Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-24

words of the telephone message were
y Hospital Ear Harbor. Come
at once Your wife
quiet even voice. yes. Your wife
has been brought in. motor accident.
Insensibla at present-concussion OF the nraln
we telephoned at once. Her name was on her
bag end 1 knew that y5u were at Northeast
Harbor because saw y1u there I regret 20
say that MIR. Cardonald is in very CRITICAL
state"
the road "Hospital-cone at once-your
wife :" In the incessant reiteraticn Of
these six CHASTITY words Cardonald found no
,,1ace Cardonald critical state? Why
drag that in? What earthly connection was
there between Judy and this man? For tns
whole of that month he had been, it was true,
at the bathing pool every day, but II was
noticed that he had behaved himself very wen
for once He had made no dead set at any
particular girl, but had spread his undouDted
charm and pleasantry out thin
TO the dinners at his cottage every enc had
gone. and although he had danced many
times with Judy, many Of the other girls had
been his partners. too. In was true that JUDY
had selected him as the butt for her clhan and
made use Of him as the carrier Of her things.
wherever she went there was always such .
man who was only too glad to be appointed 70
the lob With a frank acceptance OF beauty
which she Acknowledged as somewhat oouDs~
full ioy-it carried obligations and require
ments which were often bore-it amused her
on dull days or after exercise to play the classic
part with It went, Of course, the usual small
rewards--the lingering handclasp, the sudden
tender look, all merely traditional with the
beauty role Several times during his year of
marriage Tom had seen these things. They
had been openly performed and jokingly dis
cussed Honesty was Judy's middle name.
rreep6Ad the hard
pushed car, Tom parked 1t little distance
from the building, into which he rushed He
was shown into room about which he moved
in Hg-zags in order that he might dodge the
figure Of fear. He was no moral coward, but
the girl upstairs was the wife with whom he
considered himself to be still on his honey
moon. What was q year in rapidly passing
life?
THE doctor held out his hand she's still
] unconscious" he said. But I've known
cases of conclusion where Inconsistencies has
run into several days and sometimes longer
than that. There are no limbs broken and
can find no signs Of internal injury miracle
to met"
as there any :"
"FIOpe? Yes, yes, of course. She's young
and in splendid condition. We must take great
care that's ALL
The doctors face was a blur 1t was as
though Tom saw it through q window wet
with rain.
"But, Of course, we must keep her, until def
nise convalescence, absolutely ignorant, some
how, of the tragic end Of her 4. friend"
what friend?"
"Cardonald He's dead"
IN the tidal wave Of reaction from the terror
OF Judy's DEATH Cardonalds made only a
dent In Toms mind. Thank God for that good
word hope. when can see her?" he asked.
How long win she be here? Win she be
marked, do you think? Cardonald
dead? I'm sorry. But don't quite see.
mean, did my wife collide with his car or did
he smash up hers?"
The doctor cleared his throat. Sooner or
later you must know the facts" he said, land,
as usual, it falls to me to disclose unpleasant
things"
'Unpleasant?"
"r was careful to use no stronger word than
that"
81 don't understand" said Tom.
"Your wife and Cardonald were in the same
car, sir I can tell you precisely what hap
pened because I have it from the man who
brought them in here. He saw your wife and
Cardonald leave his yacht together, with lug
gage; land, enter the car and with Cardonald
driving turn up into the road"
Coming CT the yacht2" But Judy had said
that she was going into Bar Harbor to dine
and sleep at her aunt's. "Oh, I see. Mrs.
Miller was on the yacht :"
IN 10. They were alone. AS they were turn
" ing the corner a wiIdly-driven car
passed touring bus on the wrong side and
there was head-on crash. must tell you
something more. The brother of one of my