The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-10-02

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ua3j al after I'd had a slight accl-
J Joa4 You offered to help
w We" nodded John. So the man
bod 5 5 Duncan Hunter. All this
AZ al noe greatly interest him. 1t
J JiJ not not make him forget that the
@irI he loved had gone away ana
That he did not know where 10
t t;HJ her Three days ago she had
b F,,.g here. Almost his. Almost
hOtta!rabIc. Perhaps entirely at
t-sf,',' if he had but had the
c c@,,,.s re to tell her how ne felt
o oIo',t her. Now she was gone,
s arJ' these two fantastic people
f, another world were in her
n riorl Dampered girl who had
Lrnhah1v Instructed her and driv-
en- her away; man who had cnce
belonged here but whose presence
~ The house today was somehow
! - Inncan Hunter said to him,
.cyoT'rn old enough to remember
certain things about me, young
NcEcill. You may recall hearing
7 was in an institution for the H.
sane 7 was escaping from that
pIacc when you passed me on tie
road. I've been staying here since
then. I'm on my way to give my
self up now
but he'll be out again soon
old Rertha broke in. nodding her
head emphatica!ly.
|. "Oh, yes said Elaine. Hes
sane. Sancr than any Of US here,
I believe" She laughed lightly
to relieve the tension.
John Mcneil heard all this only
in relation o the girl who had
been here and was gone. his
mind said, God. An escaped mad
man. And he was living in the
house with her for days.
Duncan Hunter said Can you
call taxi for me. McNetll?'
Yes" replied John. But first
I must ask you something. You
were here in this house with an
other person for several days.
Not your niece, but a girl about
her age. She's gone, and none OF
US know where. Do you know
by any chance?' =
Duncan Hunter shook his head:
1T shames me TO say that |
don't. The girl came to me IN
the darkest hour of my discourage,
mcnt and persuaded me TO hoI1
on a while longer. She talked
sand and grit into me. She open
ed the door for me-if | may be
permitted to speak in an old-fash-
toned, florid way-to a healthy
vision Of life and duty. But, Ike
most introverts. came out Of the
experience thinking only Of my
self. I forgot to be curious about
her. She was nothing but gentle
personality who had helped me
over a rough place. Who is she'
by the way?'
Il don't know John Mcneil
told him.
Duncan Hunter looked at John
McNe!ll's tight-lipped face and
said, "if you want to find her
that much, it can be done. There
are ways. Detective service, you
know. I've more money than I'll
ever need. You can count on me
to any extent
"Thank you, Mr.. Hunter John
said baIaredIy OFFERING his hand.
Il can swing the cost all right
Your advice was what | needed,
III call a taxi now. What train
are you catching, the lO:lo
yes" replied Duncan Hunter.
"Goodby, my boy, and good luck.
Never let girl go if you love her.
I did that once i
After John had gore they stood
locked in inactive silence for a
time. Then Elaine said. "was 1t
Jane Emerson, Uncle Duncan"
yes" he answered. THAT was
her name then"
IT'S still her name" Elaine
told him. "She's secretary to
Madame Leshki at Graycastle. |
She's very good-looking and at
tractive, but so straight-laced you
want to kill her Il
"She was always those things,
Duncan replied. But a man
shouldn't put a Brazilian adven-
ture before his love. Not if his |
love happens to be a proud, I'M
forpiving woman"
Elaine said, II think it's be-
cause of you that she takes such |
an interest in me. She's always |
irving to reform me. When she's /
not reforming me in her spare
time she's reading books on how
to grow orchids
"Eh?" said Duncan Hunter in
But Elaine was no longer inter-
ested. She was pulling aside the
curtains at a window to see John
Mcneil get into roadster and go
driving off like mad.
TO Be Continued