El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-07-02

] - that the door had Just been soft
: = " opened. The room was cool
! and 5arI, and the pink silk curtains
we're blowing gently against the drawn
blinds but Helen felt vaguely irri-
tsted Her head ached violently, and
/ she remembered now tnaJ she had told
Nora not TO disturb her
aTn7 sorry TO bother you, ma'am."
said Nora. tiptOeing into the room.
but Mrs Stevens would ike TO see you
she seems to be in trouble Of some
Kind and I told her I would see IL YOU
Helsn raised herself on one elbow
and tben forced herself TO sit up. her
head seemed TO thrOb more with every
move she made, but she smiled at
Nora's worried expression
IAN right. Nora, III be out as soon
as 1 can get some clothes on. Tell
her I've been lying down, and open
the shutters for me before YOU gOi'
Slipping into a long frilly negligee.
Helen finally hurried out. She had
SPRAYED her forehead with headache
cologne. already the headache seemed
TO be growing less. and she Degan TO
feel more like herself.
The Confession.
ooh. Helen" said Mrs. stevens ris-
ing to meet her as she entered the
room. II hated TO have Nora wake you.
but I simply had TO see you; things
haven't improved a bit since I saw YOU
the other day, and ] am miserable"
Perhaps il would help YOU TO tell me
about it," said Helen sympathetically;
she hated 10 force woman's conf
dence. and vet she knew that was
what Mrs. Stevens had come for
Perhaps you'll think me foolish,
perhaps you won't see a thing in it,
but you'll never know just how I feel
till you have TO go through it yourself.
and 7 hope you never do"
Helen was silent, and Mrs Stevens
finally went on
DO you remember little Minnie who
came TO New York and went 10 work
for Mr.. Stevens in his Officer"
"Oh. yes the little girl we all felt
so sorry for; I hope nothing has hap
pened TO the child"'
20. no, nothing has happened TO her
aside from the fact that Mr. Stevens
seems TO have become violently at
tached to her" and Mrs. Stevens looked
triumphantly at Helen 10 see what ef-
feet her words would ahve-
Helen did not look as surprised as
Mrs. Stevens had expected; in fact she
laughed at the idea
oh Mrs. Stevens. that child I'm
sure YOU must be mistaken
well, he had her out TO lunch twice
last week and when I spoke 10 him
about il, he refused TO say anything"
"Of course said Helen reassuriugly
'he probably didn't think anything
about it, Why the girl is baby and
IL probably hurt him to think that you
would speak TO him bout IL in the
way you did Tell me. weren't YOU an
cry and didn't you say a lot Of things
you really didn't believe at alp
We'll, perhaps did, but how would
you feel IL Mr.. Curtis should suddenly
decide 10 take his typewriter out 70
lunch"
Helen hesitated- TO tell the truth
such a thing had never occurred 10
her, and yet how easily it could hap
pent
But don't you see, Mrs Stevens
that circumstances would change
everything Warren would have no
cause 70 do such a thing whereas Mr.
Stevens has been personally interested
in this girl from the beginning Surely
there was some reason for his doing
what he did Didn't he tell you why he
did itT'
His Explanation.
yes, he did try to explain, but
said I didn't believe him. and after
that he refused TO say anything more"
What did he tell your And Helen
leaned forward intensely interested.
Some story about the girl going
without food 10 send the money home
and he had taken her out simply be-
cause he was sorry for her and wanted
He said that he would have given her
the money. but he was afraid she
would not spend il for food"
Helen's face cleared and she gave q
little sigh Of relief
And, after that, what could you pos
sibly worry about2 Why, the whole
thing is as plain as day You know
yourself how willingly you would have
helped the girl IL you had known how
things were going"
But Mr.. Stevens might have men
toned il to me rather than have me
embarrassed by outsiders"
Did he say why he hadn't
He said he never thought a second
thing about il. because Minnie was my
protege from the first. Do you really
think it's all right and I can feel that
he has told me the truth2" And Mrs.
Stevens looked up at Helen hopefully.
Helen leaned forward and took the
other woman's hand.
Don't you think there will be as
much 10 forgive on his side now Re
member you have acted very childish
ly, and I believe that your husband
was perfectly sincere with you from
the beginning You asked me TO tell
you what I thought my dear. and /
think you ought 10 go 10 him and say
that you are sorry you doubted him
even for a moment Suppose il had
been another woman, really a woman
who might have counted Il surely