The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1914-08-27
CHAPTER XIX.
The Hollow of Her Hand.

could see no one-not even him. The
doctor had been summoned during the
night and had returned in the morn
ing, to find that she had very high
temperature. The butler could not
enlighten Booth further than this,
except to add that a nurse was COM
ing in to take charge of Mrs. Wran-
dall more for the purpose of watching
her symptoms than for anything else,
he believed. At least, so the doctor
had said.
Two days passed before the dis
tressed young man could get any def
mite news concerning her condition.
He unconsciously began to think of it
as a malady, not mere illness, due
of course to remark Carroll had
dropped when Sara had told him the
whole truth of the tragedy and of
her own vindictive plans. 1t was
Carroll himself who gave definite re-
port of Sara. He met the lawyer COM
called to inquire.
She isn't out of her head, or any
thing like that" said Carroll uneasily,
but she's in a bad way, Booth. I'll
tell you what | think is troubling her
more than anything else. Down in her
heart she realizes that Hetty Castle
ton has got to be brought face to face
with the Wrandalls."
"The deuce you say!"
To-day | saw her for the first time
Almost Immediately she asked me If
l thought the Wrandalls would treat
Hetty fairly if they ever found out
the truth about her. / said | thought
they would. / didn't have the heart
to tell her that their grievance un-
doubtedly would be shifted from Hetty
to her, and that they wouldn't be like
ly to forgive her for the stand she'd
taken. She doesn't seem to care, how
ever, what the Wrandalls think of her
By the way, have you any influence
over Hetty Castleton?"
81 wish were sure that / had" said
Booth.
do you think she would come if you
sent her cablegram?"
Il am going over"
"She will have your letter in a
couple of days, according to Sara, who
seems to have very faithful CORE
spondent in the person of that maid
l shudder to think of the cable tolls
in the past few months / sometimes
wonder if the maid suspects anything
more than a loving interest in Miss
Castleton. What l was about to sug-
gest is this: Couldn't you cable her on
Friday saying that Sara is very Ill?
This is Tuesday"
Il will cable, of course, but Sara
must not know that I've done It,"
Can you come to my Office tomor-
row afternoon?"
"Yes. Tomorrow night / shall go
over to Philadelphia, to be gone till
Friday. hope it will not be necessary
for me to stay longer. You never can
tell about these operations"
Il trust everything will go we'll,
Brandon"
Several things of note transpired
before noon on Friday.
The Wrandalls arrived from Eu-
rope, without the recalcitrant colonel
Mr.. Redmond Wrandall, who met them
at the dock, heaved sigh of relief.
HE will be over on the Lusitania,
next sailing" said Leslie, who for
some reason best known to himself
wore troubled look.
Mr. Wrandalls face fell. II hope
not" he said, much to the indignation
of his wife and the secret uneasiness
of his son. These predatory connec-
tions of the British nobility"
Predatory" gasped Mrs. Wrandall.
are blood-sucking lot" went on
the old gentleman firmly. 'If he
comes to New York, Leslie, I'll stake
my head he won't be long in borrowing
few thousand dollars from each Of
us. And he'll not seek to humiliate us
by attempting to pay it back. Oh. /
know them"
Leslie swallowed rather hard.
What's the news here, dad?" he asked
hastily. Anybody dead?"
Sara is quite i'll, hear. Slow fever
of some sort, Carroll tells me-"
rs she going TO marry Brandy
Booth?" asked his son.
Mr.. Wrandall's face stiffened. Il
fear was little hasty in my conclu-
sions. Brandon came to the office a
few days ago and informed me In
rather plain words that there is abso-
lutely nothing in the report"
THE deuce you say! Cad, wrote
her a rather intimate letter." Leslie
got no farther than this. He was
somewhat stunned and bewildered by
his private reflections.
Mr.. Wrandall was lost in study for
some minutes, paying no attention to
the remarks of the other occupants OF
the motor that whii'led them across
Town