Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-02-03

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I ters." bound in leather. with her ini-
itals stamped on tho cover, were
waiting there for her, however. In
the hands OF messenger, when she
arrived with the troubled Mr.. Rem
merit in his car. Mr.. Rennert was
more troubled when he behcld these
parting gifts.
II thought you--that IL under
stand you Toto imply" he STAN.
mered; Il understood you'd implied to
| Holly Keycs-"
| YES" she said sadly, her arms full
Of Holly's farewell. Il did. / did
imply"
And about me. you implied"
| Il only implied. though" she pro-
tested defensively. You mustn't
make any more OF it--yet."
But when / come to Leming-
! ton"
'If you do COME" she said.
But you told me-
| II said I'd write to you that you
can, II decide that you can"
But you will decide that way, won't
your he begged as they reached the
gate where her porter waited. And
he looked SO earnestly her lover, and
SO handsome, and SO troubled, that
she was unable to repress an impulse
that frightened him magically. AT
least" she said hurriedly, Il hope ]
win"
Then she ran through the gate, fol-
lowing her porter; and on the train
she thought OF how Tommie Rennert
would look the next time he met
Holly Reyes. Tommie would look tri-
| uinphant-and Virginia WINGED a lit
tie when she thought Of that; her
journey was not a happy one. AL
| the way she accused herself, defended
herself. acquitted herself and con-
victed herself: the principal charge
brought by the prosecution being
| that she was mercenary.
But whether she was guilty or not
depends on the definition of the word
"mercenary": and many intelligent
people would have thought her mere
ly sensible. She was one of a large
family. and a happy enough family,
too, though the head OF 1t was only a
country court judge with a salary of
four thousand dollars a year. Virginia
had "scraped along on nothing" and
she was tired OF doing It: she liked
pretty things" and hoped TO be able
to buy them, some day.
Moreover. she liked the hardwork-
ing. scrupulous Rennert. He was a
dry little man. mentally; and not
open handed; but neither was he SO
"close" that he would be stingy as a
husband She reached her destina-
ton, little before nightfall, in a
state OF depression. But the start
ling and terrible thing that had Just
happened In Lexington made her
own trouble seem nothing.
+ $50
CHE had not let her family know by
what train she would arrive, so
| no one met her at the station: where
| upon she was moro depressed than
ever. She tried to prepare a bright
face for the meeting with her mother.
but failed completely. Her mother.
hurrytng downstairs, as the daughter
entered the front door. cried "vir-
ginia: excitedly. embraced her, and
then stepping back from her. said: $50
, you've heard It! I can tell from your
face that you have."
Heard what. mother"
about poor Harry and Theodore"
Virginia stood incredulously.
Ibid you see 1t in the paper on the
traIn?" her mother asked.
IT don't know what you're talking
| about. mama. What is it?''
They were killed this morning,
both Of thsm," said Mrs. Peel II
thought from your face you must
have known It."
A little later she brought Virginia
newspaper with an account Of the
accident.
Shocking Accident Kills Prominent
Manufacturer
Theodore Lohrman Dies Instantly
! Express Crashes Into Limousine
II. j. Lloyd Also Victim, Dies With
Employer
AT 1915 o'clock this morning
Theodore Lohrman. one OF the most
| important figures in the financial and
! industrial life Of the city, was cross
| ing the l.. B. & C. tracks in his
Limousine on the Southport turnpike,
when his car was struck by the east
bound express, travelling at . high
| rate OF speed The body OF the limou-
sine was thrown at least sixty feet
by the shock and both Of the occu-
pants, Mr. LohrmAn and Fl. ]. Lloyd.
| who was accompanying him to in
spect Mr.. Lohrman's Southport mills.