The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-20
CHAPTER FORTY Continued

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He smiled at her.
you're becoming quite a nurse!'
Yes I guess it is time for me to go
upstairs now. Dinners at seven ]
suppose?"
Tony said that she supposed it
was. Arthur knight arose and went
up the stairway.
When at $50 he reappeared In
the living room Tony did not hear
him enter. All in sparkling white,
she was intent before the radio dials,
tuning in on hotel orchestra s
Syncopation.
The crash of brass and trumpet
filed the room.
Knight crossed the room, placed a
hand on the girls shoulders and
she whirled about.
Hasn't Judith come in yet?" he
asked
Tony shook her head innocently.
ST haven't seen her. she said.
''Wait-I'll ask Harriet"
Arthur Knight shut off the rau-
cous aerial din, and waited.
Harriet says she hasn't seen her, y
Tony reported. "She said Mrs.
Wheeler was looking for her but she
hasn't come In YETI
That's strange. Judith didn't say
anything at noon about going out
anywhere, did she?"
Petulant little lines formed on the
girls brow.
did she2" she repeated. mo.
can't seem to remember anything.
It's strange, isn't it?'
Knight rang a bell for the maid.
''Will you go upstairs" he said to
Harriet when she appeared, and
see if Mrs. Knight is in her room2"
Yes, SIR
HIVE minutes later he was in
L formed that Mrs. Knight was
not upstairs.
"She didn't go into town, either,
Mr.. Knight-that is. not with the
car. Bert's been working out in the
garage all afternoon"
st see. Thank you. Harriet. I
imagine Mrs. Knight will be here
soon"
Seven o'clock came, but Judith
did not appear Dinner was kept
waiting and Arthur Knight paced
back and forth, back and forth
through the living room and hall.
Tony had found this was no time
To hear her favorite radio musicians.
She sat upon a window seat, peering
out into the shadowy street. Tony's
concern over her stepmother'S dis
appearance was perfectly simulated.
At 1880 Knight was worried.
Perhaps there's been an acct
dent!" he appealed to Tony. IF she
went into town she must have taken
a train. Judith wouldn't have for
gotten all about time this way. I'm
going to telephone"
It was then, as he hurried through
the hallway that his eve caught
sight of the envelope. 1t was adj
dressed in JuGithS writing
The folded sheet was spread before
him in an instant Arthur Knight
read:
Dear Arthur:
Something has happened very
Unexpectedly which is taking me
away for a short time"
After the man had read it al
through twice he stood staring
through the window. This letter,
he was trying to convince himself,
meant that Judith had gone!
Tony. watching secretly, grew ner-
vouS Why. it must have been ten
minutes he had been standing there
with his back toward her! She
went into the hall.
Daddy, what's happened? Is
anything the matter?" she asked
slipping one hand under his arm.
Knight turned. He eyed the girl
as though he did not know what she
said,
What is 1t, Daddy?" Tony begged.
Read It." he said. handing her
the letter.
"But-why. how strangel What
in the world does it mean?" the girl
demanded.
at means I've lost her"
Knights face. thin from illness,
looked drawn and careworn. His
restless, burning eyes sought Tony'S
in misery.
"Judith'S gone" he continued in
that still, oddly unnatural tone. ut
means she won't come back"
HIS glance circled the room
sharply. Suddenly Arthur knight
caught up a hat and overcoat, and
swung out Of the house into the
might.