The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-05-19
BEGIN HERE TODAY

MONICA o'DARE, 20 and beau
tiful, Is In love with DAN CAR-
DIGAS. heir TO local fortune.
They ere secretly engaged. BILL.
O'DARE worries his mother by
planning to marry ANGIE GIL
LEN who has not yet got her d.
yOrcr.
SANDRA LAWRENCE, who pre-
tends to he MOnnie's friend, IN
trying TO win L'in from her. San
dra discharges two servants and
they %. 10 kidnnp her. She cs-
cnpcs. Dams mother and sister
plan trip TO n wyoming dude
ranch. Snndra II to accompany
them. Dan docs not want TO go
but finally IL pcrsund"d.
MISS aNSTICE COREY. mn old
friend of the O'DHreH. inhcrits
S3O.GCO and asks Monnie 10 go TO
Europe with her. CHARLES
EUSTACE, newcomer 10 town.
pays I0unic attentions. She IL
not interested, whiting ana walt
log for letter from Dan.
NOW GO on WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER XVIII
GAMBIA said. you've been aw-
- fully sweet to me, Danny Her
voice broke a little on the words.
She was leaning against the fire.
place. the sweep Of gray stone be-
hind her throwing into high relief
the perfect contour Of her honey
colorcd head The flames from the
big logs threw shadows on the blue
velvet lounging pajamas she wore
and Dan thought, quite idly, that
she made graceful picture. He
was in riding clothes, casual and
smartly western even TO the big
handkerchief knotted about his
throat. They were alone-eXcept
for the Chinese servants. His moth
or and the rest Of the party had
gone 10 sec picture show at Ben
ming. eight miles away.
IT'S all right" he said rather
awkwardly. clad to DO anything |
could. You had a rotten time Of it
and you've been Il good little sol
der"
DO you honestly think so, DAM"
altl tD - SlIbHt. llo " ts'p Nil|
praise she wanted above all else.
"Of course | do" Dan reflected
hat it was something Of an effort,
supplying Sandra with the moral
courage she needed. Only this morn
ing his mother had said TO him
firmly, "Ycu've simply got TO pour
confidence into that poor nervous
child. son. She's splendid but she
had a shock and it is our duty TO
sec her through this bad time"
Ever since the kidnapping San
dra had been having bad head
.ckcs" and "wrctched nights" 1t
was not. she said with charming
~ patient smile. at all like her to
90 TO pieces this way. The others
agreed and pointed ont how brave
she had been through the dread
fuI experience itself. well
Sandra needed Dan to lean on
needed him at her side when they
rode. She seemed perfectly con
cent, perfectly happy when he was
nUrmuTing III L2- ear. when they
sat at table, side by side.
you're awfully good for me,
she would say softly with a side
wise glance at him. Dan felt, IN a
puzzled way, that he was commit
Ting himself TO something without
knowing what 1t was all about.
Sure you didn't want to see that
picture?" he said now, hoping TO
change the subject.
no. honestly" Sandra said with
pretty cagerness. I'm perfectly
Observation-Disclosures to sit here
ard talk. Isn't it cozy?"
IAN agreed. stuffing his pipe
- and settling himself in the big
.catber chair opposite.
Just like" gigglcd the girl IN
blue velvet. lust like old married
folks" She shrugged her shoulders
and murmured delicately. Honest
v. Dan. don't know what's got