Show yANDRA ANDR ANDRJ By J Jane THE P Phelps JEALOUS I CHAPTER 44 I Sandra Sends end for Rose s Grandon I Suddenly I decided what I would do I would send for Rose Grand Grandon n to stay I with me Ever Everett tt h had d not forbidden me to do so so-he so he couldn't very well when I had no such thought when he left and so naturally did not ask if I might have herIt her It would be better to have her while Everett Is away I said to myself my my- self They might not get along and then It would be awkward for me It was sophistry and I 1 knew knewt f Jt t. t But ButI I didn't c care not care not re-not not for the minute Leola did as s she liked and nd he Everett j I loved her I 1 would show him show him show them all that all that I too could do as I 1 liked After Atter the telegram was sent however however how how- ever I was a bit it frightened Please come and v a few tew days I 1 am alone was all I I had said I knew Rose Hose well enough to be sure she would jump at the chance of visiting visiting visiting visit visit- ing me She was terribly curious and would be anxious to see how I lived Rose Hose had said long a ago o before I married Everett that she didn't believe Everett would let his wife ife peep peep if he were not in the mood that she was sure his wife would not be allowed to say her soul was her own I never ever had hadI I forgotten that speech Shed She'd see if she came when Everett was at home that she had been very nearly right But with him away she would only be en envious envious envious en- en of me for my lovely home Then to too I would have Barrett Darrett Edmonds Edmonds Edmonds Ed Ed- monds meet her Perhaps he would fall faU fallIn fallin In love with Rose and my dream of having her live next boor loor would come true after all I said nothing to Mrs Gray until I received Roses Rose's answer Coming on morning train Rose Rose was her reply to my invitation A young girl friend is coming to visit me today I said to Mrs Gray a girl from home I am very glad lad It Isn't good for tor I you to stay alone she replied pleas pleas- antly Then If you know what your friend likes and will tell teU me I will I see that cook serves It it itOh Oh thank you Mrs Gray Graf I ex ex- claimed Rose just adores ch chocolate cake and cook makes such delicious ones I ordered the car and met Rose Hose at atthe atthe atthe the station We did not drive directly home but went the longest way round so Rose could see the town She enthused enthused enthused en en- so about the car my clothes lothes etc that I put my finger on my lips so she wouldn't wo talk so loud I didn't want the chauffeur to hear her Just before we reached r home we ran Into Barrett Edmonds I saw law him be before before be- be fore tore he saw us and told the chauffeur to ov overtake him Who Is he Rose asked as M I called to himA him A friend of ot mine I answered I want you to meet him and to like him him Yet as I said it I wondered If it I really did want her to like Barrett Darrett too Barrett-too too well I I was rather shocked for a moment at the thought I Oh Mr Edmonds I know it Is not good form call after atter you but I so wanted Miss Grandon to meet you Rose my friend Mr Edmonds Miss Grandon is IS' staying a few days with me Mr Graham is away and I was lonely so I sent for tor her after which i rather elaborate explanation I subI subsided subsided sub sub- sided I Had I Imagined it or had a look of ot something very Jike ike disappointment passed over Barretts Barrett's face when I told him I had sent for ROSA because I was alone and lonely I was almost sure of It when when- he said If It yo your r friends had known you were alone they would have been delighted to keep you company We chatted a moment longer and then thim drove on after Barrett promised to drop In that evening for tor some music Hes He's wonderful I could fall in love Jove with him without half trying Rose hose exclaimed as we drove on What lovely eyes and such long lashes lashes lashes- He is very good looking I said soberly Some way Roses Rose's enthusiasm jarred me He is more than good looking looking and and he lie Is young You know L never have been able yet to understand how you came to marry mary a a. man so much older than you you are Rose said as we drew up to the curb In front of the house Now If It h had d been a man like Mr Edmonds I I- I Oh what a lovely place What a a lucky girl you are I wondered if I were a lucky girl She hadn't seem seemed d t to think so until she saw the fhe house A girl couldn't be happy just because she had a fine house louse to live in that In-that that I had discovered But it t was something to have Rose enious en- en ious I longed for her to envy me e. e CHAPTER 45 Rose Tells Sandra All the Home HOlT Gossip Mrs Gray met us at the door and welcomed us so nicely I felt that Rose Ros must surely be jealous of my menage even If I h had not pleased her herin herin hern in n my choice of ot a husband she a dear who is she Rose asked when we were were alone My housekeeper awfully refined looking to b ba be bea a housekeeper She is refined If It she were not she would not be here Mr Gr Graham ham Ev ET- Everett erett Is very particular Just then Hetty cHetty came in to heir Rose lose unpack so we said nothing more But I could see that I had already made an Impression upon Rose But ButI I forgot all such foolishness after I luncheon when she told me all about I home lome and home folks Of father mother and the boys first then of all the he town boys and girls especially those hose I used to run ron around with I laughed until I cried over pranks of Buster and They had not grown less mischievous it seemed since I left home horn She told me mother missed me dreadfully and that she and the other girls often went and sat with her a while to talk about me Jack Densmore had married Cornella Cornelia Cornelia Cor Cor- nelia nella Willets A And d Bob Cushing Gushing was rushing May Ogden Of course coure there might be nothing serious but May was terribly sentimental and Bob Sob Was awfully good looking though he didn't have a penny was penny was just justa a clerk clerkin in a store I Her mother tries to ke keep p h her r rI I from going with Bob but May manI manages man man- I ages to see a a lot of him him Rose Hose said and I think May is right At least I have always thought as she does What Is money or position compared to love Youve read that somewhere Rose Grandon I known know you have It sounds exactly as if It you weft re reading reading read read- dIng d- d ing from a novel I I r replied No I No i dont don't remember reading itI it t. t I might change my mind a little little- if I 1 could have s such ch a home hom as well as-well well as this Then with one of her quick changes Has lIas that Mr Edmonos an any money money I dont don't know know T T guess so H He goes In our set set goes goes to all ll the expensive places and all that sort of thing Well mother always said it was just as easy to like a man with money as one without Perhaps she is right Rose Hose looked so serious as she made this wise remark that 1 burst out laughing But I w was ta really really real real- I ly quite glad I had Invited her although al although al- al l- l I though I 1 could not make myself feel i quite so keen upon the tb- subject of her marriage marriage- to Barrett a as I h had posed I 1 would be Someway Id ild I d enjoy having her lier bring him mt into nto conversation conver in the way she did id was as though she had alread d dec c to marry him JMj We talked until about 3 oc then I ordered the car and 50 we a long drive I felt really happy was clever in me to send it was ever so much pleasanter staying alone itt We stayed out so 00 late v wn had to scramble ourselves l ULu nu clothes to be in time for dir But Rose looked lovely in a avdi darose da darose rose colored evening dress I I. I pu pu one of my new blue ones and ands andl my hair high just as I had It In attic just attic just a big soft swat SWI on 1 ac of my head 90 It makes you rou ou look five years old Rose said Then What a to 10 dress dress' w I r hate blue But Everett doe do like tike me in other colors because my hair I almo almost t had pad said bee bec beche he always saw his other wIfe I. I V blue lQ It is awfully becoming but butone ut one t I of one color all the time m mOh Oh I wear ear white with oue ou of blue you see he buys me E beautiful things I shouldn't c plain because he chooses the I col Someway I could resent what E ett did but it was altogether r dif di ent hearing someone else him j To be continued continued- |