Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-29

III OLD wise men OF emma Lnere Is
~ this: when a woman discovers
that the man she is going to marry
possesses the secret of her past
she must smile and keep the terror from her
eyes Having for the moment thus disarmed
suspicion let her creep forth when the moon
is hid and steal it from its place. There are
deeds and thoughts in all our lives that
should be flung upon the waters of the Swift
River that join the Open Sea-
At the moment when George Ringwood
picked out an undeveloped roll of film from
his brothers goods and chattelS which had
just arrived and read Pictures OF an angel;
Monte Carlo, 1929" these words of ancient
Chinese philosophy slipped from Ann Riv-
eleys mind so that she left the films in his
hand.
monte Carlo, 1929? The place and the
year of my brothers CHASTITY crash he sad
There is history in this thing. have often
wondered who the woman was in that bad
chapter Of his III take it into the village
and have it developed at once"
She kept the terror from her eyes in the
proper Chinese way, forced a smile and
spoke: II should Or shall save, you the
trouble and take it in MYSELF" Her heart
stopped while she waited for his reply. II,
without arousing suspicion, she could so OBJ
tain the silent witness to her part in that
boys crash there would be no need TO creep
forth when the moon was hid and steal it
from its place Its evidence would be de-
stroyed and her completely wiped out
~OR perhaps it will be better to give it to
him." he said Hes coming home to-
day" He put his arm round the shoulder
of the panic-stricken girl. He had pinned
his faith upon her bosom like bunch of
violets. you win help to put my brother on
his feet He will need us both. He loved
h 1aT16 nad hoaTl
steady when he tried to shoot himself"
Ann shuddered and held her breath. Never
could she forget that moment when the
rumor had been brought to her Of Noel Ring
woods suicide. She had egged him on the
night before and laughed at his being broke.
She had been making circus Of life among
the Gay Young People and had never stopped
to think that he had risked his money for
her But off had gone her FOOLS cap after
that frightful shock and she had left Monte
Carlo in a serious frame of mind. Then
George the man who counted, and who i'm
mediately won her heart. The discovery OF
the roll of films and that days return of Noel
threw the shadow OF disaster over both their
lives
They left that charming cottage in which
Noel was to live and walked through the
gardens to George RingwoOd's house. She
had liked to see the cottage chtmneyS through
the trees. They were menace now.
They were to separate for an hour or two
because George had work to do. Would he
remember her offer to take the films to the
village, he determined to give it TO
Noel? Who could say? She dare not ask
for it She kissed him with fear in her
heart. In terror and despair she re-entered
the garden of the old house hour aft
erward, heard voices and laughter on the
terrace and saw the brothers together, stand
ing arm in arm. A cold shower of cowardice
made her want to turn and bolt But she
was seen by George, who called and waved
his hand. A sweep of physical weakness held
her to her place, but, to her intense sur
prise Noel held out his hand. He played
the part of a stranger, a courteous and In
terested stranger, predisposed to like her for
his brothers sake. She heard almost nothing
that was introduction, congratulations,
the usual conventional things. But she did
hear all too clearly his knifelike cruelty
when they were left together by George.
1T would rather see my brother dead than
married to you," he said.
IF you've grown out of your idiocy do you
suppose that haven't of mine?"
you're going to put up a fght?"
ITO the last ditch" she said.
"All right. But my immediate job Is TO rescue
my brother froLa you Quite simple find. He
has given me the films. shall develop those
snapshots, which show you with me at Monte
Carlo in 1929, and put them in his hand"
Are you going to do that mercileSs thing
without giving me a CHANGER Aren't you going
70 discover what love has done for me2"
"Lcve doesn't liter nature and yours Is canous
and sel9sh as know so well"
Give me today and tomorrow Be as fair as
you would be to q man. III show you that love