The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-05-21
CHAPTER IT. THE DOCTOR SCENTS A MYSTERY

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 MYSTERY
 Gill continued to look steadily at Jennie.
 Might be awkward, for instance, if that gentleman in the car out side was to be told that you'd got married when you hadn't. he said and Jenny saw for the first time that his eyes were very wise and kind. The gentleman you met at the corner of Eyle street last night-he's outside the hotel now. Just drawn up. he has"
 Jenny got to her feet. She won- dered suddenly if she were dream ing everything-this quaint con- versation with Gill and the clean little shop and the street outside shown in the copper urn. She looked out of the window shyly although she would only see what she had waited for-Garth Agency at the wheel of his car, come to take her to picnic with him in the country.
 He is very early" she said half to herself. Tt isn't nearly ten" !"
 She moved to the door and Gil. stood aside Gill-oh yes, of course. Gill had very decently asked her if sine would object to her tell ing people that it was she who was Mrs. Townsend.
 "Yoii may tell people it was IF" she said-@after today. Today is going" to be mine.
 Gill grinned He, too, was star ing out at the car under the DOT tico. He opened the door for Jenny to pass out. Jenny still started.
 AS she stepped out on to the pavement she saw that Gill had seen-that Garth Agency, with a sudden shrug and jerk, had switched on his engine again and was driving away
 "P'raps the gentleman has mis- took the time" suggested Mrs Bigger She had Joined them al the doorway. How would it be if Mir. Gill was to holler after him dearie, and let him know you're here?"
 Jenny shook her head and mov- ed away. She felt cold in the blazing sunshine and. most utterly forlorn. Gill and Mrs. Bigger might watch the slowly retreating car until it turned the corner but she could not.
 Gill was walking at her side
 NO sense in letting anyone think you're married when you aren't he commented in his ab- rupt voice T shan.t say nothin one way or the other-takes a lot of questions to get anything out of me But there's no sense in your letting Miss Revell-"
 I'm very glad to let Miss Re- ven say anything she likes said Jenny as he paused. I'm most awfully glad she can make use of me. You needn't consider me, Gill. Thank you though just the same. .
 Gill grunted. Aveney's car had disappeared, the street was empty Jenny crossed back to the hotel and went inside. The lounge was cool and held very few people. An intricate gilt clock on the man. tlepiece showed ten minutes to ten. She sat quietly down by the window.
 It was, after all, reasonable to suppose that Garth had found himself ahead of his appointment and had only gone for few minutes and would return Reas- enable to sit and wait while the gilt hands sluggishly moved to ten o'clock.
 Neverthless she knew quite posi- lively that he would not come. He had not mistaken the time. He had not been at loss as to her whereabouts. It was simply that he had arranged to take her motoring and had got as far as her door and then decided that he couldn't, honestly, face the pros pect of a whole day in her com pany. Later on, no doubt, he would send some formal excuse
 Why should he bother about Georgies cousin-when it was Geor- gie with whom he had fallen in love?