THE FULTON COUNTY NEWS. McCONNELLSBURG. PA.
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CHAPTER XIX.
' The Hollow of Her Hand.
When Booth called In the afternoon
nt Sara's apartment, be was met by
tbo now8 that she was quite HI and
could see no one not even him. The
doctor bad been summoned during the
right and had returned In the morn
ing, to And that sho bad a very high
temperature. The butler could not
enlighten Booth further than this,
&cept to add that a nurse was com
ing In to take charge of Mrs. Wran
dall, moro for the purpose of watching
ber symptoms than for anything else,
lie believed. At least, so the doctor
tad said.
Two days passed before the dis
tressed young man could get any defi
nite news concerning her condition.
He unconsciously began to think of It
as a malady, not a mere Illness, due
of course to a remark Carroll had
dropped when Sara bad told him the
whole truth of the tragody and of
tier own vindictive plans. It was
Carroll himself who gave a definite re
port of Sara, lie met the lawyer com
ing away from the apartment when be
.called to Inquire.
"She Isn't out of ber head, or any
thing like that,' said Carroll uneaHlIy,
"but she's In a bad way, Booth. I'll
tetl you what I think Is troubling ber
more than anything else. Down In her
heart she realizes that Hetty Costlo
ton bas got to bo brought face to face
with the Wrandalls."
"The deuce you say!"
"Today I saw her for the first time.
Almost Immediately she asked me if
I thought the Wrandalls would treat
Hetty fairly if they ever found out
the truth about ber. I said I thought
they would. I didn't have the heart
to tell her that their grievance un
doubtedly would be shifted from Hetty
to ber, and that they wouldn't be like
ly to forgive her for the stand she'd
taken. She docBn't seem to care, how
ever, what the Wrandalls think of ber.
By the way. have you any Influence
over Hetty Castleton?"
"I w ish I were sure that I had," said
Sooth.
"Do you think she would come If you
ent her a cablegram?"
"I am going over"
"She will have your ' letter In a
couple of days, according to Sara, who
seems to have a yery faithfuL corre
spondent In the person of that maid.
I shudder to think of the cable tolls
In the past few months! I sometimes
wonder if the maid suspects anything
more than a loving Interest In Miss
Castleton. What I was about to sug
gest is this: Couldn't you cable ber on
Friday saying that Sara is very ill?
This 19 Tuesday."
"I will caU'e, of course, but Sara
must not know that I've done It."
"Can you come to my office tomor
row afternoon?"
"Yes. Tomorrow night I shall go
over to Philadelphia, to be gone till
Friday. I hope it will not be necessary
for ine to stay longer. You never can
tell about these operations."
"I trust everything will go well,
Urandon."
Several things of note transpired
before noon on Friday.
The Wrandalls arrived from Eu
rope, without the recalcitrant colonel.
Mr. Redmond Wrandull, who met them
at tho dock, heaved a sigh of relief.
"Ho will be over on the LuRltanla,
next sailing," said Leslie, who for
rome reason best known to himself
wore a troubled look.
Mr. Wrandall's face fell. "I hope
cot," ho said, much to the Indignation
Ha Met the Lawyer Coming
From the Apartment
Away
of bis wife and the secret uneasiness
of his son. "Three predatory connoc
tlons of the British nobility "
"Predatory!" gasped Mrs. Wrandall.
"are a blood-sucking lot," went on
the old gentleman firmly. "If be
comes to Now York, Leslie, I'll stake
my head he won't be long iu borrowing
a few thousand dollars from each of
us. And he'll not seek to humiliate us
by atlemDtlna to cay it back. Oh, I
know them."
Leslie swallowed rather bard
What's the news here, dad?" he asked
tastily. "Anybody dead?"
"Sara Is quite ill, I bear. Slow fever
of some sort, Carroll tells me."
"Is she going to marry Brandy
Booth?" asked his son.
Mr. Wrandall's face stiffoned. "I
fear I was a little hasty In my conclu
ions. Brandon came to the ofllce
Tew days ago and informed ma in
(rather plain words that there Is abso
lutely nothing in me report."
"The deuce you say I 'Gad, I wrote
trsr a rather Intimate letter" Leslie
got no farther than this. He was
somewhat stunned and bewildered by
hts private reflections.
Mr. Wrandall was lost In study for
some minutes, paying no attention to
tha remarks of tha other occupants of
coPY?cnr.m2
the motor that whirled them across
town.
"By the way, my dear," he said to
his wlfo, a trifle Irrelevantly, "don't
you think It would be right for you
and Vivian to drop In this afternoon
and see Sura? Just to let her know
thut she isn't without "
"It's out of the question, Redmond,"
said his wlfo, a shocked expression In
her face as much as to say that be
must be quite out of his bead to sug
gest such a thing. '"We shall be dread
fully busy for several days, unpacking
and well, doing all sorts of necessary
things."
"She Is pretty sick, I hear," mumbled
be.
"Hasn't she got a nurse?" demanded
bis wife.
"I merely offered the suggestion in
order "
"Well, we'll see ber next week. Any
other news?"
"Mrs. Booth, Brandon's mother, was
operated on for something or other
duy before yesterday."
"Oh, dear! The poor thing! Wbere?"
"Philadelphia, of course."
"I wonder if let me see, Leslie,
Isn't there a good train to Philadel
phia at four o'clock? I could go "
"Really, my dear," said her hus
band sharply.
'You forget how busy we are, moth
er," said Vivian, without a smiie.
Nonsense!" said Mrs. Wrandall, In
considerable confusion. "Was it a seri
ous operation, Redmond?"
'They cut a bone out of her nose,
that's all. Brandon says ber heart is
weak. They were afraid of the ether.
She's all right, Carroll says."
'Goodness!" cried Mrs. Wrandall.
One might have suspected a note of
disappointment In ber voice.
T shall go up to see Sara this after
noon," said Vivian calmly, "wnais
the number of her new apartment?"
'You have been up to see her, of
course," said Airs, wranaau aciaiy.
He fldgetted. "I didn't hear of ber
Illness until yesterday."
'I'll go up with you, Viv," said Les
lie.
'No, you won't," said bis sister flat
ly. "I'm going to apologize to ber for
something I said to Brandon Booth.
You needn't tag along, Les."
At half-past five In the afternoon,
the Wrandall limousine stopped In
front of the tall apartment building
near the park, a footman Jerked open
the door, and Miss Wrandall stepped
out. At the Bame moment a telegraph
messenger boy paused on the sidewalk
to compute the artistic but puzzling
numerals on the Imposing grilled doors
of the building.
Mks Wrandall had herself an
nounced by the obsequious doorman,
and stood by In patience to wait for
the absurd rule of tbe bouse to be
carried out: "No one could get In
without being announced from below,"
said the doorman.
"I e n get in all right, all right," said
the messenger boy, "I got a tellygram
for de loldy."
'Go to tbe rear!" exclaimed the
doorman, with some energy.
While Mlse Wrandall waited in
Sara's reception hall on the tenth floor,
the messenger, having traversed a
more devious route, arrived with his
message.
Watson took the envelope and told
him to wait. Five minutes passed.
Miss Wrandall grew very uncomfort
able under tbe pcrstotent though com
plimentary gaze of the street urchin.
He stared at ber, wide-eyed and ad
miring, bis tribute to the glorious. She
stared back occasionally, narrow-eyed
and reproving, ber tribute to the gro
tesque.
"Will you please step into the draw
ing-room. Miss Wrandall," said Wat
son, returning. He led ber across the
email foyer and threw open a door.
She passed into the room beyond.
Then he turned to the boy who stood
beside the hall seat, making chango
for a quarter as he approached.
Here," he said, handing him the re
ceipt book and a dime, "thata for
you." He dropped the quarter into hlB
own pocket, wbere it mingled with
coins thut were strangers to It up to
thut instant, and Imperiously closed
the door behind the boy who failed to
say ' thank you." Every man to bis
trade!
There was a woman In tho drawing
room when Vivian entered, standing
well over against tbe windows with
her back to the light. The visitor
Btopped short In surprise. She bad
expected to And her sister-in-law In
bed, attended by a politely superior
person in pure white.
"Why, Sura," she began, "I am so
glad to see you ore up and"
Tho other woman came forward.
"But I am not Sara, Miss Wrandall,"
she said, in a well-remembered voice.
"How do you do?"
Vivian found herself looking into
the face of Hetty Castleton. Instantly
sho extended hor hand. .
"This Is a surprise!" she exclaimed.
"When did you return? Leslie told
mo your plans were quite settled when
he saw you In Lucerne. Oh, I see! Of
courso! How stupid of me. Sara sent
for you."
"She has been quite 111," said Het
ty, non-com mlttally. "We got In yester
day. I thought my place was here,
naturally."
"Naturally," repeated Vivian, in a
detached sort of way. "How is she
today? May I see her?"
"Sho Ib very much better. In fact,
she Is sitting up In hex room." A warm
flush suffused ber face, a shy smile ap
peared In her eyes. "She 1b receiving
two gentlemen visitors, to be perfectly
honest, Miss Wrandall, her lawyer, Mr.
Carroll, and Mr. Booth."
They were seated side by sldo on
the uncomfortable Louis Seize divan
In the middle of the room.
"Perhaps she won't care to see me,
after an audience so fatiguing," said
Mlsa Wrandull aweetly. "And so ex
asperating," she added, with a smile.
Hetty looked her perplexity.
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"But she will see you, Miss Wran
dall If you don't mind waiting. It is
a business conference they're hav
ing." An ironic gleam appeared In the cor
ner of Vivian's eye. "Oh," she said,
and waited. Hetty smiled uncertain
ly. All at once the tall American girl
was impressed by the wistful, almost
bumble look In the Englishwoman's
eycB, an appealing look that caused
ber to wonder not a little. Like a flush
she jumped at an obvious conclusion,
and almost caught her breath. This
girl loved Booth and wae losing him!
Vivian exulted for a moment and then,
with an impulse she could not quite
catalogue, laid her hand on the other's
slim fingers, and murmured somewhat
hazily: "Never mind, never mind!"
"Oh, you must wait," cried Hetty,
not at all in touch with the other's
mood. "Sara expects to see you. The
men will be out in a few minutes."
'I think I will run In tomorrow
morning," snld Vivian hastily. She
aroso almost Immediately and again
OX
Vivian Found Herself Looking Into the
Face of Hetty Castleton,
extended ber band. "So glad to see
you back again, Mies Castleton. Come
and see mc. Give my love to Sura."
Sho took her departure in some
haste, and In her heart she was rejoic
ing that she bad not succeeded In ma
king a fool of herself by confessing to
Sura that she bad said unkind things
about her to Brandon Booth.
Hetty resumed her seat in the broad
French window and stared out over
the barren treetops in the park. - A
frightened, pathetic droop returned to
her Hps. It bad been there most of
tbe day.
In Sara's boudoir, the doors of which
were carefully closed, three persons
were in close, even repressed confer
ence. The young mistress of the bouse
sat propped up in a luxurious chalee
lounge, wan but intense. Confronting
here were the two men, leaning for
ward In their chairs. Mr. Carroll held
in his hand a number of papers, prom
inent among them being three or four
telegrams. Booth's face was radiant
despite the serious matter that occu
pied his mind. He had reached town
early in tbe morning la response to a
telephone messago from Carroll an
nouncing the sudden, unannounced ap
pearance of Hetty Castleton at bis of
fices on the previous afternoon. The
girl's arrival had been most unexpect
ed. She walked in on Mr. Carroll, ac
companied by ber maid, who bad a dis
tinctly sheepish look in her eyes and
seemed eager to explain something
but could not And the opportunity.
With some firmness, Miss Castleton
had asked Mr. Carroll to explain why
the woman had been set to spy upon
her every moment, a demand the wor
thy lawyer could not well meet for the
goodf and sufficient reason that be
NOT IN ALL THINGS GROSS
Mechanical the Age May Be, But It
Has the Best of the Spirit of
the Past
Ours, Bays a veteran theater mana
ger gloomily, is a mechanical age, in
which less and less is left to the hu
man factor, to originality, Individual
ity and the spirit. Ours is, Indeed, a
mechanical age, but it is not an age
that dispenses, or is at all likely to
dispense with charm, beauty and the
things of the spirit To the broader
vision like that of Wells a mechani
cal age is an age "set free," an ago
that bus more time for study, contem
plation and right living. There Is no
reason why vulgarity and gross mate
rlallsm should capture the wonderful
mechanical devices of the age; and
there is plenty of evidence that "the
spirit" Is busy trying to utilize the
same devices.. Automatic players have
brought music and good music, too
Into tens of thousands of homes In
small towns and rural districts. The
movies are doing wonders. They will
soon become an adjunct of every
school, museum and cultural agency.
They will democratize science. They
will make "dry" studies attractive.
They will steadily elovVte the stand
ards of popular entertainment, annex
ing the spheres of romance, adventure
and beauty. Our mechanical age en
ables polar explorers to take music
along with them, but has it killed the
spirit of polar explorations? Our age
has given us aeroplanes, but has it de
stroyed the spirit of the airmen? Is
our age deficient In courage, benevo
lence, appreciation of natural won
, aers and the finer achievements of
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wasn't very clear about it himself.
Then Hetty broke down and cried,
confessing that she was eager to go to
Mrs. Wrandall, at the same time sob
bing out something about a symbolic
dicky-bird, much to Mr. Carroll's won
der and perplexity.
He sent the maid from the room,
and retired with Miss Castleton to the
Innermost of his private offices, where
without much prcnmble be informed
her that he knew everything. More
over, Mr. Booth was In possession of
all the facts and was even then on the
point of starting for Europe to see ber.
Of course, his letter bad failed to
reach her In time. There was quite a
tragic scene In the seclusion of that
remote little office, during which Mr.
Carroll wiped his eyes and blew bis
nose more than once, after which be
took It upoc himself to dispatch a mes
senger to Sara with the word that he
and Mlse Castleton would present
themselves within half an hour after
bis note bad been delivered.
Tbe meeting between Sara and Het
ty was affecting. . . . Almost im
mediately tbe former began to show
tbe most singular signs of improve
ment She laughed and cried and joy
ously announced to tbe protesting
nurse that she was feeling quite well
again! And, In truth, she got up from
the couch on which she reclined and
insisted on being dressed for dinner.
In another room the amazed nurse was
frantically appealing to Mr. Carroll to
let her send for the doctor, only, to be
confounded by bis urbane announce
ment that Mrs. Wrandall was as "light
ae a string" and, please God, she
wouldn't need the services of doctor or
nurse again for years to come. Then
he asked tbe nurse if she bad ever
beard of a disease called "nostalgia."
She said she bad heard of "home
sickness." "Well, that's what ailed Mrs. Wran
dall," be said. "Miss Castleton Is tbe
cure."
Booth cam the next morning.
. . . Even as she lay passive in bis
arms, Hetty denied him. Her arms
were around bis neck as she miserably
whispered that she could not, would
not be bis wife, notwithstanding ber
love for blm and his readiness to ac
cept her as she was. She was obdurate,
lovingly, tenderly obdurate. He would
have despaired but for Sara, to whom
bo afterwards appealed.
"Walt," was all that Sara had said,
but he took heart He was beginning
to look upon ber as a sorceress. A
week ago he bad felt sorry for ber;
bis heart had been touched by ber
transparent misery. Today be saw
her In anothor light altogether; as the
determined, resourceful, calculating
woman who, having failed to attain a
certain end, was now Intensely, keenly
Interested In tho development of an
other of a totally different nature. He
could not feel sorry for her today.
Hetty deliberately hnd placed her
self In their hands, withdrawing from
the conference shortly before Vivian's
arrival to give herself over to gloomy
conjectures as to tbe future, not only
for herself, but for the man she loved
and the woman she worshiped with
something of tbe fidelity of a beaten
dog.
At a later conference participated In
by Sara, Booth and Mr. Carroll, the old
lawyer spoke plainly.
"Now are you both willing to give
serious consideration to the plan I pro
pose? Take time to think It over. No
harm will come to Miss Castleton, I
am confident There will be a nine
days' sensation, but, after all, it Is the
best thing for everybody. You pro
pose living abroad, Booth, bo what are
the odds If"
"I shan't live abroad unless Hetty
reconsiders her decision to not marry
me," said tbe young man dismally.
"'Gad, Sara, you must convince her
that I love ber better than"
man? Knowledge and Invention shall
make us freer, and freedom from too
monotonous, grinding toll will make
us more truly human, more truly so
cial and civilized.
What Came Up.
An Englishman was driving around
County Tlpperary one warm day, whon
he came across a farmer setting pota
toes. Thinking to have a joke with
him, be began:
"Well, Pat, what are you planting?"
"Praties, sir," said Pat
"Do you think potatoes will come
up?" asked the Englishman.
"Of course," said Pat
"Why, I set onions last year In our
garden, and carrots came up," said the
Englishman.
"Oh," said Pat "I set an acre of
turnips last year In that field over
there, and do you know what came
up?"
"No," replied the Englishman.
"Mike Murphy's old black donkey,
and ate them all," answered Pat
Motes and Beams.
George Ade, over a cup of afternoon
tea with a group of cynical bachelors
at the Chicago Athletic club, said:
"Married men declare that their
wives can't keep a secret, but these
men themselves are just as bad.
"A married man buttonholed me In
the billiard room an hour ago and told
me a frightful scandal.
"'Don't let thlB go any further,
George,' he endod.
"'No, certainly not.' said I. 'But
how did you happen to hear It?'
"Oh, the wife, of course,' he an
swered. 'She's just like all women
can't keep a secret.'"
"I think she knows all that, Brau-
don. As I said before, wait! And now.
Mr. Carroll, I have this to say to your
suggestion: I for one am relentlessly
opposed to tho plan you advocate.
There is no occasion for this matter to
go to the public. A trial, you say,
would be a mere formality. I am not
so sure of that. Why put poor Hetty's
bead In tbe lion's mouth at this lute
stage, after I have protected her so
carefully all these months? Why, take
tho risk? We know she is Innocent.
Isn't It enough that we acquit ber In
our hearts? No, I cannot consent, and
I hold both of you to your promises."
'There Is nothing more I can say,
my dear Sara," said Carroll, shaking
bis head gloomily, "except to urge you
to think it over very seriously. Re
member, it may mean a great deal to
her and to our eager young friend
here. Years from now, like a bolt from
the sky, the truth may come out In
somo way. Think of what It would
mean then."
Sara regarded him steadily. "There
are but four peoplo who know the
truth," she said slowly. "It Isn't like
ly that Hetty or Brandon will toll the
story. Professional honor forbids your
doing so. That leaves me as tbe solo
peril. Is that wha you would Imply,
my dear friend?"
"Not at all," he cried hastily, "not
at nil. I"
"That's all tommy-rot, Sara," cried
Booth earnestly. "We Just couldn't
have anything to fear from you."
With curious Inconsistency, she
shook her bead and remarked: "Of
courso, you never could be quite easy
In your minds. There would always
bo tbe feeling of unrest. Am I to be
trusted, after all? I have proved my
self to be a vindictive schemer. What
assurance can you and Hetty have that
I will not turn against one or the oth
er of you some time and crush you to
satisfy a personal grievance? How do
you know, Brandon, that I am not in
love with you at this very"
'Good heavens, Sara!" he cried,
agape.
at this very moment?" she con
tinued. "It would not be so very
strange, would It? 1 am very human.
The power to love is not denied me.
Oh, I am merely philosophizing. Don't
look so serlouB. We will suppose that
I continued along ray career as the
woman Btorned. You have seen how 1
smart under the laBh. Well?"
"Hut all that 1b impossible," said
Booth, his face clearing. "You're not
In love with me, and tevor can be.
That! for ydur philosophy!" .
At tbe same Instant he became
aware of tbe singular i;leam in her
eyes; a liquid, oriental glow that
seemed to reftoct light on her lower
lids, as she sat there with her face In
tbe shadow. Once or twice before be
had been conscious of tbe mysterious,
seductive appeal. He stared back at
her, almost defensively, but her gaze
did not waver. It was he who first
looked away, curiously uncomfortable.
"Still," she Bald slowly, "I think you
would be wise to consider all possible
contingencies."
"I'll take chances, Sara," he said,
with an odd buoyancy in his voice thnt,
for the life of blm, he could not ex
plain, even to himself.
"Even admitting that such should
turn out to be the case," said Mr. Car
roll judicially, "I don't believe you'd
go so far as to put your loyal friends
In Jeopardy, Sara. So we will dismiss
the thought Don't forgot, however,
that you hold them In the hollow of
your hand. My original contention was
based on the time-honored saying,
'murder will out." We never can tell
what may turn up. The best laid plans
of men and mice oft "
Sara settled back among the cush
ions with a peremptory wave of her
hand. The loose, flowing sleeve fell
away, revealing ber white, exquisitely
modeled arm almost to the shoulder.
For Bome Btrango, unaccountable rea
son Booth's eyos foil.
"I am tired, wretchedly tired. It has
been a most exhausting duy," she said,
with a sudilen note of weariness in her
voice. Both men started up apolo
getically. "I will think seriously of
your plan, Mr. Carroll. There is no
hurry, I'm Bure. Please send Miss
Wrandall In to me, will you? Perhaps
you would better tell Hetty to come
in as soon as Vivian leaves. Come
back tomorrow afternoon, Brandon. I
shall be much more cheerful. By the
way, have you noticed that Dicky, out
in tho library, has been singing all aft
ernoon as if his little throat would
split? It Is very curious, but today is
tho first time ho bas uttered a note
In nearly live months. Just listen to
him! Ho Is fairly riotous with song."
Booth leaned over and kissed the
band she lifted to him. "He Is like the
rest of us, Sara, Inordinately happy."
A slight shiver ran through her arm.
He felt it.
"I am so afraid his exuberance of
spirit may annoy Vivian," said she,
with a rare smile. "She detests vul
garity." The men departed. She lay back In
the chaise-lounge, her eyes fixed on
the hand ho bad touched with his Hps.
Watson tapped twice on the door.
"Mlse Wrandall could not watt,
ma'am," be Bald, opening the door soft
ly. "She will call again tomorrow."
"Thank you, Watson. W1U you
hand me tbe cigarettes?"
Watson hesitated. "The cigarettes,
ma'am?" .
"Yes."
"But the doctor's orders, ma'am, beg
ging your pardon for "
"I have a new doctor, Watson."
"I beg pardon, ma'am 1"
"The celebrated Doctor Folly," she
sold lightly.
CHAPTER XX.
Sara Wrandall's Decision.
"Now, you see what I mean, Bran
don, when I Insist thai It would be a
r
mistake for you to marry me," said
Hetty In a troubled voice. "I feol that
Sara will not let me go."
"That's pure nonsense, Hotty," he
said. "She wants you to marry me, I
am positive." He may have thought
his tono convincing, but something
caused her to regard him rather fixed
ly, as If she were trying to solve an
eluslvo puzzle.
He took her by the arm and raised
her to her feet. Holding her quite
closo, be looked down Into ber ques
tioning eyes and said very seriously:
- "You are suspicious, even of me.
dearest I want you. There is but
one way for you to be at peace with
yourself; shift your cares over to my
shoulders. I will stand between you
and everything that may como up to
troublo you. We love one another.
Why should we sacrifice our love for
the snke of a shadow? For a week,
dearest, I've been pleading with you;
won't you end the suspense today
end it now and uay you will be my
wlfo?"
The appeal was so gentle, so sincere,
so full of longing 'that she wavered.
Her tender blue eyes, lately so full of
dread, grew moist with the incffublo
sweetness of love, and capitulation
was In them. Her warm, red lips part
ed In a dear little smile of surrender.
"You know I love you," sne said
tremulously.
He kissed the lovely, appealing Hps,
not once but many times.
"God, how I worship you," he whis
pered passionately. "I can't go on with
out you, darling. You are life to me. I
love you! I love you!"
Sho drew back In his arms, the
shadow chasing the light out of ber
eyes.
"We are both living In the present,
we are both thinking only of It, Bran
don. What of the future? Can we fore
soo the future? Dear heurt, I am al
ways thinking of your future, not my
own. Is It right for me to bring you"
"And I. am thinking only of your fu
ture," he said gravely. "The future
that shall be mine to shape and to
make glad with the fulfilment of every
promise that love has In store for both
of us. Put away the doubts, drive out
the shadows, dearest. Live in tbe light
for ever. Love is light"
"If I were only sure thnt my shad
ows would not descend upon you, I"
He drew her close and kissed her
again.
"I am not afraid of your shadows.
God be my witness, Hetty, I glory In
them. They do not reflect weakness,
but strength and nobility. They make
you all the more worth having. I
thank God that you are what you are,
dear heart."
"Give me a few days longer, Bran
don," she pleaded. "Let me conquer
this strange thing that lies here In my
brain. My heart is yours, my soul Is
yours. But tbe brain Is a rebel. I
must triumph over It, or it will always
He In wait for a chance to overthrow
this little kingdom of ours. Today I
have been terrified. I am disturbed.
Give me a few days longer."
"I would not grant you tbe respite,
were I not bo sure of the outcome," be
said gently, but there was a thrill of
triumph In tbe tones. Her eyes grew
very dark and soft and her lips trem
bled with the tide of love that surged
through her body. "Oh, how adorable
you are!" ho cried, straining her close
In a sudden ecstasy of passion.
The doorbell rang. They drew apart,
breathing rapidly, their blood leaping
with the contact of opposing passions,
their flesh quivering. With a shy,
sweet glance nt him, she turned to
ward tho door to await the appearance
of Watson. He could still feel her in
his arms.
A drawling voice came to tbem from
Booth Kissed the Hand She tlfted to
Him.
tho vestibule, and a moment luter Les
lie WruUdull entered tho library, pull
ing off his gloves as he came.
"Hello," he said glibly. "I told that
fellow downstairs it wasn't necessary
to announce me by telephone Silly
arrangement, I Bay. Why the devil
should they think everybody's a thief
or a book agent or a constable with a
Bubpoena? He knows I'm one of tbe
family. I'm likely to run In any time,
I told him, and Oh, I say, I'm not
butting in, am I, Miss Castleton?"
He shook hands with both of them,
and then offered bis cigarette case to
Booth, first selecting one for himself.
Hetty assured him that he was not do
trop, sheer profligacy on her part In
view of his readiness to concede the
point without a word from her.
"Nipping wind," be said, taking his
stand before the fireplace. "Where Is
Sara? Never mind, don't bother her.
I've got all the time In the world. By
the way, MIbb Castleton, what Is the
latest news from your father?"
1 dare say you have later news than
I," she said, a trace of annoyance In
her manner.
CSQ BJB COMTWUBDJ
ThaSfafA Fr-n nnmu Rnipj in,,
V WIUIV VVHVIHJ wuqi y I3
staie toiiege.
PENNSYLVANIA CHARTERS
To Fix Safety Standard I-
, , tl0W
Construction Two New Cater.
pillar Pests Worry
Farmers.
jiumnuuiK- ino uuuuinKH rocontlt
bought by the State for Capitol Pari
extension are to be occupii-d liy Wrt(
of departments from the Stale Hon,
because of lack of room in u,,
building, and State officials are won
dering what to do with others whlca
will have to be moved to provide rooj
lor legislative committees and oft
clals. For the last three yeiri
more man nan or ine fommlltn
rooms nave necn In use by clerki
The attic floor is crowded
engineers, draftsmen of various d
partnients, and by filing clerks. Fin
departments now have offices in u,
business section of the city nnd thru
more arc occuplng buildings in Cat
tol Park extension, with two mort
buildings about ready to (are for
others. Three buildings arc bi-lcj
used for storage of various kinds, b
eluding Highway Department vehicle
State Economy Board.
The State Economy and Eflirltntj
Commission devoted particular atten
tion to tho work that Is done by S:i;i
College In conjunction with several e
partnients of the State government
and various suggestions were niadeb;
the college officials for ellminatlai
duplication. The plans of the Intui
tion, for new buildings and addition
were careiuuy considered, and
thorough examination of old buildlop
was made by the commission. In it
dltlon to examining State College, th
commission visited the Western P(tl
tentlary being erertod near State Col
lege, and when leaving Chairman Sic
Dcvltt said: "Tho commission vu
very much Impressed with the work
that is being done by President SnirU
and his faculty, and feel Hint the in
gestions made by them will he U
much value In atralghtenlng out w-
eral State departments. The works
the new penitentiary Is also proirw
lng rapidly and satisfactorily, and tbi I
conduct of the prisoners who are u-
fclstlng In the work Is a striking ro
niendatlon for Warden Fnncis and
the methods be employs."
Standard In Ladder Construction.
Initial Fteps have been taken bj
the State Department of Lahnr ul
Industry to get standard of rafetj la I
construction of ladders of nil kicdf
and a special committee, consisting cf I
safety experts, manufacturer, en-
ployes and dealers, met In riilbdd
phla to discuss a draft of regulation
These regulations will he submitted
to tho State Industrial Board andaftn
a hearing will be promulgated and il
manufacturers required to conform K
them. Study of accident ! t ported and I
observations by agents of tho depil-
ment have shown a Inrj;e n-rcenti I
of accidents in which falls from Ud
ders figured were due to faulty t
etructlon or failure to provide m
ladders. The Idea will be to get tf
construction end settled and then
require all persons usIiik ladders to I
Industrial establishments to Fee till I
they are kept in safe condition.
New Caterpillar Pesta.
State Zoologist H. A. Surface II b
Testigatlug comphilnts of two mm
caterpillar pests, one of which notow
does daniaco to trees and foiinse. m'
when drawn across the skin rausH'
burnlne sensation like Hint" of
brown tailed moth. Steps are M
taken to ascertain where tlu-y c
from. The caterpillars are numer
In some parts of the State and are
noylng farmers. They are the "s"
dleback" so called because or m
pearance and the lo, the lutttT if I
tbo larva of the beautiful lo nio
7,000 Men Repairinj Roada
Approximately , 7.000 men ':
I, ...,,:.., Slntn lllfihW" I
ui iv yjii iriniim ...
the work going slowly because
..... ...i.oirn diiumndi'd "I
rAirimilo ifTjmtiB
bridges and drains. Most of the "1
traveled routes have been put f I
condition.
PENNSYLVANIA CHARTER
nr . i ..Curlers ni1
1
oeeu gruuieu; .,i
Hetzol Lumber Co., rittsbursh.
tal, $8,000.
jonnsiown uros. j ih -
uasue; capiuu, iu,uou. .
Jaffa Coal Mining Co., nrisbln,
tal. $5,000. ffu
Washington Development lo-
ington; capital, 130.000. j
Bird Iteal Estato nnd I'W""r
Co., Wcsleyvllle; capital,
Farmers' Hardware . ". ' "
Hold, Tioga county; cai'i". '.,!
Kobert Scott & Son, Hirers,
II111; capital, $35,000. 0.
Scranton National
Scranton; capital, ?o,tu"- Mr-
Espy Humns Fertilizer to
capital. 15,000. j,,
Elk Dairy Products Co.,
capital, $10,000.
Courtland Building and LoB
elation, Philadelphia; capita'-
000.
Alexander Chambreg.
of rf.
nntr"
phla, was awarded
erect an eight-room school d t
a . nltMilOUl"
(.'I
the school aisinci oi
chin. Ills bid was $20,000.
.,.. of!?
Mrs. Lillian w. '', jo-
town, carrying her lnfan;
plunged down a long fllB'lt '
w hom when her heel cW' kft
skirt. In the fall the Inf""1 a
ed and Mrs. Iteminger badiy