Evening star., 1922-10-23
The Wife Who Wouldn't t
:. Settle Down!
Sequel to "Brides Will Be Brides
By Lucille Yam Slyke
By Lucille Va,, Slyke
A Sequel to ssBrides Will Be Brides

! So, now that the dramatic momen.
had arrived, Susan sat speecniess
while the medium droned:
"Ask her what you will: She car
linger but q moment. silver soice
warns me-look. the poor soul Is FAD
ing" 80
Indeed, tho spirit Of Ethel was
disintegrating even more rapidly than
it had materialized; the light wae
| fading, the. wells were swirling ane
the delicate luminosity OF her fea'
lures was almost lost.
Quick. Susan" whispered Merriam
TASK her something"
But even before Susan could SPEAK
Ralph Beecher's hand had slipped
from Merriam's and he had BOUNDED
into the center of the circle, crying
"Got her!" at the top of his lungs.
| The room was in turmoil instantly
I Merriam could hear men running ur
| the wooden steps Of the porch out
side; she heard the mediums cabi'
net fall with a crash. Women
screamed in the darkness. Merriam
herself was showed help.essly into a
| corner.
And when at last some one hid
| the lights on, the only persons left
in the room were the plain clothes
men, the police, Merriam and the
dazed Susan.
Nine. Doreen and most of her
clients and her slatternly maid had
completely disappeared. But from
porter. dragging with aim veilej
| person. who wept and fought nnd
| tangled herself in her wells more
thoroughly as she begged him to let
her go.
There was silence when those wells
ized spirit of Ethel" was shock
to them all. She was not Nine.
Doreen, as Beecher had anticipated,
| but a gawky. homely girl. her face
| and hands livid with luminous paint,
| that shone green in tho light. and
lights. fastened to the front OF her
4 scant frock.
And though they searched the house
and grounds from end to end. none
of them could find any trace Of any
other person.
| The girl would not talk at all.
And when the police had taken her
! away and locked the house, leaving a
guard In charge Of 1t. young Beech er
and Merriam and Susan walked slowly
around the corner to the garage where
| Merriam had left her car three hours
! earlier in the evening.
! The reporter was literally limp
| with chagrin. He had been so sure
I that he was going to trap the willy
Doreen.
| Little silver voice, indeed, ne
snapped. "a lot Of use that kid will
be to US! I'd have given my last
! cent to get that Doreen. I can't zee
yet how she got away. I'd have sworn
we had her tied tight enough so tia,
she couldn't get out that quick.
don't see how she did IT."
Guess the spirits did 1t for her"
| Merriam said wearily. She was tired
| out
Susan was positively sniveling.
THAT poor thing. she didn't look
i a minute over fifteen! Oh, Mr..
Beecher. you shouldn't ought to let
them lock up that child!"
Next thing you know. Susan" Mer-
riam taunted the old woman. you'll
be thinking you really did have sis
ter. and that that child is she" She
backed the car out into the street
with a bang. II can't see that we've
marole." she snapped at the reporter.
We've got this far" he answered
calmly. I'VE know that Doreen has
five marked ten-do1lar bills with her.
and that some day she is going to
try to spend EN-"
CONTINUED in tomorrow's Star.)
Copyright. 1929