The Holbrook news., 1922-01-13

teacupS. Harriet, as his thin mouth i switched with just the hint of a smile
 looked straight into his eyes, and she | knew he was as frightened as she : But from neither was there a visible i sign of consternation.
 , few seconds later Harriet Field
 slipped from her place. crossed the terrace with her heart beating sick
 and fast with fright, and made her escape.
 She and Nina had a luxurious suite on the second floor, shut off from the
 rest of the house by a single door. and rather remotely placed in q wing that commanded superb view of the river Nina. half-dressed. was Sprawling luxuriOusly on her bed when Harriet came in. Glass doors were open upon . square porch. and the sweet after noon air stirred the crisp, transparent curtains
 Harriet shut the door, and leaned against II, l.HG the world SpGn about her. What now? What nowi What now? hammered her heart. Nina tossed aside her mag szine, and regard ed her with affectionate reproach.
 You ran upstairs ,' she said. I'm lying on your bed because Maude had the laundry all over mine. Are you going to lie down?"
 No, my dear," said Harriet, in an odd, breathy whisper.
 The terror began to flood her soul and mind again. She went out to the porch, and looked down into the clear shade of the early twilight, under the trees. The terrace was deserted {; every sign of the tea party had van iShed, not a crumb marred the order of the grass-grown bricks. The chairs held formal attitudes, the table was empty. All the motorcars were gone from the drive. She turned back into the room. breathing nAore easily.
 It half-past seven she came up from Il little diplomatic adjusting in the service end of the house, to peep at Nina, who was reading in bed, and 10 go on to Isabelle's room. If Mrs. Carter was alone, she liked to see Harriet then, to be sure of any last message, or to discuss any domestic plan.
 Harriet found her. exquisite in twinliling black spangles, before her mirror. Isabelle's hair was dressed in dark and shining waves and scallops. ,,.x- h,.;l ;nS There was not an inch Of her whole beautiful little person that would not have survived critical inspection. Her skin, her white throat, her arms and hands and fingernails. her waist and ankles and her pretty feet, were all absolute perfection. The illusion that yelled her slender arms stood at crisp angles; the silk stockings showed warm skin tint through their thinness; her lower eyelids had been s!dllfully darkened. her cheeks deli cately rouged, and her lips touched with carmine; her brows had been clipped and trained and penciled. her flashes brushed with liquid dye. and what fragrant powders and perfumes could add, had been added in gen erouS measure. She wore diamonds on her fingers, in her ears. and about her throat, and her gown was held at her full smooth breast by platinum bar that bore a doable line of mag nificent stones. Harriet always thought her handsome; tonight she had to admit that her employer was truly beautiful. {,
 Mrs. Carter was in pleasant mood; she had q good disposition, and there was nothing in her life now to ruffie it. She unused happily, her lips twitch- ing with some amusing memory. Then she became businesslike. Harriet, do you go to the city this week?"
 Nina and the girls are to see Ruth St. Denis on Friday" Harriet said. "I thought Madame Carter would take them, but now she says no. But if Nina stays with her grandmother over night, thought l would like to see my sister; she hasn't been very we'll That can wait, of course. Miss Jays tea party is tomorrow; that's Thurs day"
 And that reminds me that Louise Jay telephoned today, and asked me if you would take charge of the tea table," Isabelle said, with a shrewd glance.
 Harriet hesitated, and the color crept into her smooth cheeks. 'One