Anne Shannon Monroe

“ And I didn't hate him, Judie; for he did love me just for myself. He knew I wouldn't have any money,—I told him so,—but he wanted just me. I had always been so afraid of being married for my money. You see my people were so anxious for me to marry money that I supposed everyone else was equally crazy on the subject. ”

“ Jenny conducted her to the spot where the dire tragedy occurred.
Jenny conducted her to the spot where the dire tragedy occurred.
Heavy steps slowly crossed a bare floor within, and the door was opened. A ranch woman stood there, broad of face, heavy of body, but young and wholesome appearing.
"I am a friend of Mrs. Sloane's," Judith said. "Tell her Judith Wells is here."
"She won't see you," the woman replied, not asking her in. "She won't see anyone."
"She must!" Judith protested. "We have been like sisters since we were babies." ”

“ It saved Helen.
It was late when she reached town. The streets were full of tardy Christmas shoppers hurrying home under umbrellas with full arms and happy faces; but Judith had no time to think of Christmas. The story must be in, the films printed, the halftones made for the morning paper. It meant everything to have your story first. You could never successfully change a wrong impression.
The editor was waiting. Tonight he looked tired and depressed. There had been a big Christmas annual to get out with a colored supplement, and he had had his worries. ”

“ Judith's arms held her tenderly, closely; but her eyes went on a search about the room. Where was the camera with its corroborating films? She must find the camera, and time was passing, and there was the six o'clock boat. She began to rock and softly to stroke Helen's head, singing to her meantime, as to a sleepy child. Her efforts were at last rewarded, and she stole quietly down the stairs.
"She's asleep," she confided to Jenny, who seemed much relieved. "Do you know where she left her camera?"
"She's got a darkroom upstairs. Like's not it's up there where she had it last." ”