The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-06-22

of a Bride
Copyrighted. 1850. by the Ns~spap-v
Enterprise Association
THE BOOK or ANN
ANN EXPLAINS HER PART IN
THE AWFUL EVENT AT
THE BEACH

Don't fool yourself. The police
will never look for me" Ann said
II was silly 20 get excited, why
nobody knows went out 70 The
bathing beach--nobody bu, YOU
And nobody saw you pick me up
in your car"
Ann. what made you do 1T il
wasn't necessary. The man never
would have bothered you after to-
day. Daddy had bought his shop
he was leaving town tonight
Ami oh. Ann Ann
You'd better stop crying your
sslfY' said Ann sharply. Il didn
do itr'
VERY wen, Wen stick to that
story ] agreed.
''You--think--yo are convinced
that did," Ann asked with her
bes, baby stare
I let her query pass. SAID
Tell me about H. Or tell me as
much as you please. somebody
has got 10 know and has got 10
help your
"Jan.. II was this way. He sent
IN, a note-aaid he was going tn
ieaye town on a long trip. a boy
handed me the note this morning.
came over to your house 10 can
Ives on the phone 20 that nobody
AZ the blE house could ovcrhear
me. You know how our branch
phones are all linked up
THANK goodness. discovered
what YOU were up 90. Ann. IL
.eem, the one bit Of good fortune
in this awful day. Go on
81 didn't use one OF the Lori
mer cara" Ann continued. Il didn' !
want a chauffeur along. wen, 70
Whit. Point on bus. l was ia'e'
I kent Ives waiting. The bus was
damned. Sobody noticed me.
we win hope not
81 went straight TO the big bath
house and paid for one OF INC be'
ter compartments. They face Nhe
wafer. Thru the wooden Stats o'
~, window I watched the crowd
Presently saw Ives. walking np
ana down the broad walk before
the wornen's wing OF the h@thhouNe-
". was waiting for me. OF course
he conisn., ~ee me ! opened the
box and unfolded my bathing sui'.
I was surprised TO find The gun
/, IN. box. You remember.
Tossed 4, there. In my room ms
morning. Well. In my hurry 10
ks.p my engagement forgot TO
~. a. out. I tied up the box
=, noms without, noticing hat auto
matte"
7 nodded apprvvsnsfy. The Do
fcnss was rood. I had 70 ADMIT
I ,uppose that juE'ice was never
b,,ns.r or more impartial than 1
u.s.. A.. listened 10 the remainder
OF AIMS story.
.-rnru the wooden blinds ] saw
tyc.-in his bathing sii'--and nc
seemed awfully common ana vu.'
gar The day was hot-~and horr1a-
don't IKE 10 so swimming any
INV Never did. Makes me NO
xnrm and all mursed w. such a
nuisance undressing and DRESSING
over 'and over. in a stuffy three-
hv.hroe room. ~ looked NJ
txcr sort OF Htruttins around
amonr the half.clothed girls naiu
20 myself that was going 10 al
the bother and fuss and discom'
fort--iur, for WHAT Why. II !
s,an', watch my step. that queer
man would put his arm around
me--ou, In the wster--carelcssiy
as n he were helping me-Ah
he would hug me-too tight
nhuddered. Ann noticed II.
81 rhlyered. too. just like that,
size said. suddenly. the situation
seemed perfectly awful to me ana
absolutely unexplainable. hated
myself. I hated Ives. l called my
self a fool. called Ives cad'
I couldn't imagine how ] had drif''
ed no far. such an insult TO my
perfectly grand husband And to
Rot,-ruch grand man. And
Daddy Iorimer--he's 70 grand. too.
felt that I'd never he fit to see
my Jim again. nor you-any OF
YOU. n went out TO meet Ivesr'
IT would have been just as well
for the Lorimers II you'd come to
your senses half a day sooner
/ said bitterly. Go on
We'll. Jane. ran away from
him, shut the bathroom door
and locked It and left rs fast az
I could by the exit at the end of
the wing. forgot my things. ]
forgot TO leave the key in the