The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-01-18

She had assumed all along that the
papers related to some matter OF bust
ness, and business was something IN
which she took the most tepid interest
But her attention was caught by the
first line her eye fell upon.
Party YVES met at corner of Broad
way and =. :" Why, that was the
drugstore corner where she used to
meet Georgel "by young lady driving
1918 model Archer roadster. license
| number"
1t was the report of a detective
agency upon her and George. from the
twentieth of October. the week of her
fathers return from the Northwest,
TO the fifteenth of November. when
she'd gone North with him again. II
was pretty thorough job Of spying,
she noted; not many of their meetings
had been missed.
The thing was loathsome-this was
what she felt first, before any thought
Of the consequences Of its revelations
had time to form In her mind; loath-
some in the chop-licking, leering nasti-
hcSo VI It's dttituuc, us iiupiSalohs
even its very English, though here an
attempt had been made to give 1t a
businesslike. impersonal cast.
That detectives report had put her
out of conceit with love-made 1t
seem dirty to her. 1t was hard to
realize that 1t was only this afternoon
she had been looking at Mrs. Hender-
sons rooms, pretending to be Georges
wife. But he was her friend, anyhow.
He and Jennie Macarthur were the
two squarest people she knew. So
she couldn't kill herself. She couldn't
even run away without seeing him
first.
At half-past eight or thereabout she
heard her father ring, and on impulse
she forestalled Arson and answered
1t herself She carried the detectives
report along with her, rolled up tight
tor Benefits orders as well as reso-
luton of her own not to see her father
again nor speak to him until he was
WE'LL nor until her own mind was
made up as to what she was going
to do.
"Goodl" he said. crisply, at sight of
her in the doorway. ut was you
wanted to see."
you look better since your nap"
she remarked.
II feel like the devil" he told her;
but my minds cleared up all right
That's why / want to talk to you.
without waiting any longer. Sit
down."
She obeyed him without a word. He
waited a moment longer before he
spoke again. Then, I've got the goods
on you, Trix I know what you've
been up to with this man Burns"
yes, and / know what you've been
up to. too" she countered. 1--WE been
reading this" She tossed the docu-
ment contemptuously upon the bed
His good hand CROPPED for 1t. but
couldn't quite reach it. Its the re-
port of your detectives" she added.
"Where In hi did you get hold of
that?" he asked.
"A man brought 1t to the door while
was at dinner" she told him. HE
wanted a reward for it, and Arson
paid him. The envelop was torn open
and all muddy. 1t fell out of your
pocket. suppose, when you were hit
by that car. The man had read it. of
goodness knows how
many other people. Not that that
matters much-to anybody. l spent |
an hour reading 1t myself. It's pretty
good Gave you what you wanted.
anyhow. And it'll save lot of Sob
stuff between you and me, mean"
She was elated by the knowledge |
that she was hurting him savagely. |
He writhed and then, at the pain this |
cost him. groaned out, ooh, |
God ~
you'd better. lie STILL" she went on,
quietly. I'm going to tell you what
I meant about the soh-stuff. We had |
quite a lot of it the other time, when
George brought me home drunk. All
about how you loved me and were GO
ng to trust me just the same. Jennie
was going to stay here to take care
Of me and be my friend while you
we're away. But the past was going
% be forgotten. II was a clean slate,
you said. suppose you thought she'd
spy on me, anyway. Maybe you told
Ter to- But she didn't Jennie was
me and with you. too.
But when You came back she hadn't
lnything bad to tell you about me.
So, before you'd been home a week
-ou hired detectives-to get the goods
IN me like you said"
He contradicted her here. Il didn't.
didn't put detectives on lou. | put
EN- on that dog of chauffeur I'd
red for getting too familiar with you.
md God knows was right to do It,"
"Oh, yes, you were right" she ad-
litted you thought you'd get me
hat way, and you did. But If you'd
rusted me like you pretended TO. or
wed me one little bit-you wouldn't
ave thought so. That's why say !
re can cut out the sob-stuff"
you stop talking a minute and
STEM" he commanded. Il happen to
ant you to get this straight. Burns '
ave me as a reference when he APP c