The Washington times., 1922-10-01

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CHAPTER X.
FANCY did not turn again IN
- the direction Of the hearth.
= but moved quickly toward
the wide, shallow staircase. A
she reached it Bonny Revell came
swiftly to her side.
FAM
His voice was vibrant with q
distressed sympathy, yet it held a
note of question, Of anxiety, as
well; and the girls lips twitched
in a hard, feeting smile beneath
which the boy flushed family.
"Get Lucy Denning to come
here" she commanded tersely,
without the others noticing. Be
quick"
He gave her a swift glance and
turned instantly. Left alone, she
allowed her slim, tense body to
relax for a moment and leaned al
most weakly against the carved
oaken bannister. But when Lady
Denning and Bonny came across
to her together she was standing
upright again.
my DEAR" the older woman
was beginning in swift distress,
but Fancy cut her short with .
gesture at once impatient and in
tensely nervous.
Don't fuss, Lucy" she urged;
been said to Dan yet, by any
-body?"
Lady Denning, understanding,
shook her head. Her kindly gaze
was puzzled, infinitely distressed.
The girls attitude all along had
perplexed her; she found it now
even more difficult of comprehen-
sion.
Fancy's face was absolutely
without color, her eyes were over
bright, yet she still preserved .
calm which struck the older woman
as being utterly unnatural.
She nodded now, and her sud-
den-caught breath told of an inn
measurable relief.
'I'm glad" she said. Lucy
she leaned quickly forward and
laid cold hand upon the others
arm-T don't want him to know,
not yet! l want you, somehow,
anyhow, to get rid of him until
after tomorrow. l don't know or
care how you do it, only send him
away" .z
Don't! Don't question, and
don't argue. Just do what l say"
Fancy" 1t was Bonny's voice
this time, anxious, questioning
once more, and she swung round
upon him with burning eyes.
81 tell you, don't question. All
ask is that you get Dan away
arrange so that there is no possi-
bility of our meeting again until
after-after I'm married. I don't
want him to know the truth until
then. He must not knoww
Lucy Denning opened her lips,
then closed them again. The white
hand on her arm chilled her; i'm
pulsively she laid her own warm
one over it and looked mutely at
Bonny.
His gaze was fixed intently,
searchingly upon Fancy. His
young face was almost as white as
her own. And, slowly, there
dawned in it comprehension, un-
derstanding and no small measure
of relief.
He put his hand out quickly
and closed his fingers for a mo-
ment upon her arm, but she shook
him off half roughly and took .
step further up the stairs.
81 shan't come down again to-
night" she said, and now her eyes
were upon Lady Denning's dis
tressed face once more. THAT,
under the circumstances, will not
seem very strange"
lnere was that In her tone that
made Bonny stir restlessly and
shut his mouth in a straight, hard
\ line, while it brought a low, half
protesting cry from Lucy Dem
ning's lips.
Fancy did not heed it. She went
on talking rapidly, yet scarcely
above her breath.
make any excuse, tell any lie
to make Dan 60. He must not
stay here tonight, must not re-
main near enough for there to be
any possibility Of our meeting.
Send him back to town tomorrow,
early, if you can, without-with-
out his suspecting the truth. AZ
terward, it won't matter"
She broke off. From where he
stood before the fireplace Dan Re-
n