Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1929-12-14
Eighth Instalment
What Hspe,nsd Before

yum AuSS"AWS"
wh.s Hspwn.d Before
A, q patty 10 Palm BsssA gwen BY n, Soopa
ciary, Lss,ea. attorney, nssss Loey nnsn'
,urou,, ey.n,sc nfs In yrns In which Partnsr'
fOr tbs evsnips are shossn. Lsy 10 won y iiT
Stevens. who las srsst rspessnon ~ seies:nai
he,rt breakss Lesson 10 Bit jssicu i'm
Steyeas tells Lssy tbsy are rainy seesrs Z" pa,
the Missrvs, and aha seesSss In efdsf oos 70 %
"a GUTTER" Ashsd IL ,hs 10 sorry tnas d
comn..,. L,ey ny, ,hs 10 not ssd that
syidrntiy Psss hs arranged 10. Tim tssrssPon
eel. her TO SOP looking rsresfaily alter Le'seA'
Aboard Stevens host, the Minerva, Ste
yeps tells Luoy of his love. When soe re-
plcs with contempt for him, be grows NO
ientiy aucry and she becomes sfraid OF MIN
He saws be Will never let her go from inc
Minerva until she accepts him 10 escaRs
him, she Leaps into the water from her eaeI
window, swimming short distance unNe'
water,
Ipcv reached land and meets DR.. Fergus
F,,,aS, on an island. He takes care OF her
and likes BE- home Everyone is worried
Amor, brr, add when she meets Stevens ne
Is sf,u;ic, regretful AMI still ardent IN pro-
tessa,uus Of love.
Te,son informs Lucy that Stevens must
raise q quarter Of million dollars or go
10 j-i.-"at Ave o'clock. Lucy goes u
her tank and raises the sum.
Lacy goes to Stevens to. help hira, ou,
he refuses to take money IRON q w9fnan
a. vI mn, he is no, married So Lucy
rnarr.cs this man that she hates, ana
nro,rpN runs away iron AiiA, soiaS 20
her s,arnch friend u. Fergr' Fa'lnee -
te. what she has done -,
Seen. sets out in search OF Lucy
Me lie, DR.. Faunee and Lucy !auh 81.
a re., hra,. hurricane wrecks taem e. On
I, er arss uip. Lucy is saved, ana me-
r. 80 aboard tie Minerva, wondering
Nj Happened 10 DR.. Faurce.
dr. Faunce is aboard the Minerva aiso'
Sens threatens 10 kill Faunee unless Lucy
e. Ks 20 him. To save Faunce she access
b.. expresses hate for Stevens; ~ rev nv =.
ute later ne startles hef by saying NC
S..sr't want her, and never VIII
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
And once they had been reduced to
words they became something at whicn
one might look, which one could
study. And observation and study
tod her that those motives We're
things that could not be carried OUT
irto deeds.
She knew now that had not tre
storm lifted her from the arms o1
Faunce into the cabin OF the Mmerv0gc
She would have returned, herself,
within ,wenty-four hours, to wherever
land might be. For she would
allied. without Steven anaiy-
,a- intent that in iniur,ng him
:ev;tably do disl1nor to
.lc mere picture Of Dis
.i .ublic scandal would
evoke. but that real dishonor which is
of ones own soul, Revenge must IN
e. ueas t..a s-', iyr revenge IS
i.r.aa III i.scli
- lore tho..- 4 revenge, then,
VS., enter ter head. Rather, she
...' s,hccle TO discover way out
q rs blind alley into which desire
-eyenge had led her. Tim would
,e- divorce her; he would not permit
b.. 10 divorce him. But there must
g.. sc-le way out. Also, there must be
s-e answer to this puzzle created by
Ii.s sudden business energy.
was only one person who
co,at n.ssibly advise her, and that was
= nee. On those occasions,
81 h,. urn to Palm Beach, when
she .d cen Faunce, they had kept
thei- conversation on the safe middle
gins Of inpersonalities. They had
en- d each other, but only as casual
acou.Intances enjoy one another; there
had been none of the soul-revelation
which had characterized their previous
friendship. Well, she would try 20
return to that ground which they had
occr led together before. She didn't
know Just what she wanted from
Faunce, bat whatever it was, he could |
supply it. Wasn't he the kinaest and
wiSeSt man in the world? And didn't |
sac need Kindness and wisdom? Well, |
IT, e.
Icy CAME upon Faunce stretched
h:HJc.ocSjy bs;ore an open fire,-there
was The f5iniest hint of chill i'll the
air,--sInoking his pipe and reading |
from a small volume. He rose at her
CHEEKY hail, took her hand, and led her
to camp-chair.
Us this your islandi Or, rather,
doesn't my husband own IT'D"
He thoughtiully knocked the ashes
from his pipe and slowly re6lled It.
Curiosity, my dear, is sometimes
the beginning of wisdom"
"Just what do you mean by thatf"
she asked;
, Gus. what do you mean by wanting
TO know whether or not your husband
owns Mango Keyi" he countered.
"Oh, Fergus! / have a right to
know! Is he swindling his friendsi
Even my maid has invested all her
savings with himl u he robbing her
and every one else1 want to know"
IF you're worried about your maid,
then worry about me, too"
''You mean to say that you've In
yestcd-FergusP
81 had lease on this island which
could not be Cancelled by a sale. So,
when Stevens put the situation before
me, I rslinquished my lease for Ger
tain amount of stock"
"And that's why you speak kindly
of him. Because business-Oh, Fer
gus! that you should put money be-
fore =. mel
That isn't fair, Lucy. Money means
little to me. | admit, I'm willing to
make some. But putting you second
to anything, save fair play II
haven't. Lucy, | want to talk to YOU"
But she shook her head and rose
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