| Show III INI I 1 11 1 11 the hollow of her hand siy BY GEORGE BARR mccutcheon A author of rows juve kins tic k by i young that I 1 ve met her facht i who had beastly misfortune to iniss old burgat royda royd m funeral I 1 cau can readily ben where herc in the easing baling blood will tell applies to her lie he Is in a prince he came over to london with ine ilia tile dy utter after we left unity in lucerne Lucer iio and I 1 had blui blin in ili to meet and vivian at clar idge edgee a they like him immensely lie H set u us straight on a good many points concerning the olynn and Castle families of course courno I 1 knew they were among the beat over bete but I 1 dida didn t know bow flue they were butil va pre on him to talk a little about himself you will be glad to bear that he la is coming coining over with us on the she walls the seventh well we 11 be on the water by tho the time you ift get this cettei it had been our intention to sail nail lant week but the colonel had bad to KO go tu to ireland for a few days to some simons the nolt next year lie he ants mo ine to oina coine over for the shooting lie lont lun t going lack back to india for two years yearn you was inu bu be lu ili te terest td to livar hear two years yearn leave I 1 lota oto of influence influent le alieve file i we iva vo been expecting him buck back tit in boudon since bince day bufore I 1 date amu eay bay he found HIS aim hall lit hu tel and alfid him has lapi ho htiu liftig been for sale ot 0 some noine of hla his in ill BI fat tory sites eltea I 1 believe lie he la Is anxious to close clone the deal belbie hn he leaves leaven england had to lift it n mort inert gage on tho the property benoie becote lio ito bould think of slinking funking ilia he sale bale I 1 beaked him to four thousand pounds to tide him blin over of course lie he 1 Is eager to make the lie stile gad ad I 1 almost had to beg him to tako take tile donev let aei bibly proud and haughty UK as the burlei would sty bay lie ile said raid lie he wouldn t sleep loep well until he hau has thu tho filthy luere lucre we are looking for him back any hour now no but if lie he t got get here by rilday me sail ball aitho without 11 t him lie ife wald he would folio follon its tho boat lit in caso case aai nothing happened that ho he dian didn t catch the sars anra interrupted herself to offer un an boula if hetty did not her father vo fo heartly heart lh I 1 should advira you to look bartlit i t for a father in law 11 raudon ilia col eulond ottil Is IH it ft bud bad lot in ili the north of helanda poor L alle silo sho ile moll 11 plot not show ho up ell cl not a bit of it she blip sidd sald aft il 6 may inay be charged to profit and loso in fit Le lealler allem books I 1 ill lilot port part of tho the lettai will interest ou bhe be went on oil as it if till nil that shot had bad goop before was of no importance to him r I 1 hear luter later voting tang news concerning you my deal lea girl arl my heartiest heart leaL congratulations it 1 it to B all true brandy is IB one in a nil mil lion I 1 have hoped all along to haie base him an B a full fledged brother tn in law it if the way you d put it father wiles that every one la ili talking about it slid and saying baying what a fine thing it to la he has a feeling of about rp ap Pro preaching aching you la in tho the matter and I 1 fancy its just ns as well until everything I 1 it ta booth wit was Start started ld by her har appear bince to in settled I 1 wish you d lot let tue me biake it 11 suggestion however nl t it 11 be wise wine to let us all get together aud talk the business cud ad of the gamec game brandy a a fine chap a corker in ilk fact but the question lit Is hat has ho he got it tit in hlin him to take challia place in the fit diio la you TO got to consider tho the future as well BO as the present my tear dear As e all do with his hia artistic tempera ident he might play hob with vath our lit in te lereste rests and our too for that matter Woul dill t it be N v lee isu for vie mn to sound bound him it a bit before a take him into the be firm forgive ra ine for suggesting this but its AS ou on know knon youl interests interest are mine and im terribly keen about see lug lua vou set get the best of ever thing by the N wa a v aan t he a bit gone gon on betty hettye passing raney fancy of court cour and not deep enough to hurt anybody lood good old brandy V I 1 there is fenre brandon but its U of no BO consequence she ehe said eald the letter upon the th tall tab yu see how the land ly lay 1 booth was us pale pal albit anu annoyance oance 13 joye jove said gala what ahat an ass ho he let IB I 1 die elloe pinchen oh its it H such lucli perfect roll roil I 1 fit a orry on oil nin account lave have vou sail ever heard of 0 gall ob lie lid IN a merely acting as fl the tani low alj 13 I 1 car an bie tak tapin all now in solemn con conclave claNe ahey think it chah indisputable ilehr to lk it lueband I 1 for uie lao to yaw pass upon him to accept oi 01 decline him as they see eee fit to sa whether ho he is id a proper man ta tiling up hla his hat and coat in the of brandall Wr andall co do you mean to may aay lets leta riot not talk about it brandon it 11 la too billy they fell to discussing hot hei plans for of the file immediate future although tha minds of both were at work with something else now that 1 I have bave served my purpose I 1 suppose you will not care to ws see so much of me I 1 she he suld bald as aa he b prepared pie pared to take leave of her served st ived your purpose ii what do you mean 1 I should have put it differently you have been most moat in your efforts to force the secret from sue me it has baa been accomplished now do da you understand that fair sara be protest protect ed ad I 1 it if ou 11 lot me come to wee see you la in spite of ahat hat the gossips and mr redmond edmond ll brandall Wr andall predict you may be sure I 1 will be as aa much in 10 vl deBLo as aa ever I 1 suppose I 1 have been a bit of a nuisance nulu ance banging on its aa I 1 have I 1 I 1 admire your perseverance moro more than that I 1 admire your our courage in fit accepting accept lag the situation ail aa au you have I 1 only hope you xua sins win her over to your way of thinking Dra brandon ildon goodby I 1 I 1 shall go up to town tomorrow kit and bug bag when shall I 1 see aee you I 1 wo we havu have it a great deal left to talk about before I 1 sail ball I 1 como when you like you scally want we me to conie comet certainly lie studied her pulu pals thed bacu facu tot foi a momi tit and then shook big head lou muett take cuts cuie of oui Belf hu he said bald you are got get a good test leat und and aud forget cetta cei bains lati it you can everything will conic come out nil fill elji t lit in tile the end it depends on oil what ove Is in silling to accept as the end he said hald CHAPTER the th hollow of hr her hand when hooth booth culled called lit in the afternoon at sara baran a apartment he was wet met by tile the news that she he was visa quite ill slid and could see bee no one not even him 1 7 he doctor had been summoned during the night and had resumed in the morn inoru ing to find that she had ft a very high temperature tile the butler could not enlighten booth further than this except to add that it a auise wan corn com ingin to take charge of mrs wran dall more for the purpose of at watching her symptoms than foi anything else lie he believed at least bo 0 the doctori had sald bald two days day parked before the dis dia crossed young mail could net any dell nian news concerning lica condition lie ile unconsciously began to think of it as a malady luu lady riot a more mere dul du of courtie course to it a remark carroll had dropped when sara had told him blin tho the whole truth of the tragedy and of her own vindictive plans plana it wua was carroll himself who gave a definite re port of sara he met the lawyer corn com ing away from the apartment when he called to inquire she bile lan ion t out of bet bei head or anything like that said bald carroll uneasily but she slen a in A bad way booth ill tell aou ou what I 1 think la Is troubling her more than anything else down in ili her heart uhe she realizes zea that hetty castle cabalo ton has got to bo be brought face to face with the Wran dalle dalls 1 ilie I he deuce you cayll today I 1 saw her for the first time almost immediately she abe naked asked uie me if I 1 thought the Wr andalla fills would treat hetty fairly if they ever found out the truth about her bar I 1 said I 1 thought they would I 1 dian didn t have tile the heart to tell her that their gr leauco sance un would bo be shifted from hetty to her and that the goulda wouldn t be like ly IY to forgive orglee her for the stand eland she shed d taken she deeon doesn t seem to cale caie how bow evet what the Wran dalls of her ber 11 II the vidi have ou an Int influence luence over hetty Castle castleton tou I 1 1 I NN elgh lob I 1 were ore sure cure that I 1 had malel booth do you think she ehe N would come if ou oil sent her a cablegram 7 I 1 am going oval she will have out oui letter lu in it H couple of biow according to sara ahu hu to have a ely faithful curre lu lit tho ilia pel son of tint thit maid I 1 shudder to think of tho the cable able tollo toll tit til the past ten few douthat I 1 under it the maid suspects moie than ft a loving lutei lute tnt test in ili giltis castleton mia aila I 1 mae aa about to lu HU till gest beat to t this Coul dat t ou cable ably hn hll ou dilday busing that sura sara Is IH vu it this la Is tuesday day I 1 will mill cable of coulee but bill sam must not know that I 1 ie e done it call sou ou ronie corne to my lily office tomor bonior io jow afternoon T yes tomorrow night I 1 chull go oer to philadelphia to be kone gone till friday frida I 1 hope it enill not be necessary toi foi me to stay longer you timer tan lan t an tell about these operations opera tlona 1 I trust vier er thing will no well brandon I 1 things of note before noon on priday friday the Wranda Wr andalla lW arrived froni from chii ropo rope without the recalcitrant colonel ml ft redmond Wr brandall andall who met them at t the dock heaved a nigh of relief ile he will be mer on oil the next said aid leslie who mho for some reason best beet known to himself wore a troubled look mr fao face fell I 1 nope hope not he bold bald much to the indignation of lila ats ilip and tile the serret uneasiness of jilb rif eions of the nobility ill predatory Pied atory I 1 ed mrs Wr brandall Wran andall dalt arp are a bleoo sucking backing lot went on illo nil nl I 1 gentleman erml if he olnes to lork ork iche III tahe my lily head he on oil t be long in boi ro ing ft a few thou thousand mand dollars from rom each of tin and lie w 11 not seek to humiliate us by to pas pa it back oil oh I 1 know them lealie a allon allowed ed slither lather hard A h hat at 0 the news new here dad T I 1 lie he asked hastily anybody dead i I 1 saia gala Is quite ill III I 1 heal beai slow fever of nonie sort bort carroll tells me IN ID she alie going to worry marry brandy booth 7 asked his won uon mr Wran dalls dalt B face stiffened I 1 I 1 fear I 1 was wa a little hasty hanty la in my stone brandon came to the office a ft fow few days ego ago and informed me la in rather plain words that there Is absolutely nothing in the report 11 the deuce you aal bayl ayl god gad I 1 wrote he H mt mat the lawyer coming away from the apartment lier her a 4 lather intimate leslie got no caither balther than title lie he as aa somewhat stunned und and by blo private reflections renea lony mr brandall Wr andall wan wait lost loat in ili study for some whit ites paying no attention to the remarks of the other occupants of the motor that whirled them across town IOWN by the way my dear be said bald to lite hl wife a trifle dont aou ou think it would be right for or you and vivian to drop in this afternoon and see aee sara just to let her know that she ebe lent ten t without its out of the question lon redmond said bald hla his nife le a shocked expression la in her face da as much as n to say nay that he be must be quite out of his head to suggest such auch a thing I 1 we shall be dread rally busy for several everal days day unpacking and well doing all sort of necessary necee aary things 1 she is IB pretty tick sick I 1 hear mumbled he ilasa t one got a lot sea demanded his wife m ife I 1 the suggestion in IB order well wo 11 II see bee lier ter next week any othet news new mrs booth brandona brandon a tro was waa operated on tor for something or other day before esterday oh dear the poor thing where philadelphia of course 1 I wonder it lot let me see flee loolie there a good thain to philadel phia at four 0 clock I 1 could go really my dear said eald her bus bua band sharply you forget how bow busy buey we are mother said eaid vivian without a smile nonsense eusel asid ald mrs brandall Wr andall in considerable confusion con conf tulon ution was waa it a sort serl buo ouo redmond they cut a bone out of her ter nose that a all brandon says euya her heart la in weak they were afraid of the ether ashes all right carroll says bays Goo driesel cried mrs Wit andall one might haie hae suspected a note of disappointment in her voice noice I 1 I 1 shall bull go up to eee sara this after noon said vivian calmly N hat a the he number of her new apartment I 1 you have been up tip to see her of 0 coulee corn ae said mrs mra brandall Wr andall acidly lie he Adget ted I 1 dian didn t hear of her illness until yesterday ril ill go up anith ith you sou VI viv v said les lea lie no ou vont s on t I 1 said bald ills his sister flat 1 1 I ni going to apologize to her for something I 1 said eald to brandon booth I 1 ou t tag along les lea I 1 at half balf past five in the afternoon tile the Ui Xi andall limousine stopped in front of the tall apartment building near bear the ilia paik a foot footman nian jerked open the door and misa stepped stepp edl out at the raine moment a telegraph messenger bos bai paused ud oli tho sidewalk dewalk ul to compute tile hie but oil thello alio llio imposing posing grilled doole of the building minu hilve randall had lioneld heisele in an lt the HIP obsequious do doorman and stood b in patience pat leuce to valt ault for the absurd rule of the holise to be ciurleo out no so one oud could get t la in be ng from below suld the doorman 1 11 I c it get in all ail right all right I 1 said the ho hm I 1 got a telly grain lor for do lold no go to tile the rear exclaimed the booi mail with A ith bon eborg while also Wi Ni andall andal waited in sura bara 8 reception hall on oil the tenth floor tho th messen messenger gei having traversed a more demons route strived ai rived alth ath his bis Inel ivanson took the envelope lope and told him to att alt rive minutes passed paced mass brandall Wr andall grew brew very able under tinder the persistent though cow corn gaze gate of the street urchin he tired stared at her and ad wiring luan his hi tribute to the th glorious gl orlou 0 flared back occasionally narrow eyed wid hol aribalo to the faro lesque fecile wit will lou ou blanc aleli ut into the drawing toom niles udall uld maid wet wat bou bora tie lie led tier across the loer foer and abrew open a door sl SI 0 parsed apanged into the oom loom be beyond ond 1 I ihen hen he turned to the tha boy who stood beldo beide be ide tile hall seat beat making change for a quarter as 08 lie he approached Ill mere cre lie uld said bunding building hini him the ie ic celpa book and a dime bhae that u foi ou 11 lie dropped the quarter into ills his own pocket hole it mingled with ith collis coina that belo to it il up to that instant Iny tant and imperiously closed the door behind the boy who mho failed to say aay thank you every mau man to met hla trade I 1 there was waa a woman la in tile tho room wiep js vivian entered standing well over 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