The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1915-01-08
Of Her Hand
gGeor8e Barr Me- utcheon

- Se sVsSOsSS@s'
like pink marble In tho rsasctsd glow
Of the bsrninO logs. she wore No Jew
elry, but thsre was ssingls white rose
N her DARK hair. where Il he'd bssa
placed. b. ~ whimsical Hstty N hosl
earlier - they len .ths dinner tahis.
He y conins cot on IL eleven
thirty, Sara. saiA he siri nsSvous,y.
unless yDe will ssnd Tie 'moeor IN for
him. The BODY ct his cor = being
changed and IT'S In the shop. He must
have bssn jssting whom be said he
would pay for the pstrol--I should
have said. gasoline" - ~
Sara laughed. You viii know, him
batter. NY dear" she said. Leslie ID
vsry lightheartsA" ~. a-.
He suggested bringing . frisnd,
went on Hetty hurrtsdiy. "A Mr..
Booth. the portrait painter" ,
Il met him In Italy. He il charm
ing. You will like him. too, Hetty."
Tho emphasis did not escape notice.
1T seems that he IL spending fort
night In the village. this Mr.. Booth,
painting spring lambs for rest and
recreation. Mr.. Leslie says"
Then he 10 at our very gates" said
Sara, looking up suddenly.
Il wonder II he can be the man
saw yesterday At the BRIDGE" unused
Hetty. rs he tain"
Il really can't say. He's rather
vague. II was six or seven years ago"
1T was left that Mr.. Wrandall is to
come out on the eleven.thirty," ex
planned Hetty. Il thought you wouldn't
like sending either of the motors In"
And Mr.. Boothf''
We are to send for him after Mr..
Wrandall arrives. He IL stopping At
the inn, wherever that may BE-"
Poor fellow!" sighed Sara. with .
grimacs. Il am sure he viii like US
immensely II he has been stopDins at
the Inn"
Hetty stood staring down ct the
blazing logs for . full minute before
giving expression to the thought that
troubled her.
Sara" she said. meeting her
frisnd's eyes with . steady light in her
own. why did Mr.. Wrandall ask for
me instead OF youi II b you he 10
coming to visit, not me. Il - your
house. Why should-"
NY DEAR" said Sara siibly. r an
merely his sistsr-in-law. Il wouldn't
b. necessary - ask ne II be should
come. He knows he 10 welcome"
Then Why should he feel called ~
on to"
"eoDe men Ike 70 telephone. sup
pose" said the other eooliy.
II wonder Il you viii ever unAsr.
stand how I feel about-about certain
things. Sara"
what. for instancs?"
well. his very evident Interest h
me-" cried the girl hotly. He sends
me- Aowsrs-thb b the second box
this wssk-and be q % kind. - vssy
frisndly. Sara. that can't baas NJ
really can't"
Mrs. wranlall stassl ct her. "Yos
can't very we'll ssad him abeae bis
busiasss." she sail. ''vAlsss - ~
comes more than friendly. New. 60
your"
oue " sSs"S
beastly." sroaned the gfri.
Sara faced her sQuarely. "Sss here,
Hstty." she said lsvsliy. we have
made our bed. you and ]. We must W
In N-togsteer. II LSsne Wfaaoau
chooses to faIl In Sovs Win yos, that
10 bis s6air. not ours. We must saos
every condition. In plain WORDS. ws
must play the sans."
What could - more appailtas than
to have hin fall In love with msr
The other way round would b
more dramatic. should say"
Good God eara!" cs1e1 the sirl In
horror. "Hsw can you even speak OF
such . thinsr
After all, Why shouldn't" esGan
Sara. but STOPPED In the middle Of her
susesstion. with the result that II had
IL full eject without bsing uttsrsd In
70 many cold-bloodsd words. The girl
shuddsrsd.
wish. Sara. you would Let Ne m.
burden mynolf completely To You" she