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tim e. Am I a h o ck ln g ly la te ? "
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f r o m t»r ri I o n a«*«'ount « f l h a t r a g e d y
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o i i n 'K o v K im s u c M > ic iii
r i i A I T K I l I V M r - H.»r» W r a n d a l l nn«1
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I I . Mv a t t l n i I h r f u r i m i
f filatila W r a n
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wa« th e re . S a ra ? "
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d a l l a l 11 «* h i n a • f h l a p n r m t a
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h u lle d In. th a t'a all
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lie i-l i»ped h e r h a n d a n d bent o v e r U.
t y r« tur », t «» N« w Y«»tk aft«*r a n «tbs**nc«i
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com pany
today. T h a t’s why h e n e v e r ha« a n y
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l*r» clic«* in nil co u rt * und V . S.
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a it.I l i l v « II o v e r w i t h
had b e tra y e d h e rse lf In a m oat d isc o n
c e rtin g m a n n e r, a n d now w as m o re
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deeply Involved th a n e v e r b e fo re S h e
l e - ) 1* 1* f r fum*'*t h .
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w a n ted to be a lo n e
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A fte r lu n ch e o n . L eslie drew S a ra
t h e «¡»v
H'. e p r o m l n e i l l i . l * o m e . l . y
• h e w i l l T . ' l 1 er « f e t iin.1 t h a t I h e n
aside.
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”1 m u st M y sh e d o e s n 't aeem e s p e
C H A P T E R XII.
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S . r a W r .n d .il F in d . t h . T ru th .
" W h a t do you e x p e c t. L e slie ? " e h e
S ur» b .il kept th e tli ron W r .m ta ll.
d e m a n d ed w ith so m e a s p e rity .
o v e r fo r lu n ch e o n
"I c a n 't sta n d th is m u ch lo n g er.
“ My d o .r ." « .Id
Mr*. R edm ond
H ara," h e «aid
"D o n 't you se e how
W r .n d . t l , »« .lie .(o o d b e fo re lle tty 'a
thing« a re g o in g ? S h e 's lo sin g h e r
t x .r t r .l t . t th e e n d of th e Iona llvln*
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"I d o n 't eee how w e can p re v e n t
• I V ! Iieurtl mn foil h e r frien d * th n t
»ucceeded In c .t r h l n a th a t lovely little I t "
lo r nllk ir»wii earn # from n w orm Now
.o m e lh ltiR Hint m iike« h e r • » - w h a t
kho I r a n i « n n o t h e r o n e ’
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It— tonight. I M y, has ahe M id any
- h a t I w a n t? T h e w ord la a» e lu a lv e
thing ?"
Mil h e r th e w orm him tu rn e d .’*
a« th e e x tirea a lo n ."
"S h e p itie s you," s h e M id. a m a
“ S u b tle la th e w ord you w ant,
G ettin g A round a D ifficulty.
licious joy In h e r soul. " T h a t'a a k in
m o th e r," nald V ivian, .ta n d ln a b«-ilde
to so m e th in g elae, you kn o w ."
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"C onfound It all, I d o n 't w a n t to he
h n n d a b e h in d h e r buck, h e r m a n n e r
p itie d !"
o n e o f a h * o lu te In d ifferen ce. V lvl.tn
" T h e n I'd a d v is e you to d e fe r y o u r
wna m o re th a n hnndK om e; «he m
'tr y ' a t It," s h e re m a rk e d .
■ irlk ln g
"I'm m ad a b o u t h er. S a ra . 1 c a n 't
“T h e re la n 't an y th ln K «ubtle a b o u t
H e tty ," «aid S a ra , w ith a lauRh. ' S he'» sleep, 1 c a n 't th in k . I c a n 't — yea. I c a n
e a t, b u t It d o e sn 't ta a te rig h t to m e.
q u ite In g en u o u a."
W hy,
luw lle wa« puU Inc a t hi« m u a ta c h e . I've ju s t g o t to h a v e It s e ttle d
a n d frow nliiR a ltith tty
T h e a u n b u m people a re b e g in n in g to n o tic e th e
on hi« n o se a n d fo re h e a d h a d begun c h a n g e In me. T hey M y all s o rts of
th in g s
A bout m y liv e r, a n d a ll th a t
to pent off In c h a p p y little flakea
"R lp p ln it llk e n e aa . th o u g h ." wax hla s o rt o f th in g . I'm g o in g to s e ttle It
to n ig h t. I t ’s b e en n e a rly th r e e w e e k s
c o m m en t.
"O h. p e rfe c t." anld hla
m o th e r. now. S h e 'a su re ly hnd tim e to th in k
It o v e r, how m uch b e tte r e v e ry th in g
"R e ally w o n d e rfu l. It w ill m a k e llra n
w ill he for h e r, a n d a ll th a t
S h e ’a
don fam oua."
" S h e 'a ao h e a lth y lo o k in g ." «aid no fool, S a ra . And do you know w h a t
V lv tan 'a doin g th is very In s ta n t o v e r
V ivian.
"E n g lta h ,” re m a rk e d I.e*lle, aa If th e r e In th e c o rn e r? S h e 'a In v itin g
h e r to sp e n d a fo rtn ig h t o v e r a t o u r
th a t c o v e re d e v e ry th in g
"N o n ae n ae ," c rie d th e e ld e r Mra. place. If sh e co m e s -w ell, th a t m e a n s
• W h y do jron luci* *0 tlffht w h^n W ra n d a ll. liftin g h e r lo rg n e tte a g ain . th e e n g a g e m e n t w ill be a n n o u n c e d a t
« ■ t o n coni«"' n n m n il? " “O h. (ho poor " I ’ure , h o nexl, u n m ltp d blood, th a t'a o n c e .”
M t » » ’» ■inn la ao a b o rt."
S a r a did n o t m a rv e l a t hla a s s u r
w h at It la. T h e r e la b irth In th a t
a n c e In th e fa ce o f w hat h a d gone b e
g irl'» fa c e ."
E x c . d . d E a p . d a t io n * .
"Y o u 're a lw a y s ta lk in g a b o u t b irth , fore. Hhe knew him loo w ell In s p ite
m o th e r." »aid h e r «on «ourly, a« he o f th e o rig in a l rebuff, h e w aa t h o r
oughly a a tla d e d In hla ow n m in d th a t
tu rn e d a w ay
"It'» n good th in g to h a r e ." «aid hla H e tty C a atleto n w ould n o t be su c h a
fool a s to re fu s e him th e se c o n d tim e.
m o th e r w ith c o n v ic tio n .
" I t la b arely p o ssib le, L e slie ." a h e
"It'» an ea»y th in g to g et In A m e r
ica ." «aid he. p u llin g o u t hla c ig a r e tte sa id , " th a t ahe m ay c o n s id e r B ra n d o n
B ooth q u ite a s good a c a tc h aa you,
caae.
It wax th e n th a t S a r a p re v a ile d upon a n d In lln ltely b e tte r lo o k in g a t th e
th e m to » top fo r lu n c h e o n " H e tty a l p re s e n t m o m e n t.”
" I t's th is b e a stly a u n b u m ," h e la
w ays lak e« tho«e long w alk« In th e
m o rn in g , nnd e h e will bo d lx ap p o ln ted m e n te d . ru b b in g hla n o se g e n tly , th in k
in g flrat o f h is p e rso n .
An In s ta n t
If »he And« you h a v e n 't w a ite d —”
"O h. a» fo r th a t
b eg an l.e»lle and la te r h e w as th in k in g o f th e o th e r
M opped, but he could not h a v e been h a lf of Ih e d e c la ra tio n . " T h a t'a ju a t
m o re lucid If h e hud u tte re d th e »en- w h a t I'v e been a fra id o f,” h e sa id "I
to ld you w h at w ould h a p p e n If t h a t
te n c e In full.
"W h y d id n 't you pick h e r up a n d p o r tr a it n o n se n se w e n t on fo re v e r. It'a
b rin g h e r hom e w ith y o u ? "a » k o d S a ra , y o u r fa u lt, S a ra ."
" n u t I h a v e re a so n to b e lie v e s h a
a« th ey m oved off In Ihe d ire c tio n of
w ill not a c c e p t him , If It g o e s ao f a r
th e porch.
" S h e »eonted lo be Inking tlra n d y as th a t. You a re q u ite a afe In t h a t
“ Yon tr in i lum i to w ork ( b a t «w sll
o u t fo r hi» m o rn in g ex ercl» e," »aid h e d ire c tio n .”
1*1 tor 11 tl|> 1 *10 I h » ulve you one?"
“G ad. I'd h a te to rla k It,” h e m u t
a u rllly .
" E a r he It from m e to —
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Il» Knve uie (w o l i e Im m illi
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S u ra re p re» »ed th e « ta rt of xurprtae. w ith him ."
a B a t. ■ w e n lth bjt bl* o lotbea.“
V ivian a p p ro ac h ed . " S a ra , you m u st
S h e th o u g h t llv ttv waa alone.
Denton (¡. Burdick
Attention!
I hoenix and are prepared to make farm loans at the very
II.LUÌTVATIONS b y E L L S W rn YOCHG
Milk
W. B. DAGGKTT
Attorney at Law
THREE
We have taken «*ver the Farm I«oan business of Wm. G.
A u t h o r o i “G r a u s t a r k . *
'T V u x t o n K l n ^ l c t c .
M ilk un ii i r a a r n ili<llv«ri»| tu
nu y i '» r t u f ih » c ity 1b q u a r ts
o ( m ilk fo r 11 Ou.
PA GE
by)
Li^ht and Ile avy
Hauling
l'lm n i- rw 'j
REDM OND
State Bank of Redmond
BYNOCSIB.
REDMOND, OREGON
" S h e D o e sn ’t Seem E sp e cially O v e r
jo y ed to See Me.”
o f a place. N ice of you to w an t h e r,
b u t— "
"O b, d o n 't he eelBab. S a ra ," c rie d
V ivian.
"Y ou d o n 't know how m uch I d e
pend on h e r,” sa id S a ra
" I'd aak you o v e r too, d e ar, if th e ra
w e re n ’t ao m any o th e r s c o m in g
I
d o n 't know w h ere w e 're going to put
th em
You u n d e rs ta n d , d o n 't you?"
‘'P e r f e c tly ." said h e r s la te r In-law .
sm ilin g
"B u t I'v e been c o u n tin g o n —H e tty ."
"1 say . H ara," broke In L eslie, "you
co u ld go up to B ar H a rb o r w ith th e
W U llam aona a t th a t tim e
T ell her
a b o u t th e In v ita tio n , V lvte.”
" It la n 't n e c e sM ry ." M id S a ra co ld
ly.
"I s c a rc e ly know Ihe W illiam -
e o n s." S h e h e s ita te d a n In s ta n t a n d
th e n w ent on w ith sa rd o n ic d ism a y :
" T h e y 're In tra d e , you know ."
" T h a t's n o th in g a g a in s t 'e m .” pro
te s te d b e
"A w fully Jolly p eople—
re a lly rip p in g . A in 't th e y , V lv?"
"I d o n 't know th em w ell e n o u g h to
sa y ," sa id V ivian, tu rn in g aw ay
"I
only know w e 're all sn o b s o f th e w o rs t
a o rt."
" J u a t a m in u te , V lv," h e c alled ou t.
" W b a t d o e s M iss C a atleto n say a b o u t
c o m in g ? " It wa» an e a g e r q u e stio n .
M uch d e p e n d e d on th e rep ly .
“ 1 h a v e n 't a sk e d h e r." aald hla Bis
t e r s u c c in c tly . "H ow c o u ld 1, w ith o u t
B rat c o n s u ltin g S a ra ? "
" T h e n you d o n 't In te n d to a s k h e r ? ”
" C e rta in ly not."
A fte r th e W ra n d a ll. h a d d e p a rte d ,
S a ra lo o k H e tty off to h e r room . T h e
g irl k n ew w h a t waa com ing.
" H e tty ,” s a id th e o ld e r w om an, fa c
in g h e r a f t e r a h e h a d c lo se d th e door
of h e r b o u d o ir, " w h a t la goin g on be
tw e en you a n d B ra n d o n B oo th ?
I
m u st b a r e th e tr u th . A re you doing
a n y th in g fo o lis h ?"
"K o o ltsh ?
H e av e n h e lp m e, no!
It— It la a tra g e d y ." c rie d H e tty , m e e t
ing h e r g a ze w ith o n e o f u t te r d e sp a ir.
" W h a t h a s h a p p e n e d ? T ell m e !”
" W h a t a m I to do. S a ra d a rlin g ?
H e —h e h a s to ld m e th a t h e — h e — "
"L o v e s y o u ? "
"Y es."
“ A nd you h a v e tol<f him t h a t hi»
love la r e tu r n e d ? ”
,
"I c o u ld n ’t h e lp It. I w aa c a rrie d
aw ay . 1 d id n o t m ea n to le t h im see
t h a t I— '*
"Y ou a r e su c h a n o v ice In th e b u si
n e ss o f lo v e,” M id S a r a » n eerln g ly .
"Y ou a re In th e h a b it o f b e in g c a rrie d
a w ay , I f e a r .”
"O h. S a r a ! "
"Y ou m u s t p u t a a to p to all th ta
a t o n ce. How can you th in k of m a rry
ing him , H e tty G ly n n ? S end him — "
"I d o n o t In te n d to m a rry him ," sa id
th e g irl, su d d e n ly c alm a n d dignified.
“ 1 a m to d ra w b u t o n e co n clu sio n ,
1 s u p p o s e ," sa id th e o th e r, re g a rd in g
th e g irl In te n tly .
" W h a t do you m e a n ? "
" Is It n e c e s s a ry to aak th a t q u e s
tio n ?"
T h e puxxled e x p re ss io n re m a in e d In
th e g ir l's eye» fo r a tim e , a n d th e n
slow ly g a v e w ay to o n e o f a b s o lu te
h o rro r.
"H o w d a r e you s u g g e s t su c h a
th in g ? " s h e c rie d , tu rn in g p ale, th e u
c rim so n . "H o w d a re y o u ? "
S a r a la u g h e d sh o rtly . " I s n 't th e In
fe re n c e a n a tu r a l o n e ? You a re fo r
g e ttin g y o u ra e lf."
“ I u n d e r s ta n d ," M id th e girl, th ro u g h
pallid Itpe. H e r e y es w e re d a rk w ith
pain a n d m is e ry . "Y ou th in k I am a l
to g e th e r b a d .” S h e d ro o p e d p e rc e p t
ibly
"Y ou w e n t to B u rto n 's In n ,” a en ten -
tlo u sly .
" B u t, S a ra , you m u st believe m e.
1 did n o t kn o w h e w a s - m a rrie d . F o r
G od's s a k e , do m e th e Ju s tic e to— ”
" B u t you w e n t th e re w ith h im ," In
sta te d th e o th e r, h e r e y e s h a rd aa
a te el. " I t d o e s n 't m a tte r w h e th e r he
w aa m a rrie d — o r free. You w e n t.”
H e tty th re w h e rs e lf upon h e r c o m
p a n io n ’s b r e a s t a n d w ound h e r s tro n g
a r m s a b o u t h e r.
" S a ra , S a ra , you m u st le t m e e x
p lain - you m u st le t m e te ll you e v e ry
thing. D o n ’t a to p m e! You h a v e re
fu se d to h e a r m y p le a —"
"A n d I s till r e f u s e ; ” c rie d S a ra ,
th ro w in g h e r off a n g rily . "G ood God.
do you t h in k I will lis te n to you? If
you u t t e r a n o th e r w ord, I will—
s tr a n g le y o u ! ”
H e tty s h r a n k b ack , te rrifie d . Slow ly
ehe m oved b a c k w a rd In th e d ire c tio n
o f th e do o r, n e v e r ta k in g h e r eyea
fro m th e Im p a s sio n e d fa ce of h e r p ro
te c to r.
"D o n 't, B a ra, p le a se d o n 't ! ” sh e
beg g ed
"D o n ’t look a t m e lik e th a t!
I p ro m is e — 1 p ro m ise. F o rg iv e m e! I
w ould n o t g iv e vou a n In s ta n t'a Dalfi
C o n tin u e d o n P a g e I
Ford Owners
You can now make your Ford ride like a $2,000 car
by buying a set of those ROAI) SMOOTHERS
from the
Central Oregon Garage
“ R E E D Y ’S ”
PHONE 704
Hides and Pelts
Highest market price paid
in C A S H for the above
REDMOND MARKET
J. B. ROE. Proprietor.
Wood and Iron Work
If there is anything you want in the above line
call on me.
I have a plant capable of doing
all kinds of work in wood and iron, and will
save you money on all orders placed with me.
I can make any furniture you may want.
G. W. DAVIES
The Old Pioneer Blacksmith of Redmond
r
If you want to SELL your property
List it with
“That Man McCaffery”
He doesn't ask an exclusive right: he can sell it anyway
Bowling, Pool and Billiards
...A t
th e .
PASTIME
If you want to enjoy an hour or two of healthful recrea
tion, you should come to The Pastime, where you will find
everything is first-class in the above line. Two bowling alleys
that are perfectly true, and pool and billiard tables in right
condition for playing on.
CIGARS, TOBACCO. SOFT DRINKS AND
CONFECTIONERY
BROWN & B0EHMER, Props.