The Washington times., 1919-11-18
By ANN Isle.
CHAPTER CCII.
Copyright, 1919, King Features
Syndicate, Incl

CHAPTER CCIIL
Copyright, 1919, King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
GsN n RS. COSBY" 1 called again
Vl to the empty room.
OF cC.rse there WASH
any answer, l waited a minute or
two as II | expected Valera Cosby
to materialize from some Of the
cobwebby chiffons that were fluns
across chairs and doorknobs. Then,
Eery quietly. l went out and shut
ne door noiselessly after me. 1
IAN back to my own room and let
lyseif in.
There was a big armchair ove-
1y the window. / sank down on 1t,
and sitting stiffly on the edge,
folded my hands and let my
arms hang Imply in front of 1t. /
looked idly at the window pane, but
/ don't think 1 was look ng through
II, exactly. My eyes seemed sign;-
less, somehow-indifferen Gradual
ly l began to notice that a sill
very radiance was stealing through
the room. 1 raised my eyes to fol-
low 1t TO the window-outinto the
night.
Moonlight" said, suddenly.
'Moonlightm
Then l began to think-sulleniy
resentfully.
1 hadn't seen Jim since before 10
o'clock. 1t was after IL now
nearer l. Perhaps there wasn't
thing to-resent. Jim might be
playing pool or more poker. He
might indeed have been doing that
all evening. Varelie Cosby might
have gone down stairs again or she
might have come upstairs by now.
He might. She might. But /
know better. In every resentful
beat OF my heart, l knew that VAL
erie Cosby and Jim were out in the
moonlight tOgether-knew that
was being made a fool Of. And so
was Lane Cosby. | wondered what
he'd do If he knew.
Valerie and Jim iE the moonlight.
There had been moonlight in our
honeymoon week AS / sat there
dry-eyed and sullen, il seemed
somehow that it was the moonlight
| resented. Why hadn't they said
they were going? Who'd have
stopped them? Not l: surely not
that indulgent adoring brown
bear" Lane Cosby. They needn't
have put it over on us like this.
They needn't have taken us for
fools
There wasn't a thing could do.
Nothing but wait. l saw that I'd
be making a still worse fool OF my
self If / telephoned downstairs and
asked for my husband II he were
in the hotel he'd snarl at me for
disturbing him. If he were out in
hn hot
bad enough for me to suspect.
Surely there was no object in hay-
ing the whole hotel know.
/ must have sat there like that
for half an hour. Then there was
a knock at my door. went to an
swer and found Lane Cosby in the
hall-chuckling. actually chuckling.
May l come in?" he asked quite
innOc, ntly.
"Td better come out into the
hall Isreplied coIdIy.
"Oh, yes-Of course" he said. as
IL II really didn't matter at all "T've
just had phone message from my
little madcap. She didn't go To b, d.
after all. Met your husband in the
elevator-and decided to go out for
breath of air. Decided next TO
take the car. Runs ii herself, YOU
know-little mischief! Put on her
big fur coat and went out like that
For spin. Loses her way. And
then the old engine bP1ks."
when will they be back?" I ask
ed pnrchanically
fright away-rirht away" said
Lane Cosby pettishly. Poor little
kid-she's such a brick! She would
walk to the nearest light with
your husband. He shouldn't have
let her-in her thin slippers"
SPerhaps he couldn't stop her," I
vcntured dryly.
The irritation faded from Lane
Casby's face.
Probably not Little madcap!-
He chuckled again. "I'lI have hot
chocolate and sandwiches for them
in the room. Stay dressed and I'll
call you as soon as they get in"
Il think I'll go to bed" / said in
the most level tone I could manage.
I'm very tired"
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