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was retarded by LovelPs direction,
reached New York on Sunday, and
they went directly to the Lovelrs
city apartment. Ellen Lowell and
Jane had made everything bright and
pleasant for the arrival of Perilla,
and both were surprised when the
girl was brought in in a state of
such utter exhaustion.
The long and wearing motor ride,
after the distressing stay at Maiden
House, had. so Slapped Perilla's
strength that at the doctors orders
she went to bed and stayed there
until fully recuperated.
And that time had come. Gail
right now, Mother" she said.'I want
to get up and dress and oh, Mother,
there's so much to tell you. And first
Gf all, here's shocker for you I'm
going to finish up the work on the
apartment, and get into it as soon as
I can. Don't oppose me, I'm too i'll to
fight, but plenty well enough to do
what want to-"
1--WE won't fight you, dear, and you
can move in just as soon as you can
get things ready. Won't you be lone
ly there? Do you plan to have any
one with your"
81 do" Perilla gave her mother a
dubious glance. Il plan to have
Jane"
"Jane? Merciful heavens, what do
you think I'm going to do? I can't
get along without Jane"
ooh, yes, you can. Let's say, for a
month or two, anyway. She can run
around here when you want her'spe-
cially. And maybe she can get you
another golden girl such as she isl
'Well, we'll see about it," and Mrs.
Lowell sighed. Perilla knew she had
won her point, so she dropped the
subject.
''Now We'll have luncheon" she
ordered, ''and then we'll have what
I find they call a conference Oh,
mother! it's all too dreadful! Don't
pity me, or even sympathize; if you
lido, I'll break down.
The two tactful women quite I'M
derstood this and no reference was
made to matters at Maiden House,
until Perilla chose to make it.
Perilla was so near collapse that it
seemed no hardship to remain in
bed. When she felt equal to the
strain she took her mother and Jane
up to her own little boudoir and told
them the whole story.
Mr.. Lowell and Mo1colm came in
the late afternoon, having spent the
night before with Garth in his Phil
ade1phia home.
"a splendid man, that Garth" de-
clared Lowell. Hes taken over all
Perilla's business, and she couldn't
have a better lawyer. You won't
have to worry about anything,
dear"
''Not anything, dad?"
81 hope not. We won't 60 into mat
tiers now
Better have it out, dad," said
Malcolm, who well knew Perilla's
persistency.
Tell 'em what you like, lad. Me
for a bath and bit of rest" he said
as he left them.
''Was there any more talk of-of
-" but Perilla couldn't go on.
Nothing but. However, I think we
hNut the kibosh on that. You must
Ysnow, mother and Jane, that Corey's
mother is not a-well, not an affable
person. And she has a complex or
whatever you call those things, that
Pril-might as well say it right out
that Pril killed Corey. Don't
Jump, Jane, PeriI1a has heard this
and discounted it.
'"The old LADY, wish I could
draw IlSl p1CLOAC AOA yON-WSAA, L
had to threaten her with all the
-torments of the Inferno, before she
would let up on it. And I did have
her stopped; she made up with Per-
lila, and promised to lead a better
life, when, after the funeral, she
somehow got going again"
ooh, Malcolm, did she?' cried
Perilla. "What did she do?"
"Well, to begin with. she vowed
that packet of cyanide was yours
and of course we all know it was
hers, and she said you meant to Kill
her with it, and we know she meant
to kill you with it"
"And you let her put it over?"
swell, see here, Jane. My stand is
shat she is touched, loony, off her
nut, whatever you like to call it, but