The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-02-23
COME SEONS
OF a BRIDE
NY Feeling That Bob Was Calling
Me Has Stopped.
I(Copyright, N. 2. 40.
what win life hand me NEXT"


What will life hand me next?
1 put the serious question in the
slangy form from sheer bravado as
stopped to kiss Chrys goodbye" be.
fore seeking my husband at the ruin.
ed hacienda. Life can hardly hand
you anything worse than you will i'm.
agine for yourself, II you let your
fancy go my love-" was Chrys' gentle
rtoroof. SITS SO unlike you to be
afraid of fate, Jane"
I'm as blue as indigo! tell you
am almost in despair for the first time
IN my life," confessed. For hours
felt that Bob was calling to me. /
told Daddy and DR.. Travers, but they
treated me as II were silly child!
wanted Daddy to wait for Bob and
| begged him TO keep the. lone in port
another day. He joked with me about
being superstitious! He wouldn't be.
lteye that Bob and ! have often felt
q mysterious pull between US when
we have been separated. tell you,
Chrys, felt 1t for two dGys-and now
1t has stopped! IL can't bear to
think what the silence means! II Bob
bwere aliye-apd in trouble-he would
continue to call me-over and over.
would know"
Your nerves are done to a fraz.
zle, Jane Lorlmer. That's all. You
need good long rest at home"
You can't comfort me, Chrys, that
way. Something has happened to Bob.
He has always been an awful skeptic
about Supernatural stuff"
Just Ike Daddy"
Nevertheless, he recognized the ex-
istence OF this pull between US. His
aexplanation was that 1t was some kind
OF vibration, maybe little waves set
IN motion aroused by my feelings
]. about him.
And passed across space like wire.
less waves, / suppose"
AT least some kind OF sympathe.
tic vibration was established between
as.,
Lots OF true lovers confess to the
same experience, even when separated
by half the globe, I've read" said
Chrys.
And now Bob has stopped flashing
signals to me! And I'm sure that the
worst has happened to him!"
For goodness sake, Jane, don't be
little fooll Just hang on to your.
self another day and you'll be bringing
your Bob back safe and sound. Mean.
while Trayers will secure transporta-
ton for all of us and we'll beat Daddy
home. Well surprise him by being
there to welcome him!"
4 Sure we will" came from the door
in Jordan Spence's heartiest tones.
Spence had come to say farewell to
Ghrys and for a man OF his extraor.
binary poise, he was obviously ner.
yous. could tell by the was he fold
ed and twisted newspaper he car.
ried. always expected him to be a
little excited when he addressed
S'hrys Usually 1t was unlike him to
betray any of his emotions, but l
suppose his love for Chrys Just had to
bubble over because he never dared
10 put 1t into words.
Chrys was supposed to be married
woman. Spence was true gentle.
man by instinct and training. It was
not in him to disturb the peace of the
woman he loved by protestations of a
devotion she was not at liberty to &C.
cept Nevertheless, noticed that
Ghrys flushed charmingly at the sight
Of the splendid figure framed in the
door.
/ One glance at the black headlines
Sleft me too weak to cry out. They
ran:
20. D. LoR1MER REPORTED LOST
AT SEA! YACHT lone SINKS IN
BIG STORM"
The drop-heads in smaller type
swan before my eyes, but made a
little sense ouf of them to the effect
that wireless calls for help had come
from the millionaire's yacht in the
morning, but had ceased before noon,
and that all on board the craft had
doubtless gone down with her.
looked at the lovers who dared not
whisper a word OF their love. Appar-
emily Jordan Spence had been so anx-
lous to join the beautiful lady of his
heart that he had not given single
glance at the paper before handing it
% me!
ITO BE contlnued.)