The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1922-05-26

fCouiinucd From Our last Is7no)
I'm sorry. In only wanted you
to understand why felt I had TO
warn you against Nelly, Shes un-
fortunate. God knows. but she's
dangerous. too. The} 4u are. once
the stuff gets a hotf on thvm.
there's nothing They wont do. no
lie they won't teller
And this Is what soas ON Ia
this earthly parsdisei''
1T isn't California. ~ lint
Holly wood. it'e human nature.
N<NH
Lucinda dated from that satr,-
day The dawn % n fortnight when
everything went wrong for her with
such regularity that. In the eud,
the burden Of It's crosses grew too
| sore, the woman had been SOM
! thing more than merely mortal
whose stores OF fortitude and fos-
b~enrsncc had not run low.
Naturally she blamed Belialns
But ono dar Lucinda devoted
painful hours To totalinH up her
bank nccounts. q duty which she
had been reiigiously forgetting
for months and whose performances
brought to light the fnct that she
Ind already given Harry Lontainc
checks 10 his order In the sum of
two hundred and ten thousand
dollars. to be cashed by him and
deposited TO the creoit OF Linda
Lee. Inc.
II Ehe felt slightly dashed ~
this discovery. Is was less because
OF the money mvoivcd-for ahc
nv ,n'nlII"s
,han ionsnin. had decie red 4,
would oosi-than because the ana.
WINS moi vet Inc first plct,,rr re-
mained nnfInished.
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hui her ohiy course was 70 CON
nut Lon'slnr IN the iaint nous
mat out OF n sum 10
MN there might be enough lett IN
me company : treasury 70 see u
throush the present production.
ma thls Ahe hesliateu 10 DO ne
cause OF an lntuitiVo tectinE mat
ne would lake TINS a. directiy
c~haiiensing MS competency Lon
taine was q sensitive soul
however ne spared hcr the pain.
tor the next uime they met no
plandv advised Lucinda that IN"
COMPANY could do with another
twenk thousand az soon as she
eoulh ! time 10 draw the check
anu IN learning tihit u wound nave
10 wall a Tow days. or until she
could near IRON Willis. he seemed
considerably discountenanced. or
else fancy misled her.
The day vhen Lucinda broke
with Barry Nolan began a~uspicious-
~ enough with a night letter from
HarfoFu Willis stating that money
matfsrs had been arranged In COM
formancc with Lucinda = wishcs.
ana adding that Willis hoped be-
fore long 10 give himself the pleas
urc of calling IN her in person; he
was leaving New York the day he
tclegraphed-
Not q little To her own wonder.
Lucinda found herself pleasantly
excited by the thought that she
was 10 see this old friend again.
pusy with such reflections, aud
with the pleasing prospect OF soon
having a willing audience for her
t~oihlfidththt Idcluud mabt hpt
Of tho fact that i.ontaine showed
the whites OF his eyes and SHE'D
back like a skiltish cob from the
telegram which she submitted TO
his inspection, and was not much
tranquiliEed by the check which.
at the same time, she gave him
Tor tho replenishment OF the COM
pany's Golfers. And In her most
anniable temper she hurried from
MS otficf 10 her dressing room.
INTO h newest, prettlert and mos
becoming dance troek she had ever
owned who a owned 10 many.
and then u TO the stage.
The company was waiting. the
cameras wers waiting, Nolan with
an Ar OF noblest patience was wait
log. All Of which was quite ncei-
less Tor there was other work In
abundance that could have hcrn.
attended TO,
A. Lucinda drew nesr, Nolan
chair in which he had been loung-
ms. with something o than a
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