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Evening star., 1931-12-31

hand, which was the first played:
North, Lenz-SpadeS. g. hearts, 9,
6, 5. 4, 2; diamonds, queen, 5; clubs,
s, 7, S. 3.
West, Culbertson-Spa queen, 8,
7. 6. 5; hearts. jack, 10; diamonds, ace,
jack, g. 4, 3; clubs, ace.
East, Mrs Culbertson-Spade jack;
hearts, ace. king, 3; diamonds, 10, 8,
7, 6; clubs, king, queen, jack, 6.
South, Liggett-SpadeS. ace, king, 10,
q, 3: hearts, queen, z; diamonds, king,
2. clubs. 10. 9. 4. 2.
Mrs. CulbertSon was the dealer and
bid one heart, which my partner over
called with one spade, and Ely prompt
tricks only. for a loss of 200 points,
which we could hardly bemoan, consid-
ering that our opponents could easily
have made game at no trump or at
diamonds.
Wrong Time for Slam Bid.
After losing the first rubber our side
selected the wrong time, unfortunately
for slam bid On the following hand
we bid only three no trump:
NORTH GENz).
SIS 2
H-A u
D-J
CA @ 10 ga
WEST EAST (MRS.
(CULBERTSON). CULBER TSON).
So 10 81 S-J 6
H-K 975 54 H.-l0 6 3
do 2 DIX g 3
CT 2 C.-K 5
SOUTH G1GGETD.
S.-A K 9 4 3
H-Q 8
D.-A @ 8 6
C-J
Laydown for Six No Trump.
AS can be seen. the heart finesse, as
we'll as the diamond finesSe, worked, and
it was a lay-doWn for six no trump.
immediately afterward the following
hand was dealt:
NORTH LENZ).
S.-A IS
H-A A
D.-J 10 8
C-8 7 p
WEST EAST MRS.
(CULBERTSON). CULBER TsON.
S-4 SIX
H.-8 7 H-10 9
D.-A @ 9753 DIX 8 4 2
CO 10 9 4 C,-J
SOUTH DIGGETT).
So 10 9
H-K @ J63
D.-None
Clubs-A K S
Our opponents passed throughout.
Liggett opened the bidding with one
spade and when I raised him to two
spades he Immediately went to six
spades His bid was far from being a
bad gamble. although it could hardly
be called conservative. He knew, Of
course, from my raise that I must have
the ace of king of spades, besides an
other ace.
If the outside ace was in hearts, that
would make the heart suit solid. If I
held the ace of diamonds he could
throw off his losing club on it.
Therefore, everything for the success
Of the contract depended on my holding
the ace of spades and making the spade
finesse. With the king Of spades in West
hand the slam could have been made,
pTOVlQeQ GNe KING were nOI projected
three times. In spite of this lost op-
portunity, we won the second rubber.
Ely Over Conservative.
Ely Culbertson suddenly became
over-conservative on the following
hand:
LEM (NORTH.
S.-6
H-Q 9
D-J 6 5
C-K 8 4 80
CULBERTSON MRS. CULBERT-
(WEST. SON CEAST.
S.-A 875 So 10
H.-8 2 H-A K 10 8
D.-A K - Do 7 2
C.-J 9 CA 10
LIGGETT (sOUTH.
S.-J 90
HI 5 3
Do 90
COTS
My partner was the dealer and
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So 6
D.-K Q 10
C.-J 8
CULBERTsoN MRS. CULBERTsON
WEST. east DEALER.
SAX J1o 8 ST
H-10 7 Hi K
n D-A J
ca @ 10 6 C.-K 9 7 4 3 2
LIGGETT (soUTH.
rs 6 1 81
D.-8 6 3
C.-None.
The bidding: East one club; South
pass: West two spades; North pass;
East three hearts South pass; West
three spades North pass; East tnree
no trump; South pass: West six cluos;
all pass. Liggett led the three OF dla-
monds. Mrs Culbertson took all the
tricks.
Executes Squeeze Play.
The squeeze play was on hand 713, as
follows:
LEM (NORTH.
SIX @ 10 %
H-10 8 7
DIX
C-865
cULBERTsoN MRS.
(WEsT. CULBERTsON
DEALER. (EAST).
S-A S-J b 5
H-Q j IA K
D-A 5 D-J
CO 1898 C-K 7
LIGGETT (sOUTH.
S-875
H-9 6
Do 107 30
CA J
The bidding: West, one no trump;
north. pass; east, two hearts; south,
pass; west three hearts; north, pass;
east. four hearts; all pass.
Early this morning at friendly con-
ference between Lenz and Culbertson
it was decided not to have q session
Saturday afternoon, as originally plan
ned There will be four more sessions,
Monday, Tuesday Thursday and Fri
day nights.
Evening star., 1931-12-31

WEST. (EAST.
S. SIX 7 "a
H-8 H-10 9 5
D.-A 9753 DIX s "A
CO 1904 C.-J 6
LIGGETT CsOUTH.
So ] 10 9
H-K @ J s
D.-None
ca K 5
The contract was set one trick
through perfect discarding by the de-
fense.
Every good bridge player early learns
that the most important thing about
illnesses is to learn to avoid them. The
PLAYER who takes unnecessary flnesse
usually loses, and rightly SO.
Shocks Kibitzers.
However. on hand No. 696, the first
hand NJ the 1l7th rubber, shocked the
honorable referee and all the kibitzers
with ewes glued to the apertures in the
scren, by taking flnesse, apparently
unnecessarily, because needed another
entry into the dummy in order to play
through the doubler.
The hand was;
LEM (NORTH.
So ss742
H-9
D-9
CO 83
C1u,gERTSON. MRS. CULBERT-
(WEST). SON (EAST).
SIX 10 S-A J 3
H.-10 8 hi
do 6 IN
CA 10 C.-h
IIGGETT (sOUTH.
IA Q75
D.-A @ 43
CT S
The bidding:
SOUTH. WEST. NORTH EAST.
Pas, 1no trump Pass 2 no trump
pass 3no trump Pass Pass
Double pass Pass Pass
NV three no trump rebid was some
what shaded, but was justified because
I held three hearts, the suit bid by my
partner In the play, I was able to read
the nrecise distribution of the south
hand due to the double end the open
inc lead of the spade seven, which
Thought To be fourth best. In order TO
plav through the doubling hand, after
losing to the diamond queen, messed
the SPADE jack. 4though holding In my
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-11
Edgren Blocks
Johnson Bout

OAKLAND, June II. U.P)-A
scheduled three round boxing exhi-
bition between Jack johnson, for
mer heavyweight champion, and
Jose Santa, Portuguese ring giant,
was barred today by the state athle-
tic commission.
Commissioner Robert Edgren said
the board felt it would be a crying
shame to send Johnson, a 53-year-
old man, against young oppo-
nent."
I'VE gave Johnson an exhibition
permit on the understanding that
he was to go in with the right kind
of sparring partners" Edgren said
I I'VE won't let him be matched with
young men who might like to make
, a reputation by knocking him out.
! The title he once held should pro-
i tect him against that"
Santa, who claimed a record of
80 consecutive victories. lost his first
local bout Monday when he was de-
cisioned by Hans Birkie, Oakland
| German.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-11
Laundrymen Take
Bitter Medicine

Mixing a potent potion of hits
and runs, the Shirer Drug company
baseball squad last night admins
tered it in large doses to the Valley
Laundry club to win. 25 to 8, in a
victory that snapped long losing
streak.
When II druggists crossed the
home plate in the third inning, the
contest was practically settled.
Shirer stick swingers accumulated
26 hits.
Kleagle, Smith and Post led the
winners at the plate, getting more
than half their teams hits. Swan
berger and Smith drove out a home
run each. Pop Daniels starred for
the Laundry, with four hits.
The I. V. Hardware team gets an
other chance tonight to climb step
nearer the top in a game with the
Mack and Mack squad, after losing
close contest last week. The
Hardware players are favoriteS.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-11
English Letters
Arouse Suspicion

When a letter was received at the
FL Centre Chamber of Commerce
from London, England, requesting
information and literature on I'M
perial Valley, Robert Hays, manager
of the chamber, felt flattered that
Ell Centre was becoming so well
known. His civic pride met with a
fall. however, when he noted in I'M
perial Valley newspapers that the
Calexico chamber of commerce and
the Westmorland chamber of COM
merce had received similar requests
from the same person. When let
ter was forwarded to the FL Centro
Chamber yesterday from Dixieland.
with the same address in London
as the letters the other chambers
had received, Hays became suspici-
Gus that it was not the fact that
the cities of Imperial Valley were
so we'll known that was causing
these letters from England, but the
fact that the Chocolate Mountains
we're becoming matter OF interna-
tional interest.
The letters from England request
ed that duplicate literature and in
formation be sent to an address in
Illinois, the center of several out
breaks in activities connected with
Chocolate Mountain fraudulent land
sales in the past few years. Hays is
endeavoring to find what the inter-
est of these persons is in Imperial
Valley literature and whether they
are bona-fide prospects for Impe-
rial Valley farm land or are at
tempting to secure quantities of I'M
perial Valley literature to use in
selling arid, desert land as is the
person in Kansas City, on whom the
Better Business Bureau of Los An
geles is checking at the present time
because of suspicious aroused
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-11
TRADE RUMORS
CIRCULATE in
MAJOR LEAGUES
BY LEO II. PETERSEN
United Press Staff Correspondent

/
NEW YORK, June Il. U.n)-
With the trading deadline only foul
days away, rumors of trades be.
tween major league clubs were fly
I ing thick and fast today.
New Yorks two teams, the ST
Louis Cardinals. Brooklyn, Cincin-
natl and Washington were the
clubs figured prominent in the last
minute trade talks. Any will have
to be engineered before midnight
June Is, the deadline.
Manager Joe Mccarthy of the
Yankees is making no secret of his
search for pitchers. 1t was reported
the New York club was dickering
with Washington yesterday, offering
TO send Tony 1azzeri to the Sena-
tors in exchange for Bump Hadley
and Jackie Hays.
The Giants and Brooklyn are
after Red Lucas, star pitcher of the
Cincinnati Reds. Brooklyn also is
after an outfieldNr who hits right
handed The Robins are said to
have offered the Cardinals Johnny
Frederick for Taylor Douthit. Both
are centerfielders. but Frederick Is
a eft-handed hitter. while Douthit
swings from the right side.
One of the players Washington
received in last minute trade with
the Browns last year-Manush-
figured prominently in the Sena-
tors 9 to victory over Cleveland
yesterday Manush got three of the
10 hits Washington collected of
Hudlin and Shoffner. The victory
was the fifth in row for the Sem
ators and enabled them to creep
within four and one-haf games OF
the Philadelphia Athletics, Ameri-
can League pace settlers.
The contested schedule between
Chicago and New York, Detroit and
Boston and st. Louis and Philadel-
phia was postponed because Of rain.
Although defeated l3 TO by Bos-
ton, the st. Louis Cardinals retained
their four and half game margin
in the National League as the Sec
ond place New York Giants lost to
Pittsburgh, 5 to /.
The Braves pounded Derringer,
Lindsey and kaufman for 10 hits,
while Zachary held the Cardinals in
check until the ninth inning, when
ne was replaced by Cantwell.
French held the Giants to three
scattered hits and would have
scored a shutout except for Gran
thams error. The Pirates collected
10 hits off four Giant hurlers.
The Chicago Cubs advanced to q
tie with the Giants for second place
/ by shutting out Philadelphia, to 0
Root held the Phillies to four hits
Collins held the Cubs scoreleSs un-
til the seventh inning when he was
replaced by Stoner after he had
permitted two runs. Chicago scored
its third tally off Stoner before the
side was retired
Cincinnati continued its winning
ways and trimmed the Brooklyn,
Robins, 10 to 8. Rixey held tht
Robins in hand while the Red;
clouted Phelps and Moore for L
hits.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-11
Lewis Defeats
DR.. Sarpolis

LOS ANGELES, June II. W,P)-
Ed Stranger" Lewis, claimant OF
the worlds heavyweight wrestling
championship, was declared victor
over DR.. Karl Sarpolis, of Cleve-
land, in their bout here last night
when Sarpolis fell through the
ropes and was unable to continue
the match.
After Lewis had taken the first
fall in 40 minutes with a deadlock,
Sarpolis tried a flying tackle and
went out of the ring head first.
The bout between Everett Mar
shall. of Denver, and Able Coleman,
of New York, was called draw
after they had wrestled an hour
without a fall.
Sol Schlagel, of Kansas, defeated
Ted Oswald, of oregon, with body
lock in six minutes and 80 seconds.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-11
FIGHTS And NOT
FANCY NAMES ON
FRIDAYS CARD

Thirty rounds Of what looks like
real fighting. is the dish dug uI
by Sergeant Harry Woodbury. ioi
the bows and girls at the boxing
arena tomorrow night.
The sergeant remarked this morn
ing that maybe the card woulon
60 SO big in New York or Los An
geles. where they so long on boxers
names but short on real fights
though down here where the fans
wants real fights it ought to go over
big.
Teddy Palacios can fight. The
fans have seen him enough times
as a lightweight to know that he
can. AS a welterweight he is said
10 be even better than formerly and
with a tough hombre like Joe Con-
treras in the ring, the battle should
be good enough for any ring.
Battling Paul can fight and so
can Joe Ruiz. Fans had a chance
to see three rounds of what they can
do last week when their scrap end
ed in an accidental foul. This
weeks battle is a rematch under
the commission rules governing
fouls.
Andy Armstrong can fight. He
always could. even since he was
trying to beat the Knockout Jinx
Of Kid Milo. Since he discovered
a punch, he is a real tough man.
And he will have to be tough to
get by Frankie West, who is booked
for SIX rounds wIh him tomorrow
night.
Vincent Solano can fight. He and
Sal Romero put on a great one two
weeks ago. It was a three round
bob-tailed affair on the Legion ben
eft card. with Solano taking
questionable decision. Romero is
hoping to show tomorrow night just
how wrong the decision was. They
are booked for six rounds.
Louie Garcia can fight. II e
proved it last week by coming be-
hind in thief inal round to beat Pc
lino Kilat. Kilat doesn't think that
Garcia won so they are going to
try it over again in tomorrow
nights opener.
There are five fights, 80 rounds,
that many club in this state
would like to be able TO offer to its
patrons.
The Garcia-K -Kilat bout will be
called at 9 o'clock. Ladies with es-
corts will be admitted to the arena
without charge and the summer
schedule Of prices will prevail.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-11
Husky Oarsmen
Arrive In East

POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y, June H..
U.P)-The University of Washing
tons powerful varsity crew, victor
over California this season, was
scheduled to take its first workout
on the Hudson today in preparation
for the annual Poughkeepsie regat-
Ia June 16.
The Washington oarsmen arrived
last night. They were the last Of
the nine varsity crews entered in
the race to arrive.
Five shells were sent over the reg
ular four mile course against time
yesterday, with Cornell and Colurn-
bia, two undefeated crews, turning
in the best time. Cornell, 1890
champions, was clicked in l9:59.8,
while Columbia's unofficial time
was 1884. Both crews worked
smoothly and did not exceed a
stroke beat of more than "a.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-11
Pacific Coast
League Scores
By UNITED PRESS

The deadlock between the Port
land Beavers and the Mission Reds
and the misfortunes Of the Oakland
Oaks continued to feature the Coast
league contest today.
Fighting to break a virtual tie for
second place, neither the Ducks nor
the Missions was able to gain foot
hold because they both lost. Con-
tinuous victories had previously kept
them abreast of each other, and
they can be separated only if one
wins while the other loses.
The league-leading Hollywood
Stars eyened their series with the
Beavers by trimming the northern
ers. TO 3. The Stars first string
hurler, Frank Shellenback, won his
own game by clouting homer in
the fourth. In the previous inning
his teammate Hill connected for a
circuit dash that scored two runs
ahead of him.
The Reds got five hits off Tony
Freitas but could not save them
selves from a shutout, 2 TO 0, at
the hands of the Sacramento Sena-
tors. The Solons made the most of
their four hits.
The Acorns continued their long
losing streak by dropping another to
the Los Angeles Angels, 3 to /.
Although they outhit the Angels,
7 TO 5, the Oaks committed three
errors that contributed 70 the de-
feat.
The rising Seattle Indians took a
firm hold on fifth place by downing
the San Francisco Seals, 6 10 3,
sending the losers to sixth.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-11
Chandler Picked
To Retain Title

BERKELEY, Cal, June II. up
Edward Bud" Chandler, state sin
giles tennis champion, entered the
seni-final round Of the California
tournament today, a favorite TO re-
tain his crown by reason Of vic
tory over Lester Stoefen Of Pasa-
dena.
Within three points of defeat in
the quarter final, Chandler rallied
to defeat Stoefen, 3-6, 6-3. 7-5 The
Pasadenan was going strongly when
he suddenly lost confidence and
double faulted. Chandler race
through the next three games Of
the final set to win the match.
Cranston Holman also entered
the semi-finals by defeating Jack
Tidball in straight sets e-3, 6-3.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-11
CROP ROTATION
WAS ADVOCATED
BY WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON, June IL. U.H-
Ample evidence that George WASH
ington, through all his troubles as
commander-in-chi of the CONT
mental Army in the Revolution and
his administrative duties after
wards with the newborn republic.
remained at heart a farmer is ex-
isting throughout the numerous
diaries which the FIRST President
filled from early youth to his final
days.
The diaries indicate that WASH
ington not only was large land
owning farmer in his native Vir-
ginia. but was one of the most pro-
gressive agriculturists in the coun-
try at that time.
An advocate of crop rotation.
Washington imported new fruit
trees and vines and even rare trees
for the Identification of the grounds
about his estate.
He tried alfalfa. then known as
Lucerne; he also tried Siberian and
South African wheat in order to
find If the ground of Virginia would
accommodate them and found that
the grain imported for him from
the region around Cape OF Good
Hope. was very successful. WASH
ington even carried his farming in
to the inventive stage and develop
ed the famous barrel plow" CON-
bined plow, drill and harrow.
His agricultural work often was
ftaf fnf saH Ei
country. but he always returned to
his farm lands.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-11
PILES GO QUICK

90 Quick - No CuftIng-No SaIves
It takes only one bottle of DR..
j. S. Leonhard's prescription -
HEM end itching, bleed
ing protruding piles. This internal
remedy acts quickly even in old,
stubborn cases. HEM-ROID sue
ceeds because it heals and restores
the affected parts and removes
blood congestion in the lower bowel
the cause of piles. Only an inter-
nal medicine can do this, that's why
salves and cutting fail. Clements
Drug Store says HEM-ROID Tab
lets must end your Pile misery or
money back.-Adv.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-11
Home Is Not
Safest Place

HARTFORD, Conn, June IL. U.P)
The dangers of remaining at
home are described in statistical
report Of the Travellers Insurance
Company on personal accidents.
The statistics show more than Al
per cent of the adults injured in
home accidents in 1890 were vic
Tins of falls, II per cent were cut
and six per cent suffered burns.
The familiar Il walked into a door
in the dark" is more than just an
alibi for black eye, for the sur
vey shows seven per cent were hurt
in such collisions.
Figures for five years show one
fifth Of all accident victims have
been injured at home.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-11
SCHNEIDER TO RACE

CHICAGO, June Il. U.P)-Louis
Schneider. winner Of the 500-mile
Indianapolis automobile race, will
compete in two 100-male races on
dirt tracks in the next 10 days. He
is entered in race at Detroit Sun
day, and will return here Sunday.
June 81, to compete in a similar
race at the Roby Speedway.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-11

E. L. Sudderth. a farmer near
Quinault, Washington, has turned
panther hunter, having killed sew
EN- this spring, his first kills. Boun-
" is $40 each.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-11
JOHN DIS NIECE SAFE

WARWICK, r. l., JG;,e IL. U.P)-
A niece of John D. Rockefeller Jr.,
Miss Ruth Aldrich, 19, was reported
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-11
B BASEB ALL
STAN DINGS
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Yesterdays Resu

Yesterdays Results
Washington. 9; Cleveland, 4.
Detroit and Boston, rain.
st. Louis and Philadelphia, rain.
Chicago and New York, rain.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-11
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Yesterdays Result

Boston, Is; st. Louis, 4.
Chicago, 3; Philadelphia, 0.
Pittsburgh, 5; New York, l.
Cincinnati, 10: Brooklyn, 3.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-11
COAST LEAGCE
Yesterdays Results

Yesterdays Results
Hollywood. 4; Portland, 3.
Sacramento, 2; Missions, O.
Los Angeles, 3; Oakland, /.
Seattle. 6; San Francisco, 3.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-11

missing by relatives late last night,
but Warwick police announced to-
day they had been advised the girl
had been locatd and was safe.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-11

through letters received by the Ell
Centre Chamber of Commerce.
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CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE

y
l. Tomorrow will not do. It must
be today Lame, thrashing about
for solution to her difficulties, was
minded to go to Give and show her
cards.
She wanted to say, Shall we
make clean break of it? I think
we'd better. We can't go on this
way"
Lame scarcely knew what held
her back from this move because as
the days passed and Tressa's air of
proprietorship over Give deepened
her agony increased. She said to
herself, This is uncomfortable. Any
thing would be better than this"
But because she had suffered
greatly in the last year, she tenn
porized. She watched and waited,
by turns despairing and then hope
full.
The day Tressa drove into town
with Give Lame endured agonies
of jealousy. The worst of it was
that she had no right to resentment.
Only four months ago, she had
said to Give, "I love some one else. ;"
She had expected sympathy and
understanding. She had not stopped
to wonder how he might be hurt.
1--WE learned a lot about love, 3"
Lame unused sadly It may make
great many mistakes in the fu-
ture, but never the same ones
again"
Muriel came out that day for tea.
She was a gay and bright-eyed
Muriel in a red capped coat and
bright hat which made her look
like robin redbreast himself.
They talked of nothing and of
everything as they slipped their tea.
Lame found Muriel watching her
curiously The other girl blurted
out suddenly, Don't think me a
busy-body, but I must tell you
everybody's talking about the dead
set TresSa Lords making at Give.
People wonder why you have her
in the house. She's been lunching
with him. She even goes to his Of
fee. 1t looks pretty bad. I hate
being a babbler, but you're such an
innocent I thought perhaps you
ought to be told"
Calmly Lame said, cts all right.
1 know all about it," She managed
a smile, but her heart was lead in
her breast.
Muriel shrugged. well, I sup
pose YOU know your own happiness,
but to me that girls a cobra.
wouldn't trust her three minutes
with my boy friend"
"She's our guest" Lame said in
thai same lifeless tone. Nothing
could be wrong"
ooh, my dearl" Muriel gave her
a plying look. Don't be that way!"
You know things happen. You can't
close your eyes to them and pre-
tend they don't exist"
Lame said Thanks for telling
me. I know you mean it in the
friendliest way, but honestly every
thing is all right"
After Muriel had gone she walked
up and down, distraught.
There must be something in all
tbs" she told herself. Perhaps
Give is trying to let me see it.
Perhaps he is just giving me
chance to divorce him."
She tried to shut her eyes to the
possibility, but MurieIs words made
her see the danger anew.
=
A S the dinner hour neared she
L N nerved herself for the ordeal
of facing them both. The plan had
been for Give to drive Tressa home
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Heart qfLiane g s x HtBEa

very low. How dare you talk to
me like this here?"
Tressa's laugh rang out trium-
plant and shrill.
Why not here2" she said. why
not? I belong here more than you
do, and you know it. What's more,
1 shall be here after you've been
forgotten"
Lane was trembling and her
hands were like ice. She was sud-
denly weak, swaying on her feet. All
at once Tressa's manner changed.
With lightning quickness she was
at the other girls side. AS Give
came in she was saying, soothingly
and gently, Here, lean on me.
You're not quite well yet, I'm afraid.
Perhaps you ought to go upstairs. ="
Give, all solicitude, helped Lane
to her room. Sc was so shaken
she did not trust herself to speak
and she knew that he suspected
nothing Of what had transpired.
Long after Give thought her
asleep the girl lay, hands tightly
clinched, hearing below the murmur
Of Tressa's voice, soft and caressng.
She heard the answering rumble of
her husbands tones.
What, Lane wondered in agony,
were they saying?