Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1934-09-21

won't stay in your house like this
He was on his feet now, tramp
ing impatiently up and down.
How can you expect me to c
|cept a situation like that blindly?"
He stopped in front of her and
caught her arm in a close grip.
Don't you know that I'd give up
everything l have on earth to hear
you say something which would set
this hideous thing right? To have
you back as you used to be-and to
Ibe able to take my wife back among
my friends Without
If he only hadn't said that, about
his friends! Anne shivered.
II have told you all I can"
She swayed a little, stifened and
stared at him bitterly.
"As for your friends, they need
Mt matter so much now. Marston
is a long way from Granleigh. Tell
them I'm dead if you want to-.
That's quite respectable, isn't it?
The best people do it, Barry"
you're talking r~idiculously!
What do you mean"
"Oh, nothing. I'm not going to
commit suicide. Not because my
husband refuses to believe that I'm
decent She walked slowly to-
ward the door, pausing to look back.
Pm going-back to Trails End.
Goodbye
"You can't go now" he said
sharply. "The Cages are coming.
They will be here next Tuesday,"
She stared at him in a shocked
sort of way, and said"Oh!' half
under her breath. II am sorry" she
added hurrledly. but you see, I
shall not be here"
In spite of all that had passed he
could scarcely credit his ears.
II suppose" he said in a tight
voice, that you understand what
this visit means to me? Whatever
our personal differences may be,
they expect a hostess
"I'm sorry, Barry. Truly I am"
Her eyes were desperate. "But I
cant stay. L"
Don't trouble to apologize. Pm
not a jailor, to keep you here against
Iyour will. But if you leave me now,
Pm through. Don't ever try to
come back again"
She put her hand to her throat.
"T understand. / shan't come
back, Barry. Goodbye
"Good-bye," he said CURLY. He
was cruel with anger and savagely
hurt.
He heard a door close softly, and
light footsteps that died. Silence
after that. Empty silence.
Many miles to the East a number
of small things had happened.
The new footman had left after
less than a week of service, a Cir
cumstance which vaguely disturbed
the colorless Mrs. Pendleton. Cleo
looked contentedly at her own i'm
age in a long mirror and decided to
contrive a call on Mrs. John Gage.
At the Gage Offices Winston call
ed to make a personal report and
found that Gage had been called
away. A secretary admitted that
Mr.. Gage was due to start shortly
on a trip West. Winston kept his
verbal dynamite stored in his own
cautious head.
/ In his comfortable hotel Kennedy
was studying plump timetables and
discovering possibilities. He also
discovered that at odd moments he
was seeing the same face with sus-
picious frequency. Being resource
full he considered the situation and
took reservations for New Orleans,
where he had no intention of going.
Then by car and plane and modest
day coach he shook off his e3as-
perated shadow and ~zigzagged his
way to Marston.
The functions best hostelry was
the railroad hotel. Kennedy regis
tered as Frederick James acquired a
light, but convincing cough to &C
count for his aimless presence, and
a battered old car.
4 He might have been interested if
he had known of Cages asbence
from town. This time Paula had
been left behind in their huge hotel
apartment.
Nevertheless she pouted at the
Thought of having to go to some
doIeful ranch in a rough mountain
valley. She had just received a tele-
'lgram from John, too, spying that he
would have to join her at Chicago,
but had made all arrangements for
her by wire.