The Holt County sentinel., 1918-08-16
TWAS FALSE
BY VINCENT G. PERRY.
Copyright, 1915. b, the Mcclure Newspa
per syndicateJ

who hndn't amy, he thought at last, us
he gave up with one more effort.
II tell you she Is younr--Just about
twenty.one." he said holly. "Because
she Is an actress you think she has 10
be old. There are some young nc'
tresses, aren't thcref'
Mervin Renton, his companion. was
quite willing TO admit that there were
but this one. he claimed. was not. you
can't tell me-" he argued. This Dora
Fraleigh will never see thlrty'hve
again. Her hnlr Is false. I'm willing
10 wager anything. Did you ever see
curls like hers that were real? Every
thing about her II false"
Arthur knew II he stayed he would
become angry. Mcrvin was Jealous
that was what was the matter. he felt.
without another word Arthur left
the bnth.housc where the conversation
had been held ind made for the beach.
Il was glorious day and the guests OF
the hotel were making the best OF the
bathing weather. lie caught sight OF
Dora almost Immediately. Apparently
she was searching for something In the
vo,er ncor IN, brnch.
"wbn, have YOU Iostf" he asked. rs
he waded toward her.
.ob no,binp." she answered trlfIe
confused. "Isn't the wntcr fnc?"
After completely immcrslng himself
and swimming aimlessly about for n
few seconds. Arthur ngrecd that II
was. Jct. 90 ont on the rnf,." he
suggested hut Dorm seemed unwilling
IN I.oyc tho shallow p,ncc. This was
surnr,s,py for sbc hnd always seemed
ANXIOUS 10 90, nj, the fun possible.
Thor. was something troubling her.
She oven seemed unwilling 20 70 on
IN. bcnch for n sun bn,b, but finally
ayreed.
"Thcrcw Arthur exclaimed. NJ he
stretched ont ON the snnd. 81 thought
7 meyer wou,d 90, nwny from that
shallow nnrt There y,r. NO many
cbi,dren tbcre 7 didn't bny, n chance
/ 10 talk with you."
"you usually hive lots Of oppor,unl.
,,cs. horn smiled.
I ",yhat's .hIsf" he asked, ns he picked
nm soms,hInr his toes Ind been rub.
hing against In tho snnd. "Weli. Iork
what's here, A fnlse curl" Sure
enourh n was.
Dora took n from him caccrly. 81
lost Il !" she exclaimed, us she Jumped
10 her feet. 81 was searching for Il
out there. Wait until I go und tell
nuntic. She'll be delighted"
She was on bcfor. Arthur could stop
| her. He looked after her with IN ex.
clamntlon Of dismay on his lips. To
think TINT those beautiful curls Of hers
were false. No wonder she hadn't
talked much aud had been confused.
So Meryin had been right,
When Dora Joined him again he was
| trying TO smile, but found he couldn't.
"What makes you so qulcti" she asked.
after they Ind sat In silence for near.
~ Ave minutes.
"Nothing very much" he replied TO
her question. II was thinking that I
WINS going home tomorrow"
| "Going home" she echoed. "Why
! you said last week that you would be
here all suInmc,."
II have changed my mind" he an
swercd, but when he saw the panied
look on Dora's face he wished he had
thought up IN excuse.
The next morning Arthur's resolve
to 80 home had not faltercd. He
wasn't going 10 stny there 10 no the
laughing stock Of the whole hotel when
they found out about Dorn's age. lie
was only twenty.one and most likely
abe was thirty, anyway, Nine years
was too much difference. He felt 80
uncomfortable over II he went 10 the
station half IN hour before the train
was due 10 leoye His ,o,ny swny
would leave the field omen for Meryin.
That was too much. lie left the train
in n hurry and left word with the bnr.
gage man 10 have his trunks sent bsc
to the hotel. lie couldn't he nanny
without Dora. even II she was eighty.
He found Dora in n secluded cornev
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