Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-20
THE PLOTTERS
A New Serial of East and West


| little plot. So take your own time
about explaining II.
Following this paragraph were as
surances of the brothers regard for
| his sister. He also expressed his
thanks to her for all that she had
done to aid and abet him in his
scheme this summer. He was hoping
that before long they might have a
long talk together. He did not know
when that would be. He could not
be married for at least six months.
Before then Elizabeth and he must
meet and discuss their plans.
AS soon as you finish your col
lege course, you are to come to live
with u.s." he added.
Not 20 Her Liking
Women are complex creatures
Men are built along more direct
lines. Therefore, Douglas Wade
would have been astonished could he
have seen Elizabeth'S expression of
countenance as she finished the Pc
rusal of this letter.
Live with him and his wife!" she
muttered. "Never!'
Then she was ashamed of her Bit
ter feeling as she rem emb bered Doug
las unfailing kindness and the sacri-
fees he had made for his little sister.
1t was perfectly natural and right
that he should fall in love. She
should have expected nothing else.
She had even urged him to do this
very thing.
Deliberate and honest self-exami-
nation showed to her the humiliat-
ing fact that she was jealous of the
girl to whom her brother had given
his heart. Elizabeth was hot with
! modification as she appreciated this.
She would do what she could to
| atone for her meanness.
The penance she set for herself
was the writing of two letters.
One was to Alicia Butler. In this
she said that Douglas had just writ
ten to her of his great happiness,
and she expressed the wish that
Alicia would think of Douglas sister
as of friend who hoped some day
to be sister in heart as we'll as in
name.
That's done!" Elizabeth sighed
when she had finished the letter.
Now I will write to dear old Doug
las. That task will be easier"
But it was not easier, as she real
I lied when she re-read his epistle.
On its first perusal, the big fact
Eof his engagement had taken such
! hold upon her mind that she had
not understood that he was almost
! decided to sell the farm, unless
something unforeseen prevented
Which meant that even this semi
| home would be taken from his sis
! ter.
Elizabeth also read now compre-
| hendingly two other statements that
had seemed at first of less impor-
tance than her brothers betrothal.
one of these was that the women
| OF the Butler family were uritip 6,
to their son and brother telling him
OF the engagement.
The other was that it devolved
upon her, Elizabeth. to confess her
| Identity to Butler himself.
Deep Puzzle
Three things occupied her
thoughts during the next few hours.
First-Butler probably knew by
now that Wade was going to marry
his sister.
Second-He would soon know who
! Elizabeth was and might hate her
for her system of deception.
Third-Amos Chaplin might buy
the farm.
This last possibility would not be-
come certainty just yet. In his
| letter, Douglas had said he would
give Amos no definite answer until
hearing from his sister.
She felt that she could not yet
write frankly on the subject of part
| ing with the old home. She must
have time to think of it from all it's
angles.
So, instead of the letter she had
expected to send, she wrote only
brief note congratulating her broth
er, expressing her love for him and