The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-01-20

~ TO stalk Naohaol lreck enridEe win
intensely Interested In . younger woman.
I'm sick ~ tho stage. ana n any
thing happens with-the other. |
ahan't have To worry~-about money.
! mean. I'm not "A fool. Billy. /
cant let a chance like this slip. OF
course wouldn't do It " ] didn't
like him and like his mother. too.
Aud III bet hc viii get well. and III
never come back to Now York OF
course this IN all a secret. We're
going right down 20 the city HAN
for the license now. and the ring
There are n lot OF clothes Two got
10 buy Immediately --"
why don't you let me run you
aboutf" sugEes'ed Billy. II don't
have to meet the men until HiS--I'il
have To round up another girl. too.
but Ia love 10. Let Mama so back
TO Mr. Gardiner
"Oh. | couldn't" MaTric said, quite
the dutlful daughter, she's won.
derful person; she's arranging for
our own private car. and cook. and
I may take Anna II can get herr"
IAN rightor' agreed Billy.
\ rather speculative look came
into her face as the other car whlrlcd
away She suddenly gave directions
20 the driver
Drive 20 Miss ciny's apartment
wher. you picked me up this morn.
ing. fiungcrfordr' she said quickly
IL think left something there
gloves
Il wonder II you would let me into
Miss Gays apartment shc said 10
the beaming janllof'a wife fifteen
minutes later "Mias Clay iAd't here.
and left my gloves In her rooms =
Something in Mngaia's manner had
made her feel that Mngsic had good
reason for keeping the name OF her
adfnircr hid. Billy had felt for weeks
that she would know the name II
Magsie ever dlvuiged H. And this
morning she had noticed the ndmis.
sion iha, the wronEed wife was n
beautiful wmnan and the hcrita ton
with which Mnwslc had answered
Two girls - Then AaFsie had saId
all the natural thing 10 do 60 man
one was sure 10 see, and Rachael
had said TINT Warren was away,
iiut most significant 81 all was her
answer TO Billy's question as 10
whether the children were grown.
MaEsie had admitted that she knew
the VIE. had known her before. -
and ye, she pretended not 10 know
whether or not the children were
grown Filly had had sue, fIeetlnR
laea ~ Warren Gregory before that,
hut this particular term confirmed
the suspicion suddenly
10 whllc Magsie was getting her
marriage license. nilly was In Mag
ues apartment turning over the
contents OF her wastcpap.r basket In
fevcrish haste. The envelope was
ruined. (, had been crushed while
wet: name had been barely started
anyway. I,ut here WAS tho precious
scrap ~ commencement. My dear.
cst Cr~g-----''
billy was Utmost terrified by tho
discovery. There n was. In tire.
u hack into the basket. and left tho
house like thief. painting for the
open air. A suspicion only ten min
utes before, now she felt as II MOI
other fact on Garth had ever 20 fully
Possessed her. Ior an hour she
druv. about IN n dare. Then Shc
went homo. and sat down at her
faff tass sl
My Dear Rachael; The letter with
the darling little n came yesterday.
think he IL cute to learn 10. write
his own letter ~ quickly. Tell him
that mother Is proud OF him for
picking 20 many blackherrirs. and
will love the Jam. ~ Is az hot as fire
here. and the park has that stearny
srner that n dollhouse has. ] have
been driving about In Joe Butler
car all afternoon. We are going To-
Long Beach tonight.
''Rschaei--M agsio Clay and a man
named Richard Gardiner were mar
ried this afternoon. lie II an invalid
or something. he IL Mt ST. Luke's
hospital. and she and his mother are
kplUk W ftkf Nun 10 tNlifpfFtli w
once. What do you know about
that OF course this Is a secret. and
for Heavens sake. II YOU tell any
body this. don't say gave II away.
IN Magaie Clay should scnd you a
bunch OF letters. she will just do {, TO
be a devil. and want to ask you to
burn them UP before you read them |
You know how you talked to me
about divorce. Rachael What YOU
don't know can't hurt YOU. Don't /
please Maggie Clay TO the extent Of I
doing exactly what she wants you TO !
do. II any one you love has been a !
fool. why. II is certainly hard tot
understand how they could. hut you
stand by what you said to me tho
other day. ana forget II.
II feel as II was breaking into
your own affalrs. hope you won't Z
care. and that I'm not all in the
dark about this Affcctionately,
BILLY" (