Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-03-08

ENNETH MOORE turned an inquiring
u glance upon Althea as Peter disap-
~ IA feared
''Its too late now, Kenneth, and really per-
haps Peter is right. If. anyone balls her out
it should be him-us But he won't do it,
even to shut up newspaper gossip"
sri do it yet-in spite of him-if you say
so, Althea," Kenneth said. 81 never saw Peter
aroused.
"You haven't seen much of him, anyway,
Kenneth"
That's so. But he always seemed such an
easy-going sort of q chap
Hes not as easy-going as you think she
replied, thinking of his command to her to
tell him the whole truth regarding Miss
Bundy.
@'Well, if you say no, of course | shall do
nothing. But | would help you if ! could
if there were any way. You know that don't
you, Althea?"
"Yes-I know, she answered absently
If you think of any way l can be of Use,
call me up III run along now I imagine
Peter came up to talk to you and finding me
here gave me to understand it was none of
my business instead
-"Good-bye, Kenneth, I'm sorry I called you
away from business for nothing"
Goodbye, and that doesn't amount to any.
thing. I'm sorry | can't help"
Alone Althea sank into a chair What
would Peter do next? And more iuporfant
'tlli' would Miss Bundy do anything? What
could she do after all? She was in Jail. locked I
likely. ~ -
She heard Peter in the hall talking f. Mic.
howard then he went out. He had como -
make call-she could breathe freely. She
,iau leared he would come up again. question
her; ask what brought Moore there. asl, bar
70 explain Moores offer to do ANYTHING "a
help her. sAins -
T5o sue sue was not to be left long in peace.
Inc door bell tangled menacinglv and IN
moment ONE Jane brought her message
Inc messenger boy is waiting-said tbera
mlght be an answer" she told Altbea
s o',ioiihsly Althea tore open the note AL
lress ' In Miss Bundys scrawling hand
iIW tel me you won't bail me out -
,,o uon III tell why you paid me- you
thoW. and so do L. If I'm not out of 80
oy night I'll tell why l was DISCHARGED WIZ, WIZ.
you were friendly" why
me note fell to the floor.
ei mao forbidden her to go hail for
s;an,y lie would be terribly angry If ST.
a ~ an, him-and yet. Better have bine
10 ~ 1nan nave him know she had listenad
woman ! @O o! hlm brought to her by the
+bro,,a, ne ulscharged. She could never 1iua
IL iousH mat, the shame of his know;rs w
eaAeh such means to learn what he dis
forgetting the letter at her feet, she sat
down at the desk. She would write Mis-
bundy that bail would be procured Tho
amount, five hundred dollars she would bays
40 trouble IN getting before the banks closed
sbo7l,5 na a., tola her the amount. But how
lawyerI P peopie!
90 absorbed was she in her thoughts tba
ren pet"een her lips, that once again she did
- lUe near refer until he stood in the room,
one looked up guiltily, then her glance fall
IN the note from Bundy just AS PETER a1sa
spled 1t. He reached it first 'o
That is mine" Althea held out her hand.
see 1t IS in Bundy's writing. What can
she have to say to you? She has been told
you will have nothing to do with her-ahso.
lutely nothing. Why should she communicate
with you again? | am going to read this.
even though it is addressed to you"
1ou have no right! Give it to me. TIL
feao you all of it that interests you! Give
IL 10 me-! She attempted to snatch it from
MIN but he held it out Of her reach
is that boy at the door waiting for an
answer" ~ an
Eyes"
reter called Jane and ordered her to send
the boy away. There was no answer
Altnea pleaded, threatened but Peter was
oouuiate' tie would neither give her the
hote nor promise not to read it.
I'll never speak to you again unless YOU
give that to me unread" she finally said.
covering her face with her hands 1T isn't
anything bad-isn't what you think! H.
wont-it! She covered her face with her
hands and burst into violent weeping
Peter was terribly distressed; he had seen
her weep but seldom. Finally he said sternlv.
III give to you on two conditions: that
you swear not to hold any communication
with that woman; that you will leave her
10 me-"
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