The Washington herald., 1921-08-02

Nancy was having q late break
fast the following morning when
Anna entered with q card.
~Hmm! Rather early callerr' com
aeuted Nancy, laying down a bit Of
toast and narmalade and accepting
the slip Of pasteboard.
Miss Enid Blair!" she read with
amusement.
She stared at the card for a mo-
ment IN disbelief.
what could Enid Blair want Of
herI And at this early hour?
Memory OF Edna Deans visit and
the quest or which she had gone at
Nancy's suggestion recurred to. her.
SHOW Miss Blair in. here" she
told Anna
She threw a glance At the oval
mirror over the buffet as the girl
turned to obey.
Even a former rival must not be
allowed to see one not looking ones
bestl
The mirror reflected q lovely
young woman in a perfect morning
pointed breakfast tray. There were
golden roses in a crystal basket on
the table and the sunshine flooding
curtains Of primrose silk.
-This is a great pleasure. Miss
Blair" Nancy rose to greet the girl
who entered. Wont you join me
at breakfast am rather lazy this
morning. you will see"
The girl shook her head.
Thank you. have already
breakfasted. Several hours ago. in
fact.
Nancy raised her brows in sur
prise and tested the percoSator with
q tentative finger.
She purposely avoided looking at
the girl. II was evident from a cur
sorry glance that she had not slept.
Her toilet had been carelessly made
a--n-ertly: there was missing that
immaculate grooming. that fashion
plate perfection which had distin-
guished her appearance on the for
mer occasions when Nancy had seen
her.
You must think this intrusion
the girl began,
abruptly.
% Not at ALL" murmured Nancy. po-
litsly. buttering a fragment OF toast.
1T is a pleasure, 1 assure you.
but
The girl stopped her with an i'm
patient gesture.
please don't be conventional. It's
not q time for the niceties. You dis
like me-and hate you. frankly. Or
at least I did until Freddie"
She leaned forward suddenly
tense
Mrs. Burrard. where is DR.. Tang
wellT"
Nancy laid down the toast and
laughed.
MY dear Miss Blair. how shoulc
know? I'm not the doctors keep
or. You are the second young wo-
man who has come TO me with the
same question within the past
twenty-four hours assure you II
Is dattering to be thought the con-
ddante OF so great a man as Dr.
Langwell, but IL is also a tribe en-
barrassing"
The girl stared at her steadily.
I think you are lying, Mrs. Bur-
rard. You know where he is"
Really" Nancy rose. Her voice
was icy.
IT you have nothing more to sa,
Miss Blair, will ask you to ex-
cuss me-
The girl rose, too. and faced her
her breath coming quickly.
''Oh, don't be offended! I dom,
know what Pm saying. I'm dis
tracted! Tell me where he is? For
Gods sake tell mei That woman
the nHrse-you sent her to my
apartment last night-Freddie was
there-we had been out to dine
she took him aside and said some
thing to him It must have been
something frightful. I have never
seen him like that before. He wen,
away without a word of goodbye
to me and his face was ghastly.
Bhe was with him. I waited all
aight for Some word from him bu,
aone came. This morning I could
not stand IL any longer 1 had to
knov-something. So I came tc
YOU"
Suddenly all Nancy's resentment
vanished She felt only the sister
hood of women, that divine quaiiry
which flls the hearts of women who
love and suffer. She wanted to helr
Enid Blair-just as she had once
wanted to help Edith Langwell and
Connie and the other unhappy wiye.
OF her acquaintance.
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