The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1933-10-26
CHAPTER Vl-Continued

CHAPTER Vi-Continued
Then she saw that he was verJ
excited, beside himself with some
new strange emotion.
whats wrong?"
He sat down in a chair, biting his
lips. He hardly noticed her ques
ton. She repeated: whats the
matter?"
He rose and came to the bedside
Seating himself beside her he tool
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
robustness made her begin again. Shs
rehearsed the whole story: the mar
In the cab, her hatred, her insane
desire to get away from him.
1.-The man In the cab! The maj
in the cabW Rocky was pacing thu
floor. "What did he look like? Tn
sure he's a dark horse"
Wonderingly Doris described him
"Are you positive you can't remem
Der a thing about your real hus
banda? His eyes looked careworr
and anxious.
Her face reflected his troubled
state. "No. Not a thing"
He shook his head. tits very ter
rible."
"Tell mev'
II don't know what to do. I know
ought to" he paused, resumed
his restless pacing.
what ought you to dO?" ~.
He turned on her grimly. swell
something I'm not going to do"
She could stand no more. "Rocky
have you found out who I ann? s.
"Supposing I have found out?
She was silent. at must be some
thing pretty awful" she said aftel
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
reasoning; that he could not tel
her what he knew, and that she
would have to do what lie thought
was best for her. She sighed. I,
had been such a long hard day
taxing mentally and physically. Sht
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
floor, a paint brush in his hand.
She watched him take knife
and begin to white her bag, OF
which were the initials D. v.
She spoke sharply. "What art
you doing" ..
He kept on working at it. SWAN
tonly wrecking your property"
"I see that. But why?' 49,.
"rm 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 60 back to Sleep"
Doris swung her feet over the
side of the bed. you're crazy Il
you think I'm going to let you spoil
my bags like that"
He began to apply black ename
over the outside. Baby"
"WhatT
"If you're rested you'd better &C
In the next room and look over thu
clothes that Doris left here. Pack
up in my brown suit case. You'll
find it lying on the bed"
''Thfs is the queerest thing that!
happened to me yet. I must b.
dreaming" She put her finger ou
and touched the wet black paint
"What are you doing this for?"
"Just a precaution. I ought t.
destroy it, but I'm not ingenious
enough to think Of a way at thu
| ulOlueuI. "duI " SCt Stdi lCu IL
about an hour. Get well out O.
New York before dawn. I forgo
to mention that I'm taking you OF
a motor trip to Canada. So pacl
up what you need from Doris
things. You're not to be Above,
anything of your own"
Che looked at him speechlessly.
He put down his brush. "Yo1
are going to let me take care o
you?" She said nothing. "Aren'
you?"
Eyes"
well, then"
Cant I know anything?"
He stood close to her lookin
down. only that I'm doing 1t al
for your welfare"
The silence between them wa
sweet. They did not look at eac
other. but it was as If he had OF
tered her something precious an
she had accepted when she sait
"All right"
Good girl. Now listen: pack u
everything you need with what 20