The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-03

No more of Nolan, no more OF
Nelly, not more of Lynn no
more of love :.
Bel came in about 10, by that
many sleepless, active, anxious
hours more faded than when she
had seen him last.
You've found her. Bel? Where?'
With a weary nod, Bel dropped
into chair
She ran your car off the road at
turn and over a low cliff to a
rocky beach. Must have been killed
instantly"
Neither spoke for time.
Bel got up I'm be getting along,
to the studio first and have word
with Lontaine. And then l need
Nolan's address"
DO you think that wise to see
Nolan?"
II won't permit him to spread
gossip about your being with Sum
merlad last night"
viii he admit your right to die
tate?'
Il don't imagine it will be news
to him that you're my wife. Your
friend the actor seems to have been
tolerably busy Growing about his
conquest Of Mrs. Bellamy bruce -
always, of course, in strictest conf
dence And Nolan was Summerlad':
bosom pal .
The thrust told shrewdly, re-
warding Bel with a fugitive moment
of sardonic satisfaction. Then the
courage with which Lucinda took
punishment exacted his admiration.
But l am afraid she said
quietly, you won't have much sue
cess with Nolan
''On account Of your quarrel with
him, yesterday
II didn't know you knew. Then
/ presume you know about my new
arrangement. with Mr.. linn"
Yes. But that arrangement
not binding till you've signed"
The tensing of her body betrayed
the temper in which Lucinda met
his suggestion. What you really
mean is: Have 1 changed my mind
about continuing in pictures, be
cause of this dreadful accident to
Lynn"
Bells eyes and mouth frightened.
ITS not an unnatural superstition,
lDCl JOu H1fV NOhSluNC0 yOu ' Z
had enough"
Enough, Bell"
That can't be anything but cal
culated impertinenceH
Bel made a wry face as he
stopped to pick up his motor-coat.
This conversation is degenerating
into wrangle in which l have the
traditional chance a SNOWFALL has
in the place where motion-pictures
were spawned. Mind lending me a
hand, Linda? Can't quite manage
this with one arm"
At once angrily and gently Lu-
cinda draped the motor-coat over
his shoulders.
Bel continued: I'm to under
stand, then. my wishes mean moth
ing to you?"
Lucinda gave a little, silent
laugh, and in silence for a nome II
gazed on Bellamy, her eyes unread
able
You forget, what I don't, BEL
Lucinda said slowly, that it was
you who made the mode of life with
which | was content impossible for
me If this life I've taken up here
is in some sense a makeShift, It's
all I've got to take the place of all
I had. Any now you'd rob me even
of it! And one thing more you for
get: If l should give in to your
wishes and leave Hollywood today
/ would only be doing what you say
you want to prevent, confessing by
fight that my only real interest in
my picture work was my greater
interest in Lynn Summerlad. Fol
that reason alone-and not, as you
believe, to spite you've got tC
and I'm going to go on to the end
of this present production, at least
After that . / don't know -
Disc ounte an &c d, Il hadnt
thought of that" Bel owned square
ly. You may be right That's
your last word, Linda?"
My last word to you, Bel
hope"
XXXIV.
N The finding of Nelly's body crush.
! ed beneath the wreckage of q
- motOr-car on the beach some fifty
miles north of Los Angeles, gave
the story of the Summerlad shoot
ing an extended lease of "a hours
aS NiA AiShN RoS1 SPoSC III tAS
newspapers
Then, since the death of the I'M
happy woman had defeated all hoDe
of lurid court proceeding and rem
dered piquant exploitation of wild
life inside the movie colony" the
case went into quick eclipse.
Lucinda spent the best part OF
that day in the projection-room with
linn and Wallace Day, her new d.
rector, sitting in judgment on b
reels of film, the accumulated sum
Of Nolan S fumbling with about two
thirds of picture
To the WEAKNESS of those days
the visit To Hartford Willis came )
welcome interlude
il did Lucinda good to hear him
growl ana Scoid about anything as
relatively inconsiderable as the
lInacy of throwing money away
like wateri"-and then refusing to
set the machinery OF the law in mo-
ton to apprehend and punish Lon
tame.
And Lucinda took leave of him
Now she had nobody left but
Fanny; and she was coming daily
10 repose less faith il Fanny's 10y
atty
She was feeling very sorry for
herself, and very lonely, and when
most in need of friendly compan-
af