The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-07-26

Sisters

Was 1t the duty of an elder sister
to make such suspicious on the part
OF the foolish young girl impossible?
Should she decline to see this man
who was her only stanch friend in this
great city? And at the suggestion
OF severing all friendly relations with
him her heart gave throb Of pain,
and she whispered quickly, "Oh,
can't"
The pain and the involuntary ex.
clamation were a sef-revelation, and
she tried to hide from her own soul
the fact that she was learning to
love this man whom she had met only
few times. Surely this feeling was
only friendship, she declared fiercely.
Since he was her friend. she could
ask him his opinion of these new &C
quaintances of Caryl's.
BY the time she had come to this
conclusion Julia Marvin had reached
Baird's. Hereafter calling up De-
lanes apartment and delivering to
. his servant Caryl's message-she took
her place behind the counter with the
reassuring thought that today, at
least she need take no steps in the
matter that was troubling her-not
until she had frank talk with Caryl
this evening. During that talk she
dence, and would learn the names of
Caryl's hosts Of last night.
XIII
A Telephone Message and a Scheme
Mrs. Halloran, in accordance with
Julia's request, mounted the stairs
at 10 o'clock and raped on Caryls
door with thump that made the
girl spring to sitting posture,
What under the sun is the mat
ter?" she called out tartly. Don't
knock so hard!"
Sure, your sister told me to be
sure to wake you at tin O'Clock"
called back the strenuous landlady,
land it's that time now"
"Al right" grumbled Caryl
Thank you'll"
The thanks were uttered in such an
ungracious tone that Mrs. Halloran
did not carry out her first kindly
impulse of telling the late riser that
she would bring up to her a cup Of
coffee.
'Indade she can fend for herself.
all right. all right" she muttered,
as she went heavily downstairs.
All the trace of annoyance had dis
appeared from Caryrs fair face as
she greeted Kelley Delaine an hCS'
later. Intuition warned her that II
he and Julia were on friendly terms
it would be as we'll for his stenogra.
pher to be in his good books until she
could make arrangements to better
herself.
Her evening with Hadley had a.
wakened in her silly and vain mind
wild hopes for love and marriage.
Had Ben Hadley not told her that she
was different from all the other girls
he had ever known, and that he want
ed her to learn to care for him before
he went away? Did that not mean
that he would ask her to marry him
as soon as he was sure of her at.
lection?
Might it not be case Of love at
first sight, such as she had read Of
and heard Of? Why should any man
even II he did have lots of money
land she thrilled with the conviction
that Hadley was rich)--take a girl to
such dinner, and to such a stunning
show at the theater-the best seats in
the house too!--if he was not des-
perately smitten with her? All that
was needed now was the opportunity
to see him often.
II only Julia would recognize what
a chance lay before her sister and
would not make matters difficult by
her prudery and business, how hap
by she. Caryl, might be at last! She
saw, as in a vision, herself engaged,
then married and dressing in beauti-
full clothes, moving in fashionable so
ciety, meeting and foutng Somerdyke
and his "stuck-up" girl friend
But how could she pull wires so
as to remove all obstacles to such a
blissful consummation? Perhaps If
she kept on the right side of Delaine
he might persuade Julia that any per-
sons whom one might meet through
any friend of his were suitable asso-
ciates for his stenographer
But to have him do this Caryl must
plan some way to make him think
that he knew the persons with whom
she was supposed to have spent last
evening. To carry out this scheme
she must see Hadley. ALI, well, she
knew she would hear from him before
the day was over! And, thinking
this, she smiled brilliantly in return
ing her employers grave Good
morning."
Il hope you are feeling better. Miss
Marvin" remarked Delaine as his
stenographer took her seat at the
machine.
"Oh, yes. thank you, Mr.. Delaine,"
Caryl replied. II hope that my COM
ing at eleven instead Of ten was not
inconvenient to your
1T happens that 1t was not incon.
venient on this particular morning"
returned Delaine, "as ! CHANGED to
have bit of work on hand that
could do while waiting for you"
Il suppose my sister telephoned
you?" queried Caryl.
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