San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-12
|Luella Tells Mary That
Philip May Inherit
Cuban Estate.
CHAPTER Al.

~ was Vic QudluJcSt
thing you could imagine"
said Luella to Mary Forrest
the following morning. "Thc
man was drunk, and he came
below my window about
dawn, throwing up gravel.
Then he finally smashed the
glass with a good-sized
stone, and l can tell you l
was startled"
But what was the idea ?" qucried
her companion. She was glad that No
midnight intruder had appeared out.
side her room. 81 should have been
terrified"
II was. rather, though / did think
in foolish moment that it might be
Philip. Luella gave Mary keen
glance, adding: "One of the servants
i'll the hotel in Havana was telling me
that q dark gentleman in a cloak,
with a description remarkably like
Philip, was singing below your win
dow one evening, and then climbed up
on to your balcony"
Mary caught her breath. Why
should she admit anything to Luella !?
1t wasn't Luella's business, was IL
She would stand her ground.
"Oh, you have been reading too
many novels" she contrived to rejoin
lightly. And then, before Luella could
probe the matter further she added ::
But do tell me more about the bailiff
person. / am frightfully thrilled"
Luella dropped her voice to a whis.
per.
I'm going to get to the bottom o.
his statement. I'm going to find out
exactly what he meant. He isn't
around this morning. expect he's in
bed with bad head" She gave a cool
little laugh. II gather that when Mr..
Jake Timkins takes a drinking bout
IL lasts for several days. He'll be up
and about shortly. and then I'll have
a little private talk with him that
maybe will put the lid on Mrs. James
Andover and the horrid Jerry child"
Mary Forrest appeared startled.
Enjoying her effect, the other girl
continued:
This Timkins person mistook me
for our graceful hostess! He breezily
announced that he didn't see any rea-
son why he should be kept out of his
wife's bedroom. When 1 expostulated
with hint was dawn, you remem-
Der, and he had just smashed my win.
dow,-he coolly informed me that
Mrs. James Andover is the lady he
has married"
but she's a widow" gasped Mary.
Lucia gave a wise little smile that
was q trifle crooked.
But widows do re-marry, don't
they?"
''Yes, Of course, but it can't be so
in this case. II she were really mar
ried to this man, why should she keep
the matter secret? The fact that
little Jerry is the heir wouldn't be
affected at all by the second mar
riage.'
"Ah! wouldn't it? That's where
you're wrong. The affable Mr.. Tim
kins informed me that he, and none
other, is the father of young Jerry
A light dawned on the face of Mary
Forrest.
"T'hen the child doesn't inherit the
property at all! This woman is an
imposter!"
IAN that, my dear" Luella smiled
her cool, superior little smile, but her
eyes were glinting with a new hope, n
new, enchanting plan.
The two girls were sitting in the
lovely garden Of the Spanish farm.
The air was heavy with the scent of
flowers, and delicious languor lay
on everything.
Luella-in a sprigged muslin frocl;
and droopy hat-looked like the rus.
tic beauty Of musical comedy scene.
Mary Forrest was in simple white.
Her soft young face was pale rs she
listened to Luella's news. What might
not this revelation mean to Philip
fTo,a;n.oI n, d.. o.