New Britain herald., 1930-07-01

Alan knew, without the necessity | of referring 10 figures, that it had scared 50 points before the market closed. Its rise had been the out standing market feature of the day.
 Bernadine gasped, when he told her what had happened to it. With out bothering to sum up the gain that would have been hers, had the stock been bought for her, she knew that she had lost tidy little fortune.
 Alan knew it too, but his thoughts went beyond Bernadine's. She ac- cept the loss as hers, but it was q blow she had counted heavily on the money-and her pale, drawn features revealed what it meant to her
 Alan did not accept the loss es hers She should be right and they had bought the wrong stock for her account a stock which al ready had fallen several points since morning - he would make good the loss. And the paper loss as wou.
 Curlous)y, in her lack of fair mindedness, rhillipa had not . thought of this contingency She had realized Alan would repay Der nadine for any actual loss she had suffered. but tha. might not 6e serious. IT was the fact that Bcr- nadine might have made money md was deprived Of the opportunity that had given her so much sat isfaction
 She, too, had watched the stock ticker with growing uneasiness that day She did not want Alan's loss 10 be too great. Dur her realiza- fion of the responsibility she placed npon him had com" after she made the change, and she would not give up her scheme to protect him,
 Well, there was one good thing about it - the more Natalios | "Crime.' tPhllipa smiled over the word) cost Alan, tho less he would feel bound to give hor-if he gave | her anything -Whon a property se,- { 1loment was mad between them. Natalie, Phillipa reasoned. would not dare 70 s,}A for more than Alan i might feel she should have. Not with her "Crininal interference" exposed
 PhilHpa's taca was blank when she handed B-rnadine's letter 70 ] Alan, though only by a great effort ] Of will did z0a keep it so. For she was fairly trembling with sup 1 pressed excitement.
 Bernadine wa0t swiftly 10 Alan's side, ana read the letter with him. Her eyes became blued to the page. 1 when they came upon the suhsti- tntion Phillipa had made, Her 1 vocal expression of amazement ] froze in her throat. She could ! scarcely believe that there. before 1 her, was the name of the stock Alan said ha had hought-there, i in her le.tar,-;n her handwriting,
 You sec. Parnadine," he said. . 5ur'ng the letter into her clutch . ing hand, there it is" He felt . dreadfully sorry for her How in ! heavens nama. could she have made such 8 costly mistake?
 Bernadjnn took the letter 10 the vlndow for better light The par a,yslg induced by surprise was leav- ing her brain. II was beginning 70 work-jt had 10 worh-for she knew that she was indisputahly sane when she wrote that letter. And she had not-she would swear to lt-written in the name that was there,
 Phillira caught her underlip b. tween her teeth and held if sharp 1y Her eyes were ferret-hke al that moment. Happily for her. Alan did not glance at her. being totally ohljviops Of her presence.
 She saw before her, almost within her reach now, the quarry sna wanted 10 crush. All the cool alooe- . ness, all the immaculate beauty all he superiority of breeding and cul- t0re that Were Nataies would soon b. dragged in the dust
 She was like q jungle cat on ,hc limb of 2 jungle-shrouded tree. ready 70 bounce uQon her prev She had wanted Alan before flor his ability to make money, and be- 1 cause he had more personal appeal for her than any other man she might have married. but now tho : feeling uppermost in her mind was ore Of hatred for Natalie.
 + was the envy of one on 7 lower plane of life for one on 2 higher. But this Phillipa had nevar admitted 10 herself. She had wanted to take NatalIe's place. ar1 come into the ofifce. dressed in rE-