The Washington times., 1935-04-10

Ike b EdG Will 44SA VIII JOOAAS
strength before she flung 1t vio-
lently against the wall.
"Oh, you terrible old hag"
howled Katie. "How can you
tell those horrible lies about Mr..
O'Hara? Love you! If you
could only see yourself in a
looking glass you'd shut up
about love! For two cents I'd
slap your silly faceW
Madame Hubert leaned
against the wall, trembled and
painted while a tiny dew Of per-
Spiration gathered on her blood.
less upper lip.
you little foolp' she cried.
"She has deceived you too! She
has made cats'paws of you ALL"
Lay off that!" snarled back
Katie, in her best gutter man.
ner. "He never give a darn
about you. Miss Juliet had
nothin' to do with it. If O'Hara
loves anybody he loves me!
What do you think of that?
It's me that has been going out
with him-not her. You oughta
get out of here and go home
before you fall apart!"
Not for nothing had Madame
Hubert been a gamin in the
streets of Paris where scream.
ing and biting and face-scratch-
ing were the accepted arts Of
combat.
She was old now and her
joints creaked, but she sprang
to the challenge like a mad
dened cat. With a scream, high
and as keen as a panther's, she
lunged at the girl.
An imperative knocking came
at the door. It was the man.
ager trying to make himself
heard through the panels.
"Is this frenzied spectacle the
outgrowth Of my way Of life?"
she wondered. why does it
descend upon me-here in the
privacy Of my own home?" She
saw everything through a
CHASTITY fog, a noXiouS vapor.
II started it by mingling pas
sion with O'Hara," she cried
with inner despair. 'I encour-
aged Won Guerdon. Opened my
doors to a girl as brazen as
Katie Schmidt. Nv" stirred and
mixed the whole evil nauseous
compound. My friends! Not
one is a friend. They all want
something from me, each one"
Whats going on in there,
Miss Rankin? Open the door
quickly, please. The neighbors
are complaining. Somebody has
phoned the police. -"
A deep contempt for what
she witnessed rose up in Juliet.
She had a tortured longing
to rush free from all this bed
lam-to vanish into the dark,
cool, clean night outside, but
she could not move her numbed
limbs.
"Is this frenzied spectacle the
outgroWth Of my way of lift?"
she wondered. "Why does it
descend upon me-here in the
privacy of my own home?" She
saw everything through a
CHASTITY fog, a noXious vapor.
Il started it by mingling pas.
sion with O'Hara," she cried
with inner despair. II encour.
aged Won Guerdon. Opened my
doors to a girl as brazen as
Katie Schmidt. I've stirred and
mixed the whole evil nauseous
compound. My friends! Not a
one is a friend. They all want
something from me, each one."
The braWl before Juliet's eyes
increased in fury. O'Hara, per.
spring, and Won Guerdon, white
and determined, had not been
able to separate the two ravlng
females, who fought like say.
ages, lost balance and fell kick.
ing and clawing to the floor.
Juliet became so faint that
her trembling knees all but gave
way. Everything before her
trembled like an illusion. Tears
came and obscured her vision.
Dimly she could hear the man.
ager outside knocking on the
door. The knocking increased
imperatively above the snarling
that filled the room as the two
men struggled to tear apart
Katie and Madame Hubert.
Then, all at once, it was fin
iShed.
To Be Continued
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