Evening star., 1933-02-06

L tonight from Havre. When
George turns up I'll get him
TO look them up and to arrange mat
ters."
YES" said Joyce breathlessly.
I hope you won't mind being left,
bald Michael next.
NO" said Joyce. Again Michael
turned to the letter. He found it diff
ficult to decipher the dancing lines;
he read: II have reached the feeling,
the certainty, indeed, think I may
say, that I have responsibility for the
child. The shock, presume, has made
this clear to me-" And some more
purely personal vaporings followed that
didn't matter. Il have turned every
energy into wise search for her, as u1-
wise search might result. am told,
in harm to her from those who may
be holding her But as yet no least
trace Of her has been found"
"Oh. Godl" thought Michael, and 1t
was not profane. He Looked at the
date of the letter. 1t had been posted
at the end Of November. And now
with two days more, it would be Christ
mas. The 25th of December-how long
had the letter been held? He studied
the Paris cancellation that told him;
the letter had waited him more than
two weeks
He'd call Malcolm by telephone;
there might be news He struggled up.
Michael?" Joyce asked in that level,
hastened voice that tells of excite
ment.
Call WetheraI," Michael answered,
rubbing a hand across his wet brown,
which was still cold, still frightfully
cold.
"Don't you want me to do it for you,
dear?" Joyce asked.
mo. 1 want to speak with him my
self, thank you," he responded with OBJ
vious effort, and he was gone.
1t took some little time TO rouse NAL
colin and to drag him from bed; the
proper spot for the night that was on
the other side of the world.
There was no news, Malcolm stated,
after Michael's first query Michael
then explained that his letters had been
held and that he would be aboard the
first fast boat that would take him
home. He next asked Malcolm, voice
breaking, to do anything he dared to
do, and that done, he hung up to turn
back to Joyce.
George Moore had joined her and
George had heard of it, Michael saw;
his pleasant, round face had been
Mike, I'm awfulIy sorry about all
this" George. said.
Dear, Midtael wants you to look up
ships" said Joyce, turning to George.
She had not known she said dear
and George knew she had not, and
George knew, too, what the unconscious
use OF it meant. For moment in the
center of a warm, pink cloud, he forgot
Michael. Then he remembered Michael
and he said, 'I'll do anything on earth
can do for you, Mike!" and he
meant it.
George did that which he called
running around" and "telephoning
around" and this resulted in the news
that no fast boat would Craze French
shores fer two days. OF course, George,
amplifed, Mike could take tub, but
that would keep him floundering on the
sea three days after the first fast boat
would land. George had passion for
explanation that sometimes belongs to
the very good end seemingly simple.
For the first and last time in his life
Michael was short, even sharp, with
George. My Lord, man." he snapped,
why would go on slow boat? Use
your head, If you can!"
Then Michael, mopping his brow,
even again, said he was sorry
but that he wasn't quite himself. and
George said, "Oh, that's all right. old
u
They were awfully good to him, Joyce
and George, Michael realized, but he
couldn't say anything about it because
he feared that if he spoke about any
thing more mattering than the weather
he would begin to sob. So he smiled
fxedly and he stared with anguished
eyes at things he did not see and Joyce
ordered "whiskay' for him regularly,
and somehow he lived through the two
days.
Toward the close Of the second long
day Joyce and George led Michael into
the presence Of the Paris official who
married them the first time, as people
must be married in France by state
and church. And with both ceremonies
done, Michael said, I'm glad-some
one-is to be very happy"
He called Malcolm Wetherall each
day, and regularly there was no news.
He also slept not at all, and he spent
his nights pacing a floor
Carroll, meantime, in York, was
sleep ng, when she had chance to sleep,
the drugg2d sleep of the utterly eX-
Miss Rose Mems to do finishing and
TO help around" when needed. Help
ing around is an elastic term. Carroll
learned that it meant washing the rub
Der plant each Saturday morning, and.
when that was out of the way" the
front steps; and making the beds slept
IN by those who roomed at Miss Mems
house.
She located Miss Mems house on
East Philadelphia street not quite an
hour after she left the bus. She had
picked up local paper from a chair
near the one she took in Bears