The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-08-03
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Jane Terry, wealthy New York
business woman, left her home
town, Marburg, after Howard
jackson broke the engagement
Jane had forced upon him and
married James best friend, Amy
Lowe. Years pass but Jane re-
mains bitter against Amy. She has
an affair with Roger Thorpe,
married, tires of him and when he
offers to bear the expense of their
child contemptuously dismisses
him. Amy takes the baby, named
Nancy, promising never to reveal
its parentage.
When America enters the World
war Howard joins the aviation
corps. Amy's son is born and
Howard has a brief leave from
camp. He acquires cold and
few weeks later stumbles into
James office, desperately i'll with
pneumonia. When Amy arrives
Jane tells her that Howard has
been her lover. -''"''
NOW co ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER XXXVIII
It seemed to Jane that Amy
was growing tall taller, standing
far above her, tall and sharp like
a long shining sword. Involuntar-
lily she stepped back, put the desk
between them. Then Amy'S voice,
sharp and keen like a swords edge
pltiless, despising-"If | could
kill you, Jane Terry" said this
voice, 81 believe I would. To tell
a lie like that, when he is sick
and can't defend himself, to say
you love him =. I've always
thought perhaps you did love him,
but you don't. If you loved him,
if you loved him one least bit,
you wouldn't try to make him out
a cheat, and-and unfaithful -
and low-and common"
The Colonel and Professor Lowe
doomed up behind her. whats
this?" asked the Colonel. whats
the matter?-good morning, Miss
Terry"
And Professor Lowe-"Why,
how do you do, Jane?" But Jane
had picked up the bag and van
ished from the room by another
door, without a word. flying from
such terror as she had never
known before, abject physical ter
ror. She had felt Amy's will to
kill her. She knew that for a
moment death had faced her. AL
ways before when she had rushed
away from Amy it was from her
self that she had fled, but today
it was from Amy. She had moth
ing, no shield, no evasion, nothing
at all to meet or turn aside Amy's
purpose. She went out of the
house blindly, not knowing if she
would ever dare return.
"Why-how oddw said Profess
sor Lowe, mildly. "She didn't even
speak"
"She's very odd person, this
Miss Terry" said the Colonel.
"Sit down, Mrs. Jackson. We must
see one of the nurses"
isn't there any way" asked
Amy, paying no attention to the
Colonels suggestion, chat we can
get Howard out of here? Is he
too sick to be moved? He mustn't
stay here. He mustn't"
The Colonel was struck with
dismay. Was Jackson's wife, who
until this moment had seemed to
him sensible and quite beautiful
allowing of course for fatigue
from her trip and her natural anx-
iety-was she going odd on him
too! The Terry woman had worn
out his patience in these three
daysl And if this was still another
unreasonable, tiresome, unpleas-
ant-but he looked at Amy and
perceived that she was extremely
moved, shaken with some wild and
fearful purpose he did not under
stand. So he answered carefully:
81 think it's extremely doubtful,
but We'll ask the doctor. He ought
to be along any moment"
Better sit down, my dear,
urged Professor Lowe. "Let me
take your things. Here, this seems
comfortable" He glanced about
him and shook his head. "Jane
certainly hasn't arranged her
home in her Aunt Rosa's tradi-
ton"
He looked with amaZement at
the room which Jane had done in
the first high wave of Teutonic
modernism, with horizontal strip.
ed walls, furniture of flat wood