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CHAPTER VI-Continued
She looked up at him smiling. per
naps they know me!'
Motley didn't act like that. More
as If they were pointing out celeb
rity."
where are they?"
"Hey walt minute. here's our cab,
young lady," he scolded. Hop In and
don't Jump away like that again. I'm
nervous fellah."
"But those women
Hop in" He lifted her gently or
her feet and set her In the cab. A
minute later he was beside her. having
told the driver to go to a certain
speakeasy.
"But Rocky--if those people were
pointing me out 1t must have been for
some reason"
Rocky settled himself beside her
and drew out cigarette. well can.
didly. Baby. didn't like their looks.
II they were friends of yours. you're
: better of without them. and while I
don't want to be melodramatlc-"
In the gayety Of the evening she had
forgotten her old conviction that some
thing terrible lay In her past from
which memory had mercifully shut
her out.
Rocky laid bis hand over hers. For
give me" he said, Il was foolish not
to 20 up to those people, but | had
a hunch-just feeling-not to do IT.
The cab had stopped at red light.
A small boy was darting between the
ilned-up cars holding out papers.
"Oh, Rocky, we forgot about the
tabIoids. Let's look In"
20. k" said Rocky. feeling In his
pockets. 1--WE been away so long
don't know what the latest scandals
are myself" The urchln jumped on
the running board and sold his papers
Doris eyes dropped to the head
lines:
KILLER BRIDES GUN FOUND
Diane MerrcIPs Father Identifies Gun
Discovered on Ferry Boat.
The papers slid to the floor. For a
moment she remembered. She knew
everything. then she collapsed. She
crumbled into heap on the taxicab
floor. moaning and clutching Rockys
knees.
When she came to her senses she
was lying across the bed In Rockys
apartment while he leaned over her
with anxious. fear-stricken eyes.
you tainted"
"Yes-it was. 1t was something
she could not go on. She could not re-
member what 1t was.
She closed her eyes. sighed. How
did get here?"
He flushed II carried you. You
were unconscious"
You were kind" She was too ex-
hausted to say more. Nor could she
bring herself to mention the papers.
Just as she had forgotten the words
over the radio. she had again forgot
fer the headlines In the paper. Her
mind seemed to refuse to 70 back
toward them. She knew that some
thing too horrible for contemplation
had been revealed to her. She didn't
have the strength to think about 1t.
Then she saw that he was very ex-
cited He walked around the room
picking up things. throwing them
down. He seemed beside himself with
some new strange emotion.
whats wrong7"
He sat down In chair, biting his
lips. He hardly noticed her question.
She repeated: whats the matter?'
He rose and came to the bedside.
Seating himself beside her he took her
hand But there was something odd
and unconscious In the gesture. TEL
me everything again. Every single
thing you remember"
She fixed her dark eyes on his. and
something In his earnest seriousness
made her begin again. She rehearsed
the whole story: the man In the cab,
her hatred. her insane desire to get
away from him.
THE man In the cab! The man In
the cab T. Rocky was pacing the floor
again. what did he look like7 I'm
sure he's dark horse
Wonderingly Doris described him.
Are you positive you can't remember
thing about your real husband7"
His eyes looked careworn and anxious.
Her face reflected his troubled state.
mo. Not a thing"
!. He shook his head. Its very ter
rible."
TELL me!r
Il don't know what to do. | know
ought to-" he paused. resumed his