New Britain herald., 1928-03-21

of what q real girl and real wife and mother should be. Even when he told Jack she had done wrong he knew he vas the one to blame, not her. And now
 T cant believe it. Tony, By God, l won't believe it." blurted out Jack Stuart suddenly, breaking | silence that had held TOT more than an hour. T gave her cause for though, God knows, but not for any thing like this kind of d deal. She must have gone stark crazy-that's tn only explanation, 1T s1.'s with him.
 Twenty minutes later their car ire" up and stopped in front of the G hotel in W. T. Vas o'clock, and dark. Nit1out a word the two men entered the hotel office and approached the desk. The clerk pushed the big old-fashioned regis ter toward them.
 Two pairs of anxious eyes scanned the page o' registrations for the night before. Tony heard q quick, sharp intake Of breath from The man at his sldc, and at the same instant his own eyes rlimpsed the , signature; Prof r, J. Le Tarte - and wife,
 Tn whelp,' gritted Jack Stuart, and there was q glitter in his gray eyes that boded i'll for Francois I.e . Tarte when the two should meet.
 Some half hour aftcrward, the . two rose from table in the hotel coffee shop. They had decided ,o continue the run to Cleveland that night, Tony would take first trick at the wheel for 'wo-h hour drive.
 What are you coln' r do, Jack ." | he asked his grim -vjsasod brother ln-law, as the lights of W faded in
 their wake. Are you goin' to kill him o"
 He put the question direct.
 straight, with no qulbbllng no beat
 ing about tho bush. He wanted 70
 know the others intentions and con
 sidored it his right 10 know.
 And Jack Stuart told him
 No, he said, without any pre-
 ambe. That would be tn ac, of
 an out and out lunatic. And while
 I'm beginning 10 realize I've been
 playing the part of fool for some
 tune past, I won't agree that I'm crazy yet No, Tony if matters have
 gone as far as that register indi-
 cates, I shall let 'h' law deal with | al +aI-
 care of such cases"
 He paused for a moment. peerinc
 out across the turbulent waters Of , the faintly illuminated Ohio river
 which the highway paralle'ed. II
 was a still, cold night. with 3 cloud less sky a-glitter with stars, and q : new moon. He turned back to his companion behind the wheel. | "Something Mike Sweeney said pointed tn way for mo. Tony" hc went on earnestly. Y want 10 say. ! Jill If l can, from tn consequence: s of her own madness and my foolish ness. If she'll come back 10 me IT r try and make up to her for Wha
 I'm now beginning 10 sec cam < about largely through my own folly } IL was tn cursed money. just a l Jill has been saying for long time l aud tn everlasting chase after pleas : ure-excitamont--t finally cnl
 minated in this disaster.
 = They say it's never too late t' { mend mistakes. God grant it ma, : hold true with us. If Jill will conn ' back I'm goin' ( play q differen
 game than I've been playing. Sine , there's nothing I can do toward th e development of tn orc property Tn !, goin' f try and get that job you [ father had lined up for me--that is
 i, Jill will come back.' 2 Tony Justin was strangely silan :. for long time after hearing hi l brother-in- laws remarkable dec
 iaration and admission. 1t was ohvl . ous that Jack stuart had been doln y some very close introspcctive inves
 tigating. He had been taking q loo o at the inner Jack.
 }. While his personal acquaintance | with the subject was limited, Ton
 had heard that if is only he hi Il man internally who can take himsc g apart in the first place. In the sot y ond place, having taken himse n apart, and viewed the inner work
 only the big man can reassemb i those parts and run straight aftel Y wards. Would Jack be able to reat ilst himself. according 10 plans ar !, specifications? II remained 10 l 0 seen.
 t They reached Cleveland short Ii after noon the following day, al .l drove directly 10 the c ho''