El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-10-03
4 Real Americaa Love Story.
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CHATTER XIII.


Z KILL
three minutes before she was fast
asleep. AS HonOra noticed this. she
told herself that the excitement OF
the evening had worn the child out
But later she did not deceive her
self by the specious excuse with
which she had fought off the stern
realization Of facts. II is not easy
= 70 deceive ones self when one lies
wide awake in the darkness Of the
night
So it was that. when Honora Brent
lay down and closed her ewes. the
, events Of the evening passed IN a
{ procession before her minds eye
At first she strove TO Danish them
Z by some Of the world famed and Per
fectly useless experiments TO make
her drowsv. She summoned 10 her
{ assistance the traditional flock Of
sheep whose Jumping over an equally
. traditional stone fence is supposed to
lure one 20 siumber. When she had
Z counted 500 Of the woolly creatures
she was wider awake than ever And
she was conscious that she was men
T tally cushing something away
Surely 1T wculd be wiser TO have
{ il OUT with tie intruder.
Conflicting Thoughts.
When she reached this conclusion
she opened her eyes and as 81 were
faced the thoughts crowding in upon
her
I First OF all these was her recent
conversation with Arthur and the
Z circumstances that had led up TO t.
{ As she recalled relentlessly her false
hood 10 him. she flinched even IN the
darkness She. had 4ed. and she
That she had done this to protect
4 Mildred had proaably not occurred TO
him he loved Milly. and love is
blind.
Yes. she knew. now certainly shat
he stil loved ner sister There was
no chance Of his caring for anyone
else as ne cared for her II his hap
piness depended upon Mildred. &c was
well that the girl was growing fond
Of him-if she really was
But i she loved Arthur. why had
she gone off with Tom Chandler this
evening"
The answer was not Ions in com
ing. Tom flattered her; he appealed
70 her love o. adventure; he gave
her thrills sucn as Arthur had never
given her oMre0ver. she was sure
Of Arthur's devotion she was not
sure o. Toms AS Mildred herself
would have put IT, Tom kept her
guessing
Not To Be Trusted.
But he was not TO be trusted. With
shudder Honura recalled how his
runabout had lurched and szilded
5fast Arthur's automobile tonight. and
the terror that had seized her as she
realized that Mildred was in the ear.
That the girl had not been killed was
almos. miracle And what had
She remembered a sentence she
had once heard. There is a special
providence that looks after a drunken
man"
Was Tom Chandler drunlz2
Well II ne was not drunk. he was
ton to drive car Her employer
had once told her that he believed
that nine-tenths o. the automobile
accidents happened 20 men who had
taken at least one glass Of whisky
1T gives a man false courage, an
Indifference to CONSEQUENCES. De had
explained -He VIII take risks that
he would never take but for that
stimu ant A-chohoi braces one for
while. then leaves one unnerve1
and emotional
A fear clutched her heart. "It
braces one for q while. lr. Preston
had said then leaves one unnerTed
and emotional"
Why Had She Criedf
Was that the reason that Mildred
had cried so persistently all the way
Had her self control been lessened
bv something she had 10 drink2
What was a silver fizzH anyway
That il had alcohol in it the odor on
the girls breath proved Yet mllly
had believed Just what Tom Chandler
had said She always believed just
what she wanted to believe
The older sister turned and tossed
on her bed in an agony Of uneasiness
and solicitude- she felt a maternal
anxiety about her sister.
Mllv had been near death; she ha5
done things that might have wrecked
er reputation She would probably
20 on taking risks until she was mar
ried TO some good man who could
care for her.
Then-Hohora FAY very stfu as she
faced this thouEht-the solution TO
the problem OF Nildred's safety was
not far of
She Must Marry Arthur.
II was arthur Bruce
yes. mat was the only way out q
danger-tor Milly TO marry Arthur
It was probably also the only way
10 his happiness
When Milly was safely married,
with a home Of her own, she would
have something 10 steady her. some
thing TO mature her and bring out
all that was best in her.
H0uora did not Iatter herself that
she herself was renouncing anything
belonging TO her She could not give
away that which had never been hers
And she knew now that the only
part Of Arthur that belonged TO her
were her dreams about him
Oh. yes-and his friendship. But
she had marred that by her lie 10
him de had tried to reassure her
on this point-but she knew that
there would always be between them
the memory Of the falsehood- Even
if he could forget it-and he could
uCt-she would not be aole 10.
tt had been for Milly that she had
lied And &c was for Alily that she
must see this thing through.