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The Wingham Advance Times, 1934-10-11, Page 6PAGE SIX WINGHA1V.l ADVANCE TIMES fig IEN yAGwies t. Lomas piti*oS�R .tl-a SMITH FINAL INSTALMENT The 'mutter dwindled to a whisper. Nancy lay quiet again. Barry sent a miserable glance at Martha. "Don't worry. I've nursed sick folks before. You go see what you can do for that man. He's hurt bad." His jaw tightened, but he went. The outer room was quiet. Ken- nedy's eyes were closed, but he open- ed them as Barry entered, "Anything more than the .leg?" he asked curtly. ' "A rib or two, maybe. Landed on a rock. Horse tumbled and threw nae." "I've sent for a doctor, but you may have to wait several hours." "I'll stick it. Might have been—still on the .rock --if it hadn't been for Nancy I could do with a cigar- ette." Barry gave him one, and held the match. "Thanks. That'll help." "Anything else?" 'No. The old girl fixed me up pret- ty well." ' He grinned again in that tight fashion, made an involuntary movement and winced. "If you want "Listen!" he said abruptly.. "I'll be It was a check for five thousand laid .up for a long time. I don't like dollars, drawn to the order of Jaynes. you and" you hate me, but I' like to M. Kennedy. pay my debts, and this one won't wait. "Kennedy! Why, that's my name on Pull up closer—I've got to talk fast." it! He's been forging it for five thou- * * * * sand dollars! He was one of our The young doctor front. the county chauffeurs, but I discharged hint. seat said it was pneumonia. He spoke Thank you so much!" briskly of health and youth and vitali- She held out her Band, but Gage ty, but on the second day he asked tucked the check back in his wallet. some odd questions, and added a "No thanks. I'll keep it as evidence, guarded remark about reduced resist- I have a signed statement from Ken- ance and evidences of a long emotion- nedy, too. I'm going to put them al strain. He agreed, after a brief hes- both in safe deposit." itation, to stay with them for the first For a few seconds Cleo felt very, twenty-four hours, provided some one very cold. And very angry, but she wolud return to his office with a rues- merely moved a petulant shoulder. sage. "You're terribly mysterious. I'm Petry almost lived in the gray car. afraid I don't follow you." News trickled in to Marston, carefully "Think hard," he suggested, . "and edited. maybe you'll remember. It's not such Late in that first day the rich vis- an everyday matter to pay somebody itor had come in with Petry, visibly ten thousand dollars to get another tired and brief of speech, and tele- woman out of the way." grams had smoked along the wires in "You are simply outrageous!" Her some kind of code. Later a fast air- face was flaming now, but fear was plane brought a secretary from some- crowding her close. "That's a ridicu- where out of the East. A big new boas thing to say. And do you think automobile appeared in an incredibly that anyone would doubt my word to hear what happened, I'll talk." short time and went streaking out ov- against that of a discharged chauffeur Barry nodded. Came over and sat er the Junipero. —a broken-down gambler and—" She down_ While all these things were happen- stopped, realizing that she had said "Go on." ing Anne tossed and muttered, strug- too much. Gage gave her a brief "I'll begin at your place." The black gling to get up and yet away some- smile. eyes were fixed on Barry. "I'd seen where. Broken scraps came to them, "You're well posted on his record, Nancy first here, but she beat me get- about Paula, who was not to worry aren't you? And yo -u didn't discharge hint', he left. I have evidence of that, too. I also have detailed affidavits covering some of your conversations with Kennedy. One of them is par- ticularly instructive. That was the time you tried to buy back this check from him. Maybe you recollect that you'd had a new footman recently, who didn't stay very long. He was an operative from a detective -agency." Really! Perhaps you'll tell me that Kennedy was a detective too! It's too bad that -he was shot the same night that your wife's sister staged a front page exit over that cliff!" "Maybe he was. 'But. be a little more careful of your speech, please." "Young woman, you've' been play- ing a risky game, and you've lost it. It was worse than risky, it was a dirty game, and if the story ever came out you would be a long time living it down. And if your father should get wind of it, . and the way you've let yourself in for blackmail, he'd pack you off somewhere, Arnbrose isi pret- ' ick and she had to take we h4?i?� wrsee had"been turned out some- ty easy with you, but he has his lim- foo? kid. T don't know why, and I where, .,,,.:,.;' Vill4r1. }ts:' .,,•; +"" .`•»"k. t 1 .0411.' i • �� don't letiew Bow we over got here , , It was a pretty stiff trip" He scowled at the end of his cig- arette. "I guess we've all given Nancy a rotten deal. It's about time she had a, break." Martha hurried out, and paused on her way to the kitchen, "Barry, you might bring in some wood. I want good fires and plenty of hot water. She's all choked up." Barry made for the door. Gage was left alone with the man who had meant to blackmail his wife. Kennedy broke a stiff silence. ting there. I guess you know the rest of the story by this time—if you got the truth," His glance flickered cynically from Barry to Gage. "He 'knows." "All right. I was afoot, because my lights had gone wrong and I'd pitched over a bank. But I arrived in time to because Nancy would find a way out —Jim—murder—a policeman --mustn't be arrested, because everything would come out—she must hurry, and send her contract' over a cliff. And presently Nancy did not babble, and they dared look at each (.ther again. Gage had Petry drive him up hear all the commotion. Then Nancy to the Perch, and took Martha with :came back running for that calico horse. She sort of staggered when she got to him, saying things to herself, not very loud, but It scared me. I'd of her neat plans had tumbled once asked her before I left here if she more, but one hard, bright little thought winked up out of the ruins. 1' anry might die. ,.v.ross' `er.- The first day of isolation she had. him. For nearly four days Cleo had been virtually alone at Eargle's Perch. All s sick, and she said no, she was :0.11 sight, But she wasn't. ‘!-I' trr'ed to stop her, but she sailed i ght on past, and I grabbed a horse, m endured, because one could not openly and followed her. When I caught up do much else when people were sick, she didn't know me at first. I tried 'but the second day was less excusable 10 make her turn pack, but She was—and now her eyes were bright with enf ori running away from some- Irepressed temper. thing. And then nay horse stumbled and threw me and she came back and sat down alongside of me for a while. She, seemed to get the idea that I was Added to that was the fact that she was finding it difficult to get away. There were two cars now but they were always in use. And the saddle 'Cleo saw the new ear come in, and Petry and that woman. Martha go around to the back of the house. She met Gage with a pout. "I'm awfully glad you've come. I'in getting terribly lonely up here. How is Nancy?" - • • "She's going to live." His voice was dry, "Come in, I have something to show you." In the living room he took a wallet from his pocket, and from it exti act- ed a neat oblong of paper. Cleo came close to a gasp of surprise, but she checked it in time. sealed papers will go to Nancy, Have I made Myself clear?" Gage had found the one weak spot in her hard little armor. Of all the, people in the world, she could least endure to have Barry know what .she had done to get him, At the door he paused. "There's an express that goes through the Junc- tion at seven. I've wired for a corn- partment for you, and Petry will take you over. Martha is packing your trunk now. I told her to. Good-bye." The door closed behind him. * * * * "I shouldn't think you could afford to talk about blackmail!" Cleo blazed When Nancyawoke it was mid- afternoon and someone was sitting on an absurdly low stool beside her bed. He was bent over, with his head rest- ing on his Bands, and the stool was so low that, the bowed head was only a little way from her finger tips, where they rested limply on the bed. It was a brown head, with ,thick hair rough- ened in the way she had loved, It couldnt' be real. She moved her hand to touch it. "Oh—hello!" He tried so hard to be matter of fact—not to frighten her, "It's pretty nice to see you again." "Nice." She repeated it with dreamy content. Her hand went up slowly, and touched his cheek, and he caught hold of it and held it closer, turning his head to bury his lips in a soft palm. "Sweet little Nancy! If you will just get well—and come back, there's nothing else in the -world that's going to matter." "Nice!" she said again, and releas- ed a happy sigh. Under her groping fingers his cheek was suddenly wet. "Trail's End," she murmured con- tentedly. "I was hoping -it would be." She dropped off to sleep again, hold- ing his hand. There was still much to be done be- fore life could ` go its normal way again. There was, as Gage bluntly put it, publicity to be thought of. A girl named Nancy Curtis, who had been drowned last May, must come to life again. The young doctor would be professionally discreet. Cleo had gone, but Gage had assured them that she would be unable to tell anything more than the version which they would give out. Barry received it without comment. He went in to see Kennedy. "Getting in practice for a trip," Kennedy explained off -handedly. "The doctor is going to get an ambulance- rigged truck out here to start me off. How is Nancy?" "Better. She—asked after you." "Good little trouper," The hard black eyes softened for an instant. "They don't come any better than Nancy. You might -no, I'll say it in a letter. You needn't mind—it'll be perfectly proper." , the salary, The other was from Am- algamated, adding a bonus on every picture. He fingered the yellow sheets said looked soberly across at her, "You know," he said hurriedly, "Vs all all right, Nancy—if you want 'to,- I` mean—I wouldn't stand in your way." She knew how much that bad cost hint, how he Bated the very thought of her living a life like that—and of los- ing her. "Thanks for that, tarry, I've been thinking about it, of course. .It seems as though I'd never really finished anything that I began. I bad a job in a little town, and then Paula went away, and I gave it up to follow her and got another in a big town. And I let that go. for my first part in a new play, and after two years I left the stage to go to Hollwood--and ,I ran away from that and bought a ranch. And then I tried being mar- ried for a while -just a very little while. If you don't mind, I think I'd like to stay around and make a good job of that." Something swooped. Barry picked her up out of the big chair, and the letters and telegrams went swishing down like rain. THE END. "I don't. I've -- learned things." Kennedy broke the silence. , ( "I saw .the former Mrs. Kennedy this morning. She was very careful not at him. "I suppose you mean that to look this way. I suppose they've you are going to hold your precious made it up, and everything is all rosy documents over my head to keep me `again?" "I think so." Barry was curt about it. He could no discuss the Gages' af- fairs with Jim. Kennedy. Barry wondered what Gage really thought of Paula. Gage was no doting fool, but he loved his wife. Barry thanked God ,for Nancy, and swung off for a walk', '* * * * from telling." , "Call it anything you please, But get this idea firmly its your head this thing is going to stop right here, You are going to keep quiet about the whole buiness. I haven't told Duane yet about your attempts to railroad his wife, but at the first indiscretion he is going to get the whole nasty story. If I should die before you, the MARCHIONESS MAY AID GLORIA The Marchioness of Milford -haven (1) may make a hurried trip from London to New York to appear in ;court as a.witness in behalf of Mrs, !Gloria Vanderbilt (2) who is fignting case by former for the custody of her 10 -year-old derbilt. daughter, Gloria, heiress to $4,000,000. :-ter. name has been:: brought into the rvant; f litre ."Van SECOND SERIES BACON LITTER COMPETITION The Federal and Provincial Live Stock branches are again sponsoring a Second Series Bacon Litter Com- petition for sows farrowing between September 15th and November 15th, 1934. Any fonafide farmer may make entry in this competiton and contest- ants will be classified as follows: (a) Previous prize winers whose lit- ters have scored over 1'75 points. (b) All other contestants, including those who are entering for the first time. Each farmer entering a litter is ex- pected to keep an approximate record of the amounts, kinds and price of feeds used but there are no restric- tions on the use of any feeds or feed- ing methods. Litters may be market- ed at any age but all pigs in the litter must be marketed at one time. In or- der to qualify there must be as least eight pigs in the litter raised to mar- keting age and at least 30% of the lit- ter must grade as select bacon. The Ontario and Dominion Depart - They were back at the Perch again. Anne snuggled contentedly in . a big chair in front of a whispering fire. _, Publicity had swept over them like a wave and had gone, leaving them breathless but safe. There might have been privacy for some, . but not for Nancy Curtis, who had glittered for a brief time and whose brother-in-law was a multi -millionaire, Anne gave the whispering fire a Hi - tie secret smile. .Barry had been sweet about it. Now the tumult had died, and life was their own, again. Letters and tele- grams had been pouring in and lay in drifts on the table and in her lap. And finally there was a letter from Mrs. Duane. It was addressed to Bar- ry and it was restrained and frugal of emotion, but Anne knew how difficult those few careful sentences had been. "I'll do my share" Anne thought, and felt a twinge of pity. "She is Barry's mother. I'll do all that she will let me." Aloud she said: "It was nice of your mother to release you from your pro- mise about living in .. Granleigh. I know it is hard for her. Iiu t she'll be terribly proud of you. If you can' get away, perhaps . we could go back liar a little while, maybe at Thanksgiving or Christmas --if she would like h." "Why—that sounds good to 'me." His eyes warmed. "With thesalary that I'ni to draw as president of the new company, sve can make it a real party." His eyes went back to some, tele- grams which, lay open on the table. He knew them by heart, One was from the Matntttoth Pictures Corpora- tion whose hard -watt contract Nancy had once had ib, let go. It offered a star contract now, with nearly twice Thursday, October STILL HOPES FOR THE BEST Mrs. Bruno 1fauptniann, shown with Baby Manfred, is still hopeful that ev- erything will turn out all right for her husband. Meanwhile evidence, bit by bit, is heaped upon him, linking him with the Lindbergh kidnapping. ments of Agricluture are offering $200.00 in prize money in each zone to be divided as follows: 1st $20; 2nd $19, 3rd $18, 4th $17, 5th $16, 6th $15, 7th $15, 8th $14, 9th $13, 10th $12, 11th $11, 12th $10, 13th $10, 14th $10.' Application forms may be secured from the Ontario Department of Ag- riculture at Clinton, or from the On- tario Live Stock Branch, Parliament Buildings, Toronto. Completed appli- cation forms for entry must be mail- ed to L. E. 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