New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-05-18

CHAPTER Vi-Continued.

lose acted on this rrunr>t-told about
her life before and since her marriage
10 l;odncy, about her friends, her
amnscinents- anything that anne into
her mind. But she fingered before
getting out of the ear. Ia say
II hope | haven't forgotten II single
word of your preaching. You said
so many things | want Ia think about"
Don't trouble your soul with that,
child said the actress. "All the
sermon you need can be boiled down
into n sentence, and until YOU have
found it out yourself, you won't be-
lev" it,"
TRY me" said Rose.
Then attend. How shall | say it?
Nothing worth having comes AS Il gift,
nor even can be bOught-ch"np.
Everything of value in your life will
cost you dear. and sometime or other
your have to pay the price of It,"
1t was with a very thoughtful, per
picked face that Rose watched the ear
drive away, and then walked slowly
into the houSe-the ideal house-and
allowed herself to be relieved of her
wraps by the perfect maid.
There was still an hour before she
need begin dressing for the Randolph
dinner; when Rodney came home this
vague. scary, nightmnrish sort of feel
Ing which for no reasonable reason
seemed to be clutching ut her, would
Ia tnrrntInu Shn Wishnb IA. would
cOme-hOped he wouldn't be late. and
finally sat down before the telephone
with a lalf-formed idea Of calling him
up.
Just rs she laid her hand upOn the
receiver. the telephone bell rang. 1t
vas Rodney calling her.
"Oh. that you, Rose he said. 81
Sha'n't be out till late tonight. I've
got to work"
But Roddy, dearest" she protested,
you have to come home. You've got
the Randolphs' dinner"
"Oh :" he said. Il forgot all about
it. But it doesn't make n bit of differ
euce. anyway. | wouldn't leave III"
office before | have finished this job
for anybody short of the Angel Ga
bripl.'
"But"-it was absurd that her eyes
should he filling up and her throat
getting luinpy over a thing like this
But what shall / do? Shall | tell
Eleanor We can't come, or shall | offer
t" come without yOu?"
II don't care, DO whichever you
like, I've got enough to think about
without deciding that. Now do hang
up and run along"
"But Rodney, what's happened? Has
something gone wrong?
Heavens, no :" he said. "What is
there to go wrong? Eve got n big
day In court tomorrow and I've struck
Il snag. and I've got to wriggle out of
it somehow, before I quit. It's moth
ing for you to worry about. Go to
our dinner and have II good time.
G%oOd-by." The click in the receiver
told her he had hung up.
The difficulty about the R%andolphs
was managed easily enough. Eleanor
was perfectly gracious about it and
Insisted that Rose should come by her
self.
She was completely dressed n good
tllree-quarters of an hour before it
was time to start. and If she drove
downtown she would have n
i"n minute visit with Rodney and still
,oi be late for the dinner.
Nl,, fntn,l .. GitUln .l.,,tar IL, ,,Y,
Wissi0n in the great, gloomy rOtunda
IT the office building, and the watch
man who run her up made Il terrible
shutting the gate after he had
let her out on the fifteenth floor. The
Inn marble corridor echoed her foot
.IllS O~ninOuSly, and when she reached
ne door of his outer office and tried
I, she found il locked. The next door
town the corridor was the one that led
jircctly into his private office, and here
hc tight Shone through the ground
.inSS,
She stole up to II as softly as she
ould, tried it and found it locked.
90, 50 she knocked. Through the
,l,cn tranSOm above 1t. she heard him
,oftly swear in a heartfelt sort of way.
md heard his chair thrust back. The
,rXt moment he opened the door win
jerk.
His glare of annoyance changed to
.,wilderInent at the sight Of her. an1
a. said: Rose! Has anything
What's the mattcr?' And
,,tciiiug her by the arm, he led her
alto the Office. Here. sit down and
- your b.vath and tell me about it"
She smiled and took his face in both
Ter hands. But it's the ether way.
ie said. There's nothing the matter
With me. | came down. you poor Old
10Y. to see what was the matter with
He frowned and took her hands
and stepped back out Of nef
each. Had it not been for the sheer
of it, she'd have thought
hat her touch was actually distaste- -.
vi to him.
oh" he said. 81 thought told
gu over the phone there was nothing A.,
he matter! = Won't you be awfully ,
ate to the R~andolphs'?" I
Il had ten minutes" she said. "ann ,
thought . :" She broke of the I
entence when she saw him snap {
at his watch and look at ii. 81 know
something" she said. Il can ;
ell just by the way your eyes look I
the way you're SO tight and - a
trained. II you'd just tell me about a