The Washington times., 1928-08-04

his bronze had gone, hut otherwise
he seemed none the worse.
Hello, Shir1eyi' ne greeted her.
and they shook hands. a nurse
brought her q chair and left them
alone.
i've been trying 70 think up
something To say to you. Shirley,
but I decided that to say anything
would be- an impertinence.
..In any case 1t tkwould Be I'M
necessary she said, laughing un-
easily. You had arranged every
thing pretty thoroughly, YOU know.
1T was only d question OF being
anlfable to Abramovel and the
men,.
He asked questions about the
camp and for time they discussed
the details of what she had been
doing
There came long pa use
You're getting tired ?., he 81
gested. I'd better buzz off.
Not bitI' he answered Wig
orously. II shall be up and about
in 4. day or two No, 4 was just
thinking : We must arrange
money matters az soon as possible.
Your husbands death may make
complications over the shares. In
any case, don't want the shares
to come into the open market.
They're yours. you know. and III
take them from YOU at a valuation.
Legally. OF course. they're still his,
but we shall be able to work that
somehow" :,
Need We talk about It now?"
II don't think 80. Just leave
II at this. However we work It.
there win be good income Tor
you that will leave you absolutely
.aThank yoli," she said tome
lessIy. she was tongue-tied. I'M
able to say any of the things
she had planned to say.
.Let me know your plans as
soon as you know them your.
SELF. he went on. And il you're
going back to New York, don't
forget to send me your address.
...Of eourse.'' she answered, con-
trolling her voice. I'm going
back at once She got UP. But
ii will be quite a rush and in
case we don't meet again good
"Good.by. shirley" They shook
hands lightly, formally. The best
i;Ick.''
a month later, in cottage on
Cape Cod she received a letter
from Rogers firm in New York.
"Madam-we have received from
Salonika proof of the late Roger
Keiton's death and have to in
form you that by a will exc
cuted on your wedding day you
inherit all property OF the de-
ceased.
1--WE should perhaps add that
the bulk OF the deceased's prop
erty consists OF shares of doubt.
full value in a foreign indus
trial enterprise knowns as Mace
donian Developments. We should
be glad to receive instructions
in due course. We are, yours
faithfully.-Kelton & Rood"
So Roger had been prevented
by death and his own negligence
from perpetrating his last act OF
meanness on Alan, thought Shir-
ley. Roger had left her his prop
erty--ff. indeed, it could be called
his property. Out of that, she
would. OF course, make good the
deficit to the trust fund, and then
she could forever forget Roger.
Forget Alan, too.
She had built a castle OF dreams
out of nothing more substantial
than the delirious rawlings of a
sick man. In his delirium he had
talked nonsense-and part or the
nonsense had been the nonsense
that he loved her.
The sun was sinking when she
went out and climbed to high,
grassy ledge that looked out over
the sea. She dropped into a deep
reverie of her life in Macedonia,
of Alan, SO that it seemed but
part of her dream when she saw
him coming slowly up the wind
ing path toward her.
Are you real?" she asked as ne
stood over her.
"I ahink So" he answered. AT
this moment, for the first time IN
my life-I mean it. The second be-
fore you spoke I still believed 1t to
he the basest thing imaginablesto
come here. Now, l know that
have done we'll to come"
She did not look up at him. he