The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-09-14


said Julius ..What particular figure
have you In mindY'
"Figure?" asked Tuppence, puzzled.
do you mean tall or short3"
"No. Sum-income."
zaOh, III HAY Ssnt worked tnst out"
"What about mer"
Your
"Sure thing"
.+oh,J couldn'tw IT,
'"Why notr
- "It would seem so unfair"
II don't see anything unfair about
II. call your bluff, that's all. ad-
mire you immensely. Miss Tuppence,
more than any girl I've ever met.
You're so darned plucky. I'd Just love
to give you a real, rattllng good time.
Say the word, and Wen run round
/ right awayto some high-class jeweler,
and Ak up the ring business"
aeI' can't" gasped Tuppence. =
-=.Beeaase- of -BeresfordY p.
| mo, no, mol"
| "Well, thenr'
Tuppence merely continued to shake
ner nead violently.
"You can't reasonably expect more
dollars than I've got"
"Oh, It Isn't that" gasped Tuppence
with an almost hysterical laugh. But
thanking you very much, and all that,
I think I'd better say no."
"Td be obliged II you'd do me the
favor to think 1t over until tomorrow.
"It's no use.'
"Still. guess wen leave It like
that"
"very weIl," said Tuppence meekly.
Neither of them spoke again until
they reached the Ritz.
Tuppence went upstairs to her room.
She felt morally battered to the
ground after her conflict with julius
vigorous personality. Sitting down In
front of the glass, she stared at her
own reflection for some minutes.
"Fool," murmured Tuppence at
length, making grimace Little
fool. Everything you want-every-
thing you've ever hoped for. and you
go and bleat out mo like an idiotic
little sheep. It's your one chance
Why don't you take iti Grab it7
Snatch at III What more do you
wantY' '''@
AS II In answer to her own question,
her eyes fell on a small snapshot Of
Tommy. that stood on her dressing
table in q shabby frame. For a mo-
ment she struggled for self control.
and then abandoning all pretense, she
Eheld 1t to her lips and burst into q
fit Of sobbing.
"Oh, Tommy, Tommy" she cried. II
do love you so-and may never see
| you again. :"
/ At the end Of five minutes Tuppence
sat UP, blew her nose, and pushed
back her hair.
+ That's that" she observed stcrnly.
+ Lets look facts in the face. I seem
to have fallen In love-with an idiot
Of boy who probably doesn't care
two straws about me-" Herr she
+ paused. Anyway" she resumed, as
though arguing with an unseen oppo-
| nent, II don't know that he does. He'd
never have dared to say 30. I've al
f ways jumped on sentlment--and here
! am being more sentimental than any.
body. What idiots girls arsi Eve al
| ways thought 30. i suppose shall
t sleep with his photograph under my
I pillow, and dream about him all night.
It's dreadful to feel you'vs, been false
j to your principles" 1S,i
Tuppence shook her head sadly, N
+ she reviewed her backsliding. 4
II don't know what to say to Julius,
| I'm sure. Oh, what a. fool feel TIL
have to say something-he,s so Amer
lean and thorough, he'll insist upon
having a reason. wonder II he did
find anything In that safe
Tuppence's meditations went. OF on
/ another tack. She reviewed the events
Of last night carefully and persist
| emily. Somehow they seemed bound
up with Sir James enigmaticaL words.
Suddenly she gave a great start :
the color faded out Of, her face. Her
eyes, fascinated,S gased4in frQnt-ef her,
! the pupils dlateds 1 ~ ~ 29-gN.
Impossible she murmured. "Im-
| possiblei 1 must be going mad, even
I to think OF such thing !. 4. I"
1 Monstrous-yet It explained every
thing.
After a mcment.s rsneetion shs sat
down and wrote note, weighing each
word as she did 30. Finally she nod
ded her head as though satisfied. and
slipped 1t into an envelope, which she
addressed to Julius. She went down
+ the passage to his sitting-room and
knocked at the door. Az she had ex.
/ pected, the room was empty. She left
I the note on the table.
I A small page-boy was waiting out.
side her own door when she returned
j to It. n
/ Telegram for you, is4-
I Tuppence took - f(pn We ssly6r,
and tore II open carea6Isly. Thn she
! gave a cry. The telegram vas from
! Tommy 52ut.. Il
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