The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1922-05-18
90 ON VITA TfIs: STORY

Somebody came between them.
Startled, she Identified the strange
young nan OF the foyer.
Can ! be Of aerslcc2' he rug-
gestcd IN an amused drnwi. >. -.
Instinctsvely she Rasped. No.
plcnkr-'' Al the sane time Bel
tried to shoulder the other roughly
out of his way; the grafuitous
champion stood firm. merely coun-
selling. Easy. old thiTg. easy
Thon Bel Tort his head. Lucinda
heard him damninE the other,
There was a aliEht scuffle. IN
which the two. locked In rNch
other's arms. reelcd 20 one side.
Tho bcllbcy was shouting. Now.
ma am-now your rhnncei' rho
stumbled Into the taxi. Holding
the door the boy demanded
Whore 10. mn am-whcre tog"
She rasped; "Anywhere-only tell
him hurry Tho door crashed,
gears mcEhen with "a rrinotne
acrccch, the cab lcaped forward
with such spirit thai Lucinda was
thrown heavily against the back
Of the seat.
When she recovered. The vehicle
was turning "A corner. Through ~
window she caught a glimpse OF
the sidewalk beneath the canopy
of the Blnckftone. just a p.rs
glimpse OF two figures struggling.
with several othcrs running toward
them Then the corner blocked
out the scene.
XIV
~ she was pouring herself q
accoad cup OF coffee In the Pun.
man dining a the following
morning the vacant chair AZ nri
table was drawn out and az
ainlabls, amused voice afktd; 30
you mind my sitting here. Mri
prucc2 p
Lucinda jumped In CONSERVATION
The speaker bowed with an ingrn.
tiating smile; her unsouEht cham.
piOn % the night before
I'm surprised, too, he con
fes-ed- pleasantly, u you don
mind my saying 20. And yet IN
dear public continually kicks npou
coincidenccs,
Lucinda found her tongue bu
fonnd u incompetent 20 frame IN,
bus the most formal phrases. %
have n great deal TO thank yol
for"
Please don, think of II tina
way. To the contrary, | " sol
all sorts OF apologies"
.Apoloeies!'
For buttlng Ia where amy ra
tional angel would have breI
scared 10 death 10 tread. and par
ticularIy FOR being here. Tn
waiter thrust an order blank wit
the hill OF fare under the your.
mana nose. III youH cxcus
n The head he bowed over tn
cards wns woll-modelcd and thatch
Cd with n good quantity OF hail
light brown IN color and amazing
~ lustrous. A skin whose patin
% faint tan rcsemblcd that OF OF
ivory. with never a blcinish. co,
cred boldly fashioned feature
Tho mobile face had a trick q
lighting up when rs owner Wa
talking ir 10 aglow with the nal
" his thought, 40 that his loo
was 10 fact more cloqncnt than HI
speech. Lucinda thought she ha
never seen hands more strung an
graceful, or any better cared foI
moi even bells. Nor had Bel eve
dressed in better taste.
The object u her Interest wavc
the waiter away and met he
openly Interested regard wtthot
loss Of countenance.
4 guess it's time I Introduce
myself. Mrs. bruce. My mans
lSummorlad After a slight pau
land with q hint OF seif-eonsciou'
ness, he amBlifi"4 Lynn Summer
lad.
sensible that he seemed to G,
poet her 10 think we'll OF thi
lprecinua name Lucinda found n
echo FOR Il IN the chambers of hs
memory.
But how IL Il you know m
name, Mr.. Summeriadf
That's eary; your husband tol
me-
again Lucinda was reduced to
blank OH This tins she 60
That hho was ~eOlorlng.
In the police stationi NJ
fummcriad added with n hroa
Hrin. Hut don't he aiarmcl
Yoa ree, Mr.. prnce rather ioa, h
hoad- wouldn't be happy TN he
had Inc arrested ON "A plnFro Z