Nogales international., 1933-02-01
Fourth Installrnent

SYNOPSIS: Pauline, sentimental, trust
full. sincere and loving love, becomes engaged
and marries Dennis O'Hara in the bellef
that their bIissful happiness will continue IN
changed thru all the years. On her wedding
morning she awakens with a strange pre-
n1onition that maybe love does change,
thought buried in her mind by letter IRON
her closest friend. Barbara the night before
Pauline adored Barbara who had been mar
ricd, was the mother of child which died,
but now divorced and living a life which some
of her friends could not understand. Between
Dennis and Barbara is seeming wall OF
personal dislike by both. Six months after
Pauline's wedding, Barbara comes for short
STAY During this visit Barbara contesses to
Pauline that there is man she really loves,
but she refuses TO tell his name. barbara
decides suddenly TO go home and Pauline
insists Denris drive her to the station.
Irritated, Dennis drives rerklessly, and they
are in a crash. Barbara escapes injury but
Dennis leg is broken. AS he returns to con-
sciousness he learns who the man IS that
barbara loves Its himself. -. NOW GO ON
WITH THE STORY.
The man fastened to reassure her.
Nobody killed, miss, nothing to
be scared about. Just bit injured
and taken to hospital. My orders
were TO fetch YOU"
"I'll come now"
Pauline flew upstairs. She was
hardly conscious of what she was
doing. A hat and coat-any hat, any
coat-a word to the maid-"Its the
master" how she loved calling
Dennis the master-"he's been hurt
the car, somehow"
Ard she was downstairs again.
ooh, hurry, hurry!" she implored the
officer.
The car moved off down the road,
and Pauline began slowly to regain
her self-control. How did it hap
pen? Ny husband is such won
dcrful driver!'
Collision at the crossroads. No
body seems to know whose fault it
was"
Pauline hardly heard. How is he
hurt? His arm-leg? Where is he
h;1rt?"
II couldn't say, miss" Why would
lie insist on calling her miss when
she was married woman-when
size was Dennis's wife? 1t was not
uignihed. my orders was only to-
fetch you and to say it was not Sc
Iious.'
81 Sec" She sat staring before her
with blind eyes, her hands clasped
in her lap.
Suppose he Uere dead and they
were afraid to tell her? To be a
widow when she was only so re-
Gently a wife. All her pretty frocks
would be quite useless-she would
have to wear black. All sorts of in
congruous thoughts kept tumbling
over and over in her dazed mind.
She turned sharply to the man be-
side her.
There was lady with hinl-Mrs.
Stark-was she hurt, too"
Just a shaking, miss-I saw the
lady myself-she was very dis
tressed, naturally, but not hurt, l
should say"
She ,noistened her dry lips.
"How much farther is it ?"
! "Just round the corner by that
red building-the one with the
weathercock on it"
When the car stopped she; STUN
bled out blindly, evading the officers
proffeEed hand. Up the steps to the
big open door. Where is he? am
Mrs. O'Hara. Ny husband has been
hurt. Where is he?"
The maddening waiting, the for
malities! Pauline had worked her
self into frenzy by the time some
one said, "Please come this way"
and at last she was in small room
with single bed. There was smell
of drugs in the air, and the polished
floor felt hard to her feet. Silly to
think of small things like that al
a moment when her whole being
should have been concentrated or
the man lying there-his head ban
daged, his eyes closed.
"Dennis!"
He did not move or seem to hear
Someone standing in the window
turned, came forward. Barbara, oi
course.
"Dennisp Pauline was down or
her knees beside him, sobbing
broken-heartedly.
Barbara put an arm round Pauline
and lifted her to her feet.
you must control yourself. They
won't let you stay here at the hos
pital if you make scene. He's al
right, | promise you. Pauline. yot
knozc l would tell you the truth"
II know-but he might have beer
killed. How did it happen? I
couldn't have been Dennis's fault
he's such a careful driver" :"
1T was at the crossroads" Bar
bara explained. "It's always hard t.
say who is to blame. The man driv
ing the other car wasn't hurt at ALL
In her heart Barbara knew quit
we'll Dennis had been to blame
When she had warned him that h
was driving too fast, he had delib
,erately accelerated instead of slow
ing down. She helped Pauline to
chair, not very comfortable one
and stood beside her waiting fo
her sobs. to cease,
Pauline took her hand and presSe