The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-05
CHAPTER XLVII

TAPTAIN FARQUAHAR flushed
~ when Jenkins accused him of
seeing too much of a certain mar
ried woman"
Most certainly not" said Jack.
Il happen to be an engaged man
and will be married soon"
"You know, / believe you, Far
quahar. And the very fact that I
do believe you have got me in a
muddle. Do you recall the other
day when we passed girl in a
car and I said she was the prettieSt
woman in New York;"
Surely. She is my fiancee."
Jenkins threw up his hands.
THAT fixes it then. I'm being played
for a sucker by someone"
jenkins leaned towards Jack.
"Farquahar, 1 like you, I think you
are square. Some one is trying to
make a monkey out of you. I'll not
tell you who think it is, but you
will find out seen enough for your
self"
With that jenkins left the table.
Jack finished lunch and followed
him to the lobby only to find that
Jenkins had checked out of the no.
tel only a few moments before.
Jack was puzzled as he went to
his room.
But Herbert was more puzzled
when he read Jenkins reports
shortly afterward. The gist of the
official report was that Jenkins
was mystified over the actions of
Herbert and Farquahar and that he
was washing his hands of the en-
tire affair.
He added that he thought when
he started work that Herbert knew
his own wife by sight.
At home at that very minute,
jenkins said to his wife, what do
you think of that for dumb stunt,
Nellie? This guy showed me a pic
ture of the other birds f1ancee and
said it was his wife that the young
one was after. I'll bet this Ware
guy is trying to steal Farquahar's
girl"
Herbert felt a little stupid of his
part in the affair, and believed that
he had treated Lila pretty roughly.
He went to her room before retiring
and with loving tenderness tried to
make up for his plumbers.
Lila didn't know what to think
of her husbands actions. For so
many days he had been utterly in
different to her, and now he was all
love.
When Herbert had gone to his
own room and Siddons had closed
the house TO rthe night, there was
a knock at Lila's door.
When she opened it, Siddons
stood there with a letter in his
hand, "Mr. Ware dropped this on
the library floor, Madame, and
though perhaps it would interest
you.
1t was the report of the detective
And Lila's blood froze when she
thought of the cloud under which
she had been living the past few
days. She was trying to think of
some way to get rid of Jack before
another detective appeared on the
scene, when the telephone bell
tinkled.
1t was Jack.
MAY i speak to Mrs. Ware?"
Lila was fairly caught. She had
TO say something.
MRS. Ware is not at home. Is
there any message. This is Mrs
Wares maid speaking" said Lila
hurriedly.
will you kindly tell Mrs. Ware
that Captain Farquahar is calling
1t is very important that I speak to
her tonight. Have her call me at
my hotel when she comes in"
He hung up. Persistent beast"
thought Lila. Glow could I ever
have thought I loved him?"
The thought that Jack had found
out something about the Ware ruse
terrified Lila, but she would have
been more frightened if she knew
sgack- was calling Dorothys studio
at that very moment.
DOROTHY had just come in
- from a night club, where she
had heer1 with C5ilrOv Holmes when