San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-11
NORA LEE GIVES
UP BONDS FOR
It TIERS .
Heroine Pays Dear Price
to Keep Margaret's
Love Secret.
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venomous and cruel and coward.
Lily Cornish! Or you wouldn't com"
here to cruelty me by saying such
things of poor. dead PERSONA per
son so beautiful that you can't un.
Outstanding anything about her. And
1 won't let you say these things!"
COUNTER CHARGES
Lily's fawning eyes hardened with
menace; her lips a red, thin line
You'll threaten me, will you, you
little hussy! Well. you'll hand over
my property or I'll wipe you in the
gutter. I'm venomous, and I've come
out here to cruelty you, have 1? But
whe crucified me, for the last eight
years? And / an invalid? Your
mother came when lay on my bed
helpless when l was lowering be.
tween life and death she came and
stole my husband. But I'm not cow
ard. I'm the villain in the play !"
Tears stood suddenly in her heated
eyes. They rolled slowly to the
corners of her lips. She gulped, but
didn't wipe them off.
You have my mothers letters. y
"You bet / have them. And I'll
keep them and I'll expose every
word of their shame. That's what
I'll do"
IF you'll give me the letters"
,"Give you the letters? They're
mine! Written by my husband. He
had no call to write them. He had
a wife"
a letter belongs to the person to
whom it is sent. You came into this
house and stole them"
And I've got them! I've got
them"
Give me the letters and I'll give
you the bonds"
You'll give me the bonds or I'll
have you arrested"
DO you mean that you expect me
to give you the bonds and you won't
release my mothers letters"
I'm giving you your choice of
giving me the bonds or going tQI
jail"
III go to the guillotine before I'll
give you those bonds unless you
give up my mothers letters. DO you
think I'll let you have them to-
threaten me all my life? What have
i ever done to injure you? Why do
you want to ruin my life! But you
can't"
LILY ELECTED.
Lily stamped her foot: You dare
to stand there and say you haven't
injured me? You've kept $4,000 for
four months. You profit by my hus-
bands infidelity. It's not enough
that / was neglected and outraged
when he was alive. / was deprived
of the attention and love due to a
wife. Now that he is dead their in.
fanny goes on. You live in luxury
bought with my hearts blood-the
price Of your mothers shame!"
Nora Lee saw the woman's hand.
She wanted the money. She said quiet
ly, How many letters have you of
my mOther's"
Five"
You stole seven"
'NO! There were five"
Il know there were seven. II you
want the bonds give me the seven let
tiers and you can have the money"
Where is it,
Down town"
"Will you drive down this moment
and give it to me?"
Count out those letters TO me
first"
Lily glanced about the room. She
moved toward the piano and ordered,
half crying: "You stand on that side.
Will you try TO grab them? I'll strike
you if you dare" She opened the
purse, keeping her eyes fixed on Nora
Lee.
Nora Lee said: Hold them so that
1 can see the address. Take each one
from the envelope"
The seven letters Andrew wrote to
her mother were there. She went up
and got her hat. She stepped into the
machine of Lii Cornish. And she was
almost hysterical with relief to be near
ing the pitiful mementoes Of her moth
er's tragic love; she was glad to be rid
Of the bonds.
She never stopped to realize the ex-
orbitant price, not in money only, but
in the hopes Of her own young life,
she was now paying to keep sacred and
inviolate Margaret's memory.
Continued Tomorrow