Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-01-24
er to Leland.

said, without offering her hand.
"Good evening, Jeanette"
Her eyes flashed angrily at him for
using that name.
"How is your wife, Mr.. Forbes ?"
she asked, coldly.
"Bless my SOUL" Maxim cried, "For-
hes isn't married"
81 know it," jeanette said, icily,
II was asking about his common-law
wife,"
She said it quite sweetly, but her
eyes were hard and cold as she stared
at Leland.
Leland wanted to shout, "You lit
tie fool, she is my sister!" He dared
not do this, on Lola's account. Her
safety was still uppermost in his mind.
Maxim was also staring at him as
if expecting a denial. It seemed to
Leland that words would be futile and
silence worse. There was but one
thing to do and he did the rushed
to the hall, grabbed his hat and out
to his hired car. The lights were on.
He jumped in, started the motor and
backed suddenly down the drive.
Behind him arose sudden shrek
of terror.
Leland almost collapsed. He fear
ed jeanette had run out after him in
the dark and that he had backed into
her. Stopping the car he leaped out
and around to the rear.
A woman lay in the drive bat it
was not jeanette. He did not recog-
nize her. Maxim was running out
then. Leland picked up the slight
young woman and started for the
house.
81 backed into her, afraid she's
badly hurt" he said as he went in
and put her on the couch. Maxim
went to her at once.
"Why, it's Lily" Maxim exclaimed.
"Lily?" Leland repeated dumbly.
Zone of my maids"
The girl stirred and sat up.
Fortunately for you, Forbes, she's
evidently not badly hurt"
Leland realized now that old Max
in was furious at him."
"Mr. Forbes has a great faculty for
hurting girls" jeanette said.
"Gosh!" exclaimed the girl, staring
at Leland. "Say, you scared me pink.
What Mr.. Forbes are you anyway?
Say, are you Mrs. Harlow's brother?
You look like her."
"Never mind!" Leland cried.
"You are him, 1 remember now"
Leland put his hands over the girls
mouth.
"Will you kindly leave us alone
for a few minutes?" he implored.
Maxim and Jeanette, after asking
the girl is she were hurt and being
assured that she had only tainted
from fright when the car backed
down on her, left the room.
"Why did you ask me if were Mrs.
Harlow's brother?" Leland demanded.
"Because-well, you see Harlow
shot himself and"
"What? What's that? Harlow
shot himself? Are you sure?"
"Sure I'm sure, Mr.. Forbes. And
why poor Mrs. Harlow ran away af-
ter that dirty low-down husband of
hers was finally dead, and him try
ing to kill her-well, it gets me-"
Leland sat down on the couch be-
side the girl.
care you sure" he asged, trying
to keep his voice from trembling,
every sure that Vance Harlow shot
himself?"
"Of course Pm sure, and I've got
clippings, and my name is no 'em, and
my picture I'll get 'em".
The girl, recovered from her fright
and faint, went out. Maxim came in.
"The girl has gone for some i'm
portant clippings, may we use small
room?" asked, excitedly.
Without replying Maxim opened a
door to a small den. The girl came
down and they went in that room
but Leland did not close the door.
The girl evidently told the truth.
Leland cursed himself for not get
ting the newspapers after he return
ed and learning how the news had
been handled.
There were dozen clippings. A
couple of the clippings had headlines
to the effect that Harlow was dead
and his wife gone, but all the others
were to the effect that he had killed
himself.
There were pictures of Harlow, of
Lola. and of Lily. the maid, who was