Nogales international., 1932-02-17
Sixth InstaInent

The girl is hurried into an engagement witt
the wealthy Felix. Kent. Her father. Mel
Sandal, surreptiously enters the girls hcms
ONE night. He tells her he used to call hel
Lynda Sandal. The girl is torn by hei
desire to see life in the raw and to become
part of her mothers society. Her fathsS
studies her surroundings.
Lynda visits her. father in bis dingy
quarters. She finds four men playing cardt
when abe arrives. One of them. Jock Ayle
ward, her father tells her, is like son Il
him, but warns the girl he is a triAer.
Lynda pays a. second visit to her father
and Jock takes her home, on the way stop
ping with her at an underworld cabaret
Jock gets into fight with gangster who
insists OF dancing with Lynda. He ther
takes Lynda home. Later she mention.
Felix's name to Jock and Ayleward's face
displays his denoniac hatred Of the million
Jock tells Lynda :tifat Nuakx eadsed him tc
be sent to Jail .unjustiy by fixing up his re
,por' on mine, Lynda says she doesn',
believe his story. She pays another visit tc
and dances with Jock, who suddenly stops
and tells her he is going to take her right
home He had seen Felix dancing with
another woman.
/ NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY.
A few moments later she stood
outside on the pavement with Jock
He hailed taxicab.
At the door of Nick's lodgine
house Jock let her in and in spite
of her repelling gesture, sort of in
stinctive protest against her owr
confused submission, he mounted
with her.
AS Jock turned to- rejoin Nick
Lynda approached him and offered
him her hand. 1t was an uncon-
scious gesture of trust and forgive
ness. Over her hand, his fingers
closed strongly.
Lynda felt a rapture of body and
OF blood. 1t was sweeter than honey,
more heady than red wine. She felt
his lips moving, she heard him say,
II love ;. love
: And she was conscious of what
he said, of its meaning, Of the havoc
that it caused. She lifted her eyes as
though for help.
They met Nick's eyes. He had fol-
lowed them from the cafe instantly.
had come in, and had seen them and
now throwing himself in one pain
Eul contortion across the room set
his tormented hands upon Jocks col
lar and, using allshis strength. jerleed
aim up and back. The young man
half rose and was forced into chair
By Nick, who shouted at him:
"You dare to- take my daughter
here, to make love to her. My daugh-
ter! Kiss her with your mouth of a
convict, touch her with your hands
Of a card-sharper."
lock fairly covered. His face
looked dazed. He quivered at the
two words as though Nick had
used a lash upon him. Then care
fully, not to hurt Nick's hands, he
freed himself and went out into the
night.
Nick went over and laid down on
the couch, exhausted.
You did wrong to come to me,
eroaned Nick. mo matter where
live my life defles your fingers"
Speaking, he was caught by a
paroxysm of physical agony which
kept Lynda there in pitiful and sac
red attendance until nearly morn
ing.
At last she was driven to sum-
moning Jock Ayleward. Her father
had gasped out number and almost
at once after she had taken down
the receiver Jock answered.
"Nick's suffering terribly. have
to leave HIM"
His reasonable cool voice an
swered instantly, 'I've been expect
ing it. I'll be there"
In fifteen minutes Lynda admit
ed him to Nick's bedroom. He
passed her and went to Nick. The
sick mans contorted face smiled
crookedly. Jock passed his arm
under the writhing body and seemed
at once to give it greater ease.
Neither of them said good-by to
! Lynda nor even seemed to notice
that she went away.
/ When she climbed in at her bed
room window she was scared by the
Frightening sky,
AS she slipped into her night
gown, she heard movement some
where beyond the bedroom passage.
At its end the door stood partly
open and faint and golden light
Shone from the room.
Jocelyn came as far as this door.
She could see then that the leather
entrance to her mothers little sane
tuary had not been closed. that it's
curtain, too, had been pulled aside.
The two tall candles burned steadily
and figure crouched before its al
tar. surely the figure of a stranger.
With chill upon her flesh Jocelyn
then recognized Marcclla.
/ Marcella spoke breathlessly and
, tatshIv. go back to your own
room. What are you doing. there?"
A few moments later there came a
knock at Jocelyn's door. She opened
/ il and stood aside. She was trenb-
ling. But the woman who entered in
a long red dressing gown was now
Marcella, her usual self, sterner, per
! haps, prepared to deliver a reproof
"Did you feel i'll. Tocelyna"
mo, Mother. heard you moving
about. l wondered who it could be- ,
"You might have known that Al
ahis time I should be at prayer. IT.
nearly morning. You disturbed me-
"I'm sorry, Mother. IL did moi