Evening star., 1938-10-23

manage to sneak by the desk But this obvious
okay Yes a lady in white satin with fine kind CT
perfume on her that the all right. Had ht
seen her go OUT Well how could he be sure OF that: Peo
pie out lots of them to midnight and alter Oh
couldn't notice them all 1t only these slow early
hours when got lonesome along the street. that you
looked kind of careful at everybody who showed up
By now the man frantic with anger, tormented
by fr,straon His hands trembled with the desire to
shake the Waterman shake some possible clue out
Of him But all he could do to question again
Are you certain she in alone: he demanded
The watchman scratched his head. We'll said he, Il
think So but how can be sure She got out of taxi.
There might have been someone inslde!'
A taxi, But where earth would she have taken taxi
to- here in this where she stranger Suddenly
the memory of former evening came to him. That night
club where he had taken her, She had remarked that
women were admitted unescorted That would be her
idea of place 60 if she decided to out on the town
1t was slim clue, but it was all he had to go on
The man made dash through the rain to night owl
taxi the curb The driver opened the door Themangoin
Where to-" asked the driver. But the man did not
answer Immediately Some strangely familiar thing was
inside the shabby vehicle with tightly closed windows
A perfume her perfume, Then his hand touched some
thing on the seat a small wet wad of handkerchief
Eagerly he held to the light Yes it was hers right
enough with her name embroidered in corner. The
man turned the driver and shouted question
The taxi drivers memory excellent. lady IN
white satin? He had not driven her. and for that
reason he remembered her all the better She had come
out of the hotel around thirty 1t had been raining
hard but she had refused his cab and walked slowly OIL
in the wet kind of angry looking But after few steps,
she had back and this time she had sat IN the cab
paying him for the privilege of crouching in corner,
watching the hotel door.
How long had she sat there? Oh awful long time. an
hour maybe AT least it had been for an hour the
first time The second time she walked little ways and
then when she back she cried good deal. eS,
certainly she got in the cab again, going nowhere Just
sitting there sObbng to herself watching the hotel door
And BY that time the driver had become interested
and hung around even after she'd fixed her face and
gone in the hotel again this time looking mad and with
her head up And that. the taxi driver added was
about five minutes after she you go in!
The grateful. but he could not find words
with which to say Mumbling inCoheren remark
under his breath he made his back into the building
and up to the bleak tdiness of the hired room.
With his hand on the knob he hesitated, thinking
she wanted him know how she had felt in the past
he'd make up to her for it. Poor little kid He'd fix it
that everything would be happy from now on Drawing
a long breath. he went in.
"Darlrng he said. 'Forgive your poor lool OF hus-
band, I'll never stay all night again long live,
| didn't find out where you went and well, don
want to- But what | do is that the next time
stay out all night, we do it tOgetheri
The woman smiled that secretive little smile common
to her kind when they have triumphed, and held out
her to him.