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CHAPTER v


gered eerily in the silence which fol-
lowed her theatrical exit from the
room. Somewhere a door closed
with bang which changed through
the house.
Her spiteful warning struck like
an irritating burr in Brooke Rey-
burns mind. She glanced at the
two men standing back to the fire:
Stewards eyes, still on the doorway,
smoldered with anger: the tortured
look in Mark Trent's hurt her I'M
bearsbly; even with his pride
knitted, his courtesy had been in
vincible. The woman had warned
him also. Why think Of him, she
asked herself angrily. Better have
her mind on what Mrs. Hunt had
insinuated. Had those two men
come to live in this house because
they suspected her, Brooke Rey-
burn, of dishonesty influencing
Mary Amanda Dane? If so, what
could they do about it? Drag her
into court? Was that why Inspector
Harrison had been with them? It
was fantastic, incredible, yet hadn't
she wondered times without num-
Der why they, city men so obviously,
should have come to this village
for the winter?
AS If her thoughts had drawn his
eyes to her, Mark Trent regretted:
Sorry, Miss Reyburn, that you
should have been bored with q
scene."
He pressed bell beside the fire.
place. With little snort Of anger,
Anne Gregory settled heavily into
chair and flung back her sable cape.
The color Of her face suggested
red-hot balloon. Temper and voice
blew up.
'How about me, Mark? Do you
think I liked meeting that shame
less woman here? Shamelessl Per-
haps I'm too hard on Lola. She was
right. We old residents did our best
to snub her when she came here to
live, and she did have every man in
the place parking on her doorstep
sooner or later. And what did Lola
mean, she hoped I'd patronize the
business she and her husband were
about to start?"
''She didn't say what sort Of bust
ness, did she? Let's forget her. Let
me take your coat, Miss Reyburn."
Trent stood behind Brooke as the
servant appeared in the doorway.
"Kowa, take out the tray and
bring fresh tea"
Mrs. Gregory removed her gloves
and resumed cross-exanination.
did Lola really mean that she
and her present husband are going
into business in this village?"
whats strange in that? It's be-
ing done every day." Mark Trent
crossed his arms on the mantel
and stared at the fire.
In spite Of her suspicion Of his
motive in coming to live next door
to Lookout House, Brooke's sympa-
thy surged out to him. Why didn't
Mrs. Gregory drop the subject Of
the Hunts? Couldn't she see that
he was sick at heart over the whole
sordid situation? With more kind
ness than finesse, Jed Stewart
plunged into the breach.
''Has that pair of Japanese gold
fish I ordered for you arrived yet,
Mrs. Gregory"
Anne Gregory looked UP at him
with eyes made shrewd by years Of
living, by joys, by uprooted affec-
tons, by hopes unrealized. She
shook her head.
"You can't sidetrack me, young
man, even with goldfish. / mean to
get at what Lola is after--not
merely customers, I am sure Of
that, she was here to hound Mark.
I know her. I'll see that she doesn't
get license to carry on business on
this point. I still have influence.
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a cigarette. She blew a ring Of
smoke toward the two men stand.
ing back to the fire.
Forgot these were in the box,
didn't you, Mark? You really should
do something about your memory;
it's slipping" Her eyes and voice
sharpened. well, here's my news.
Bert Hunt-he's my present hus-
band, in case you've forgotten
is planning to 60 into business in
the residential part of this town,
has gone, in fact. shall help when
he's rushed or-indisposed. When I
heard that you'd opened this house,
I thought perhaps you wouldn't care
to have your former wife working
I've been warned that I've been
taking chances with my heart-that
perhaps you'd like to buy us off.
With $40. 900 we could go abroad
and stay for a time. Don't stand
there like a bronze Nemesis ready
to swoop. Nothing shameful about
any kind of a job these days. is
there?"
Mark Trent laughed. 1t was not
an especially merry burst of sound.
but it would serve.
do you call extortion a job?
Nothing doing, Lola. Your heart!
You've used your weak heart as an
excuse to get what you wanted for
years. Why should ! deprive the
town Of Hunts business ability and
SO charming an assistant"
She slid to her feet. Her face,
which had been blank with amaze
mem at his laugh, went white with.
anger.
''You mean that you don't mind
my working-here?"
IF it's what you like, why should
I? But" his face was as colorless
as hers, ''if you do stay in this
town, the allowance I am making
you-which, you may remember, is
purely voluntary-win STOP"
"Are you threatening me?"
''Not for minute. I'm merely
reminding you"
"Then I'll remind you that it
may cost you more"
Mrs. Gregory, Miss Reyburn,"
murmured Kowa at the door.
Mrs. Gregory registered amaze
ment and anger when she saw Lola.
Her skin mottled, her eyes flashed
as she tha1nped her cane on the rug
and went into action.
what are you doing in this house,
Lola?"
II might ask you that" Lola
Hunts eyes moved insolently from
her to the girl beside her. Match
making mayhap? AS remember it
was one Of your passions" Her
glance brought color to Brooke
Reyburn's face.
"Just as cheap in your answers
as ever, aren't you, Lola? Wise
cracking, I believe they call it now.
Don't tell me you have taken her
back, Mark"
''Taken me back! That's the joke
Of the week. He couldn't get me
back"
Lola Hunt pulled the silver fox
cape about her shoulders and drew
on the fabric gloves.
so glad to have met you here,
Mrs. Gregory. It will save sending
you a card"
Anne Gregory's face took on
purple tint. She thumped her cane
on the rug.
IA card! A card to what, you
brazen hussy?"
Lola Hunt shrugged. Don't try
to stop her, Mark. She would call
woman who chose to live her life
according to modern ideas Of mar
riage, hussy. You'd know that
from her clothes, they're so de-
liciously Victorian. really must
go"
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Amanda Danes of c date later than
the will allowed; told Of the decision
of Mark and himself to turn de-
tectives and of their absolute I'M
success to date.
Inspector Bill Harrison blew
perfect smoke ring.
Ibid Mrs. Gregory say there was
anyone else present but Mrs. Dane
and the other witnesses when she
signed?"
"No."
Mark Trent's answer was nothing
short of explosive. The inspectors
soft grudging laugh, in such marked
contrast to his bird-of-prey eyes,
brought guilty color to his face. It
wasn't keeping back information not
to tell that Brooke Reyburn had
driven in that afternoon just as
Mrs. Gregory had driven out from
Lookout House, was it?
Inspector Bill Harrison rose. With
a cigar tucked in one corner of his
mouth, he nodded.
~I'll be going. Guess I've got all
the dope. Don't give that Henri
jacques and his wife the idea that
you've missed the silver. Let it
drop out of their minds. When you
have any news, come to headquar-
tiers, don't phone. That reminds me.
Know anything about the people
who've started the filling station
here on the point?"
''No. But understand that Henri
Jacques is recommending them"
ooh, he is? That Henri's just nat
urally helpful, amt he? Well, must
get back" He added in his soft per-
suasive voice:
Whenever you're ready to come
across with the name of the other
party who was in the neighborhood
of Lookout House the day that last
will of Mrs. Danes was signed,
Mark, I'm just across the cause
way. I'll be seeing you"
Don. go yet, Bill"
He mustn't leave thinking that he
and Jed were holding out on him.:
Mark realized.
Jed Stewart grabbed Marks
shoulder.
Hold on, Mark. See who's here!"
Mark Trent turned. Surprise
brought him to his feet, wiped the
smile from his lips. That couldn't
be Lola on the threshold! It was.
Fun, her name was now, Lola
Hunt, he must remember.
"Say, Mark. TIL be making my
getaway
He nodded response to Bill Harri-
sons humble. Knew when he
opened the door which led to the
print room and vanished. Evidently
the inspector didn't care to meet
Lola. Who did? With the question
Mark thrust his hands hard into his
coat pockets and took q step for
ward.
''Well?"
The sound was more growl than
word, he realized, as he looked
steadily at the woman who had
been his wife. Had been. At last
he had come to think Of her in the
past tense. 1t had taken three years
to accomplish that. The shame, the
humiliation, the unbearable heart
ache he had suffered in the years
they had lived together swept over
him in sickening tide. What did
she want now? She was the type of
woman who constantly and everlast-
ingly wanted something. Wasn't he
giving her enough? There had been
no justice in his giving her any
thing, but when she had written
him that her current husband was
out Of job and that she was hum
cry, what could he do but make her
an allowance till the man found
work? Her clothing had cheap
smartness; the dark brilliance of
her eyes was intensified by artificial
shadows: her skin was thick and
Q,,obol. bor ebor% b1o MI !, - ir s,oa-1o~1
Evening star., 1937-10-13
FEDERAL LAND BANKS
NEW YORK PRODUCE.

NEW YORK, October 13 R.-Esss.
Sssfs S;I;;ss. Is ias. ISS sStsndsEss assSs;
15;17ta; refrigerator. special packs. Fl "a
23Ha; refrigerator standards. 21-21N; re-
frigerator firsts, 20-2034; refrigerator sec
dirties. 19-19E
Whites; Resale Of premium marks, Al
marks, 36h-39; exchange specials. s1H- a.
&c.. fancy mediums. 2Sh-31; exchange
other whites UNCHANGED. Browns: Nearby.
small to mediums 1924; other browns
and duck eggs UNCHANGED.
Butter. S.69S unsettled: creamery.
higher than extra, 36l2-3714 extra (9c
score). 36l4: other grades UNCHANGED
Cheese. 317.509; prices firm and un-
changed.
Live poultry by freight. weak chickens
Rocks. 24-27: colored. 22-24 Leshorn. g.
"a; fowls. colored 1925; Leehorn, 1890;
old roosters II; turkeys hens. 2S; ducks
1920. BY express steady; chickens Rocks
1929; Reds, 1923: Leghorn, 81; broilers
Rocks. 3O-31: crosses. 29-30; Reds. 1928;
LeRhorn. 1926; fowls, colored, 22-26: Leg.
horn, 2q-22: old roosters. II; turkeys, "a
80: ducks. 11-20
Dressed poultry irregular; fresh (boxes,
chickens, roasters 22I2 -2aa.. Other fresh
and frozen prices UNCHANGED
Evening star., 1937-10-13
STOCK SLIDE LAID
TOU. S. BROKERS
British Accuse Wall Street
Operators of Causing In.
ternationaI Break.
By the Associated Press.

-"
LONDON. October 13-British
brokers today accused Wall Street
operators Of causing an international
break in security prices.
They advanced manifold reasons
why London was not guilty of start
ing the steep price slide, but financial
men confessed they were unable to
give valid and conclusive explana-
ton of why the slump started and
why it continues.
Brokers asserted nearly every recent
break stemmed from Wall Street and
the London security market was
forced to follow. On several occa-
sions, they added, the London market
bid up prices before Wall Street
opened and then got its fingers burned
when Wall Street started business at
lower levels.
Tuesdays market was cited as an
example of what London could do
when Wall Street was closed for a
holiday. The London exchange took
courage from continental buying and
rebounded strongly late yesterday aft
ernoon, wiping out sharp morning
break.
Money on Way Back.
Closing prices we're mixed with
final quotations from a few cents to
81 above or below the previous close.
The best analysis Of the situation
follows these lines:
Earlier this year the financial CEN
ters of London, Paris and Amsterdam
sent money in great volume to the
United States for investment because
OF the greater safety offered there.
Later some of this money started re-
turning home when the domestic sit
uation looked better than the Ameri-
can scene.
The volume of selling swelled when
Wall Street declined and signaled
their money was endangered. About
that time commodity dealers in AM
sterdam. London and other centers
encountered rapidly falling prices
which forced them to sell securities
in London and New York to enable
them to accumulate cash to tide them
over the break. Then, too, the franc
is currently stable and French funds
are flowing heavily back to France.
Britain Reassures Business.
Meanwhile British financial and
political leaders were busy recalling
the soundness of British business in
an effort to reassure nervous investors
Sir John Simon, chancellor of the
exchequer, recently said he saw mo
justification for supposing the tide of
our prosperity had reached its peak
and was about to turn"
Others recalled that British steel
production for September had reached
the highest point in history and that
pig iron output was the highest in II
years. Foreign Secretary Anthony
Eden reassured those who believe Brit
ish prosperity might end with the COM
pletion Of rearmament activity-one
Of businessren's darkest fears.
Eden said: There is no reason WHY
an energetic campaign on the part O.
our export industries should not pro-
duce even greater increase in ou
trade overseas, which will maintain
our national prosperity at home wher
rearmament comes to an end"
Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain
declared October 10 at the Conserva
tive Party Conference at Scarborough
that 'as yet there is no visible sigr
OF that coming slump in industry" anc
marshaled list of impressive figure.
showing recovery since the 1881
depression low.
Evening star., 1937-10-13
Bs the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, october 13.-The bond
market, after opening a shade higher,
turned uneven and erratic as the
noon hour approached today.
Lower we're American Type Found
ers convertibles, Bethlehem Steel
334s, Goodyear SIS, McKesson & Rob-
bins 5l2s, National Dairy 3s4s and
Studebaker Is. Up a fraction were
Armour As, along with International
Hydro Electric IS.
Rails as a group were the strongest
department. Tending upward were
Baltimore g. Ohio convertible 4las
ST. Paul IS, Erie SIS, Illinois Central
434s, Great Northern As, New York
Central SIS and Northern Pacific As.
Down fractions were Missouri Kansas
Texas SIS, Pennsylvania 4l2s and
Frisco 4l2s,
United States Governments were
2-32s of point higher to 3-32s lower.
Among foreigns, Abitibi Power g.
Paper SIS were up 2l2 and japanese
Is up ll2 at one time
Evening star., 1937-10-13
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK.

CHICAGO. october 13 up UNITED States
Department of Agriculture) Hogs. 13. 600,
including 5000 direct. generally 10 to .15
lower than Tuesdays average spots s25
of: top. Ills; bulk good and choice. 19O-
24O pounds. 10.S5-11 90: 150-lSO pounds.
10.4Oal .00 240-30O pounds, 1O.40-l II 05
most good packing sows. 9.25-9.60. Light
weights up to 9.15.
Cattle-s.000: calves. l 500: choice and
prime prime FED st steers and yearlings steady to
1850; several loads. II o0-19.00: sizable
showing. 1900 upward other steers slow
steady to 25 lower; heifers steady; top
1900. for 85S-pound grassers: cows slow
steady: low cutters and cutters. 3.T5-4 rs;
most grass cows. 5.50-6.75: weiehty West
erns and natives 7.25 upward: stockers
and feeders slow, steady Bulls and veal
ers strong, practical top sausages $40:
vealers. 10 90 down.
Sheep, 5000. including $500 direct; fat
lambs. active. mostly steady; good te
choice natives. and range lambs, 1880
1913: TOP natives. 1890: sheep steady to
lower; native slaughter ewes, 3.5O-475;
bulk merely good Westerns, 4.0Oa4 so;
feeding lambs light supplies. indications
steady.
Evening star., 1937-10-13
SLUMP REVEALED
IN OIL PRODUCTION
Petroleum Institute Finds
Daily Average Down
SO, 400 Barrels.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, October 13.-Daily av-
erage production of crude oil in the
United States in the week ended Oc-
tober 9 was $500 barrels, decrease
of 68.400 from the preceding week,
the American Petroleum Institute re-
ported today.
Daily average production east of
California was 1880, $50 barrels, a de-
crease Of 76,900.
Imports Of crude and refined oils at
principal United States ports totaled
946, 900 barrels, or a daily average of
l35.l43, against 1,296,00O, or a daily
average Of 185,143, In the preceding
week.
The report was issued only in part,
due to the Columbus day holiday.
The complete report for the week
ended October follows in detail:
DAILY AVERAGE CRUDE OIL PRoDuc-
Figures in barrels)
Note: The figures indicated below do not
include any estimate of any oil which
might nave been surreptitiously produced.
Evening star., 1937-10-13
DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED

NEW YORK. October 1s.-pivtd.no. d.
-laraG >tfAataus de-
Evening star., 1937-10-13
CHICAGO PRODUCE.

CHICAGO. October IL 0P, Omitted States
department. OF Agriculture) Potatoes, "a
on track 307: total u. s. shipments a13:
Colorado Red McClures and Northern stock
snehtiy stronger. Russets steady: supplies
Idaho: Russet Burbsnks 9. s. No. p i. 1872. rH5
4o; y: s. No. 2: 1.15.20; Colorado. Red
McClures: y. s. No. l. fine quality 1 42ia-
NO. ! and partly graded. 1.10-2O: Cobbiers.
y: s. No; ] and partly graded, a0-a5;
1;00-o5;. South Dakota. Early Ohios. un-
CLASSIFIED. 20; Minnesota. Early Ohios. u.
8 NO. ! and partly graded, 90; Wiscon-
Butter, 6.433; unsettled: creamery. spe-
gals t93 score). 3534 -36h: extra fs21.
35L4 extra firsts tp0-9I), 333. firsts
osS.Sg), 81 34-32A: seconds (s4-s7l7J
2s-3O12; STANDARDS go: centralized car
frsts. local and cars, 2iI.. fresh graded
fddsts' fdsts' local and cars, 2l: current receipts,
Poultry. live, 3s trucks: hens frm: ball
ance steady. prices unchanged
Evening star., 1937-10-13

Tex dividend.
tP1us extras. e2re extra. f1i2S ex-
ira: 75c extra. - 3Oc paid June "a,
1887.
Evening star., 1937-10-13
Machine Orders
Score Big Gains
During September
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press
CLEVELAND, october 13.-New
machine tool orders In September
jumped to 210.7 per cent In the Ma
tional Machine Tool Builders -Asso-
cation Index. .
The figure compared with 1913 per
cent last year and was the highest
since April, 1887. The associa tion
takes 1926 figures as representing 100
per cent.
Domestic orders declined from
1875 to 1l9 last month, but the index
climbed on an increase Of from 50.a
per cent to 91.7 per cent in new foreign
orders.
Evening star., 1937-10-13
RISE IN GOLD IMPORTS
REPORTED FOR MONTH

Gold imports during September
totaled s145,623,466, the Commerce
Department reported today.
This compared with $105,013,01l In
August and s17l ,866,183 In September,
1886.
September silver imports aggregated
s8,426,9l5. compared with s4,s64, ,16l
IN the previous month and s6,3s3, ,o87
in the same month year ago.
Gold and silver exports were negli-
gible.
Evening star., 1937-10-13
METAL MARKET.

steady; electrolytic. spot and future. IL. 90;
EXPORT, Ill .s6. Tin weak: SPOT and nearby.
q !5;52 0Q; future. $50 Lead quiet;
f.e5 zinc quiet; spot East St. Louis and
future. 9.25. Iron. aluminium. platinum
and Wolframite UNCHANGED. Quicksilver.
Evening star., 1937-10-13
MONTREAL SILVER.

MONTREAL. October 13 fP.-Silver fu.
lures opened firmer. 10 to 20 points high.
er. October. A 4.45b: December, a44Ob
March. 43.95b. Bid
Evening star., 1937-10-13
Washington Exchange

Capital Transit Colo at 10. S at 10.
Potomac Electric Power 5la%o pfd-
10 at 112.
Washington Railway g. Electric pfd-
at ITO, at 110.
Mergenthaler Linotype-10 at 30, 10
at 80. at 80.
Real Estate Mortgage a. Guaranty
pfd-50 at ~.
Woodward e. Lothrop com-l0 at 591z.
AFTER CALL.
Capital Transit Co.-40 at 10.
Lincoln Service pfd-10 at AZ.
Bid and Asked Prices.
Evening star., 1937-10-13
INVESTING COMPANIES

NEW YORK. october 13 tP,.-New York
Security Dealers Association:
moon Quotations.)
Evening star., 1937-10-13
ODD-LOT DEALINGS.
By the Associated Press

The Securities Commission reported to-
odd-lot dealers or specialists on the New
YORK Stock Exchange for October ii;
l4;d63 purchases involving 364 257 shares:
s.204 sales Involving 242 .2O4 shares
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-03-16
SOUTHERN SOCIETY
FOR SOCIAL SECURITY
TO MEET in APRIL

BIRMINGHAM. Ala, Mar l6.
CUP)-More than 200 delegates
are expected to attend a meeting
of the Southern Social Security
society here April 2 and 3.
Representatives will be present
from Alabama, Tennessee, Virgin
ia. Georgia, North Carolina, Flor
ida. Kentucky, Mississippi and
South Carolina.
Wilson Gee, of the University
of Virginia, is president of the
society. The principal speaker will
ba Howard ". Odum, who direct
ed former President Hoover's So
cial trends study.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-03-16

Head the first with a suit or a
spring topcoat and two dresses to
wear under it. Or with suit
and redingote. One set of acccS-
soiies can go with both outfits.
Later, of course, you can add an
other dress or two and a second
set of accessories.
On the second list, do put lin
gerie neckwear of white orCandy,
treated to retain its permanent
crispness. An extra collar and
cuff set and one frilly iabot will
keep you from getting tired of Il
ravy dress. Then. too, have one
interesting clip or belt o. scarf to
wear with the dress the morning
YOU discover that none OF the lin
gegic ncckwcar is clean.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-03-16
SOVIET FLIERS
EAGER TO TRY
DISTANCE HOP
One Tentative Route Is
Over North Pole, And
On To San Francisco
By NORMAN B. DEUEL.
lJn;ted Press Staff Correspondent


MOSCOW. March l6.-(UP),
Soviet aviation has set itself the
task in 1887 oil breaking world
height and distance airplane rec
The first, il is hoped. will be ac-
complished by use of a new type
plane with a Theoretically sealed
cabin which has undergone sue
ccssful secret tests for more than
q year.
der consideration to break the ms
tonee record. One would be a
flight from Moscow TO Brazil. the
other across the North Pole, Mos
cow 10 San Francisco. The AM
% type plane. which recently new
NONSTOP a distance of 5000 miles
and landed with fuel enough re-
manning TO cover an additional l.
son miles. would be used on the
distance flight.
V. Chijevsky. aviation engineer:
considers that the experiences OIL
Wiley Post and others showed tnat
a sealed cumbersome flying SUIT
is not ideal for altitude flying. In
consequence he and other Soviet
ENGINEERS constructed Strato-
plone with a hermeticallv sealed
cabin. separately installed IN the
central portion of the fuSelage.
PLANE TESTED SECRETLY
Working on the problem since
1a3I they constructed n success
fnl shin in 1885 which has been
secretly tested since.
The scaled cabin of the Strato-
planr is entered through q her-
petically designed portfolio. Thick
class covers seven windows IN the
cabin ensuring ADEQUATE vision
and. according to ChiievSEy. tne
complicated problem Of hermetc
pSssage of the steering apparatus
and controls from the cabin mas
been accomplished so successfully
that no special training or adG'-
tional effort is required ON the
mart Of the pilot while in flight.
Instruments are connected so as
20 show outside air pressure ana
other conditions and are normally
sruated. The crew does not wear
oxygen masks and is llghtiy
dressed.
Chiievskv said that during test
f;ohte temperature and oxygen
control was effective and that
only the installation &C altitude
motors now under construction
are awaited oINattempts TO break
altitude records.
POLE FLIGHT PUSHED
The sealed cabin is expected 20
be especially useful if flights 10
the North Pole. nov being widely
discussed in the Soviet Press, are
undertaken.
VaIeri Chkalov. noted aviator
who bears the title of Hero of the
Soviet Union. is eager, with ms
friends Baidukov and Beliakov, to
undertake a flight across the North
Pole to San Francisco. "Not only
would this flight constitute world
record. Chhkalov said, but would
also initiate short air route be-
tween two powerful countries and
be the basis of future regular air
lines between America and Eu-
rope"
BRAZIL FLIGHT FAVORED
Although enthusiastic about a