Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-22
THE LOVE GAMBLER
BY Virginia Terhune Van de Wa

can stay in the garage unless you
need 1t. l prefer the linn CUISINE"
Norah Feels Hopeful
Norah slipped from the room. She
was much perturbed. The small car
was not to be taken out to-day.
Then her note would be left in it,
and somebody might pick it up. She
was glad there was no address on
it-and the name "Norah" would
mean nothing to any one of the men
at the garage.
Yet, Smith must take the rug
from the runabout. Then he would
find the note.
She would speak to him about it
this morning whenever he brought
the car to the house. She would
ask him if he received her message.
If not, how apologetic he would be
when she told him that she had
trusted him to such an extent that
she had gone out to meet him last
night. She would have some kind
of an explanation from him, or she
would know the reason why.
But how could she manage?
While the maid pondered, the mis-
tress did so, too. She was dis
pleased with Norah. She detested
girl who would angle for a man.
In spite of all her warning, it
seemed that Norah had done her
best to attract the attention of a
fellow whom she scarcely knew.
Yet, Desirees sense of justice re-
minded her that Norah had ac-
knowledged that Smith had asked
her to come out on the sidewalk to
talk to him last Sunday night.
Perhaps that was true, and per-
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had asked Norah to do that-while
it was not very nice thing for him
to do-yet there was no actual
harm in it. And unless he had
known that Norah would be quite
willing for him to talk to her out
on the street at that hour of the
night, the man would not have sug-
gested her doing so.
Already Desiree had persuaded
herself that Norah, and not Smith,
was the chief offender.
The only thing now for Miss
Leighton to do was to return the
note to the writer.
Matters Come 10 a Crisis
So when Mr.. leighton had left
the house that morning his daugh-
ter sent for Norah to come to the
library.
The girl appeared, slightly fus-
tered and on the defensive. She
suspected that something was
wrong, but she did not know just
what.
'Norah," Desiree remarked, isn't
this your property"
She held the folded pink paper
toward the girl. Norah's face
flushed crimson.
II she began, then stopped,
confused. With an effort she tried
to speak indifferently. "Why
should it be mine? 1 don't know a
thing about it,"
II should think you would know
something about it," Desiree re-
marked. II inferred that it was
written by you, as your name is
signed to it."
We'll, and if did write it," the
girl burst forth angrily. Its not
addressed to you, ma am! Then how
do you happen to come by it? If
body reads another body's letter.
it's mean thing. And if Smith
hears of it help
She stopped. A look of anger
had come to the steady dark eyes
into which she was gazing.
He will what?" Desiree demand
ed sternly. BE careful how you
speak, Norah. 1t will do you no
good to be impertinent."
mo- ma'am, l know it won't.
But what right did you have with
that letter when it belonged to
Smith-for I'm not denyin' it did %
THE best right in the world" the
young lady said quickly. Smith
himself gave it to me-"
To Be Continued.