The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-05-21
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 "It says here-aibout that air. man Townsend" suddenly re- marked an old lady in corner, re-foIding her paper-"that he had only just got married when he had that accident"
 "Yes," nodded the slightly young CT lady near her. T remember him. He had dreadful dyspepsia that accounted for his temper people said. remember his wife, too, poor little soul
 q didn't know he had one
 "She died. .. ~. She was very beautiful girl. Very fair and tim id. Quite unable, I should say to stand up to him. If you lave finished with that Illustrated pa- per, may have it?Y
 Jenny glanced at the clock. It was past ten-nearly quarter past. Remote in her thought, she had not heard the chimes. She got up and left the lounge and went up to her room again. She must go to the apartment.
 It seemed silly to take off the ccol frock and hat, but she felt that it would help her to forget what today had promised her, and the smart dark dress that Georgie had chosen for her would help her to do what she could-anything she could-to pay Georgie back for all her wonderful kindness. AS she adjusted the dress she could see in the mirror the pile of last evenings papers The Record was still on the top.
 Possibly Gartn Agency had read it's news last night; most probably he had read the papers this morn ing. And they had all told him the same thing - that Georgie whom he loved, had married Ed die Townsend. Jenny, shutting her eyes for moment, her fin gers clenched upon her little flut- ed frills, could hear again the thrill in his voice as Georgie sent him away Goodnight, Miss Loyalty. You've been magnificent He ought to thank his stars for you. ''
 No wonder he felt that he could nit endure Georgie's little cousin today. No wonder at all. Nothing to cry about.
 Jenny bathed her eyes, finished dressing, and were down to the street. She told herself that it was all done with now. all over and forgotten-that moment when he had stood ignored upon the pavement and watched him fling aside his just lit cigarette, pull his hat down over his eyes, reach for the gear and-escape.
 And she told herself that she had been nothing but a fool She had thought herself, if only for a day a golden girl, and all the time she twas just a puppet. a doll, a silly little figure moving grotesque- ly in the shadows of Mrs. Bigger $ copper urn.
 Drawn up before the building in which was Georgie's flat Jenny saw an ambulance. Evidently Ed- die had been brought home.
 She halted in her step, then went steadily forward. Since Georgie's hesitating-@Th There's bad news about Ed Jenny had given only pass ing thought to Eddie Townsend. She, remembered now, remorsefully, that she had not even asked where in the bad news lay. Perhaps he was permanently injured-a crip- pie. She broke into a run.
 There were a couple of idlers near the ambulance, and the main hall was empty. Someone was in Gill's little office, though; some one whose voice was raised in exasperation Gill sometimes pro- Voked.
 T tell you I was here yesterday II asked to see Mrs. Townsend or Miss Revell; I didn't know which was which-you told me yourself the number of their apart ment. It's sheer silly waste of time pretending you've never seen me before"
 Miss Revell herself informed me that Mrs. Townsend was at some hotel or other. It's no use your asking me to believe you don't which one it is. All I want you to do is to phone that hotel and tell the lady that MT. Townsend insisted on going straight up to their apartment. $. Well?"
 Don't know anything about any, thing" from Gill impatiently.
 Jenny marched into the office. Gill was looking as wooden as a ships figurehead The man who faced him turned and scrlltinzied Jenny instead He was the doctor