Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-16
lcontinued Prom Yesterday,s star,
CHAPTER Xxx.

CHAPTER Xxx.
JACK CRASHES AT LAST.
</TF you please, ma'am." The but
- Ter almost choked as he ushered
her inside.
She went on up the steps me-
chemically, conscious of the eyes
of the bystanders on the street.
who are they, James?" she asked in
a voice that sounded remote in her own
Newspaper men, Mrs. Jack. oh,
ma am"
His mouth twisted in spasm OF
agony she wouldn't have expected from
this cold servant.
IAN ACCIDENT" she prompted. Mr..
Jack?"
He nodded duly, closing the door
behind her
She stood very still. and when the
butler would have supported her she
shook her head.
us he"
James nodded again.
ut was in a plane, maam. There
there's an officer in there"
He gestured toward the drawing
rooms.
Mrs. Vaneering?" she asked.
"Shes all broken up, ma'am. There's
We've only heard half an hour since. !"
Dagger put a hand up to her throat.
The icy clutch upon her heart was
tighter than ever, but she had no In
clination to cry. This was something
beyond tears. Besides, the Marley
women were used to grief. Often they'd
seen their men brought home, bristling
with Comanche arrows or perforated by
an outlaws six-shooter. 1t had been
hat for
who would have supposed
III go in and speak to him." she
said abruptly. mo, you needn't come,
James. Please find out If Mrs. Vaneer-
ing has all she needs, and don't let the
doctor go without seeing me-"
Outside the portieres, she halted an
instant to compose her face, for her
lips had commenced to work In queer
way she found most disconcerting. Then
she pushed the hangings aside. and
stepped into the dim light OF the big
room. Opposite her a major in the
uniform of the Air Service stood up
with an embarrassed celebrity, his
hawks face wrenched by an expression
I'm Maj. Broderick, Mrs. vaneering, -
| he said hesitantly. IL"
THE butler told me" she said family
"Is he really"
WAS it--immediate?"
Yes" repeated the officer. I'D
gone over to the field with him--he
and Olny were trying out that new
six-motor plane. They had muddy
runway, and somehow the ship turned
a somersault on the takeoff. Smashed
both of them"
was he sober?" she asked DELHI
erately
/
I'm glad of that" she said with
II can't tell you how Look here
can't do something for you? Is there
any che you want me to fetch here?"
mo, thanks" she replied, after a
moments reflection. You might
That is, the arrangements at the
That's all taken care Of" he assured
her.
more, Major"
/ She rose as slowly as she had seated
herself, and he took her arm.
"A woman ought to have done this,
he muttered. do you feel all right?
You aren't going to faint?"
I'm a flyer myself, MAJ. Broderick
| It's iust--well, this is what hyins
means to some"
You're a woman" he said. Tt
you don't mind, III stay-newspapers
and all that"
THANK you," she assented. THAT
would be kind"
Out in the hall James awaited her
"Mrs. Vaneering is quiet, now, Mrs
-" He checked himself visibly----
"Ma'am. The doctor gave her some.
thing. You--you'd best lie down, and
let me send him to you"
Perhaps you had, James" she saic
listiessly. ~
Going up In the lift, she had the on,
refrain running through her mind:
Poor Jack To end like this. AMI
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