The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-12-10
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M.re;. can6eld. daughter of
x..l,hy Philip Garfield, meets
Bruce MeDougall. artist, shortly
.f,er the mysterious disapPear-
,ne. of Frank Kendriek. to whom
M.re;. had been engaged. When
,hort.xe. arc found in kendr'eks
h,.;ne.. accounts. Marcia u more
,hoeked than hesrtbroken. She re-
.l;xe. she WAS never in love with
him. =. al
Do,o,bv Osborn. who disiikes
Marcia, lead. him to believe Mar
e;, !. engaged to another man
There !. a bank hOldsp and po-
L.. commander the Garfield car
a. foIlov the bandits. The car Is
~rceLed and both Marcia and her
father are injured. Meooussh'
driving with Dorothy. arrives on
the scene ard takes Marcia and
her father to the hospital: =,
Their injuries arc slight AZ
though Marcia's arm Is IN SING
Al. takes part in an amateur
play short time sfter~srd' y
New York producer attends tne
n.rformanee and offers Dorothy
. part in hi. rev Prodaetio
Marcia gives a party tor Dor,
o,hv Bruce goes with Joan and
M;Le Bradford. He and Helen
W.ddeIl. close friend Of Marcia l.
overhear gossiper di'eus'ns
Marcia engagement to hendrieS
NOW co ON WITH HE SIoKi
CHAPTER XNNl
Helen said with cold anger
lets get out of here. :,
Obcdiently McDougall rose ana
Followed her into the hall, out Oh
hearing of the two in the room
beyond the library. Through the
archway ahead they could see the
dancers. the groups OF takers
around the walls. Midway down
the hall Helen paused. :,
you'll wonder what ITS all
about" she said.
McDougall gave his best imita-
ton of a man who does not re-
munro 70 be told thing.
"It'S just Il matter of petty, To-
cal gossip" said Helen. I'm not
suggesting YOU want TO be IN on
it:Tbut I ought TO explain why II
made me so angry.
" "That's Mrs. Charles Horton
whom Mike is talking with back
there. She can't let up, oyer some
thing that happened here some
months ago. There was a sequel
10 the thing that happened, anu
as for as |. can see il concerned
Marcia alone. Well, my cousin
happened to stumble across some
thing which had to do with inc
ease and tried 10 help Marcia out.
Hut nothing ever came OF IT,
Nothing ever will come OF II. -,
"And almost everybody Is will
INC 10 drop H.. All but a few
like" she tossed her head TO-
ward the inner room the lady
in there. Aud it burns me up;
There never was granucF sUi
than Marcia Garfield.
!, was all considerably myStity-
ING. McDoucsll reflected as nc
walked toward Dorothy .Osborns
house late on Monday afternoon.
Dorothy was TO sit for his sketch,
anJ he was 10 stay for dinner
the dinner he had missed before,
Dorothy had said without raneor;
But whatever the trouble had
been that still kept Bobbs Neck
gossip internationally supplied with
fuel. the profit TO McDougall was
nothing. Marcia, so far as ne
had ever learned, was engaged to
marry. Not engaged to John Wad-
dell-he had received enlighten-
mcnt. before the end Of Saturday
nights party. on the Chicagoan' $
status in Bobbs Neck-but TO a
still unidentified someone. Then
OF what interest TO him was this
old affair of local gossip? If 1t
had meant an unengaged Marcia
-ah, then the future could be
planned differently!
Forget il. forget il, said Nc
Dougall silently. kicking heartily
al n mound Of snow in his path.
Dorothy was waiting for him
a cordial Dorothy. but he had
never known her otherwise - in
the now attractive living room,
but he had never known il when
n was unattrnctiye, Mrs. Osborn,