The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-01-07

kn0cEed?"
ct write in this room Sometime.
Hanley replied "Where have ~
been since we last metz" u
The other mans glance shifted FRO.
his hosts face, then back again GOV
different places" he said CASUALLY g,
have a big undertaking on foot NO.
I hope it will be successfulp'
He suddenly arose. ooh, by the wer
old man." he said, with Door ~
tempt at fraternal cOmradeship IN hi.
voice. Got any glasses for Som
drink. I've some unusually fine stnS
with me-"
Hanley also arose quickly from HI,
chair. Eyes," he answered-"ov..
here" and started for small sida
board, on which, among others. war.
several wine glasses.
Gorder turned out liquor from o
small flash that he took from an inside
pocket Of his coat and filed hs
glasses.
Before we drink" he said. '1aps
talk of the good old days" He laughed
but there was little Of mirth in It.
Hanley frOwned He did not care
especially to have his wife's name used
by this man in his conversation. even
although nothing could be said of her
save that was to her credit
"We both loved the same woman
he began. ''You may not think #
but I loved her as much as yOu-proh
ably more. But she did not want me
for a husband. She wanted you. So
you two were married. About three
months ago-wasn't .tT'
Hanley nodded He was looking az
Gorder sharply.
"She was very beautiful" he con.
tinued. "She was the most beautiful
woman I ever saw"
"Yes," Hanley leaned suddenly for
ward, "yes," he repeated, "as beau.
tiful as that lovely moth over there be-
hind you on the window ledge"
Gorder turned. The moth rested
quietly on the window sill, still with
it's great, beautiful wings outspread in
the soft glow from the big lamp near
Hanley's desk.
"An odd comparison" Gorder re-
marked. 'T am Tot especially inter
ested in moths. ] am more interested
in the great undertaking I am to be
engaged in-tonigntl Let's drink to
it's success"
He raised his glass, and Hsnley did
likewise.
Gorder leaped 10 his feet whipping
out an automatic from his hip pocket
as he did so. Don't move" he said.
Don't move an inch or Til kill you.
When you married the woman want
ed a short time ago I swore to God
1 would get her from you, and tonight
| am going to do it. It is I who will
meet your wife at the station. I will
tell her you were hurt in a hunting
accident today several miles from your
home. where you are being cared for
| I'll take her to a cabin where she
won't be fOund-and she'll stay there
until get tired of her. Then she will
fall asleep just as you are going to do
There was an oriental powder in tina
wine you drank dropped it into tn
glass when you were not LOOKING
and it's tasteless-cOlorless l go
It in Toxic some years ago for a pun
E,~A Of
affair. You won't suffer any-dizz
ness few moments then-gOod-nlght
You've no phone-you're two mile
from the nearest house, and you'll b
dead in three minutes anyway.
have a little make-shift car at the col
ner-try to stop me and TIL plug you
ia! tal I don't want to see yOu die
old friend, you know!" He laughe
and backed from the room with pist'
leveled, and passed out. Hanle,
straining his ears heard, a few mi
ments later, the sound of the motor
and then the car was gone. Intent 0
his story writing he had not heard ii
machine when GOrder arrived
Hanley glanced at the clock sgai
and walked to the door. He openf
the screen and looked out, breathl1
deep of the scent of the jessamine,
There is nothing I can do" he sa
softly ia hirAself 81 was always su
picious of him, more so tonight thi
ever-he spoke of a dizziness I'd
came fOr-fOr a few moments. W
. he have time, wonder, to realize IN
l changed those glasses when
turned to look at the mOth?'