Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-25
Continued From Yesterdays STAR
CHAPTER Y.

~ N a gloomy morning In Deem
Der the wicket gate of Hollo-
way prison opened and a slim
~ girl. in an old brown velour
coat, came out, and, looking
neither to left nor right. passed through
the waiting friends of prisoners to be
released, walked quietly up the Holloway
road toward Camden Town. Crossing
the road, she boarded street car, and
at that moment Dick Shannon's long
machine swept past. and she did not see
1t. He arrived three minutes too late
to intercept her.
She had a few shillings left as the re-
suit of her years work, and. getting
down at the tram terminus, she went
along the Euston road till she came to
small restaurant.
The face was a little finer drawn. the
eyes graver. but it was the old Audrey
who ordered eXtravagant portions OF
deviled kidney and eggs. For nine
months the prison routine had ground
her soul; for ~ hours a week she had
associated with the debased dregs OF
the underworld, and had neither gone
down to their level nor experienced
any sense of Unreasonable superiority
There were bitter nights when the black
treachery to which she had been sub
jected overwhelmed her, and she closed
her eyes to shut out the hideous reali-
ties--nights of torture, when the under
standing Of her own ruin had driven
her to the verge Of madness.
Yet it did not seem unnatural that
Dora had acted so. 1t was almost a
Dora-like thing to have done. consonant
with all that she knew and all that she
had heard of the girl. A horrible thought
to Audrey land this alone saddeneC
herr was that the qualities in her sister
were those which had been peculiarly
noticeable in her mother. With half
checked sigh, she rose, and, taking hei
bill, paid it at the cashiers little box
Where should she go now? To Dora
she decided She must be absolutely
sure that she had not wholly misjudgec
her. She could not go in the daytime
1t would not be fair to Dora. She
passed the rest of the morning looking
for lodgings. finding them at last in a
top back room in Gray's Inn road. Here
she rested through the afternoon
Strengthened the rags of her future
When dark came she made her way to
Curzon street.
The servant who opened the door tc
her was the same girl who had beer
there on her first visit.
What do you want?" she asked
tartly.
Il want to see Mrs. Elton" sale
Audrey
well, you can't" said the girl, and
tried to shut the door.
But Audrey's nine months Of manua
work had had results. Without ar
effort she pushed the door open and
stepped in.
Go up and tell your mistress I an
here" she said.
The girl few upstairs and Audrey
without hesitation, followed her. A.
she walked behind the servant into the
drawing room she heard her sister say
How dare she come here?"
She was In evening dress, looking
particularly lovely, her fair hair shining
like FURNISHED gold. She stared at tho
girl as If she were q ghost and her eyes
narrowed.
How dare you force your way into
this house?" she demanded.
Send away your servant" sale
Audrey quietly.
When the servant had gone and Au.
drey had made sure that she was not
listening on the landing she walked
across to Dora. her hands behind her
II want you to say Thank you" shs
said simply. Il did a mad, foolish
thing. because felt that I wanted Il
repay mother for anything that owet
her and which had not already paid.
II don't know what you're talking
about" said Dora, flushing.