El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-03-05
CHAPTER Ii.

CHAPTER Liz ,
4 FTER purchasing her pi---1
~ waist and evening hat -
L a walked bomewards thOughtLuIIy'
her mind filled with the problem u
explaining to Julia her absence IoI
the evening. When she reached ner
room she deposited her parcel On INC
bed, and stood for a moment
lutte. Then. turning abruptly zo sI-e
again She would get a disagfeeed-D-IiSg
thing over at once so tnaI st mt
ENJOY her evening. Sne ~ ba NO
matters so that there shouIu f,I+1Ire
quarrel tonight or after any toDaT
meetings with HadIey, If, as sue o.s
he should ask for future meeS 81 u
She would go to Baird's now an Co,I1,d
Julia something that Woulu
BY the time she reached B I3adIte
she had decided upon tnal SOIIi m
thing" She told herself that SIe -
sorry to have to be little UNI t, -
full, but if her sister was so eAtiC Us l-
she could not expect anyone 70 DeeaIl-,
tlrely frank with her. NdOL 60, 80
was it not the duty of the youfiI I5L,
girl to prevent the older olio - y,
Worrying Was it not better 10 H ndAo
Julia comfortable in her MIND lha5
to have her anxious ana unhappy
Caryl Marvin's sOphistry worked 80
well upon her conscience Ihat 5uo a.
tuaily felt glow OF se IIIl9 7 Il 80,
ness at the idea of sacrlflclng neI ~ -
ideas of truth to keep her sls'oi
calm and care free.
When she arrived at the lace coun-
ter Julia was out at luncheon.
She'll be back soon, for she never
stays long," Laura MeDonOuSL n
formed her. It think it's foolish not
to take every inch of time that's al
lowed you. But your sister uOA
I Know" agreed CaryL IT'S a
pity she takes things so seriously.
1T sure is" affirmed Minnie MAJ
brunn, who had drawn near during
the conversation, for she's so pIeltY
she might have lots of fun There
was a swell looking guy that came
here to talk to her, but declare she
locked as if she wished he was out OF
the way. L knew by the cut OF ms
lib that he was some class. She
looked peeved when I asked her about
him, so let the matter drop But
with a knowing wink-"I noticed all
right that when she started to walk
home in that rain he was Waitin'
with a cab for her"
CaryI controlled the intense inter
est that she felt at these revelations,
and spoke indifferentIy.
bro 9s she she said said fd- vas b gia 6a55 me-
she would have got sOaked-as I did,
by the way. But are you sure that
the man who was talking to her
here at the counter was the same
one that took her homer
Sure amr' averred Minnie. Hes
rather tall"
Caryl recalled with some amuse-
ment that as Delaine, SOmerdyke and
Hadley were all tall, this description
did not distinguish one from the
other. But she knew without further
questioning who Julia's cavalier had
been The knowledge determined her
as to her own course.
Julia's appearance at this 1uncture
Interrupted the conversation, and,
with nod of goodbye to the two
sa1esgirls, Caryl drew her sister to
one end of the counter.
81 want to talk to you for a min
ute Judy" she said quickly. 81 have
accepted an invitation for dinner and
the theater tonight and, as I will be
gene when you get home, I came all
the way down here to explain the
matter to you"
Going to dinner and the theateri"
exclaimed Julia. 'Not-nOt-with that
Mr.. SOmerdyke-are you, dear?'
Caryl tossed her head. Indeed no."
she exclaimed. I'm done with him.
7 am glad" said her sister. I
might have known you would do the
right thing. But'-lOOking anxious
WHO! is. the person with whom you
CaryI had her story all ready but
she prefaced it with a little sigh.
I wish you would try to trust me,
Judy" she regretted. Haven't I
proved to you that I know when a
man is not just the right kind? But
rs you won't trust me, I will assure
you that I am to be in good hands
this evening and' that I viii get back
safe and sound after the theater-
unless my friends want to take me
to supper afterwards. Then I will, of
course, be later in getting in"
Your friends? Julia questioned.
What friends2'
Again CaryI sighed with elaborate
patience. Well, there's a very nice
gentleman that I met through one
IF Mr.. Delaine's Callers person
anybody could trust-and he and his
sister are going to the theater to-
sether tonight"
Julia smiled with relief. His sis
Ter toOH she said. And they have
isked you to go with them? How
nice! Always suppOsing, '-hesitat-
ngly-"that the sister is a refined
1erson-as I suppose she is-isn't
ihe?7
Caryl flushed with annoyance. L
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