Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-11-20

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AID so. SAID Grace sl0ElT. -yC1
came % ze-t-st 90 help me- You
5l1u'c rh.zk for an Instant tha1. oct
1t z-ar-rgts. -Ight help you
Help me- H0wt-
By making 10 easy Ger ecu % carry
our your ifsa o. uar-s -ns Uy brother
Perhaps by using this scandal story as
a threat TO force me into helping you
Wanda looked AZ her fo- a fun half
minute n blank silence Then. turn
lag &c the d0C-. she said
4 guess was fool 20 butt in
-Oas moment" tu-erpossd Grace;
adding. az Wanda paused. "fou-you
made certain iasinuztious about ne,
Just now. You must prove thsm-yo1
must give me your reasons for the
absurd superstition that I might know
anything about this Staldish scandal
Mrs Robertson replied Wanda
her hand still on the d0or-kuob. I'm
not in your class don't know Just
how women in your station OF life
manage such things But il seems
rather tough that you can't ind a way
70 defend yourself without insulting
ne. Let that go You want TO know
how I found OUT I'll tell you. Early
this evening Mr. Standish learned OF
this scheme 70 wreck MIN He knows
the story couldn't be used without the
Woman's name. And Blake blufed
him into believing the machine would
have the name before midnight Mr..
Srandish's first thought was to warn
the Woman. Just as Blake had known
it would be He called up your house
in New York"
What OF that? I was not at hone
this evening. was on ny way hefa
to
But Mr.. Standish didn't know that"
And, pursued Grace hercely, Just
because Mr.. StandIsh CHANGED TO call
up my husbands New York home.
you've evolved this insane theory.
What proof is there-beyond your IN
backed word-that he called up my
house,"
The tfme-card ct central A list OF
all calls is forwsr ded every evening
to central and"
That proves nothing" declared
Grace. Nothing at all oh, it's a pref
ty trick you're playing. Miss Kelly.
very pretty trick. But it will fail You
build it all on the statement that some
one called up the house OF Governor
Robertson. Fifty people call up our
house every day. And on the strength
of that. his wife is TO be involved in
story OF low intrtgue-Oh. it's out
rageoUs,"
VIII Mr.. Standish explain to your
husband why he called you up"
He didn't call me up. Mr.. Standish
could have had nothing to say to me-
He'll deny every charge you make
And my word will be believed ahead OF
bIackmailing phone girls. l need
simply say you tried to gain my help
by means Of threats to
You need simply say it? VIII you
swear to it,
Yes" flashed Grace. III the need
arises woman's reputation isn't de-
stroyed so easily as you seem to think,
Miss Kelly"
And the country hotel proprietor
asked Wanda. Il forgot to say they va
sent for him. He can identity the
Woman who was registered as Mrs
Fowler He"
DO YOU suppose, for one moment,
said Grace, white to the lips, that my
husband would subject me to the IN
dignity of being looked OYER like a
common criminal I need only tell
-he truth-deny the whole malicious
ue-and-'
oh" broke in Wanda, with reIuct'
ant admiration, you're brave, Mrs
Robertson. AS brave as they make
them. You're putting up glorious
fight And cant help liking you for
IL Because 7 know-behtnd the brave
ersrr-you're sick with fear"
You think"
"r know it. Aud-belIeve ne or not F..
you've got ne sized up all wrong.
I'm not going to marry your broth (
ar But don't want to see his siste'
get into this mess Why don't you
trust me-
Really
CTO Be cOETrNUED1