Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-10-02
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Trask's Love Plot
r,,uy none other than the little
TW Mics Mystery. oh. yes, l know
naa- a cloud--but l can get her
ne /, I'm a bird Of a lawyer, you KNOW, W,
,.n',i az all that up. fhen,
no tbot little nonentity to me eie.
le.a'. s nosition of the missus OF Maurice
Mus.L .eI Hey, my boy. how's that! l.,
iIs 7 Iockwood's calm not peen ia
With him he could scarcely ha,e
PlW.u".o;ned II through this scene. hS
.s no was a boiling. seethihg lu,
inside him, but his judgment tolu
s.e nat any exhibition OF surprise OF
nnovonce lm would only irritatc the othef
without doing any good. I'll. .
Worsovcr. II TrasK we're really
.wd LAWYER, and IL he knew some :
H. that would make any troupe i0i
amsssnd she had limited that ne dio
.ha, Tockwood argued. he must KeeE
.ndi, With Trask. at least until lie
,na out more of the matter. g.,
Sn S%' he said, lightly, HAS the lady
greed?' a.. s,r I.ock
Sood you're hit in that same directioh'
:I admire Miss Austin very much
;well-you keep otf--do you hear!
.I hoor said Lockwood in his i'm
.,rrhohle way. but when Irasks
yoted no and caught the cold stare OF
secretary, he dropped the subJec'
nd returned to the books.
Since DR.. Warnings death Lockwood
n formed the habit Of going back to
- Adams house for his luncheon. ms
course. in the hope Of seeing some.
INC of Anita, and also, because Ms
,w employer preferred it that way.
TAI luncheon Trask took occasion tt
llorize Miss Austin.
Helen Peyton stood It as long as sht
nld, and then broke out with:
mn see what you can find to admire
that thin, sallow little thing! And
esides, she is a wicked girl. thinl
he killed DR.. Waring but even i
he didn't. she came over here to SCI
Am, secretly late at night, and Il
hAt isn't wrongdoing. ! don't know
Ehat is. But just because she puts
tp HELPLESS bluff, all the men fall fol
her! =.
Jealous. Miss Peyton?" and Trash
booked at her shrewdly.
mo" Helen tossed her head. i've
ho reason to be. That girl is nothing
d me, and the sooner she gets out, o.
rorinth the better. If the police viii
et her co.
NOW, then. Miss Peyton," TrasI
began, in his most emphatic manner
'and Mrs. Pcyton. too. once for all
\ will hear no word against Miss Aus
in in my house. Put any meaning yol
H. h,,s hrk
Word against Anita Austin. and thu
pcaker Of it goes out Of my door nevel
return Am clear?'
y Clear? Yes but can tell you---'
Y Hush Helen said her mother
Wc want to stay here. don't we
FELL then, as Mr.. Trask is evidently
huch In earnest, insist that you obey
wishes-as shall
"Thats right, Mrs. Pcyton. And Il
bur daughter forgcts my hints trus,
you to keep her reminded. That.
about that"
In this fashion Maurice Trask set
Jed every question that arose. His
FORD was law. and he spoke no un.
ecessary words
Ihe servants Could obey or leave
ne housekeeper had been told tn,
pme, and the secretary understood II
bo
Returning to the library after lunch
Ph, Irask sat at the desk in deer
bought.
Got to get the girl" he told him
Pr. Plenty to hold over her head
shes skittish, that's plain to bt
en; Also, she's in love with Lock
ood; Got to get him out of town
Cothlng doing while he's around
Cow, how: Morton hin,ed of hi
Seihg deeply in debt II so, he's got
ome past history. Guess ! can &c
omething on him-got to. whether
sn or not. HIM. Wonder if the liz
ts g'rl did do the sticking. Hard tc
IsAeVe IT, and yet that kids got it IL
er, She sure has. And she's a
iueMell all right. Nobody ever hat
kose beetling brows, almost joining
poIe 'hose dark eyes. in that level linz
ny; II she's Truesdell--, Goot
'u, I've got to marry her. I'll have
s,are her into It. Now, Maurice
o"y' get in some Of your fines,
Adams house, ''''' ''' '0'
as luck would have It. he met Anits
" %p,a nss secretary walking toward him
A. laying truant;" he called ou,
IN Just on my way to you,
We Gordon returned, coldIv
lou too. Miss NJ, stcryT' ant
y gave her. a wide smile.
~ I'm going to the postoffice,"
n, ! see, Then, on YOUR wsv
~.Voa, WOOD, and III step along with
.n mere was no good way out of tbi,
.dlSement, ls,n so It obtained. and Trasl
bd ia,o tn,sp step with the girl, as Lock,
nse 'ufhed on toward the WARM,
AM INV, nrhayy,d my dear young lady," Trasl
w, @ @anheedinS her look of aversion
may as well understand mo tirs
ths, hS,' I've got the whiphand1or
'Art Ism t a very graceful expres,
no., Nt US say, I hold the trnmn.