Nogales international., 1935-09-28
Final Instalment

Ellen wasn't thinking for herself
any more. Lets go quickly, Dick"
she said. That was all. Lets gow
There was a knock on the door.
! It was a knock that carried hysteria
with it, which is a curious thing
;or a knock to do! 1t made Dick turn
with a nervous start-the unexpect-
edness of it. Dick, with muttered
exclamation, strobe over and flung
the portal wide.
"Oh," he said, rather weakly.
But Jane, standing in the door
way, wasn't looking at Dick. She
was looking past him toward Ellen.
Il rather thought I'd find you
here" she said bitterly. Il went first
to your house, but you weren't
there. l think you'd better come
with me, to Tony"
Ellen had advanced a step for
ward. toward Jane. Her hands were
outstretched, pitifully, to the other
girl-she might have been child
beggar asking for bread. Her eyes
were great wells of apprehension.
"NVhy should | come with YOU to
Tory?" she asked. "Did he send
you for me? Does he want me?
Why did he send you?"
James face was very white under
the dark peak of her hair. Her eyes
aisc, were great wells in her face.
81 don't know whether Tony
wants you or not" she said. "Ane
he didn't send me for you. either
/ came of my own accord, I'm thai
sort OF fool. Tony isn't Up tc
sending for anybody, but you're hi.
wife and you ought to be with him
I've got my car down stairs
-. I'll take you to the hospital!'
But he hadn't been i'll, just few
hours before. He'd been wei
enough to talk with her over the
phone. She couldn't speak, at the
first moment of horror-she couldn't
ask questions. She could only hole
fast to Dicks hand with one of hel
hands and, miracle of miracles, tc
James hand with the other.
The ride to the hospital, in Jane;
car, would always be a nightmare
to Ellen. She'd never grow ole
enough nor placid enough to forget
the horror of that ride. A hospital
The very name meant that Tony
was i'll. She could only hold fast te
Dicks and James hands and try to keeI
from talking, from crying, and yes
from screaming.
She was hardly conscious oi
James voice explaining matters
brokenly. to Dick.
"He felt that he'd lost everything
in the crash, yesterday" Jane was
saying "And he got some fool idea
that the world was against him, OF
something. / don't know what hap
pened, but his secretary said he had
a phone call and that after talking
for a moment, he hung up the re-
ceiver and locked the door of his
private Office. They didn't think
anything of it until they heard the
shot. >. Then they broke the door
down.
q" Jane was crying, "I just
happened to come in at that time
| had some securities of my own
l thought they might help Tony
through bad time. When l reached
the door, they were carrying him
past me on stretcher., I don't
even know how badly he's hurt
Ellen spoke through a haze. "I
she said mistily, "at least, l didn't
don't know anything about crashes -
But if you've got securities to give
him" it was the crowning agony
that Jane should have something
Tony needed = something to give
him.
But Jane answered. What was it
Tony had said of Jane-that she
was gentlewoman!
you've got something more i'm
portant than securities to give him"
she said, and her voice was sharD
because every word was hurting
her
That night. when we were din
ing together on the roof, he told me
how he felt about you. That other
night at my party, when he found
that you'd gone-well, he told me
again Its killing me to pass
it on to you-I'm no plaster saint
But must. He cares for Won,
And you--you've got love to give
him. You're his wife. Remember
that"
Through the traffic the car was
darting. Every light that delayed