The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-04-21
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hat SIS L-0 l-iAAn1G u do 10 Hetty
Csst!e;o4- Staring u-.d al the black
Window Le1oIe him the pen still ia
lis hid, lie allowed his thoughts 10
cnei ~ Intimately On the subject of
his fsel.lleant postscript that her
,sLe. lace With its burning eyes
seemed ~ t-As shape in the night
, teyond. II Was q lous time before
lie could set I'D OF the Illusion. After
@sIds lie tiled 10 ooEjure up Hettys
face and To dIiye out The likeness of
| the ethel WOMAN. and found that he
could not recall a single feature in the
lace % the girl lie loved.
When he reached Southlook in the
morning, he found that nearly all of
| the doors and windows were boarded
| Up. Wagons were standing in the
stable yard. laden with trunks and
/ crates. Servants without livery were
scurryilg about the halls. There WAS
All air OF tinality about their move
ments.
Yes, sir" said Watson, in reply
10 his question. I'VE are in rush.
Mrs. Wrandall expects to close the
! 'ouse this evening. sir. We all 20 I'd
this afternoon. suppose you know.
sir, we ave taken a new apartment
| in town"
MOI" exclaimed Booth.
| Yes, sir, we ave, sir. They've
| been decorating 1t for the pawst two
! weeks. Seems like she didn't care for
| the old one we 'ad AS a matter OF
| fact, | didn't care much for it. either.
I She's taken one of them Inexpensive
ones looking out over the park, sir.
| You know we used 10 look out over
Madison avenue, sir, aud God knows
1t wasn't hinspirin'. Yes. sir. we go
up this afternoon. Mrs. Wrandall
| will be down in a second, thank you,
| sir"
J Booth actually was startled by he.
| appearance when she entered the
| room few minutes later. She looked
| 0sitively i'll.
my dear Sara" he cried anxiously,
this is too bad You are making
yourself ILL., Come, come, this won't
do"
Il shall be all right in day or
two" she said, with weary little
| gesture. Il have been nervous. The
strain was too great. Brandon. This
is the reaction you might say"
| Your hand is hot, your eyes lool;
feverish. You'd better see your doc
tor as soon as you get to town. An
ounce of prevention, you know
| Well" She said, with searching
look into his eyes. have you written
to herr"
Yes. Posted 1t at seven o'clock
this morning"
towel, to volunteer word in my
behalf. You werefnOt to do that, you
know"
| He looked uncomfortable. I'm
afraid ! did take your name in vain"
he equivocated. you are "a won.
derful woman. Sara" he went on,
moved to the remark by curious in
fiuence that he could not have ex-
| planned any more than he could have
accounted for the sudden gush of
emotion that took possession OF him.
She ignored the tribute you will
persuade her to come to New York
with your"
For your sake, Sara, If she won't
come for mine"
| she knows the cage Is OPEN" was
her way of dismissing the subject.
Il am glad you came over / have a
letter from Leslie. 1t came this morn
ing. You may be interested in what
he has to say of Hetty-and of your
self" she smiled family. HE Is
determined that you shall not be with
out friend while he is alive"
Lies isn't such rotter, Sara. He's
| spoiled, but he is hardly to be blamed
for that
II will read his letter to YOU" she
said, and there was no little signifi-
canoe in the way she put it, She held
the letter In her hand but he had
failed to notice it before. Now he saw
that IL was a crumpled ball Of paper.
He was obliged to wait for minute
or two while she restored it to a read.
able condition. HE was in London
when this was written" she explained,
turning to the window for light. she
glanced swiftly over the first page
until she found the place where she
meant to begin. 81 suppose Hetty
Castleton has written that we met
In Lucerne two weeks ago." she read.
"'Curious coincidence In connection
with IL, too / was with her father,
Col Braid Castleton, when We came
upon her most Unexpectedly. | ran
across him in Paris just before the
aviation meet, and got to know him
rather we'll He's a fine chap, don't
you thinkH / confess | was somewhat
surprised to learn that he didn't know
she'd left America. He explained II
quite naturally, however. He'd been
Ill Ia the north OF Ireland and must
have missed her letters. Hetty was
on the point Of leaving for Italy We
didn't see much of her, But, by love
Sara, am more completely gone on
her than ever. She is adorable Now
that I've met her father, who had the
beastly misfortune to miss old Murgat
royd's funeral. can readily see where
Ia the saying blood will tell" applies
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