The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-01-25


cation Curlotta Harrison was wildly In
love with the younger Wilson.
They continued to meet, not as
often as before, but once week, per-
haps. The meetings were full Of dan
ger now; and if for the girl they lost
by this quality. they gained attraction
for the man. She was shrewd enough
to realize her own situation. The thing
had gone wrong. She cared, and he
did not. 1t was his game now, not
hers.
All women are intuitiye; women in
love are dangerously SO. AS well as
she knew that his passion for her was
not the real thing, so also she realized
that there was growing up In his heart
something akin to the real thing for
| Sidney Page. Suspicion became GER
| tunty after Il talk they had over the
| supper table at Il country roadhouse
the day after Christine's wedding,
"llow was the wedding-tiresome? %
Thrilling There's always some
/ thing thrilling to me in man tying
himself up for life to one woman.
| lists 50 reckless"
-
actly the Law and the Prophets, is it 2"
ITS the truth. 10 think of select
ing out of all the world one woman.
and electing to spend the rest of ones
days with her! Although"
His eyes looked past Carlotta into
distance.
Sidney Page was one of the brides
maids" he said irrelevantly. "She was
lovelier than the bride"
Pretty but stupid" said Carlotta
81 like her. I've really tried to teach
her things, but-you know" She
shrugged her shoulders.
Docto: Max was learning wisdom.
If there was Il twinkle in his eye, he
yelled it discreetly. But, once again
In the machine, he bent over and put
his cheek against hers.
"Iou little cat! You're Jealous" he
said exutuntly.
Nevertheless. although he might
smile, the image of Sidney lay very
close to his heart those autumn DAYS.
And Carlotta knew it.
Sidney came off night duty the mid
die of November. The night duty had
been time Of comparative peace to
Carlotta. There were no evenings
when Doctor Max could bring Sidney
back to the hospital in his car.
Sidney's half-days ut home were oc.
casions for agonies of jealousy on Car
lotta'S part. On such an occasion, q
month after the wedding, she could not
contain herself. She pleaded her old
excuse Of headache. and took the troll.
ley to point near the end of the
Street After twilight fell, she slowly
walked the length Of the Street. Chris
| tine and Palmer had not returned
from their wedding journey. The No
Vember evening was not cold. Sidney
was not in sight, or Wilson. But
standing OH the wooden doorstep of
the house was lie Moyne. The allan
thus trees We're bare at that time.
throwing gaunt arms upward to the
November sky. The street lamD
which In the summer left the doorstep
IN the shadow, now shone through the
branches and threw into strong relief
lie Moynes tall figure and set fnce
Carlotta saw him too late to retreat
but he ala not see her. She went on
startled her busy brain schemina
anew. Another element had entered
into her plotting. 1t was the first time
she had known that X. lived in tn,
Page house. 1t gave her a sense O.
uncertainty and deadly fear.
She made her first friendly over
ture OF many days to Sidney the fol
lowing day. They met In the locke
room in the basement where the stree
clothing for the ward patients wa
kept Here, rolled in bundles an,
tickctcd, side by side lay the hetero
geneOus garments in which the "a
tents had met accident or illness
Rags and tidiness. filth and cleanli
ness, lay almost touching.
Far away on the other side Of til
whltewashcd basement, men were un
loading cleaning cans Of milk. Flood
Of sunlight came down the cellarwaS
touching their white coats and turn
ing the cans to silver. Everywher
was the religion Of the hospital, whicl
Is order.
Sidney, barking back from recen
Sights to the staircase conversation
of her night duty. smiled Mt Carlott
cheerfully.
"a miracle is happening" she said
"Grace Irving Is going out today
When one remembers how Ill she wa
and how we thought she could not live
It's rather triumph, isn't it?"
"Are those her clOthes?"
Sidney examined with some disma,
the elaborate negligee garments in he
hand.
"She can't go out in those: T shal
have to lend her something" A littl,
of the light died out of her face. "She'