Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1922-01-13
than scalp day. said her brother

than a scalp day said her brother
fraternally. n =,
y"Nha las q for:une." the GIRL 20
rsnrked. dryly, opening her wide Whit
parnsol. M
Lord. he could marry a girl WIN
ten times that Look here, you don
think man like Blondin would con
slider that /" he protested.
II would rather see Nina dead an'
buried I" The words burst from Har
riet against her Will. against her prom |
Use TO Royal There was no help fo
II. her essential honesty would hav'
It's way. Ek8 8Fs
Talk to him !" Ward, fortunately |
was not inclined to take her too serl |
ously. "You'lI like him Gosh. HI
certainly has good effect on me,
added the youth, modestly. III |
doesn't drink. and he talks to me-
you ought to hear him t-about char
acter being fate. and all that Say
listen, before we get out Of thu
woods--7r tt,E&fF fFf
His sudden sense Of her nearnes
and beauty belied the careless words
Harriet found his arms tight abou
her, her face tipped up to the young
handsome face that was stirred nov
with trembling excitement. The Quicl
movement of his breast she could fee
against her own, and the passion o
his kisses almost frightened her; sh,
was held, bound, half-lifted off hel
feet. tiegg Ea3 basu feoF \
ward" she gasped, freed at last
and with one hand to her disorderet
hair, while the other held him a
arm's-length. "DearI Pleasel"
II was no use. Soul and senses wer,
enveloped again, and close to her ca
she heard him whisper: "I'm mae
about you! DO you know that7 In
mad about you'll" HgaI5 h'Scp b %
II think you arer she stammered
breathess and laughing. "You mustn't
do thatl You mustn't do thatl Why
we might be seenp' s.s.--..
Breathless. too, he flung back hi,
hair, and stopped to pick up her para
sol.
"Do you think I carei" he painted
indifferentIy. II wouldn't care II the
whole world saw" 'oe au1
"Sh--Ash I" BY the magic only
known to youth and womanhood Har
riet had gathered herself into trim
ness md calm again. She took her
parasol ,composedly. Her eyes told
! him the whole story. Nina and Royal
Blondin were two hundred feet away
coming up from the tennis court.
"You iool-fool-fool :" she said to
herself. What had they seem What
new twist to the situation would
Nina's suspicious afford? Richard
Carter trusted her; this was no time
to tell him that she loved his son
Did she love WARRIOR with his keen
and kindly eyes would Wards father
see exactly what she saw in the mar
rage? Caught kissing in the woods
like Rosa or Germaine; II was un.
thinkable! How she had weakened
her position herei How she had
risked-her heart contracted with
pain--severing OF her association with
| Crownlands.
Luncheon. under Its veneer OF
| gaiety and foolishness, offered fresh
terrors. For old Madame Carter had
come down. and II occurred to Harriet
that II Nina had seen anything In the
wood, she might naturally interest
her grandmother with an account Of
II. The old lady would go instantly
to her son. And Richard-Harriet
could imagine him. tired, harassed,
heartsick over the recent inexplicable
| weakness of his wife, having TO face
another wOman's treachery, having to
| listen to the demure announcement Of
the little secretary's engagement to
his son.
He was experiencing the most over.
whelming shock of all his life now ;
he must shortly be exposed to all the
whirl of scandal: the silenced gossip,
the averted eyes OF his world, the
weeklies with their muddy insinua.
tons, the staring fact headlined above
his breakfast bacon. This was her
time to efface herself and the house
hold. to help him TO lift the load.
I'm afraid wasn't listening, Mr..
Blondin?" e
"Miss Nina and I want to know
what day we may have our partyr'
Royal repeated.
1.-The studio party?"
"The roof-garden party We're go
ing TO have II from half-past six ia
half-past seven only, because then II
won't be too hot" aY r
"Why not have II at night, with Ian
terns7' Harriet said, quite involun'
tarlly, And again a pang OF self-con
tempt swept over her. 1t was hateful
II was Incredible. hut she was playing
his game as calmly ms IF doubts and
reluctance hal never entered heI
heart.
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