The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-02-26
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RSoAN AODAk
Gypsy MORELB nd TOM
WEAVER are married ON the
same. day n LILA HOTALING
and DEREk BLISS, but while
Lila lives In luxury Gypsy has to
struggle to keep expenses within
Toms income.
After Gypsy's SON Is born her
days become q dreary round OF
caring for him and for her home.
She suspects Tom Is interested In
VERA GRAY who works In the
Rame once.
LILA divorces Derek. Vera fnds
eKeuscs to see Tom often and one
RiEht. after tricking him into TAX
tag her home. sussests they rum
away together. Tom leaves hastily.
Derek. learning Lila divorced
him to marry MARKO BROUGH-
TON, richer and elder, comes un-
invited 10 n dinner party given by
Lila Gypsy Ia there and also
HUNT GIBSON. Derek. who has
been drinking. falls from n bal
eony 70 the street. Several days
later he dies.
Tom and Gypsy quarrel and
Tom leaves home. He In sent out
Of town on business and his efforts
TO inform GYPSY fail TO reach her.
when he returns she In not nj the
apartment or her parents home.
Tom, trying to End her, appeals
be ut the Long Island summer
camp. Tom and Hunt set on for
the camp.
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CHAPTER XLYI
TN after years Tom Weaver
= thought with grim horror of
that night. He was the most
healthy-minded man imaginable.
He would have scoffed ordinarily
at the suggestion that there was
anything in the idea OF Fremont
ton. IN telepathy, but now. try as
he might, he could not throw off
the cloud Of foreboding that how
cred over him.
They talked little. the two men
In the plunging small car. After
the frequent small villages were
past and they were in deep coun-
try they passed a few other mo-
tors. In scattered farm houses the
lights Of lamps shone. Tom re-
membered he had had no diu-
ner
There were occasional high gates
and evergreen hedges and "habi-
tant" fences as they rushed past
the acreage Of large estates. Once
4 dog ran into the glare of their
headlights and Tom swerved sud
denly. missing him. Hunt cupped
the light of a cigaret in the hollow
Of his hand and put il In Toms
mouth. and the driver grunted his
thanks. II Gypsy weren't at the
cabin, why then = sss why THEN
But he refused to think of
that.
They could smell the salt
marshes now. Occasionally, as the
road wound. the winking light OF
some small craft was visible.
Otherwise they were alone in the
stiffness of the night.
Suddenly, without warning. the
car bumped horribly over the
road. Tom tried to convince him.
self they'd struck 4 snag-a fallen
branch. perhaps-but he knew the
worst They had a fiat tire. He
halted and together the two men
struggled with rusty rim, with
tools too seldom used.
Rotten luck!"
Tom groaned. What time is it?
My watch has stopped"
The other man peered at his in
the light shed by The dashboard.
Half past TO-"
Tom Weaver cursed softly under
his breath.
They had 10 miles to go
they had FIVE. Abruptly he sweryed
into the familiar lane. little more
than path. leading to the scat
tered houses at the shore. II was
hard going. They were iounced
lnmercifully here.
, Il don't want to scare her," Tom
"if she's there. Better
stop the car close to the house.
10 she hears the motor she'll prob