The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-02-24
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like face. the curious look ne had
fixed upon her as she had paid
him.! o.. .-.,...... 49,. ...
She could feel the nerves tin.
Cling along her spine. The child
beside her stirred and breathed
long sigh and Gypsy held her
breath. Whatever happened-what.
ever came to pass-he must not
be terrified. her little son.
She threw her robe across her
shoulders. trying to still the chat.
tering of her teeth. 1t seemed to
her they sounded like castanets in
the dead silence of the room. Oh,
God, send someone. she cried in
wardly! But only the faint, far of
splash of sea against sand replied.
With shaking knees she crept
over the sill into the sitting room.
She shut the door behind her. She
had a fashlight in her hand, an
old one of Toms. For courage,
as II to feel the touch Of his, warm
fingers, on her. own, she held It
close. The knob turned. @4
who's there?" she said clearly.
There was no answer.
The door moved an inch =.
it was open. In that split second
she screamed. =.
tom drove like a man demented
L through the tunnel, and now he
was on the streets of the city.
There was only one thought in his
mind and that was to get to GYPSY
quickly, to set her right on the
events of the past ten days. He
knew her mercurial temperament
we'll enough by this time to be
fairly certain she had left her
fathers house that morning II a
mood of complete desperation.
"What she might do, cant
think :" he said to himself
and drove the faster for the black
shadow that clamored. unadmitted,
at the door of his mind.
without plan, without conscious
thought he drew up at the en-.
trance to the apartment where
Hunt Gibson lived. He had been
there just once. to see q pipe col
lection of Hunts. He remembered
with shame the last time he and
Gibson had met. He had behaved
like churl but this was no time
to stand back because OF false
pride. He would ask Hunt, simply
and humbly. If he had any least
! idea where Gypsy might be.
Hunt was in. He wore q rather
constrained air as Tom presented
/ himself al the door. Tom made
| haste to state his case. The other
man shook his head. He didn't
know a thing, he said. Sue might.
If Tom would step inside he would
telephone her. -, sI,.%
! Tom lifted his brows when Hunt
called Sue darling" but. he was
relieved. just the same, Hunt
said, "No. / don't think he's tried
that" He put his hand over the
/ nouthpiece.r "She says, Have you
thought of Wading Hollow"
Tom struck his, palm into his
hand. what a consummate fool
Iam." Gypsy had said she loved
the cabin above all places. 1t
might be that she had sought It
out in her wild fight 9!sc :.
Hunt said orWaitfa&seeond and
iii come raleng." Hia lean. brown
face was. eager. rThe Bliss story
has qnieted down." he said as he
got into tie caE., II wonder If
GYPSY could possibly have worried
about that. hope not ! under
stand Broughton: ), has. hushed the
whole thing np." Hunt had. he con-
timed, a lot OF. things he wanted
10 talk, TO. Tom about ON the way
down. He and Sue were going to
be married in the fall. e,
10 Tom scarcely :; heard. He was
driving like. wild now, out on the
open. road. His one thought was
to get to, Gypsy quickly.
! ITO Be Continued)