Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-06
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ashamed to show my face in public again
Promise you'll never breathe sylle
BILE"
"oh, promise-I do promsew Sally
protested, pervently. But Mrs Cos
mold"
well what now"
II suppose" said sally, "the only way
to show my gratitude is by serving you
faithfully"
you might" the elder woman inter
posed in a quzzical turn, spare me, II
you can, little affection, since It seems
1ve lost that of my sisters children, to-
gether with their respect"
II don't think you'll ever complain for
want OF that" Sally told her very seri-
ously. but can you AFFORD to run the
risk of the police coming here to find
| Sarah Manvers, who disappeared last
| week after breaking into n house, bur-
Blarlzing II, leaving her discarded cloth
Ing behind her for one positive clue"
| You must make your mind easy MS to
that; unless I'm vastly mistaken, no po-
lice will ever look for you In Gosnold
House; II any did. they wouldn't be ad-
mltted; and II by any chance they did
happen to get in, they wouldn't find Sarah
Manvers. Please understand, you're to
remain Sara Manwarlng for some time to
come-for good, II think best. Don't
/
sumo your right name and spoil every
! thing. I hope I make myself clear"
I "Oh, yes. Mrs. Gosnod--"
| "And-attend TO me-you're not to give
Adele, or Walter, either, when he gets
here. any reason TO suspect you've con-
hded In me. I wish everything to go on
precisely as 1t has been going-so fs-
as they can see. Avoid them as much as
possible when it Isn't possible, give them
a dose or their own medicine IL necessary
i mean, lie. There's an explosion COM
Ing, but / don't wish 1t to happen until
I'm sure who and what are going to be
blown sky-hgh. and I am quite prepared
to stand by and enjoy the fireworks.
Meantime, don't let anybody friehten YOU;
no matter how serious matters may seem
or be represented to you, rely implicitly
on me. And whatever Is said to YOU that
seems OF any Consequence-or II you
should sec anything-hnd some way to
report quickly to me- Now what did you
say you did with that Jewel case Adele
gave you?"
Sally repeated her account of It's hiding
place.
You didn't unwrap It, you say. Well
and goodl" Mrs. Gosnold nodded in
tently. Then don't; leave It as It is,
and some time today. II I can manage
without being observed, I'll drop into your
room and have look al the box myself.
But you are on no consideration what
ever to touch il until ] give you leave"
II understand"
IF Adele and Walter want to know
what you've done with 1t, tell them the
truth-you've done nothing. Say you've
not yet found a good chance to. Tell
them where it is. but assure them it's
perfectly safe there"
Yes. Mrs. Gosnold"
Momentary the older woman was lost
In n revcrie of semlmalicious cast, to
Judge by tho smile that family shadowed
the firm lines of her handsome face.
"A surprise party" she observed OBJ
scurely.
OF sudden. with a sort of snap. she
reused herself back to more Immediate
issues. "Oh. come! the morning almost
gone already, and nothing accomplished!
on with YOU But before you go, do, for
goodness sake, attend to your eyes; if |
some one were to see you going through
the halls the way YOU are-lt might be |
ruinous. Battle them with cold water In |
the bathroom there-and you'll find plenty |
or powder and stuff on my dressing |
table"
And while Sally fastened to profit by |
this advice. the other pursued: You |
should school yourself never to cry, nv |
girl You're too sensitive and emotional |
by half. II YOU so on this way. at the
least excuse-Ersat Heavens! what a
me look at you. That's much better
You'll do very well-if only you've wit
enough not to worry-to trust me, what
ever the emergency. Nov. please, get
about my errands And when you come
back tell Thomas TO lot me know. II
need you during the day I'll send for
you"
AS 1t happened she didn't send for Sally
before nightfall but she kept her busy
with commissions delivered by word OF
mouth-so busy. perhaps considerably,
that the girl found little time to waste in
futile frettng, but was ever conscious
when now and again her thoughts did in
evitaSly revert to the status of her per
sonal affairs of Contentment grooming in
her heart like the soft refrain of some
sweet old song.
Her social education had made a gigan-
tic forward stride with her surprising dis
covery that confession is good for the
soul, that honesty in all things is not
only eXpedient, but wholesome. If ma.
terial advantage lad accrued unto her
through that act OF desperate honesty, If
she basked all this day long in the assur-
ance of immunity from the consequences
of her folly and imprudence, II was less
with the arrogance of Fortunes favorits
daughter than with the humility of one
to whom life had measured out benefac-
tions of which she was consciously unde-
serving. The assertion that the world
owed her a living was forgotten; and IL
recalled would have been revised to the
sense that she owed the world the duty
OF honorable and conscientious living II
her temper WAS tolerably exalted, IT was
we'll chastened IN hnnf