The Brussels Post, 1937-7-7, Page 2Ace of Hearts
g eel "i'f. firif !'t1:''.Mt4M 1;•t•'.*
a
leormcame in and gave bine a
warm. Welcome.. She was not in the
leant sunprieed to see him, She
had, In fact, arranged it all with
Betty, though she did not want
:Merle to guess,
, Tim stayed for several days, He
, was a .frequent visitor at the Sev-
ens'
evons' flat. He was included in most
of their parties for thriving and
jdancing and bridge. He made
friends with their circle.
But Merle's uneasiness increased•,
:as the days Passed. Tim was wily.
At the beginning, he pretended to
accept her terns, but gradually he
,crept over the borderland between
friendship and courtship, trying, to
.win her back to their former rola
Cons, whish for her, became even
more Impossible than when he had
first arrived,
She had never really loved him,
.she had only 1),4.n1),4.n fond of hint—or
,rather of what, she had imagined
bins to be, Now she liked him les
;and less.
A climax was hound to come, ri:.d
,it did—rather suddenly at the jest,Then Tint, realising Merle W13not.
10be won, went off, deeply offended,
Lorna was sorry, bot net so Corry
,as she might hay • been if sties i •rrl
not seen for herself that he was t
the right man for Merle. Th' .•d
herself was divided between rclet
from a daily fret aandregret• tet the
pain she had riven nnwiiilllgIg.
But Tim was soon forgotten in a
fresh interest
Con wrote en the highest spirits.
He had had some wonderful luck,for he was leaving the work that
bad been so di:tactful to him to Vo:-
]ow the career he had always le -ea -
ed for.
"111 tell you all when I see yet:.
,dear old girl," he wrote. "And teat
/will be very soon."
'r Merlo was filled with joyous ex.
,citement, Even Guy, though he
,still haunters her. could not monor•
'Oise her thoughts.
She was going to sae Con. and
Con was happy -*n happy that. she
hoped when he learned that her en.
• gagement was broken off and her
,future uncertain, he would not bl
least down.
He was eoming to Cairo, It would
seem to be a meeting -place for ^..'r
and those most closely const"t.•
•r.'
with her life,
BY AMY MILLER
She waited impatiently for the "And 1 owe it all to you,"
•anessage that was to herald Cou's went on,
arrival and Lorna entered into her "What do you mean, What hare.
ho
feelings with the sympathy of their
early days,
Then came the day when Merle
waited for her brother's coming.
1t was the incongruous sound of a
motor bike .that told her he was
near. She ran to the entrance of
the courtyard, and saw him jumping
lightly from the clumsy machine—
white walls and lattices, and the
palms of the unchanging East the
baakgl•ound, for the lithe, boyish
figure in the leatfter coat and hel-
met.
Merle rushed to him, and he
laughed for very joy—Con's laugh,
the sweetest music in her ears, anti
then, with arms entwined, they
went towards the open door, where
Lorna waited.
Con pulled oft his helmet, and its
dark hair Shope like a blatkbirl's
heed; this grey eyes !:hone, its lips
rurvetl with smile, as he m,t
Lorna,
She lookedlookedfrom :tint to Merle,
anti ;stye an exr•lamation. Con waw
so like his sister that _it was amaz-
ing.
He was a year younger than
„Merle. As he grew older, the Itkr-
.ie•s world probably be less strik-
in=g; the. grace of boyhood was with
,hint, still, but, the. arched brows, the
wing -like sweep of the dark hale
Iron: his forehead, the tricks of
,.a'iil1' and expression would re
main always,
Lorna stayed to welcome hien,
then left the brother and sister to.
melee/.with the excuse of house.
hold cares,
'Where's Tim?'' not here just
now. VII tell you all about is
presently," said Merle rather lame.. "But I want to hear about 7 .t
first., You look splendid, darling,
and you might have flown here.
Con laughed again.
"•I have flown," he said, "I
should have liked to come down in
eceurtyard but I thought I'd
better not. You're thinner, M -r1-.
is anythir.g wrong?"
"No. Everything is beautlf ill v
r'ght," she declared. "Oh, darling,
you flew! Tell me!' '
"Yes, and I'm off again," he toil
her. triumphantly.
"Off ' she cried.
I to do with it " she questioned,
mystified,
"He's a fine chap your friend Out'
Devenish, Of course I know he's
doing it for you, really."
"Con, do try to tell me what it's
all about, What do you know ab Jut
Guy Devenish?" Her colour was
coming and going, her heart throb-
bing so that she could scarcely
breathe,
"He came to see me, and he win-
ed to know all about me through
you. Ile wanted to get me to talk
of Tim too. I say, is he quite we'.
again? Are you married yet?"
'No, I'm not married," said Merle
impatiently, "I should have tele
you."
"1 think 1 missed a mall so I was.
n't sure," said Con, 'And I hoard
from Betty and she said Tim was
coming here. I'm rather in the
dark, my dear."
"O11, Con, do leave all that. Ivt
not important, and I'm longing tc
hear about you," she insisted,
"011, not important," he nom
mented, "Well, I'm flying to Dur
ban with Devenish. Is that good
enough Anti he's the best pa: 1
ever had. No more slugging in an
.office my girl! He's looking arts,
me. And if you weren't as good as
/ married to Tint—"
"But, Con, I'm not. That's all
off!"
Con gave a shout. He caught and
hugged her,
"Say it again, Merle!"
"1 broke off with Tim weeks—
months ago, I found out it would.
n't answer for either of us, But I
didn't want you to worry, I kept {'
Putting off telling you," I
"But Betty said -1'
"I didn't know Betty wrote to
you--"
"why, ye.—now and then, Shea
a sweet kid."
"•She's a darling," said Merle,
,with fervour, "But I'm still won
Bering—"
'So am I," said Con, "You know
Ilnv"nish was under the impression
Y ti were married, last time he saw
you."
"What " exclaimed Merle.
"Yes, he was, And he was des.
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me, if you were really happy, and if , knew you liked Tirrl,
I liked Tina, anti all that." "So I did, But he's done a
"He theilgltt I was married," said1 pretty low down thine„ Deg in the
Merle, slowly. I. Manger." said Con,
She was afraid to believe 'what i "1 vas Iona of him once, I'rn
hope was whispering. Her mind!, very dlsappointod in hint," said
was In confusion, but she saw that . Merle.
night when they had deuced under 12 "No, you're not, you little franc!,"
the stare frown a new slaudpohlt. la said Con, hugging her again, "You
"It •w.it$ natural I suppose,' said; don't care a hoot for Tim or ar,y
Con, 'He was In Cairo for a'd'ty ,other loan, now. You're as crazy
,or so, and not (:taking a fuse about 1 about Devenish as he is about you,
lit— he hates publicity, He didn't! and I'm off my head to think IPA
'know anything about you, since he! him, and not that milk and water
had met you at Melbury, and you I chap, who's turned oat a ratter,
'had told him Tim was taking you! Iloorayl" cried Con,
to Egypt. You say you had broken I
dt of1 wltllt Tim, but Devenish didn't I M the flying station on the bora.
:know ayuhing about that. Tint had 1 ers of the lbyan desert, Guy Devon
taken a "Lunde off my girl' tone, in ; ish was waiting for the return of
the little telt they had together, 1 , Conrad Vivian.
which I take it wasn't too frienlly, I The elder man had taken the boy
11 suppose Tim saw Devenish had to his heart, first tor Merle's sake,
fallen for you, and took care to let ! and then for all that made them so
him .think there wasn't a Chan"e. , much in sympathy with one another,
And then Devenish heard you were t Believing :Berle to be lost to hint
married, too.'? . Guy had found some solace in seek
"He heard that?" !,'ing the friendship and planning the
"From. Tim himself, I believe." I career of Iter youg brother.
But Con—" And now he waited, watching the
"li"oil I'd better• tell you, Merle • evening skies for the speck that
Tim wrote to him, and it wasn't 0 , would be the monoplane, bringing
nice letter, Are you sure it's oft Con back,
for good?" ! The darknesg would soon fall, and
"Absolutely!" before they set out together on their
e flight to the south of the continent.
"I'm glad. It wasn't playing the , they would talk as they had before,
game, telling a lice" said Can. 1 of Merle's childhood, and her school
"Wilma he'd lost you he dict his best days, and her dreams that she must
topar you e other chap,' t f th th h for go as Timothy Rochdale's wife,
No question of that, Con. Tim
was jealous, but he had no cause,"
"Olt, hadn't he That's all you
know about it," said Con, "Dove.
nislt adores you! But he thought
You were Tim's and so he just sante
and ]tad a look at you, and went.
But all lie's dote, and means to io
for me, he's done for your sake, It's
trite, whether you belieVe it or not,
wiry Merle, you're crying!
"It's because—because eon so
happy" she said incoherently. 'Ole
tell me more about him, darling.
Te11 me all that happened, every
Word he said. Tell me what makes
you think he cares so much for me"
"You mean to say you didn't
know " asked Con.
"No, I ddcl.n11 think he cared,"
'Why, anyone not an absolute fool
could see he's crazy about you,"
said Con witii brotherly candour.
"I've never seen a chap so abso-
lutely bowled over, IIe thinks
you're the world's wonder, I was ,
sorry for him because, of course, I
thought the same as he did -,that
you were fixed up with Tim. You
shouldn't have kept me in time
dark, old girl."
"I thought you'd worry. I kept
putting it off," she confessed, "I
I
Would elle he happy, the wild bird
'in her luxurious cage? Guy wonder-
ed. But if she loved 'Pint, s!i
would be willing to give up all for
'him. Site was that kind of girl,
Strange mystery of a women's•,
heart, that had led her to choose
,him, Guy wished he could approver
the choice, but he could no.
was that Con's plane? Guy
watched till It came nearer, till, like
a homing bird, it cams to rest close
by.
Then he was beside it, wailing
eagerly to greet the slim, boyish
figure that alighted,
, "You've seen her? Tell me, how
was she looking How is she',
Does she seem quite happy?"
"Happier than she ever was in her
,life before." came the answer.
Guy had Rang his arm about the
slim shoulders, as an elder brother
might, They were walking side by
side, while a meohanic took charge
of the plane,
"You're sure Gash, Con, how
like your voice is to hers!"
A laugh answered him,
"They say so, And I'm like her
, you've always said.''
The helmet came off, and Guy gaz.
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"So like!" uttered 04Y.
"Oh, she's happy! She never
;ithought such happiness could be
,for her, Guy, can't you see?" ,
"Fen afraid to believe," came from
his lips, brokenly.
"Do yon stili think it's Con? I've
left hint In Gain, Guy. He let me
•conte instead, And I'm not mar
ried— 1'l as free as the air.
"But they told me -0
"It wasn't true, 011, thank
heaven, it wasn't true! I shall never
be married, unless—unless—'"
' ilierle?"
1. He was holding her now, cies°
against Itis heart,
"Unless you let ice fly South with
( You tomorrow, Unless you tell
'.me—'
' "That I love you? 011, is there
need to tell you?'" he cried, below
his breath, "You know—you must
know. Only one girl in this world
for me, my heart of hearts, since
first I waw your face,"
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