Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1933-10-04
CHAPTER vi--Continued

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Then she saw that be was verJ
excited, beside himself with SOM
new strange emotion.
whats wrong7"
BE sat down In q chair. biting hi
lips. He hardly noticed her ques
ton. She repeated: whats the
matterr"
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,
TELL me everything again. Every
single thing you remember"
She fixed her dark eyes on his,
and something In his earnest Sc
riousness made her begin again. She
rehearsed the whole story: the man
In the cab, her hatred, her insane
desire to get away from him.
1.-The man In the cabl The man
In the cabw Rocky was pacing the
floor. "What did he look like7 I'm
sure he's a dark horse"
Wonderingly Doris described him.
"Are you positive you can't remem-
Der a thing about your real hus-
band?" His eyes looked careworn
and anxious.
Her face reflected his troubled
state. "No. Not a thing"
He shook his head. TITS very ter
rible.H
TELL mel"
Il don't know what to do. | know
/ ought to" he paused, resumed
his restless pacing.
what ought you to do?"
He turned on her grimly. "Well,
something I'm not going to do"
She could stand no more. Rocky,
have you found out who | ann"
"Supposing | have found out?"
She was silent. 1T must be some
thing pretty awful" she said after
q pause. You'd better tell me-"
Still he walked up and down.
you've got to trust me-"
He had reached that far In his
s~asoning that he could not tell
her what he knew. and that she
would have to do what he thought
was best for her. She sighed. It
had been such a long hard day.
saxlng mentally and physically. She
could not rouse herself to greater
effort. She dozed. slept a little
and woke to find him standing with
all her luggage In the middle of the
foor, a paint brush In his hand.
She watched him take a knife
and begin to whlttle her bag, on
which were the initials d. v.
fhe spoke sharply. what are
yen doingT'
He kept on working at 1t. "Wan-
tonly wrecklng your property"
81 see that. But why?
"Tm going to paint everything
black. Now look here, Baby. there
are a lot of things you don't under
stand. And this Is one of them.
Turn over, close your pretty eyes
and go back to sleep"
Doris swung her feet over the
side Of the bed. You're crazy If
You think I'm going to let you spoil
my bags like that"
He began to apply black enamel
over the outside. Baby"
"What?"
IF you're rested you'd better go
In the next room and look over the
clothes that Doris left here. Pack
up In my brown suit case. You'll
nnd 1t lying on the bed"
"This is the queerest thing that's
happened to me yet. | must be
dreaming" She put her finger out
and touched the wet black paint.
"What are you doing this for?"
"Just a %precaution. | ought to
destroy 1t, but I'm not ingenious
enough to think of a way at the
moment. | want to get started In
about an hour. Get well out of
New York before dawn. | forgot
to mention that I'm taking you on
a motor trip TO Canada. SO pack
mp what you need from Doris
things. You're not to be allowed
anything of your own"
She looked at him speechlessly.
He put down his brush. "You
are going to LET me take care of
your" She said nothing. "Aren't
youT"
"Yes.r
swell. then"
Cant ! know anything?"
He stood close to her looking
down. "Only that I'm doing 1t all
for your welfare"
The silence between them was
sweet. They did not look at each
other. but 1t was as If he had Of
fered her something precious and
she had accepted when she said,
IAN right"
Good girl. Now listen: pack up
you need with what you