Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-10-04

~ mIRIAM, don't you care lor
"M "f Hs st s51' was trying to
Az think what to do. Al
+bo+ moment she was very near to
throwing 1 up the game. 1t seemed d
so useless to try to go on pIaying
II for she was no nearer to MAKING
a discovery of any kind imam sme
had been in the beginning. EVERY
impulse in her was crying out one ne
thing, to tell Charley that she hated
him that she never wanted to see
him again. But something told her
to be cautious, to go. on for JUST
little longer. 1t was hard to give up
She was virtually entrenched In her
| position. ia,
st don't know. HOW Can L 'oAi'
| she faltered. -,
"You mean I've been too sudden?'
| he spoke eagerly.
She nodded, not trusting her voice
He was exultant now. Harriet's
| hesitation means just one thdng 70
| him. She was shy and he had frlght-
ene,l her. If he had been obnoxious
| to her she would have known IN
minute He drew long breath'
"That means 1 may hope, doesn't
it?"
Harriet made no answer : tf put ne ne
| II. =
wait, the reward was worth it, and and
he made no effort to press her 1ur-
When they stood together in the
dark hall, he leaned o, dorW vars ann in
! gathered both her cold hanos III
"- "Fii wait as long as you like, don't
worry" he said, comfortingly, and
it was saying a great deal Tor Ghar-
| Iey's nature that he was Wiling
\ f.
ed for anything in his life. Every
| thing he had wanted had always been
his the minute he had expressed a
He made no effort to touch ccer
again aside from crushing her nm
gers in his for a moment, put Har c
riet felt somehow. as though she
were being drawn into a WEB IRON
which she could never extricate her
self She knew very we'll that she
was allowing Charlie to nope IoI
something he could never have, but
If was necessary to do that in or
der to play for time:
| AS Harriet turned to go upstairs
after the door had closed upon Cnar,
ley, a door in the rear OF the nal
was opened suddenly, and Mrs: B FAX
streamed from the back parlor.
as that you, Miss Taylor? she
called. and Harriet fancied dlsa
| greeable infection in her voice. She
| wondered if she had heard anything
through the folding doors that sepa
| rated the front and back rooms.
Eyes, I'm just going up she an
sWered.
Mrs. Baxter stood still and stared
after her, as Harriet began TO cllml
the stairs, but she made no othel
remark and Harriet heard the doOl
closed as she began the third flight
IF only she could confide in some
one. No one in the world had eve
needed advice so badly as she did
and Barry's trial was coming up nov
in a very few days. She nesftatet
for a moment outside of May Wat
sons door, but shaking her head II
nally turned away. She must b'
brave and hope for the best. Some
times when everything seemed dark
est a sudden ray of light appeearee
from an unexpected source, and sn'
hope. But she dreaded going to worl
the next day. She dreaded seems
Charley and the accusing dark eye:
of Lucy Pratt.
She tossed for a long time on he
pillow, turning from side to side II
an effort to find a cool spot, ant
when she finally dropped asleep SIT
dreamed that Charley had given her
Jade necklace, and that Lucy Prat
was making a terrible fuss In TN
office about it. She woke up in tn
night with the necklace still jun
bled up in her thoughts. Could Char
ley have given that necklace u
Lucy? The thought had suddenly oc
Cured to her for the first time.
Go Be continued)