The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-11-02
SYNOPSIS

fathers death, young and beautiful
Fanchon Meredith goes to San
Francisco, where she meets and
loves a handsome man named Tony.
Fanchon is shocked to learn that
Tony is a racketeer, implicated in a
recent murder. She, too, is now
wanted. Fanchon escapes in an air
plane under the name of Smith"
Evelyn Howard, whom she had met
on the boat coming from Hawaii, is
aboard. Evelyn is enroute to New
York to live with her aunt, the
wealthy Mrs. Carstairs, whom she
has never met. After Fanchon con-
6des in Evelyn, the latter treats her
coolly. The plane crashes and
Fanchon is the only survivor. She
decides to escape Tony and the past
and start life anew by rnasquerading
as Evelyn. She requests doctor to
wire Mrs. Carstairs that Evelyn
s safe" A wire comes from Mrs.
carstairs saying that Collin cannot
meet Fanchon. Fanchon learns Col
in is Mrs. Carstairs only son. Mrs.
Carstairs meets Fanchon at train ex-
claiming But you're not Evelyn,
are you You can't be-" The
girls terror of being discovered
passes when Mrs. Carstairs explains
she couldn't believe anyone 30
beautiful could belong in the FAM
lily. Her kindness and affection
pricks Fanchon's conscience.
CHAPTER XI
Mrs. Carstairs left the room after
word to the maid. The little straw
suitcase had been brought up and
was on the canvas luggage stand
The maid moved toward it.
Don't unpack it." Fanchon told
her. there is nothing of my own in
there. 1t must be returned.
VERY good, Miss Evelyn. May
run your BATH"
Please" said Fanchon
There had been plenty of servants
IN the plantation. Fanchon was
perfectly accustomed to service, al
though she had lacked it for eight
months or more now. But it was
easy to slip back into the old ways.
Presently she was lying full
length in the great marble tub, her
bandaged arm little awkwardly
out of the water. There was a
warm scent of fragrant bath salts.
The bathroom itself was quite
beautiful, tiled in greet and black
and white. Fanchon closed her
eyes and dreamed. But it wa. all a
dream
Later. rested anc refreshed she
was in tn big swan bed, with pill
lows pileu in back of her, looking
about the pretty room. Emma ap-
peared with table that swung out
over the bed and a tray. On the
tray was suppcr-invalid's fare
quaint little pottery bowl Of soup,
the white breast of a chicken, a
baked potato and a vegetable, a
salad, cup of custard and coffee.
Fanchon, who had been hungrier
than she thought, looked at it with
delight, and at the silver, the pretty
china, the bread and butter sand.
witches cut wafer thin.
Mrs. Carstairs came in, in a dark
tailored satin 1ounging robe. Her
hair, free of her hat, was lovely.
"boSSSS ~ ~ PuIS SuVCJ, waved close
to her fine head. Emma pulled a
big chair close to the bed, arranged
tip-top table beside it and Jameson
brought in the second tray.
"Your mother and l used to do
this, now and again." Mrs. Carstairs
commented, and sighed, heavily.
When everything had been
cleared away-Mrs. Carstairs talk
ing of Southampton, of plans in the
meantime, lightly and with calcu-
lated casualness, the doctor was an
nounced. He came on his way to
the theatre, in evening clothes. A
tall. good.looking man. Wynne. bv
name. W;:h Mrs. Carsta;rs watch.
ing, he went all over Fanchon.
looked at her arm, rebandared +
and pronounced her sound in limb
il bruised and wrenched. Onlv rest
would cure that and nature, he said
and added that she had had a severe
nervous shock. He left her a nerve
tonic and some sleeping powders.
But ! won't need thcmw
Fanchon protested.
They will relax YOU" he told her
smiling, you are terribly keyed |
up"
Mrs. Carstsirs went out to the
hall with him, as he left