The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-10-01

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! Larry 5 eyes swung over TO rat
! His face was white, the muscles
IN his law tense, the pupils IN ms
blue eyes drawn to pln-points. ne
stared at her frightened face.
"She can't tell anything that
will hurt me-" he insisted bitterly.
THAT remains TO be seen, lom
said quietly. She told your at
torney and me enough to make
I Church ask for q recess IN which
to pet this mess Strengthened out.
It's obvious that Miss McGraw
wouldn't have gone this far If she
didn't consider her evidence
| pretty important. | don't oelieSe
YOU understand what putting her
, on the stand is going to DO 10
YOU" he added significantly.
Church nodded. You're in a
spot. Kent. don't think you told
me as much as you should have
It's best to be frank with your;
own attorney. Now you've placed
me in an embarrassing position.
That's how it is," Tom con-
tinued. THE sensible thing to do
is stop bluffing. You aren't tie
first defendant we've had in here
who thought he could bluff his
way free. If you're at all smart
you'll change your plea"
Larry looked at Pat. Wei,
you've every reason to be salts
fled" he said. ~ might have
known, though. And to remember
how you used to pretend you
weren't interested in society, or
important people. You used to try
and make me think you would be
satisfied with little apartment,
and parties with your old gang.
You used to be amused when I'D
even talk about the Hill crowd,
or Dottie Barnes, or getting ac-
quainted with big shots l saw
how things were shaping up,
though, when Sweeney came over
here to court. You knew he was
going to run for prosecutor; you
saw a chance to get in with some
one who rates in this town. You
thought that by pulling this to-
day you'd get yourself a nice
berth. Well, go ahead. I'm
through"
Pats gaze never left his face.
His words hit. made her ache with
the cruelty of the deliberate mis-
Interpretation.
"You know that's not, true,
Larry" she broke in desperately.
81 begged you to tell the truth.
You know | would have stood by
you. 1t wasn't until saw you
meant to use Bill, and me, too,
that my love for you died. If
only you'd given me chance to
prove that cared. But YOU didn't.
As for any ambitions that | might
have had here-well, that's over
now, isn't it? What / did was be-
cause / couldn't live q lie any
longer. ! wasn't trying to put my
self in a heroine's role. ! wasn't
trying to make anyone care
her voice trailed off as Church in
terrupted.
I'VE aren't running court for
the lovelorn, Kent. You can settle
the romance some. place else. Pm
not going to waste any more time
on this case" Pat saw he was
irritated. He took up his brief
case filled with papers and shut
fled them angrily. "The girl mas
enough to put you in a, bad spot.
advise you to come clean"
Yes Tom said. 1--WE sent, the
men from the ALB. out TO check
some facts. If Pats right about
where you were that afternoon
you'll get tangled up worse and
worse in your story: Better come
clean"
After that Larry seemed to col
lapse. "Well, what should I do?"
she heard him say. - -,
Tom said something to Burke
and the big officer came over to
Pat. Let's go in your office and
let them finish UP here" he told
her, taking her out by the side
door.
Alone in the privacy of her
room she aimlessly fingered the
papers on the desk, stared at the
notes on her pad. tried to get her
thouphts in order.
They would finish up Larry
would pay his price to society.
life would go on, but it would be
empty, shorn of the glamor and
romance, that 1T had once worn.
She touched the fading peonies
that, Tom had given her and that
she had so carefully tended.
The petals fell, covering the
desk with their color. -
The door opened and she looked
up. 1t was Tom. She turned her
head, afraid for him to see her
face. The silence was too long.
"The-the flowers are gone,
too," she said tonelessly. They
were words, spoken simply to fill
the silence
"There'll be Others" he said.
And they'll be as sweet. Flowers
fade, but there are some things
in life that don't. Love doesn't
fade; not real love, Pat. Not the
kind feel for you" =
"How can you now, Tom? After
was so blind and weak"
1T wasn't blind or weak to do
what you did. Don't think I'm not
aware OF what it took to make
you call kemt's bluff. It wasn't
easy to tell what you know. par
tlcularly when it involved the
man you cared for. But you had
the strength of your convictions"
The things Larry said weren't