The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-05-10
BY ~. LOUIS RaYsoLo.
Copyright, 1920, BY the Mcclure
NeSTspaper Syndicate.)

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SEA LII right, Betty" said JACK Jack
~ gfimly, rising and reacn IN,
4 for hts hat. you say you
have excellent reasons '1or Wnat yuW
arc doing, but as long as you wont
tell me what they are, you can naraiy
I expect me to be satisfied. however
! good.byem And be was gone.
Betty Reynolds stood as he had lett
her, then crumpled into e torlorn
heap in the old rocker and soDpeu nel
heart out. Where was the Joy IN noDic
self.sacrifice she had expected 70 feel.
All her being ached to run after the
man she had Just 80 .peremplorliy dls.
missed, to bring him back and tell MN
II was all q silly mistake-she did love
hifn-would marry him.
Wait-if she did, how about Sue!
Betty was one Of those lucky girls
with sister just enough older to pc
both ,comrade and mother to the
younger one. Even before the dealt
81 their mother, 1t had been sue VINO
laid out Betty's party frocks, VINO
mended the torn lace In her petticoats,
who rifled her own ribbon box Tor q
bow wherewith to adorn Betty's fluty
hair.
But now something more vital than
question Of hair ribbons or vaca'
tons had arisen. Which Of the two
girls should have Jack Hemingway?
Now Betty, unlike some story-booK
\ hcr0ines, had by no means grown INTO
y q selfish young woman who took her
sisters sacrifices for granted. Even
when, overruled by Sues protests, she
accepted them, she cherished In her
heart the hope that some day she
could make II up-make up for all
; Sues ngoings without" for dainty
1 breakfasts In bed after q party, for
I blouses washed by gas light and
irbned by early sunrise.
Her opportunity had come. II she
d refused Jack, she felt sure that, ulti-
( sinately, he would marry Sue. Also, she
suspected that Sue cared for JACK.
. Hadn't she, Of late, caught certain
happy usefulness in Sues gray eyes?
The tall girl who entered Sues
room d moment later seemed more
than three years older than her SIS
ter, q fact due, no doubt, to acting
as both mother and father to gay lit
tie Betty. She gave one quick glance
at her sister. Then, stripping Off her
gloves, she said quite casually, isn't
Jack at the corner?"
Betty looked up, startled. Then,
very bravely, she began her cam
pAign. "He didn't stay as long as
sslsnals probably because you weren't
sue said nothing for q moment.
Then She sat down on the arm OF the
chair and put her arm around the
srgft1'S shoulders. Little Sister," she
began lovingly, want piece OF news?
YOU know DIR. Delabarre, my chief In
The lab? Well-Would you fancy him
for brother-in.law"
& Betty stared at her sister in be-
wiIderment. Then in q flash realiza.
ton came to her. Sue Reynolds! !"
she cried, and leaping to her feet she
whir1ed her sister in GREATNESS
dance about the room. ooh, thought
thought 1t was Jack! And sent
& him away and now can have him!
Z And oh, you darling, I'm so glad for
yotip
Sue was shaking her gently.
y Listen, dear, you mustn't mention 1t
sstU soul Nobody knows yet" i,
Not even DR.. Delabarre?" leased
Betty, and in her happiness missed
.4k4SA pA1SS1 . otoA LIONb o4ahSo' SAb 1uSt
~ must telephone Jacks boarding
house and leave word for, him to come
right up this evening. And while I'm
out to telephone, I'll get whole choco.
late cake and some strawberry mousse
to celebrated" Like a winged fairy
she was gone.
Sue sank down into the rocker Bet
Z ty had so recently vacated. And, even
t,aI Gtsn hnrfol hnT. foNn In
her hands. Dear Heaven! Would that
ehe had the right to say before the
world that she was DR.. Delabarre's
& affianced wife! Daily working with
him In the laboratory Of the city hos.
pital, she had come to look upon him
\ as the most wonderful, most lovable
man she had ever met.
AS iit Was-well. she had done what
she did lfor Betty's sake. Jack, glunt
and unhappy, had just told her at the
corner how he loved Betty and how
Z Betty for some reason she would MOI
7 give, had turned him down. And Sue,
With the tender intuition Of an elder
made exactly four-no more, no less.
Between the corner and the house,
the solution had come to Sue. She
must act In such a way as to give
Betty utter happiness, undimmed by
regret for her. This she could do
by pretending that was so which she
would give her soul to have true.
When Betty was safely engaged, she
would retract and withdraw, little by
little, until Betty gradually accepted
i the fact that her sister and DR.. Della
barre had found out their mistake In
time.
Sue had herself well In hand by
the time her sister came home. Betty
Chartered like q maybe and supper
/ was gay affair. After a sociable
! washing up Of the dishes the younger
awfully sorry, Sue, after what you
mustn't mention 1t to him, and l was
lust coming out Of the shop loaded
+. With the cake and all and / bumped
right into him! And before thought,
Iscongratulated him."
.'what-who-Betty
aDr. DelabaTe, Of course" said
Betty. "And he's coming up this even.
ing. ] hope-there's the bell! Jack!"
JoyfuIly, she flew to answer.
While Sue-well, Sue was trem.
bling from head to foot. What would
be think! She must set Betty to make
her excuses II he came. She could
not see him.
But she had no choice. 1t was DR..
Delabarre, not Jack, whom Betty
found at the door, although Jack was
almost at the steps. And Betty, be.
cause She wanted her moment with
Jack, sent DR.. Delabarre in alone.
Sues moment Of reckoning had
come. The doctor entered quickly,
both hands outstretched.
"Miss Reynolds he cried,
lIm enough Of an old fellow to know
that In some wav Mias Betty mixed