San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-27

with cold: "Well?"
IL have come on business with
your mother. Miss Meadows"
my mother is very ILL.,"
"This is important. / must see
her.
mo one can sec her."
Lily pinched the fingers of her stiff,
black gloves, her abnormally thin
mouth twisting. She was much taller
than Nora Lee, and making sudden
move put her foot across the thresh-
hold. Tell your mother that AIN
here. She will see me-"
LILY THREATENS
"No-she can see no one! No one
at all" .-s
do you mean to keep me stand
ing at the door like a beggar? 1t
will pay you to hear what / have
to say"
"You will have to talk to me, then
you will indeed"
"Tell your mother that l have come
for my property. She had better sur.
render it at once"
The excited blood flashed to Nora
Lees checks: "Your property? What
property"
GO up to your mother and. tell
her / have come for my $4,000 in
Liberty bonds. Tell her they belong
to me and / mean to have them"
Nora Lee stared at Andrews wife /;
at the livid stains like red polish on
the high bones under her eyes. Your
$4,000 in Liberty Bonds? What do
you mean?'
"Your mother will know"
II attend to all my mothers bust
ness all of it. We have no
bonds of yours. I don't know what
you are talking about"
Il am talking about the bonds my
husband brought here Gu the day
that he was killed."
Lily pressed close saying, this,
Nora Lee looked into the ugly hun
ger marring her face as a scar. Her
breath fumed with its frightened inner
elamor for the woman appeared to her
suddenly dcformed and vicious-a
murdercss. She had sent Andrew to
his death and now she had come to
crush the life from Margaret's body.
CLASH OF WILLS.
She had come to demand the
bonds. Then Margaret would re-
turn to the Butte Valley. She would
so up there to teach and to die.
A sob tore at Nora Lees heart.
Her mother would 90 up there and
she would die. This white, furious
old woman would do this thing to
them. She would stamp out the
warmth and peace from Margarets
life as she had stamped out its beauty.
A blaze of love vent firing through
Nora Lees veins. She would stand
there a wall of angry flame, dcfyins
this woman's challenge. She would
not give up the bonds !
She said softly, wild with fear lest
Margaret might enter the room -
desperate lest her brain would in
moment suffocate her with its storm
ing heart she said softly: "You
must be mistaken. He did not give
us any bonds he did not give us
anything at all. Why should he!
My mother has never been in need.
She has plenty"
Lily pulled off her gloves. Moist
ure dotted her claylike skin; her
mouth grew extraordinarily wide and
thin Tipped. perhaps you will tell
me next she never took my husbands
Lowell"
Nora Lee pushed the door. II
showed against Lily's foot. At that
moment Nellie Roscbrun in the
house opposite came down the steps
and went into her garden. She glanced
and nodded at Nora Lee. The girl was
suddenly aroused to the shrill voice
sending its accusations across the mar
row street.
She said hotly: "You can not
stand here and make charges! We
have no money of yours-no bonds
of yours!"
you have the bonds! They are in
this room! That is why you are keep
ing me out. But l shall enter!'
"If you are sure, you will have to
get search warrant. You will find
nothing and | will have you arrested
for disturbing the peace. You are
menaeing my mothers life. / tell you,
she is desperately i'll. You are utterly
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