Nogales international., 1930-05-13
Tenth Instalment
What Happened Before

known as Devll-May-Care because of her adven-
turous, eventful life. In game in which partners
cor the evening are chosen, Lucy is by Tim
Stevens, who has great reputation as successful
icart-5reaker. Lesson is a bit jealous. Tim
Stevens tells Lucy they going aboard his boat,
rae Minerva, and she accedes III order not to be
"a gutter" Asked if she is sorry that he won
hef company, Lucy says she is not and that
evidently Fate has arranged it. Tim thersupon
tsls her stop looking regretfully after Lesson
Aboard Stevens boat, the Minerva, Ste
ens tells Lucy of his love. When she re-
pies with contempt for him, he grows vio-
I!C says he will never let her go from the
Milcrya until she accepts him. To escape
b'il she leaps into the water from her cabin
~ildcw, swimming short distance under
wafer.
Lucy reaches land and meets DIR. Fergus
a1d takes her home. Everyone is worried
abcut ler, and when she meets Stevens he
is frantic, regretful and still ardent in pro-
les1ations of love.
rise a quarter of a. million dollars or go
to jail-"at FIVE o'clock" Lucy goes to
her bank and raises the sum-
Lucy goes to Stevens to help him, but
he refuses to take money from woman
t. whom he is not married. So Lucy
prompty runs away from him, going to
her staunch friend DR.. Fergus Faunce to
tell what she has DONE
Stevens sets out i'll search of Lucy.
Meanwhile, DR.. Faunce and Lucy launch
herself aboard the Minerva, wondering
what happened to DR.. Faunce.
DR.. Faunce is aboard the Minerva also.
Stevens threatens to kill Faunce unless Lucy
sticks to him. To save Faunce she accedes,
but expresses hate for Stevens. A few min
utes later he startles her by saying he
doesn't want her, and never will!
Leeson sees Lucy and i. burst of con-
Gdence tells her of plot against her hus-
band. Certain interests are to break down
where her husband and Faunce are to-
gether, and tells of the plot. Preparations
are made for fight.
Lucy's husband and the man she loves
make common cause against the invaders
and hold the bridges. against the. crooked
sheriff and his gang, backed by Clary, the
copper magnate. Lucy leaves them togeth-
er as she rows back to Mango Key, gets
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She told herself that her desire to
be back on the bridge was due to her
desire for fair play, to her reluctance
to leave any excitement behind her.
But even as she told herself these
things, she realized that she was not
admitting the whole truth. Certain
shy thoughts intruded. E. How mag
nifcent Tim had beenI
How utterly devoid Of fear he was
-. She was awake when he returned,
somewhat after dawn, to the house,
and she descended quietly to the patio,
lest the servants be awakened, to greet
li1n.
He was haggard, mud-stained, a
Stubble of beard was on his chin, but
his spirits were gay. He grinned at
her.
If you'd do all this for man you
hate,-lord! what you'd be capable of
or man you loved, Lucy Devil-May-
Care!" he said to her.
She felt herself blush.
II like fair play" she said.
"Oh, [ know. Don't be worried.
I'll not bother you. Gosh, but I'm
hungry"
"Sit down." she said.
He eyed her curiously, but dropped
into a chair. She went to the kitchen
and turned on the electric stove; she
was back in just ten minutes, bearing
tray on which was steaming coffee
mi a plate of scrambled eggs.
But you don't get it unless you tell
me- everything that happened" she
warned.
"Oh, you saw all the excitement !"
ha laughed. Leaning arrived at five
this morning. He'd brought court off
Gers with them: he presented an order
restraining any one from entering
upon my property until title was ad-
}ndicated. I think the old boy ex-
cge6ed his powers bit, but it doesn't
matter, because C1ary and I came to
N understanding. Clary's a rotten
winner, I'd guess, but he knows how
b lose. Offered to buy me out at my
price. told him was here to stay
20 he offered to effect a combination |
Of his holdings with mine, my crowd |
10 have the majority stock, and we
shook hands on it.
"Only man that wasn't satisfied was
NE marshal. 1 thought he was sheriff, |
but he was smaller fry than that. Yep,
Maddox was pretty sore at what I'd
said, and the men I'd slugged were
angry, so I'm under arrest, out on
Gail, and I'm to be tried this afternoon
~ plead guilty and pay fine; only,
his Maddox chap got my goat, and he
mrg::'t to be removed from his two
pc.:iy Office, so I'll go to court. And
tilat's that"
Tim was up and out of the house,
when at lunch-time, she awoke and
dressed. She was surprised at his
a''ssnce and vaguely hurt.
Luncheon seemed strangely lonely.
She wondered if Tim were with Fer
gus Faunce, and tried to imagine what
had brought these two together in
acnity. Sha couldn't guess. Restless
ncas possessed her.
Ard finally she swallowed her pride.
She tel'rhoned the courthouse and
learned that Tins trial was set for
two O'clock. She drove over to West
Pu;ul 8.2ch, parked her car, entered
the courthouse, was directed TO the
proper roal.1 and joined the crowd
;haf tx oE:6e'i in $de corridor outside