Show yi ta 4 4 HATS AND FACES t 4 i pi by EARL L REED SILVERS A V estalle Will williams ianis played with an 11 ivory on uie the mahogany desk of the writing room harold Sin lYthe is coming to spend tile the weer end in glenwood GI enwood aho informed dorothy Dorot liy hunt were going to give a big dance on saturday evening 11 boil are I 1 dorothy showed little interest in tile the person of 1111 rold smythe she had heard so much lunch about him hi in since E ailles TI visit sit to vint she ehe had formed tin nn unreasonable dislike for him but her opinions counted little in the williams household hou hold she was only the orphan daughter of the sister or of mrs airs williams it had been hard for her of tile same age as etelle estelle she was as different from froin her cousin us as black Is from white in the first place she had big blue eyes which gave a hint of pathos og I 1 and which made the men who looked it at them want to protect her from some harm harin which they felt was impending she had skin like the softest est velvet and cheeks checks the color of a pink rose estelles eyes wore were colorless although she considered them hazel her skin in spite of frequent applications of the latest modern appliances refused to be anything but rough but her father was a millionaire and her mother had social aspirations they had met harold aroythe at miami and harold had casually mentioned the fact that lie he intended to come east in the summer an invitation and accept acceptance ace h had ad followed and the time bad finally arrived for the much talked about visit on friday morang 13 estelle stelle waiting for the big touring car to carry her to the station to meet the guest found dorothy sitting on the front porch do you wish to ride to town she ashod graciously yes tes I 1 would like to go dorothy arose and took the front sent seat of the car while estelle sat in state stale in the the former wore a sunbonnet of light straw which had cost 75 73 cents in the village store the latter was docked decked in a silver creation which was purchased in new york for 0 they reached this the station just as the train was pulling out estelle leaped from tile the car and greeted a good look ing well ivell set up young man who was standing on the platform she d did d not bother to introduce dorothy and tile auto started off tor for the ride to the williams mansion the girl in the front seat scat could hear them chatting noisily she liked harolds voice when they had bid rea reached cheI the house arid alighted from the car however estelle paused a moment to introduce the other girl sly bly cousin miss limit hunt she said lightly tile visitor took dorothys hand and gazed into her blue eyes then he for got all about his hostess and everything thin connected with her 1 I 1 I 1 know estelle had a cousin he gasped will you be here for the weekend week end yes the one addressed smi smiled ledat at ills his evident con tuon 11 aarold arold turned to estelle who was wag watching with anxious eyes 1 I think that I 1 shall have a wonderful time lie he announced chingare Thin gare just fine here nis ills eyes returned to dorothy mrs williams carno came forth and met harold II arold when the guest had been shown his room estelle called her mother to one side and talked earnestly in guarded tones dorothy saw mrs williams nod her lead head decisively and then harold appeared again if you would like to see the place estelle suggested 1 I will show you fi around round 11 that will be fine ile he turned to I 1 dorothy youre coming too arent you he asked 1 I im afraid shell bo be busy Es tolle interposed ashes sort of a housekeeper here she added cruelly dorothys eyes flashed angrily 1 I anything to do she said rather defiantly id love to go for the remainder of the morning they explored the beautiful e estate t ile nut but itt 14 proved to be a rather miller trying time for estelle Es tolle try as she might silo she could not secure the visitors attention when she told him of the depth of the shaded nice lake lie looked into tile depths of dorothys eyes so as soon as they returned to the house estelle held a brief consultation with her mother and at luncheon mrs wll wil liaros made an announcement the painters are fixing the cottage at avon silo she said to dorothy and I 1 believe that we ought to have someone there to look over the work so you will go to the shore shora this afternoon anti and stay until monday I 1 dorothy nodded she saw instantly tho the plan to get rid of her but slie sli e was helpless so nl at two she started for the shore just one hour later harold telephoned 0 o new york leaving the phone with avith a most dejected look im very sorry he said but it wl will 11 be b absolutely necessary for me to go to new york this afternoon they protested but all in vain and the big touring car arrived tit at tile station in time for the four train irala while estelle waited outside harold walked to tile the ticket office give me a single trip arll ticket to avon ho he said copyright 1017 by the mcclure newspaper per Syn dicato |