Nogales international. [volume] (Nogales, Ariz.) 1926-1979, 1932-03-16

looking for them. It's wonder you
weren't fayed in the search, Lord
knows where Celia kept them. But
the police couldn't pin anything on
me. For lack OF evidence | wasn't
tried for theft as well as for muir
der.
"And she didn't tell? I mean at the
trial she didn't try to help you by
telling the truth?"
"Shc didn't speak at the trial or
afterward," he said. "But you must
remember that l had killed her
lover"
Since I met you again. hated
her afresh. And so, because
thought that it would tear away her
mask and expose the background OF
her piety, I stole her jewels. /
wanted you, Lynda. to see her IN
her true colors so that she'd not be
able to influence you against me Ill
the end"
ooh, Nick, Nick. NickP
"Do you blame me so much?
I don't blame j.. only. why
couldn't you have trusted me"
"The house of cards has fallen.
Nick, and in my silly clothes have
come back to you. Whom else have
l now in the world to love and to
trust?"
They looked at each other then
with their wasted and family Sim
liar faces and their wet strained eyes
and contrived for each others sake
a sort of shaken laughter.
Il am not going to marry Kent.
l won't ever see him again" she
told him.
She hurried to her own room,
shut out the haunting faces and lay
on her bed, fearless, until sleep
came.
A wedding must be cancelled, ali
its gifts returned, its guests dis
missed. Cousin Sara Mullet. arriv-
ing from New Jersey, was invalu-
able for these unpleasant urgent
matters. Marcelia. holding in her lap
a leather box filled with glittering
fve-and-ten-ccnt store jewels, had
been taken away, smiling and
pleased. to Stecver's. sanitarium:
It was not until several days
thereafter that the papers began to
blazon the story of a certain Felix
Kent = his wealth, his possible
crime, his treachery. The law court
in Chicago was set for a scandalous
trial, not the re-opening of an
ancient Indictment of one misfortu-
nate engineer but new trial to
prove Kent's embezzlement of his
fellow citizens funds. Kent was
very extensively and very ably rep
resented. Jocks story i'll one form
or another ran to columns.
Lynda meanwhile in her own fash
ion prowled the room. 1t was ten
o'clock of a gay spring morning.
Jocelyn was dressed again in her
own ordinary clothes and wore her
hair smooth about her face. But
the face was Lynda's And it had
noticeably thinncd She turned pas
sionately upon Nick's silence as
though it had been speech.
81 won't talk about Kent's-about
Kent's trial. Nick. | don't want to
SEC IllC EdPCAo. WcAtS ~ 81 S"NJ
until it's over, please"
"We1l, I was about to suggest an
adventure. Will you come with me
to France
What is-your intention, Nick?'
"To return to the Marquise de
Montree her jewels"
That's what l meant to do. some
day."
Josiah's lawyer at Jocelyn's re-
quest took char &c of her affairs. VI
his own accord he furnished Mar
cella's daughter with ample funds.
She would be the heiress of Josiah 5
fortune: no reason for her to suffer
diminished luxury or pleasure now
because of the unexpected tragedy
OF Marcella's mental breakdown.
In secret, the two conspirators
made their preparations and set
their date. Nick got the passports,
bought the tickets.
Lynda, all dressed for travel and
holding in her hands leather case
which contained her toilet articles
llCI IllOiCy dlu tIlC JCWCio, odt wv j.
beside her window to wait for Nick
He had been living in his old rooms
and was to come for her at eight
thirty.
Startled she saw that it was al
ready nine, that Nick was very late
She began to be alarmed. Pas
sengers were supposed to be aboarc
by ten.
She 'phoned the desk but was
tod that there had been no call.
She had hardly hung up the re
ceiver when shrillv the mechanism
rang. She knew Fuji'5 queer LITTLE
voice:
"This Miss Har1o?"
eyes"
"Please. Lady come see Mis-tai
Sandal. He say. Veliy sudden sick
No can come. No can get to phone
Please, lady come his room now"
"Tctl him III be there at once"