Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-04-06
The
Promoters
Wife
By JANE PHELPS.
lCopyright, George Mathew Adamsl
NEIL REFUSES TO TELL Bah
WHERE HE IS GOING
By JANE PHELPS.
Copyright, George Mathew Adams)
CHAPTER LVII. -

without speaking, save when l asked
him why he was going out
Because l choose to-" he had said,
then deliberately closed the door of
his dressing room.
1 was too proud to go to him and
try to coax him to remain with me !;
too angry still to feel as hurt as I
otherwise should. But after he had
gone would have given anything to
have called him back, and question
ed him. l would now have another
long, lonely evening alone. Then
came a thought a clever one, l ina
gined: l would assure myself, that
Neil was not with Blanche Orion! l
would call her up, tell her I was
alone and ask her if she didn't want
TO go over to Lorraine's and have a
game of bridge. l couldn't quite
make myself ask her to my own
AOuIS, lSSIluS DIS ulu.
Mrs. Orion is out" it was a maid
who answered.
When do you expect her in?"
Not till late. She's gone to a din
ner party. Who shall l tell her call
ed up?
Never mind, it doesn't make any
difference. You don't know where
she went, do you?" the blood rush
ed to my face at the question, put to
a servant.
Mo- didn't hear"
hung up. Fierce jealousy possess
sed me. Neil had came home, and
gone out dressed for the evening and,
because he was angry at me, would
tell me nothing of his plans. Blanche
orion was also out for the evening.
They were very likely together, hav-
ing a good time while I was sitting
alone twiddling my thumbs. 1t was
unbearable. | must do something to
stop it.-But what?
Blanche Orion had not loved her
invalid husband-at least no one be-
lieved she did. l knew that rot many
women, brilliant women of her type,
attractive, beautiful, rich went through
their lives without finding some man
whom they loved. Perhaps she loved
Neil, and that was the reason she
had nothing to give poor Orion?
l had sudden, almost uncontroll-
able desire to make trouble for
Blanche Orion l wanted to fight her
with some weapon that would hurt
and MAIN her in her tenderest spot.
Nothing seemed then to count but
that it wasn't Neil-eyen though he
were faithless-whom | wanted to
hurt, but her, the woman who had
tempted him.
Women are as a rule cruelty hard
toward each other. | was no excep-
ton.
l was delighted when the telephone
tangled and Lorraine said that she
would run over for a chat. l bathed
my swollen eyes, and tried to obyiate
all traces of the emotion through which
| had passed in the last "a hours.
Lorraine was such a keen observer,
and so apt to talk, that one had to
be very careful what one said, and
how one looked when she was
around. Yet l liked her immensely.
What do you think Blanche Or
ton did tonight" she asked in her
impulsive fashion.
II am sure l don't know" | mad
no slightest intention of letting Lor-
raine know had telephoned
Blanche
"She has gone out with the fun
niest looking man. Such common
looking fellow. I drove by her house
at Just seven o'clock and they came
out and got into her car. he looked
up for the occasion. I can't see what
she finds in such creatures to inter-
est her, Cave men, should cali
them. l should imagine from his
appearance and from that maids de-
scription that it was the same sort
she had at her dinner party that
night. Queer taste, to say the least
LORRAINE could not know how re-
lieyed was at her gossip. Mrs. Or
ton was not with Neil. He had not
left the house until half past seven
and Lorraine had seen Mrs. Orton
go out with some man at seven.
The evening passed quickly and
Nai1 came in at eleven o'clock, Lor-