The Washington times., 1937-08-21

tioning her about herself. were
proof
But he had not yet asked to call
at her apartment.
She wondered about that. Had
Harriet Brewster said anything2
she wondered. EXtolled the eX.
pensive furnishings and high rell-
tai? Was Guy imagining things
about herself and Niklas? That
would be horrible.
COMPELLED TO LIE
On the other hand, when he
did come to the apartment, as, Of
course, he presently would, she
would be compelled to lie-bring
I'D the silly fabrication Of the
family chateau on the Loire! This
would be the necessary explanation
of the furniture.
Oh! that he would confess hts
love for her, and, secure in that
knowledge, she would make clean
breast of it all!
For it was, she was certain, not
the marquise who attracted him,
but her own self under that pose.
The real Toni Goddard!
She would ask him to dinner
some evening, show him that she
could cook an excellent meal
Surely, alone with her, he would
want to make love to her. Once
again, as at Harriet Brewster'S
cocktail party. she would glimpse
his true feelings!
With a lift Of the heart, she
saw Guy enter the club some time
after midnight.
Would he come to her tablet
she wondered. Ask her to dance?
Then she remembered the hun"
dred dollars, and Cassie DoyleG
The money was under the cllst-
ion Of her chair. NiklaS had I'D.
vanced a weeks salary as re"
queSted. He had been quite agree.
able about 1t.
Cassie would presently arrive, SO
better, she thought, that Guy did
not come to her till later. They
must not meet, or Cassie might I'M
Willingly expose her.
But he seemed to be coming to-
ward her now.
Hastily she rose. She would go
UP to the dressing room. She took
two steps forward, when she heard
splintering crash behind herl
She swung round. There was g
furry Of EXPLANATIONS, a rush Of
walters, a voice calling out: What
YNN0PHIIiCAV"
LAMP CRASHES
A great, swinging lamp directly
above the place where she had
been sitting had fallen from its
chain, crashing in thousand jag.
ged splinters over her choir, the
table, the floor.
Had she been sitting there. 1t
would have killed her!...
Breathing a prayer Of thankful
ness, she suddenly remembered the
hidden money. Before the walters
could brush the debris from the
chair, she herself did it, at the
same time Secreting the money in
the quaint reticule that was part
Of her costume.
When everything was cleared
away, Toni slipped the bills back
under the cushion, ready for Cas-
sic when she should arrive.
Fifteen minutes later, she was
on the floor, singing, apparently
completely at ease again.
While she sang, Cassie came In
and headed for the table and
chair.
Cassie in a cheap little evening
wrap that even in the golden light
looked tawdry. From the corner
of her eye, Toni saw the girls hand
slide under the cushion as she
seated herself.
Without the swinging lamp, It
was dim at TOMS table.
A man was standing close be-
hind Cassie. Would Herman dare?
Toni saw Cassie turn nervously,
as though afraid Of watching eyes.
It seemed as though she were
afraid of detective spying on her!
The man was Guy Halstead-Flagg.
Guy saw Cassie, trembling, slip
a wad Of money under the cushion
of the chair.
He had suspected she would do
this!
That was why he had followed
her!
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SLOW PROGRESS
Harriet Brewster was turning in
her mind the slowness of her prog.
ress with Guy Halstead.Flagg, am
atorially speaking. She was an
noyed about it.
Ito Be Continued)
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