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t-nvi. had not locked the batli-
tBlL oo nreraiirht that
leT.V.I ( ?"! "SPA I!!
' ... to break down the door.
If ook one look, at Beryl lying
e .' . .ruin of red on her
P Via where It had struck againat
bathtub as ahe fell-aud ran
f' -!f. to her mother's room,
hi -onrcely lea.
K BerW? but between them they
the in ured ftirl to her bed and
P lr Everett take charge.
.J.reri Irene to bathe the wound
rvi.-- ... 'Than ha
hil he caueo t1" .';v.
Hue c, , . .foninn in hilt wife
VJ'0 .he I . foing to
He "
f Herri soon regained, conaciousne..
L? mw in a moment into what con
f she had thrown the family.
'bererori! .
Ken be came .he confided to
lim that it waa the pain in ner
t... .V.t worried her. No. she
K fainted. She had sllpporl,
' little diwy. perhaps. Yes. she
iht hare been feverish before she
"vkla the' doctor, left she realized
l, he hadn't given her any in
"nation at all. She was to re
15 In bed all day and he would
m, back on the morrow,
ck, obevert these instructions until
'ft.rnon' and then went to sit on
. . porch. The pain in her head
. ,. L0 Slio felt as well as usunl
Lint for a slicht weakness and
hit queer feeling in her throat,
Wn of which remained.
Bat her mother would take no
hlIlce so she said, and insisted
IZ helning her all the way to the
irch There Beryl remained quietly
a chair because she didn't want
, rli.obev the doctor's orders al-
Vu. better than staying In
led. she argued with herself. Not
If jo tiring, u
do as she liked she d go down
the beach and sit on the snnds
the sun and toast herself.. Then
. doctor would have something to
hop rnr. mBTUH.
f She stirred uneasily in her chair.
Bonld there be anything wrong with
J,r-irith her throat? The doctor
Ld been so definite about coming
,i-k. Her throat! She hardly dared
,ink what It would mean to her to
fare anything injure her throat
YCell their doctor was an old
... She'd have a consultation If
I. Mi'id there was anything wrong.
Beryl kept ner conrern in nfrsnr
x hit of amusement out. of
.ne's enjoyment of the situation,
'.tje'had assigned to herself the
jrjr of answering the reiepnone
ills. News of Beryl's fall had
(jureled (I'll1-"' trim neighbor to
Ieighbor. Irene enjoyed the lime
.v T7.r. ivmverRntinns were In-
yiriaMr sweet but short and Beryl
Jenned' that she was waiting for
ta call In particular,
j It came nt last. Prentiss apolo
fi(' for keening them up so late
ft. nieht before. He and Irene
hiked for several minutes before
I remembered that 't was Beryl he
Ihtiiild he calling. Then Irene ex
il. neil to him tnnt nervi was in
licpnsed." and could not come to . the
lephene. Me asKen it ne miKin
itns out from town ann wirnnui
mraltinz Beryl. Irene told him
it trnuld he all right.
All day Airs. Everett had neen
oeing visitors away from Beryl
he found It strained her vocal
rds to talk. Beryl reminded Irene
If thii when she heard Prentiss .was
Ml'ltl.
"Ton shouldn t have let him. she
mi "You know I can't talk."
A little later Tommy dropped In
fcrl wanted. Irene to go for a swim
rith him. She said she had to
inmpon her hair.
All three sat on the porch for
while. Bervl was silent and nuiv-
ItnI Inwardly over the adoration
Tommy's eves whenever they
kited on Trene. Irene ehntted light-
of nothing in hieh snirlts hut
letieeshly ont of time with Tommy.
h inmmy s mind there dawned a
"wing question. i
Pres.ntlr Irene Tnff ftiem t
Ske herself henittifnl fne Ppnnlles
I'rrl well knew. She wondered if
t
make herself charming only when
.he had a conquest in mind. Some
dsy f !je , ,T0uli 1(t herself go and
very likely become frowty. She waa
that type. She had appeared un
groomed at the breakfast table too
often for Beryl to doubt It.
"I,ov, to be held!'' The phra.a
caught in Beryl', mind. Wit aha
miBtakenf Here wa. ahe, loving
lommy in spite of heraelf. What
effort did he put forth to hold that
love; None at all Would there be
some one to go on loving Irene
knowing her shortcoming.? She
knew lommy and she went on lov.
ing him, but Tommy waa not like
Irene. He wa. amta the
in fact. The more you studied
lommy the better you liked him.
But if you .cratched the surface of
Irene i character
Charitably Beryl turned her
thoughts from that track. But what
about Tommy if he married Irene
and discovered that he had made a
mistake?
Tommy ieemed to think hlm.ell
alone. He aat with hii t,. i. m.
uai.ua aim nam notntng.
"I'm lust fln nlH tliA a VIM '
Beryl thought bitterly (forgetting
,uv. ucui arc saoes to weary
feet). "But. oh Tommv. Tninn.
how I could love you if you'd let
me:"
The rush of desire, the thought.
"un oi lu.irnse mar ror a tew eec.
onds Beryl was startled. Sli .1.
most expected Tommy to look up a.
though she had spoken her thought,
nloud and ho had heard.
How could she prevent Tommy
from marrying Irene? Would she
neen. io: 'mere was Prentiss. Bu
if nothing came of Prentiss' inter.
est hod one a right to interfere in
another's life?
"Right or no right I'd stop this
muni, ii i cown: neryi thought,
It was all rifrlit Ka h;l,.n.;nn.i
altruistic, and just, but Tommv was
the man she loved. If only .be
knew how to save him!
"What a mother-in-law I'd make!"
sue jeerea at nerseir. "I don't sup
pose I'd ever find a girl good enough
i..r on oi mine. no do I think
I am anyway?'1
At that point she decided to talk
ann stop tninKing. What a diziv,
perplexing evele life ir. v
whirled round and round and got
huh ..ere.
When she wanted to talk Tommv
decided to leave. Beryl saw she'd
made a mistake. It hnd been so
inucn more than .he bad as a rule
his sitting there alone with her.
Why had she disturbed It? Next
rime sne would Know better.
Mie watched him go down the
walk to the gate and her heart
saggen with the sag in his shoul
oers. tommy was troubled. How
mucn aid ne know? Did he know
that Irene was shampooing her hair
to make a golden snare of it to catch
another mnn's heart?
She closed her eves snddanlv
against the sunlight and swallowed
hard at the lump in her thrnnt. But
she would not start thinking again
she would not! There was so much
to tear, eo much to guess at.
So much to fear! Her emotion
had tightened her throat. It pained
her and all at once she felt verv
mm. .mi mntter wnnt came of it
sho would have to go to bed and
leave the field to Irene when Pren
tiss arrived. ...
As Beryl climbed the ' stairs, a
little uncertainly, she heard Irene
humming in the bathroom. There
was an exultant, even triumrThant.
note in the girl's voice. She waa
singing unconsciously and Beryl
thought that if only her sister were
content to sing without striving
for operatic effects she might buc
ceed professionally.
Professionally! She herself would
sing professionally the next night.
The pain in her throat
Bervl trembled as she rM fnl
bed. A little throat trouble . . .
but what if she were going to. bi
serlousry ill.
As she Inv there Irvine not to
thing and failing In her effort Irene
too was crossing bridges unbuilt.
She was wondering how she could
induce 'Tommy to postpone their
marriage lust a little lonrer than
the date she had set without arous
ing his suspicions.
There was something on her minA
something she turned over and over
in her thoughts as a miser turns his
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