The Washington herald., 1922-03-05


bands love and estssm.A
The evening dragged on endless
ly. A couple Of singers from the
give . musical program following the
dinner. There was dancing follow
ing their performance.
nervous, spasmodic gayety with
which people cover UP an awkward
situation.
Unable to bear It longer. Jeanne
slipped up to her rooms for . mo-
ment. She felt she must relax the
smile which she had worn like q
mask all evening, or she shuld 70
mad. When she saw her reflection
in the mirror, she was amazed at the
fxfty Of her glance, at the lines in
her smooth face. She was very pale,
and the rubies around her throat
CLEANED mockingly in crimson con-
trast
She wanted to tear them of, and
throw them on the floor, and stamp
on them. She would like to have
heard her French heels crunching
them like pieces of ordinary window
glass. She wondered how she could
ever have loved them; how she could
ever have wanted to wear them.
Moving nervously about the room,
she saw there were letters on her
desk. The evening mail delayed. had
been brought up after she had de-
scended to dinner.
She recognized q, letter from Henry
Harrison and me In her Aunt Emily's
prim. angular hand.
Henry's message was distinctly
n - nd
IT thought .Id better warn you,
knows Mrs. Parkinson, has been out
here nosfhg around" he wrote. He
came to see me at the bank, and
dug up your Uncle Charlie. It seems
he met your uncle on the train some
where years ago. What do you sup
pose made him come out here? Know.
ing you. did not want people to find
out that you were just little Jane
Dare, tried to stall him of, but
the Lord only knows what your unclis
told him! What's this game any.
way? I'd watch him IL I were you.
I think he Is too smooth"
Jeanne/threw down the letter with
gesture of WEAKNESS.
Misfortunes were coming tonisht
too fast for her to Withstand them.
Then she noted that q slip Of blue
paper had duttered to the floor. She
picked It, up and unfolded It. It was
q check for S25. =
sons letter. On the reverse sheet
was q postscript.
Please take the enclosed check
and get Mrs. Parkinson a birthday
present for me. She's your friend
and you know what she would like
Get her something she can keep to
remember me by"
Jeanne looked down at ths
check In her hand, and a queer
little smile played round her
Twenty-Five dollars, why. II
wouldn't buy Adele a pair Of hose
Of the style she was accustomed to
wearing. The men who had court.
ed Adele spent more than that in
orchids for a\single evening. She
wondered WHAT Adele would think:
A Desperate Girl. -
II didn't take very long to find
Jeanne was just in the act OF
opening Aunt .Emily's letter, when
Adele herself sauntered in, lookins
very gorgeous in q cloth of gold
gown with fan of peacock
feathers.
DO you want to ruin everything,
you little fool?' she demanded. "To
run away now is fatal. You've
got to stop that Dayton vixen's
fnsinuations. Come down and, put
on a bold frontr'
Jeanne held out the check.
ignoring Adele's admonitions. she
said:
I just received this from Henry.
he wants me to take 1t and buy
you pirthday present. Is there
anytn'ng can get you for that
amount. that You'd really care Z.
hayea.
Adeis studied tn. check Tor II