Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-07-19


VICE. Dorcas was different In heart
and intellect. She resembled stalwart
men he had known.
He sat with his eyes fixed on an
ocean steamer moving majestically up
the harbor. When her whistle shrieked
In response to salute, Wentworth
rose with a start and glanced sharply
about him. He felt that some one was
watching him. His eyes met the
gaze of his sister. She sat on nearby
bench staring at him, a newspaper in
her lap and her hands clasped list
nessly over it.
why, Derry! How long have you
been here? Did you call me?"
81 did not speak to you," she an
swered quietly when / laid down
my paper a minute ago you sat there.
He did not offer to take a place be.
side her, though she moved to make
when his glance fell on the headlines
OF paper that lay in Dorcas' lap.
Have you seen the story about
yourself in the Times?"
"Of course have" answered Enoch
impatiently. ut was not my doing.
| Oswald insisted on it. Every paper is
| clamoring for news. We reproduce
the play the first week of December"
1.-THE paper speaks of you alone.
Merry isn't given credit for even sug-
costing the plot. His name is not
mentioned"
Wentworth's brow wrinkled into an
ugly scowl. "How could he be men
toned? He can't be found-any-
where
"Mr. Oswald said yesterday he was
In the Catskills, ready to come on
at a moments notice"
Il wish to God he were!" cried
Wentworth desperately.
"Why don't you tell Mr.. Oswald the
TRUTH"
"Dorcas, you're child. You don't
understand that I am up against q
harder proposition than l can meet"
1T seems to me, Enoch," said the
girl slowly, IF you had not"
SlC ulu ,uOt l1A1Su tAO SO4AICAS0s oAO
had turned her eyes away from her
brother and stared at the multitude
of craft in the bay, jostling each
other as vehicles do on Broadway.
Had not what?" he insisted.
She met his eyes calmly and they
wavered before her own. Il mean If
you had not made false start-if you
had gone into this honestly-every-
thing would have come out happily"
Wentworth did not answer.
Il can't feel, Enoch, that Merry has
had fair play"
The man stamped his foot impa-
tiently.
Help me to find him, then. Things
will straighten out if he puts In an
appearance. Come, let US walk home.
It's too chilly for you to sit here"
Dorcas rose and folded the paper
which lay on her lap. She kept up
with her brothers long strides through
the crowd that thronged Broadway.
After few minutes silence he asked
suddenly: "How did you. happen to
see Mr.. Oswald yesterday"
"He called at the house."
about what?"
"On business. He has asked me to
play 'Cordelia.'
at might have occurred to him to
consult mel"
Wentworth stopped for second.
Dorcas was not looking at him-her
eyes were turned straight ahead on
the bustling street.
why didn't he speak to me flrst?"
he persisted
II don't know. l can't decide what
to do. would say yes If l could talk
1t over with Andrew Merry"
Il have told you point-blank you are
not to 60 on the stage"
you know how ] feel about It,"
Dorcas spoke quietly. you remem-
Der, told you it was the only work
l ever cared to do
when did Oswald suggest this?"
Several weeks ago. He has talked
with me about it more than once"
HE might have taken me into his
confidence" snarled Wentworth.
HE knew how you felt about 1t.
Besides, Enoch," the girls voice
trembled, "besides-lately l have not
known whether you cared anything
about my affairs"
Wentworth did not answer until
they turned into the quieter region of
Waverly place.
Don't sit in Judgment on me,
Derry" he pleaded. when the troll
ley gets swung back on its pole and
things begin to run without constant
switching, I'll return to the old rou-
tine. Have a little faith in me.
have nobody in the world except you"
Dorcas flung away the paper which
she was carrying and tucked one hand
into her brothers arm.
ITS a bargain?" he asked, looking