The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-03-23
CHAPTER y
Tnc Black Pool.

Tho good l1ndiad, was amazed whom
.h' saw ictty come downstairs neatly
dressed aud looking resoiui'ly sclt pos
s"sscd Hetty told her she Was quite
wei this morning, she had only been
very tired and overcome from her jour
rrN she had come a long way 10 ask
about her brother. who had run away
and theN thought. gone for n soldier
And Captain Donuithoru" might know.
Tor h" had been very kind TO her broth
cr once
II was lame story and the landady
looked douhtfully AZ Hetty as she told
H. Hut sh" invited the girl 10 sit down
io hrenkfnst with them and tie course
lof II Hetty brought out her earrings and
IN" lockrt and asked the landlord II he
could help her TO get money on them
her journey had cost so much more than
she had expected II was not the first
time the landady had seen these trim
k"ts, for she had examined the contents
Of Hetty's locket yesterday and she and
her husband had discussed the fact that
n country girls having such expensive
ornaments was strong evidence that she
had been betrayed by some fine young
object.
/ The landlord took up the crgamonts
and pushed ont his lips in a mVditativc
| manner lie wished Hetiy we'll un-
/ fouhtedly; but pray how many Of YOUR
wen wishcrs would decline 10 make a
/ llitle gain out Of yduf Hetty asked for
three guineas the amount she had start
I ed out vl'h-fot want Of any other
standard and ss the articles had cost ~
least four times that, the iandlord ad-
/ vnnced her the cash and generously re
fused 10 take anything for her food and
/ lodging 81 the inn. telling her. moreover
that she could send him the amount sd-
vanced when she got home and he would
return the articles But You must write
landlady. or We shall conclude YOU
don't want 'cn back" She was already
/ plcturing IN herself how her mature
charms would be- enhanced rs Ar'hurs
jewellery Yes. said Hctty. indiffer-
entity
There is strength OF self possession
which is the sign that the last hope has
departed Despair no more leIns on 9th,
efS than perfect contentmcnt Helty felt
that no one could deliver her from the
evils that would make life hateful TO her
Hnd no one, she said To herself should
lelcr know her misery and humiliation
She would wander out OF sight and
drown herself where her body would
never he found and no one would ever
know what became Of her
Religious doctrines had taken no hold
on Hetty's life. She was ono of those
numerous people who have had goliath.
ers and godmoihers. learned their cate
chism. been confirmed and gone to
church every sunday, and. Vet. for any
practical result, for = strength in life or
uusl w uthln, nave never AppIOprlht-
od a single Christian idea or a Christian
feeling
She chose to 20 TO Strntford -on- Avon,
where she had gone by mistake on her
way 10 Windsor She remembered some
grassy fields there--fields among which
she thought she might find such pool
as s'he had In her mind Five days after
she had left Windsor she was among
those fields. searching for such n pool
She saw narrow path leading toward
some woods II there should bc a pool In
those woods II would he moro concealed
than one In the field. make II more diffi-