Gunnison news-champion., 1914-10-02

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Why. sara" shs began. 4 am SO
glad 10 see yos are ap and"
The osher woman came forward.
But ] am not sara. Miss Wrandall "
she said, in q ~eil-rememser voice.
how do yoa ao2"
Vivian foand herself looking into
the face Of tietiy Castleton. Instantly
she extended her hand
This Is a sarprisei" she exclaimed.
when did yoa rsssrn? Leslie told
me yosr plans were aaite settled when
he saS yoa In Lucerne. On. ! seel OF
eoursei How stupid OF rae. Sara sent
for you"
"She has been quite ill." said Het-
ty. non-committally. We got in yester-
day. ! thought nay place was here,
naturally"
Naturally" repeated Vivian, In
detached sort OF way. ''tlow Is she
today May see herr"
she is very much better. In fact.
she Is sitting up IN her room" A warm
flush sufused her face, shy smile ap-
peared in her eyes "She is receiving
two gentlemen visitors, TO be perfectly
honest. Miss Wrandall. her lawyer. Mr..
tarrofl, and-Mr Booth"
They were seated side by side on
the uncomfortable Louis Seize divan
In the middle of the room.
Perhaps she won't care to see me.
after an audience so fatiguing," said
Miss Wrandall sweetly And so ex-
ssperating." she added. with a smile.
Hetty looked her perplexity.
But she will see You. Miss Wran-
dall-if you don't mind waiting. II is
a business conference they're hav-
ing"
An ironie CLEAN appeared in the cor
ner of Nivians eye. oh" she said,
and waited. Hetty smiled uncertain
ly. All at once the tall American girl
was impressed by the wistful, almost
humble look in the Englishwoma
eyes. IN appealing look that caused
her to wonder not q little. Like q Aash
she jumped ct an obvious conclusion,
girl loved Booth and wes losing him!
Vivian exulted for . moment and then,
with m impulse she could not quite
catalogue. laid her hand on the others
slim fingers, and murmured somewhat
hasily: Never mind, never mind!"
''Oh. you must wait" cried Hetty,
not at all in touch with the others
mo I'd. Sara expects to see you The
men will be out in few minutes"
Il think I will run In tomorrow
morning" said Vivian hastily. She
arose almost Immediately and again
extended her hand. so glad to see
you back again. Miss Castleton. Come
and see me. Give my love to Sara"
She took her departure in some
haste, and in her heart she was rejoic-
ing that she had not succeeded in ma
king fool of herself by confessing to
Sara that she had said unknd things
about her to Brandon Booth.
Hetty resumed her seat in the broad
French window and stared out over
the barren treetops in the park. A
frightened, pathetic droop returned to
her lips. 1t had been there most of
the day.
In Sara's boudoir. the doors of which
we're carefully closed. three persons
were in close, even repressed confer
ence. The young mistress of the house
sat propped up in a luxurious chaise-
lounge. wan but intense Confronting
here were the two men, leaning for
ward in their chairs. Mr.. Carroll held
in his hand number of papers, prom
inent among them being three or four
kilograms. Booths face was radiant
despite the serious matter that occu-
pied his mind. He had reached town
early In the morning in response to a
telephone message from Carroll an
nouncing the sudden. unannounced ap-
pearance of Hetty Castleton at his Of
Ices on the previous afternoon. The
Girls arrival had been most unexpect-
ed. She walked in on Mr. Carroll. ac-
companied by her maid, who had a dis
tnctly sheepish look in her eyes and
seemed eager TO explain something
but could not find the opportunity.
With some firmness. Miss Castleton
had asked Mr.. Carroll to explain why
the woman had been set to spy upon
her every moment. a demand the wor-
Thy lawyer could not well meet for the
good and sufficient reason that he
wasn't very clear about II himself
Then Hetty broke down and cried,
confessing that she was eager to go TO
Mrs. Nranda0. at the same time sob
bing out something about a symbolic
-ficky bird, much 10 Mr.. Carroll'e won
der and perplexity.
, He sent the maid from the room.
and retired with Miss Castleton to the
.innermcst of his private Offices, where
without much preamble he informed
her that he knew everything. More.
over, Mr.. Booth was in possession o,
all the facts and was even then on the
point Of starting for Europe to see her
OF course. his letter had failed &c
reach her in time. There was quite q
tragic scene in the seclusion of tha'
remote little offce. during which MIR
Carroll wiped his eye and blew hil