Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1934-09-07
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4 LOUISE
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instilled, and poison works secretly.
An unexpected invitation brought
relief to both of them. Barry
brought it to her eagerly.
Nancy, the Tom Hallidays are
going up for the week end to their
Lake George camp, and they want
us to come"
ed love to CO." She jumped at
the chance of respite from Gran
They motored up to the Halli-
camp. A little after three they
were running through the outskirts
of a small city, and presently Halli-
car turned off toward the rail-
road.
"He's probably going'to the sta
Dick volunteered. 'Ward
Riddle is coming up by train and
oppose it's due here about this time.
Tom thought he might be able to
him somewhere. Let's get out
and help"
Halliday marshalled his party at
various strategic points along the
where they might catch
Ward Riddles eye. Anne, who did
not know him, found herself mid
way between Westbrooke and At
wood.
The train came in. Dick whoop-
ed at a face in a window and raced
in pursuit. Anne looked after him,
her face alight with laughter, and
did not notice a group of people de-
scending from a nearer car.
There were half a dozen of them,
women and men, and it would not
have taken a particularly initiated
eye to see hat they belonged either
to a cheap road company or a small
time vaudeville turn. One of them
a blonde, looked curiously; her
widening eyes fell on Anne. ,
'Why hello, dearie! Where We
you been all this time?"
Anne saw Barry's head turn
quickly.
"I'm sorry, l think you must have
mistaken me for someone else" She
tried to be nice about it, and saw
an angry lip curl.
ooh, really!' The blonde flushed
and her voice went a little higher.
II thought you were a friend of
We were in the same COM
pany a few years ago, but p'raps I'd
better not mention names. Pardon
mel"
ct was a natural mistake. I've
been told before that l look like
someone on the stage"
II should say. You could double
for her, say
"That's interesting" Anne smil-
disarmingly, but her lips felt
stiff. The blonde girl moved on,
still flushed and far from Modified.
Dick called out as Anne approached.
II thought the blonde was going
to make a touch, Nancy"
There was a light barrage of chat
ter as they went back to the cars.
"Pm afraid / made her angry
Anne sent a quick glance after the
vanishing group. cit was embar-
RAISING for her"
"You can't embarrass that kind"
said Halliday comfortably.
Anne looked around for Barry.
"Silly, wasn't it? she asked ner-
Ridiculous" He looked ashamed
of his i'll humor, and shook it off.
The blonde girl looked after them
the two opulent looking cars
curved away from the station. An
older woman beside her laughed un-
der her breath.
"You made a fine break, Tess.
you know"
"Did l know she'd throw down
the folks she used to work with be-
cause she was with a lot of swells?"
demanded Tess angrily.
The older woman laughed again.
Tess, you're funny. But l thought
[ was seeing ghosts myself for a
minute. Hadn't you hear that
Nancy Curtis was dead?"
mol" The girl stared unbeliev-
when"
'Last spring. She was killed in an
automobile accident"
"Hmp. Are you sure? She's the
image Of Nancy"
"Of course I'm sure. Don't be a
goof, Tess, and don't hold any
grudge against Nancy Curtis. She
was a good kid, and if she got on
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