The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-11-18

ments-thc best munieipals ant
other bonds Of the same charac'
ter. Cne might say that IT nae
involved hardly more tnan Si,tint
AT a desk and accepting funds OF
friends and acquaintances. an!
sending the orders to New dorE
for the stuff they wanted. But ne
had always given good investment
advice-"Four per cent without
gamble. instead of 6 per cent with
chance" ",
Unfortunately. his New York
connections had introduced nm
TO the possibility of profits above
his own recommendations. Before
converting a considerable sum Of
money into the 1 per cents or
dered by his customers, nc mad
been attracted by scheduled pool
oneration i'm a certain industrial
share. Appalled, when ms Gus
toners money disappeared IN Vio,
lation of the schedule, ne had
thrown his own conservative IN
vestments into the operation. in
an effort to rebuild, and had wit
messed their quick demise, Wal
Street was not aware Of the rip
ME il made. but for Frank Ken
drick, q tidal wave had wiped out
all that made up his life. -,
He missed Marcia; they had
been friends for so long. Strange
he thought of her as his old friend
not as the girl he had been go
ing to marry. Funny how they had
sort of slid into thai engagement!
He wondered-briefly - whether
this whole affair meant more 70
Marcia than il did to him; after
ali. she was a girl and-he had to
acknowledge it-he had left her
10 face alone the friends who
would be raising eyebrows over
the punctured romance.
He strapped the suitcase = an
expensive bag, left over from
those recent, prosperous days;
nut on hat and coat-expensive
clothes, foreign to the shabby
room. Softly he walked down the
stairs, softly closed the street door
/ behind him, fugitive from a land
lady. .
cold fog: and Frank kendrick
walked away in it, and was iost
again.
Marcia met John at 8 o'clock in
the lobby of her hotel.
whats the program he
wanted to know. =,
81 wish could figure one out" y
said Marcia soberly. "The direct
method is the only one that oc-
ours to me. Let's just walk IN
over there and try to see him; ne
can't refuse to talk to me. I'll tell
you all about this later, John.
Right now let's go over"
Seated in the quiet restaurant
where at midnight gay crowd
had danced, where at noon hurry
ing business people would lunch,
they ordered breakfast and looked
about them. Among all the en-
ployes, Frank was not in evidence.
Marcia was conscious of a sinking
heart. She thought she could
guess the truth. After all her
brave planning and hoping! $3.50
$50 he wasn't here yesterday
she said duly.
"No, but, as | said, he may have
had day off, or may have been
i'll.
"On the other hand, John, hav-
ing seen you and suspecting that
he would be looked for, he may
not come back at all, don't you
agree? Oh, why didn't ! telephone
you before / left New York, to
hold him, somehow, until | could
get here? / might have known he
would be expecting something to
happen, after seeing you and de-
nying that he was Frank Ken
drick, when he knew that you
knew him."
"Hold him." said John. ere
member, I'm in the dark about
this. But look here, whatever it's
al labout, if you're afraid he is
running away,let's call the man.
ager over and get Franks address.
Perhaps we can go after him be-
fore it's too late"
And while their waiter went in
search of the manager:
Besides, Marcia, you can't
blame yourself. Even if you had
telephoned yesterday from New
York, remember Frank wasn't
here yesterday"
No, the manager said, he coul'
not help them. Yes, he recognized
the young man in question from
their description. He had worked
the day before yesterday, but had
rot returned yesterday, nor this