San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-10
NORA BA 7 tiles
FOR ANDREWS
L 7 TIERS.
Lily Threatens to Expose
Margaret's Love :
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room she could see that 1t was Inn
ousine-her-of course!
She whispered half aloud: I'm
ready" and flung her head back '.'
neutrality-suspicious. - indifferent
of course she could outwit a mean
Drained old woman.
Andrews wife was no longer in
mourning. She wore a smart seal skin
coat with a girlish black hat trimmed
with white camellias. Her lips were
rouged and her eyebrows darkened.
The makeup gave her a smudgy, ghast-
ly kind of youngness that the sagging
muscles of her neck made grotesque
and pathetic.
She thrust her feet quickly across
the threshold. Nora Lee swung the
door wide.
She said, waspishly: II may enter
today. may I?'
Yes. There is no one here you can
hurt
oh" she swept past Nora Lee
with a stiff gauntliness and sat near
the fireplace. The embers glowed. You
mean TO give up the bonds you didn't
have. do you"
WHOSE BONDS?
what bonds are you speaking
about. Mrs. Stewart"
MY bonds :"
Nora Lee smiled in a puzzled, grac-
| iOus way. Il have no bonds belonging
to you" , c, A., 49,;
minute or I'll have you arrested for
holding stolen property. have the re-
port Of the police department that you
admit having my $4,000"
Nora Lee shook her head. You're
mistaken"
DO you mean to deny that you
cashed a bond nrmbered-let me
sec" She opened her purse and
snapped out a small card, reading
off the number.
why. yes, cashed that bond, but
it was mine. l had a right to cash it.
III have you arrested :"
Il don't think Ill worry about
that. Mrs. Stewart. Because il you
have ne arrested l can prove you're
wrong and then you'll get arrested
for bringing false charges"
CHARGES. THREATS.
you stole those bonds. They belong
to me. l mean TO have them
You'll have TO prove ! stole them.
But ] can prove that they are mine.
They are a clear gift from their own
er."
You dare to stand there and say
my husband gave you those bonds?"
Yes. Andrew owned the bonds and
be gave Them to me-"
Don't you dare call my husband
Andrew You call him Mr.. Stew
art"
Nora Lee touched a finger to her
lips and continued to smile at Mrs.
Stewart. Friends call each other
by their Christian names. Andrew
was a dear friend"
a friend. Your mother was his
mistress
Nora Lee backed to the door, the
blood chilling in her veins, her pose
! failing. She saw the angry, inflamed
woman coming toward her. She said
suddenly: Whatever my mother was,
you are his murderess! Wurderess :"
And what your mother was. shall
proclaim. YOU little hussy you. II
you stand there and give me impudence
I'll slap your face"
Nora Lee flung her head up. Il don't
think you will, Mrs. Stewart. You
try it,
will you hand over those stolen
bonds?7
Il have no stolen bonds"
will you return the $4,000 in
bonds Mr.. Stewart gave you!"
"Oh, I'm not inclined to make
present to you, Mrs. Stewart. Can
you tell me any reason why /
shOuld:7
THE LETTERS.
do you see this? There's the rea.
son why you shall Do you see this:
Again her bag whipped open. This
time it was a large envelope she took
out and tapped it noisily against the
palm Of her hand, a vicious smile
spreading on her thin lips. do you
know what this is? Would you like
70 see the writing? Mr.. Stewards let
ters to his mistress! Shall l have
them published. my dear?7
Nora Lee forgot her Dluu-tOrgol
her pose. She saw Margaret lying
on her bed, the lovely hair falling over
her facc-saw that attitude Of broken
despair the day she found her letters
gone. She saw only that and the flap
ping envelope in the hands Of An
drsw's wife.
She crouched like little wild ami
NAL and made a sudden spring at the
hand and the letters. The next sec
nnd she WIS fLmng hack aeainst the