Nogales international., 1935-03-16

silence.
; "She handled the blonde rather
we'll" Riddle remarked absently'
"Well. that was a mistake"
"a very natural one" Riddle
seemed absorbed in his ball. Il saw
the resemblance as soon as she
Ispoke. It's startling"
How the devil" sputtered Halli-
day, could you see resemblance
to- some. unknown female whose
name wasn't even mentioned"
"Just an unsuspected gleam OF in
! telligence. AS soon as caught
Blondes girlish chatter l made the
connection. This Mrs. Duane is
practically the image of an actress
I saw a couple of years ago. | ran
across her picture in the paper again
last spring. She'd been killed in a
motor accident Her car skidded
over the edge of a cliff and she was
drowned"
Halliday said MN" and lost in
terest. Riddle stopped to light a
cigarette.
"They never found the body" he
said thoughtfully.
That sounds like a nasty crack.
Ward"
81 didn't intend it that way. But
that girls name was Nancy, too. 1t
struck me as a remarkable coinci-
dence."
! Dick Redeemed. cts the kind OF a
coincidence that wants to be kept
under your hat" he said grumpily.
Here comes Barry. We'd better
change the subject, and darned
quick"
| They made the return trip in good
time. arriving before the dinner
hour. Mrs. Duane did not appear
Mrs. Duane, with the purse strings
held firmly in her own delicate
hands, had established her separate
dining room in the west wing.
Anne knew when Barry came in
to the room that he had bad news
for her.
Anne felt her face grow hot. "Do
you mean," she asked slowly, "that
your mother refuses to sit at the,
same table with me?'
Don't take it that way, Nancy.
She's old, and-she doesn't see
things as we do"
II here's no other way to take it"
she said DULY.
FIe had just come back from
bitter half hour with his mother,
ST d he was stung with humiliation
that he could not admit, even to
he
oh, my dear" Her eyes stung
with sudden tears of contrition, but
she blinked them back hastily. Il
know it's hard for you, Barry. II l
could do anything-if there's any
possible way"
He shook his head. "No. Pm
afraid it can't be helped It's-her
house. I'm sorry; that's all l can
say. But of course this can't go on.
We must look for other quarters"
He looked worried and his jaw
was tight. The Perch would have
provided comfort and decent liv-
ing, but the Perch was closed to
them for six months in each year.
I'm terribly sorry to have got
you into this, Barry. We can go
anywhere you like. Were you think
ing of-staying in Granleigh?"
II haven't thought much of any
thing yet" He stopped. and gave
her a quick, embarrassed smile. "No,
i suppose not. No use in advertis-
ing things-and it's pretty expen-
sive here"
''Of course" She was afraid that
her eyes were blazing with hope
and excitement. There are lots of
places. We can get tiny apart
Hlent somewhere and have lots Of
fun"
! He faced her with obstinate de-
termination, angry, but more alive
than she had seen him in weeks.
I'm going in to town tomorrow,
and I'm going to see Gage again
if I have to knock down a row of
secretaries to get to him. We're 60
ing to have one more round over
the Junipero"
She gave his arm a sudden
squeeze. He must agree this time.
1t means so muchp
Barry was called to the telephone,
but Anne stayed there, curled UP
in chair.
Barry took an early train the next
morning.
! II don't know how long I may
have tQ wait before can see him,
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