Nogales international., 1932-02-10
Fifth EnstaIment

le wealthy Felix Kent. Her father. Nick
sandal, surreptiously enters the girls home
sne night He tells her he used to call her
.yada Sandal. The girl is torn by her
| sart of her mothers society. Her father
| stutlies her surroundings.
Lynda visits her father in his dingy
quarters. She. finds four men playing cards
ward, her father tells her, is like a son to
| .im bat warns the girl he is a triher.
Lynda pays a second visit to her father
| end JOCK takes her home, on the way stop
| ring wish her at an underworld cabaret.
Jock gets into fight with gangster who
insists On dancing with Lynda. He then
sakes Lynda home. Later she mentions
Felix's name to Jock and Ayleward's face
! displays his demoniac hatred of the million
! aire.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY.
How terribly you hate that man,
said Jocelyn. She spoke as easily, as
lightly as she could. Il wish you'd
tell me why"
Kent came from my town-Rap-
pei. In Illinois. My father was q
clergyman there. Kent was ten years
!Ger than |. When | got out of the
school of mines-mining engineer
was my original profession-he got
re my fist job.
Kent had me sent down to in
spect a zinc mine. | went over the
mine with its owner, man named
Talley. Came back to Rappel with
my report. 1t was frst-rate mine.
\ sure-fre investment. Everything
The owner had showed me was O. K.
| was optimistic and cockSure. Had
10 reason that l knew of not to be.
I had made a straight report on d
good mine. I believe, Miss Sandal,
that any other engineer would have
handed in just such report as that
Was. Kent was forming corporation
to take over this mine. Capitalized it
at two million dollars.
"Ie proposed to sell this mine to
| his townspeople - my townspeople
too-at par, that is, two million dol
lars for the entire issue. know
now that A1gernon Talley was will
| Ing to sell the mine to Kent for
one million dollars. Ny report-you
see my name, my fathers name, was
good-was printed and circulated. |
was elected secretary of the corDor-
alton and consulting engineer. They
gave me a small block of stock. |
;ancied myself suddenly rather a
sig man,
cit is necessary before a stock is
actually sold. Miss Sandal, for az
officer of such corporation to make
an affidavit to the Secretary of the
Commonwealth based on his per
sonal knowledge and setting forth
the exact value of the assets upon
which the stock is issued. Kent got
me to make this affidavit.
''Now, listen closely. The making
of such an affidavit, falsely or heed
lessly, subjects the maker to fine and
to Imprisonment.
There was a gray shadow on this
young man. Lynda drew back lit
tie in her chair. Something that had
been mysterious in his aspect was
explained to her.
That mine turned out to be no
good, Miss Harlowe The stockhol-
ders-nly townspeople, my father )
friends, my friends-lost their in
vestment. | was prosecuted, found
guilty and sentenced to three years
in states prison"
Lynda spoke with a certain diff
Guilty:
Il understand that you would
naturally be tempted to find some
such explanation for your own ter
rible mistake. But, since | know
Mr.. Kent very well. I find the whole
story-as you tell it-perfectiy pre-
posterous.
Jock was looking at her carefully
and cooiiy. He bowed.
Il didn't suppose you would be-
Iieve. me. I merely wanted to ex-
plain to you nay hatred Of Felix
Kent hoped that it might damage
him with you."
AS he turned to leavo he handed
her q slip OF paper.
"Here il Nick's new address. He
didn't like your coming to that other
place. You'll come to see hina"
"Ycs,"
Marcella and Felix both returned
to town. On HE FIRST evening with
Jocclyn. Felix proved a very enter
tanning lover. Joceiyn IN q green
gown had so shlninG loveiiness. 50
proud grace that the mans glory
in possession induced him to take
her out. to let the world of other
men gioat obviously at what ho had
so quickly. 50 easily, won.
In his great smooth-rannin9 lin
CUISINE he carried her off, unchaper-
oned. to the theater, to supper,
danced with her. And Joceiyn re-
warded his open and most gentle
seeming worship once with look so
deep, so loyal aud so lovely that for
an instant the soul that was torpid
ip him came to painful life and he
dropped his eyes, feeling a warmth
that was not possessive, not even
passionate. cross his face.
Joce!yn came back that night hap
pier than she had been since the
first days of her engagement and
profoundly treasured.
In a mood Of calm. of almost colo
self-posseSsion. she went two o,
three evenings later to bid her fathe,
farewell She had freed heraeif Of any