. At the end of the year unless she did as Dicky had done, her source of supplies would be automatically cut of and she would be entirely depend. ent upon her own wits and resources. In the interim she was a probationary person of leisure. It had required hours of persuasion on the part of Sara Wrandall to bring her into line with these arrangements. But l am able and willing to work for my living had been Hetty's stub l born retort to all the arguments l brought to bear upon her.
 Then let me put it in another light It Is vital to me, of course, that you | should keep up tue show of affuence ] for while at least. l think I have made that clear to you. But here is another side to tbe Smatter; the ques- 1 tsA, ASn