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Show I I 1 i SOUTH CACHE COURIER, HYRUM, UTAH belle, by any means. And after them, four. Thrve hours Was It conceivable that those despised, Lut Harrietsleen V fatal sixteen years would fall to Iden- - for It Instead she took8 n tify Tony and Isabelle wherever they Just as the dawn was beMnalbath went, even though the press was not the world with m vsterin,, v6t 0 eagerly assisting them? Supposing and long wet shadows Vh that Isabelle never thought of Crown- - Into the Crept lands, of her handsome son and her .enaHliii ,a triumphant sense of bein2 alone, young daughter, of the man whose pa- - went into the tience and cleverness had lifted her to were one of' her deUchto'7 Wa!l all this luxury from an apartment In a . most seven as oclock tiZ. . 6 small town, would no memory of the back, glowing, beginning place she had held, and the friend- and headachy, beslnninl ! War to 'Copyright by Kathleen Norris ships she had commanded, haunt her? that the Jul would be w!? Truly there was always society for the ginning to be day Isabelles, but to Harriets clean sense mile tramp. Inconscious of tkiiuuiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiuiiiiiiHiiiuuniiiiiiHuiiiiiiniiiiiiimHiiniiuiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiijiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii; tie garden ,7o2? it seemed but the society of a jail. lands she met Royal, I understand, Harriet said, quiet- Harriet had an upsetting vision of I wouldnt change places with her! house. A TERRIBLE BLOW." ly. She crossed the hall, and for the stout, Mrs. Ilawkes, pant- Harriet decided, in the soft silence and He studied her first time in four years entered Isa- ing as she discussed the details of the darkness of the summer approvingly. night. belles suite unannounced. It was in Red Cross drive, but she was very Synopsis. Harriet Feld, twenty-eigIsabelles Fropi her problem ,rj thoughts extraordinarily years old, and beautiful. Is exquisite order; streams of late after- sympathetic with the young girls, and went to her own, to qPbI Royal Blondin. She What gets the social secretary of the flirta, noon light were falling on the gay even -agreed with Nina, when Amy was was wakeful und restless tonight Sira- tious Mrs. Isabel Carter, at rve been waklne walls and the bright chintzes. The gone, that it would be much more sen 8 Sa , d Crownlands. because she could not decide Richard Carters ply briefl? wf' and just novels Isabelle had been unresponsive d seventeen-year-olto sible of skimming, home, and governess take her bath, and put on her how much she need fear him. pleasFirstly, antries the twenty-fservice of her dressing table, white organdie, and then go find her was there gold instantly tagonized Nina Carter. Ward reason and any for our antagonizing be saw It the great years old and impressionwith its deeps ot father. him, and secondly, would he hurt her able, fancies himself In love with i Well u transparent white embroideries over They dined almost silently, and were if she did? For Royal could not punish ter his mothers attractive secretary. fV hd b white, all spoke of the beautiful worn, about to disperse nt Mrs. Carters latest affair Is with for the night, her without punishing himself, and or get wkrJ quietly an who had spent so many hours here, after an hour Mto young Anthony Pope, and the conversaof could not banish her from Crownlands I ail,H th-On the dressing table, with its lne youth is taking It very seriously. splen tion in the drawing room, obviously if he ever hoped to show his own face did length doubled in the mirror, was endured Presiding over the teacups this summer afternoon, Harriet is proby Richard simply for bis there again. But Nina ! the great fan that her hand had Idly mothers when Ward burst in. Was Blondin so bad? She tried to foundly disturbed by the arrival of wielded, only a few days ago, in an He had sake, a visitor. Royal Blondin. Next traveled four almost hundred ask herself the question honestly, and hour of domestic felicity and happi- miles day, at a tea party in the city. by motor that day, his face was an honest shudder answered It before ness Blondon makes himself agreeable to Nina, and leaves a deep ImpresWhat to tell Nina? she wondered, streaked with dirt and oil, and ghastly It was fairly framed. She tried to pic-- 1 -- of course t thini, with fatigue. He went straight to ture Ninas sion on the unsophisticated girl. 7 u re ,very going downstairs. marriage, their early days he added But Nina proved his father. , Harriets agitation over the appeartogether, the breakfast table, where pleasantly Indifferent to the maternal . ance of Blondin at Crownlands This smnt Say, whats all this I he said. In a the crude little absence when she and Amy came tilt blundered is explained by the fact that he and girl T up respct and Harriet floundered in conversation, her rted from the tennis court for tea. To the voice hardly recognizable. had been a disturbing element In ?ryI, d4fdreast helpless from the saw that he had been drinking. I got her life ten years before and she two or devotion, that would annoy and exas- - rise guest who came calling Harfi!TJi!h ?er , and fears him. The man Is an avowed ejloU ?,.th some riet, installed quite naturally now be- your wire, and we started. I thought perate him. She saw Ninas near- the Mater adventurer, living on the gullibility was 'SmiUngIy watched h God sick, hind My perhaps. the sighted and cups eyes anwith saucers, of the Idle rich. hurt tears; He frankly welling explained that worried me!" he broke off bit- Nlhaa check book that Mrs. Carter was visiting I nounces to Harriet his Intention of enZeecy dtoSm with .urrendered I eegerl, friends-rhavicame Blondin wa Legin-terly. with me; we to win from her lord a few delicious a beautiful time, too, marrying Nina, and urges her to k aid him. She Is In a sense In his stopped on the road for dinner, and hours of the old flattery, the old atten- apparently. h,!n anj!rlly power, and after pleading with him the man had a paper there. Is that tion. e. I dont what Nina Perhaps suspected that some- what to abandon his scheme agrees to a boys love is worth ; hes only you wanted me for I dont bething was unusual. She looked from would It follow a policy of neutrality. a take clever woman to after all. But he does love her father to Harriet, and after a lieve it I Its a dirty lie, and the boun- hold him," Harriet Knowing the tender feeling she has thought, and It me I But believe me, der that In Ward Carter, Harriet moments silence asked put that in the paper Inspired Roy,d, you wouldnt abruptly: Is tempted to marry him for the Im glad you came home, my boy, while." be worth a clever womans couldnt hurt me as you are Aurting "When Is Mother coming back? position and wealth he can give me I If there was no truth g. Richard said. "1 dont knowl Ive been waiting for uht her father Nina Ward Royal Richard. The her, though realizing she does not yon you say. Ward lias had three' Irtme swered quickly. love him, Blondin has ingratiated procession began again. Roy- at college Ive not been a Harriet heard no more; she slipped wearying himself with Madame Carter, Richmender U Say, listen ; are we going to dress? al might treat her with honesty and ard's mother, and she Is wholethe family all that time without knowfrom the room. There were genuine honor. He was asked Amy. Nina, Instantly diverted, not small in everything, heartedly in favor of his marriage He ha suggested that, they go in. Ninas tears in her own eyes now; for the and she had never done him harm. ing that he is not a saint with Nina, Ward urges Harriet to lived as had other men do boy women as himself face awkward flung downward him. She pen bigness and Amys mousy procrastinates. marry But there might come the terrible mo- mit decent men to live, I suppose. neutral tones were as well displayed against a great chair, and was crying. Ninas different. She's younger. She in one garment as another, but both All the househod knew it; Harriet has never had an affair CHAPTER VII Continued. girls debated over pinks and blues, could read it in Bottomleys carefully We were not discussing Nina! 6 crepes and mulls, every evening, as usual manner and quiet speech. In the No, I know it. But you reminded At four oclock Richard came home, If the world was watching them alone. little music room across the hall Royal me that what I object to in you, wih Blondin was waiting. and the Instant Harriet saw his face Harriet lingered for only a word. I myself am doing with him or This is a her, terrible Mr. Carter, it occurred to me that she realized, with a shock even sharpthing!" he said, old Mrs. Inseriously. something than very like in moment the of is Calier. Except Singleton original going to that Oh, frightful ! Harriet agreed. A Harriet floundered a little, credulity, that he had had no success fornia, in her own car, tomorrow. but regained her thread except that In his search. He was alone. His I was wondering If we might con- rather flat silence ensued. She seemed he .does care for me, she repeated; face was drawn and gray, he looked fide in Mrs. Singleton she was al- to have nothing to say to Royal now. But he loves beauty I can say that to she was not surprised when, a hot and rumpled and utterly weary; ways very fond of Mrs. Carter and moment without your misunderstanding! you out Nina came later, the give he Carwho had more, impression that Mrs. softly in, the always been the and ter of had picture then, he knows me, we have been girlish her with of decided wet to the distress, make pink suddenly perfection intimate for years, we are congenial!" eyes and fresh white gown. looked old. He asked Bottomley trip with her. I thought it best to leave Ward He knows everything about you," Thats ' an idea, Richard said, briefly if Madame Carter was in her with Royal repeated, Innocently, as If the Granny and Father, Nina said, I could see Mrs. Sinroom, and, being Informed that she thoughtfully. defense she made were perfectly agleton tonight and and talk it over." in vague explanation, going straight to was, went hastily upstairs. It might serve for only a few Blondin, who rose, dusty and weary, cceptable. But again she was stung to It was to the old ladys beautiful but with a solicitous manner that was silence. Bitting room that Harriet was sum- days," Harriet submitted. I am going to tell him frankly, exYes, I see," he agreed, slowly. Infinitely soothing. moned a few minutes later. She knew His manner, Harriet had grudgingly Well, I can give Nina a hint now!" actly what you have said to me, Haat once that he had told his mother to admit, was perfection. When Richrriet said, presently, with decision and Harriet said, going. all he knew 'and feared. ard and Ward Joined them a few morelief la her voice. I shall remind Madame Carter was shockingly agl- But it was too late for any soothing him that I have always been poor, and tated. She had a deep sense of the deception of Nina. A scene was in ments later, he expressed himself with that it is utterly Impossible for me to dramatic, but she was not entirely act-- full progress in Ninas bedroom, and manly brevity to the older man. He separate the thought of him from the ing now. Her face was pale under its Harriets eye had only to go from realized, said Blondin, simply, that he thought of what my life as his wife rouge, and the painful tears of age the prone form on the bed to the was absolutely de trop ; he had merely would gain." as imagined, the lad stood In her eyes. had crushed newspaper that had drifted to Imagined, Be careful how you play your hand "Miss Field I" said Madame Carter, the floor, to know that the secret was that the sudden summons from camp meant alone! the man said. Illness or "we have Just had a most terrible a out. Isabelles face, radiant and hapHalf confordinary emergency, idence or he isn't would much not more none at most unexpected blow ! than have Intruded at looked this py, out from the page. It was . all!" Harriet simulated expectancy. flanked by two smaller pictures, Rich- time. He would not express a symA moment later There is every reason to believe," ards and Anthony Popes. Harriet pathy that must sound extremely airy "Th Lad Gets a Beautiful and Wise they parted; the woman to and the Discreet stricken the house for a cup Very Madame He entering And could Was Carter, if Wife, see now, family. pursued majestically, the big letters: Young Beginning, But Harriet Silenced Him of coffee, and some conference with that my unfortunate daughter-in-laMillionaire Wife of Richard Carter." they would lend him Hansen, he would butler nnd housekeeper, and the man go over to the club Angrily. Mr. Carters wife, Isabelle, has yield- The deluge was upon them. off briskly for his early walk. Nonsense Ward said. Youre all ment when ed to the passion of her lover I No, starting Oh its a lie its a lie My beaushe had to face let me talk, Richard, she interrupted tiful little mother I Nina was sob- dirty and tired and hungry, and so am with the confession. Yes. RIcharc But Blondin was smiling, as he went she had berself, as the man raised haggard bing. Oh, no, its not true! Its a I. Well clean up, and then well have known him before. Yes, they had en- upon his way, and Harriet was white with anger and impotence. eyes to watch her Impersonally, far lie! Oh, how shall I ever hold up my something to eat first Miss Harriet tered Jhto a tacit compact. Yes, she look will out to us. for face better the facts, my dear My head again to be had kept from Ninas father a secret thisIll put everything else I have in disgraced now world In the balance, Roy she And Id like to see you for a moeon tells me, Miss Field the the Just when Im so that, while it might be unimportant, said to herself, In the and young ment in the incredible statement sunshiny silence library, Miss Field, Rich- certainly should have been told I" him. of breakfast the room. ard said, rather wearily. But Ill hold the honor of womanhood, I want Impossible to think the thing to any no more stolen "Nina, my child, control yourself!" with conversations sent to the papers," he ex- conclusion! and the tender claims of maternity something Too many possibilities d with break in you Ill an Miss Field, Richard did not have Harriet, Ignoring the staring and my engagement plained undertone. alter the entire situation. If she Amy, sat down on the edge of nnd Ah they all wanted her, and needed might the manner of interruption, but his the bed, were married safely to Ward, for ex- Ward, Ill go to Richard Carter Linshook the girl slightly. her! How and humiliate myself, Ill go back to quick, and how efficient, ample? But then she dared quiet voice dominated the other voice You mustnt give way! Come now, not mar- da's house without a penny in the and how none the less. Madame Carter fell siHarriet was as ry Ward until Royals my dear, you must face this like a she went about attitude was world but Ill be done with youl lent. und watched him with mournful woman. the business of making Think how your father and them all For if her -- position Thank1 God. however the finally defined. Miss I story toay comfortable Field, he said, we Ward will look to pride. were dangerous now, what would It be you sound, with want your help. The facts are these: interpretalked especially your They into the night, if she had committed herself deep Acting, all of It, said Harriet In her Harriet knew, for irrevoca- tations on It, you havent my honor Williams had all the roads watched; she herself was soul. But despite the youthful appebly to by marriage? Wards In your keeping, though you may seem sleepless, and she could see from the young, deception they did not go by motor.' Mrs. Car- tite for intolerance crude were there real tears heroics, sitting in to have I ter reached New London at five oclock In balcony that a stream of golden udgment upon his Ninas eyes, as there had been in upper was I wife The house was absolutely quiet; Harriet light yesterday; Popes boat, the Geisha, her grandmothers a few hours pouring across the brilliant shivered. . ago. the clock on the stairs struck a silvery flowers beneath the six. From pulled out at half-palibrary windows. Yes, thats true I she said, wiping Suddenly 6he fell upon her knees, seven. Harriet went noiselessly to her She reviewed the Incredible events whnt Williams men picked up, at the and on a swollen face the dropped her bright head against own room ; Nina wns sleeping heavily. handkerchief of the past few dock, Pope did not expect her, wns to days, and the actors the wide balustrade. For a oh But Harriet I besupplied. dont long time She flung off her clothes, sank into have sailed this morning. She ardrifted before her vision fitfully: IsaHarriet had not prayed. But now, in bed. And now at last sleep came, d rived. and evidently he thought it wise lieve it, and my father will sue them belle, and beautiful, in a few words, and quite without pre- deep, delicious, satisfying. to hurry their start The pier had a for libel, you see if he doesnt I My her prime ; Tony Pope, passionate and meditation, there burst from her the dozen boxes for the Geisha on It, gro- mothers the purest and sweetest and wretched; Royal, ceries and what not, that they lfeft best woman alive and Ill kill anyone poetic, with his eloquent blackdreamy most sincere prayer of her life. She eyes looked up at the stars. But that she wliipered In behind! They will probably skirt the who says any different!" Nina, awakened; Ward, weak God I she said, softly, aloud, to see it In the paper there, boyish, newly tha coast for a few days, and put In depth of her aoul that help ardent ; Madame wai nonaeme." right on the, bed, said Amy, In her theatrical dignity and Carter, full of me! Make me do what is right, howsomewhere for supplies. But that ever hard it Is. Father, dont let me he rassed his hand wearily across his reedy, colorless little voice, as Nina phrases, and lastly simple, make another mistake I" strong I thought anxious to fottthead that doesnt concern us stopped suddenly. (TO B CONTINUED.) protect them all, even from Nina began to cry their own follies now. We got there at ten last night-ho- urs Nina would die! Richard. CHAPTER VIIL I guess I had too late, of course." His voice again, but more quietly. Not one word of blame, not Joy Brtake Hearts. " one ettcr 8 Amy finished, plaintively. ugly insinuation, do break, according to a Hearts fell, he mused, with a knitted brow. she mused, yet she Sudden peace and confidence flooded noted heart Oh, no!" said Nina, in a choked has shamed "Well P he said, suddenly recalling specialist, but very seldom him, and ha is so honor- her spirit. She sat pn, dreaming and of grief. He says he has seen an anhimself. Now, Miss Field, I want voice, as she clung to her frined. No. able; and she has made him I you to get hold of Ward. I want the darling you stay with me. Oh, I ous, when he Is sotnodestl" conspicu- planning, but with no more mental dis- imal rupture its heart through Joy, tress. With the prayer she had must go see my father, and my poor boy home at once I He roust know. She thought of gained, and U is nearly alwayrf Joy that break But there Is of course a chance that grandmother Oh, Amy, perhaps you Germaines careful Isabelle, fresh from in some subtle fashion, a new the heart What happens is that viohands,' lying In her specL She would not let him Mrs,. Carter i Is planning to return. had better go fqr my family will need exquisite white frighten lent emotion causes a chemical sub There may be a woman friend with me tonight. My mother stance to be poured into the blood,, said Nina, of a deck chair, against the cushions her again; after all, while she smiling, in the rosy her own soul, Royal Blondin which stimulates her Its not probable, but its possi- crying again. the nerves of tba, flattering under light the green awn-m- could not hurt her. She and Amy parted solemnly, with ble. I don't want any one In the The blood vessels are con, heart at the infatuated man beside her. And he shall not marry Nina, traded and bouse, or out of it, to suspect, and if many kisses. the heart has to pump Ugh!" said Harriet, with a healthy either I Harriet "Its a thing that might happen to UPruah-odecided, going in asajqsj; a greatly .increased resistance,. you think It la possible, I should like utter f stiff and eold, bat full of resolution.' Emotion disgust These Ulns protected I" me, or to any girl," said Amy causes of heart gravely. moths would not. be doudlas. f & tookad at ' dock- -lt wag aifflo,t failure than hard work,, what? .HARRIET and ihe PIPER &4 dew-drench- ed I I By KATHLEEN NORRIS th(,' high-buste- d ht I !e - four-post- h, er I half-hearte- thm., d - , X !l -- ww."' ng HWsm tyen-ty-tw- - I well-groom- 1 , , 1 1 1 1 ! well-nig- h that-forge- tting pale-face- 1 self-effaci- st white-bosome- low-voice- d, Oo-o- t o, well-rounde- d Oo-o- i . ! 1 i t f com-mand- g, -- fZ "3 . . more-ease- s . |