Gunnison news-champion., 1914-07-10

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'0s-Uha~o onapss Lssssss usshss.
= dia not drive her away. nor ssa
! ask her to stay"
He stared hard at her.
Good Lord. what 10 the meaning
Of all this?" he cried in perplexity7
What am I 10 snaerstana?"
The car had come to q stop under
the porte cOchere. she laid her hand
ON his arm.
If you will come In with me, Braa-
don, ! will try to make things clear
10 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
q small scrap Of paper on which wss
written: III ! loved you less, I would
come 10 you nov and lie to you. II
you love me. Brandon, you will let ne
20 my way. 1t is the only course.
sara 10 ny friend, and she 10 yours.
be guided By her. and believe in my
love for you. Hetty."
And nov, - things 20 In fairy sto-
ries. We shssll prepare ourselves 10
see Hetty pass through Q season N
arNAGery aal hardship with the slti-
nate suiatssssaoe Of Joy - the 70
ward for - tsiab and tribulati0as.
HapDaly, thas y - . 1airy tals. Thew
ase sOos th1a0s Dese fantastic tAaA
fsisy talss. 4 tArv ere n0t speile1 N
/ the telling. Iletty did not 10 forth
to encOsntsr drsA0ery, aisdain and -
lOquy. BY - manner Of means! She
went With . vell-Alled purse, q definite
purpose aheaA and q determined fac
tor behinA.
In . manner befitting her station %
the intimate friend of Mrs. Challis
Wrandall, - the cousin Of the Mureat-
rOyds. - the laughter Of Colonel Cas-
tleton Of the Indian corps, ~ . 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, % much
for her own sake ~ for Hettys; 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 1t possible
for anyone to look askance?
And 30 1t was that she departed in
state, with q dozen trunks and boxes;
an obseQuiOusly attended seat in the
parlor car was hers; q telegram in
her bag assured her that rooms were
being reserved for herself and maid
at the Rits-Carlton; alongside it re
posed a 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 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 save up the ghost,
allowing for difference In time, at the
very moment when Mrs. Redmond
Wrandall WAS undoing . certain pack
oSc ifom LOu0our ~ uiCu turned OUT
to be a complete history of what his
forbears had done in the way of prop
agation since the fourteenth century.
Hetty did not find it easy to accom-.
nodate her pride to the plan which
was TO give her q fresh and rather
imposing start in the world. She was
TO have a 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. 1t had required
hours Of persuasion on the part of
Sara wrandall to bring her into line
with these arrangements.
But ! am able and willing to work
for my living" had been Hetty's stub
born retOrt to all the Arguments
brought to bear upon her
Then let me put il in another light.
It 10 vital to ne. of course. that you
should keep mp the show of afiuence
for . while 1t least. I think I have
made that clear to you. But here is
another side to the matter; the ques-
ton Of recompense"
-Reconpense, cried Hetty sharply