Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-04-16
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CHAPTER 50

WENDA DID not hal.s Up tie
receiver, when she heard voices
speaking. She listened. Garry
would think she was waiting for
the operator.
Julia, you're being absurd"
Barbara was saying. Whatever
your quarrel is with Jimmy Min
ton. you can't bring it here. Be
sensible and go Jack to New
York"
ooh, no, my sweet cousin. I'm
coming out to your party"
Barbara spoke quickly, her
.oice low and frightened. Julia,
someone's on the line. Snap out
Dc this, and go home. I'll come to
.lou, just as soon as Ray gets here.
Wen talk then"
"I'm coming to the Lodge!"
Wenda heard the decisive click
that told that the stranger had
hung up. Julia-oh, yes, the model
who had been one of Jimmy Min
toms casual interests. So the
young lady thought she could
make trouble. And she was a
cousin of Barbara's. She would re-
member that for future use.
She called long distance, got the
director and was beginning to
speak when Garry caught her
hands :. i. "Wenda, for the last
time, l ask you"
She wrenched away, spoke her
piece, argued with the director.
g. Garry Page? Yes, he
knows what I'm doing. He's right
here" She handed the telephone
to Garry"
page, is this on the level 2" the
director asked.
"Wait until morning." Garry
began, but a shout from Wenda
was a punctuation mark for his
words. She had regained the tele-
phone.
'"This is final. I-am-through.
Get it?"
She hung up.
Barbara, dismayed because she
was sure there had been an caves
dropper on the telephone when
Julia called, decided to hunt up
Natalie right away and tell her
about the whole situation. She
was just outside the living room
door, when she heard Wenda
shouting her resignation and
Garry trying to make her take it
back. Too stunned to hurry on,
she waited.
She heard the telephone click
and drew back into the shadows.
Garry and Wenda would move
away and she could go on. But
Wenda came out of the door,
passed her, caught glimpse of
someone standing still, and paused.
"Oh, you spying, small town,
meddling :" The rest of the
words were lost as Wenda went
running up the wide stairway.
Garry did not follow, so after a
moment Barbara passed the door.
He had gone out by the entrance
that led back to the swimming
pool. He had not heard.
She could not find Natalie. Any
way, Julia probably would not
come. If she did, she would ar
rive in time to find Jimmy Minton
talking to Wenda.
Had Garry taken Wenda to task
about Jimmy Minton, and was
that the cause of the scene? Or
did it have something to do with
the message which Wenda had
promised to convey to Garry?
"Since it happens to be none of
my business, I'd better forget it"
she cautioned herself. cts a
lovers quarreLtomorrow it will
be forgotten. " She'll be back on
the stage tomorrow night"
Therefore, Barbara went back to
her room to read until tea time.
She liked the room. It was long
and low, and it's windows looked
out on the blue glass of the skat-
ing pond which was used not only
by the house guests at Natalie's
but by people from other lodges
and an adjoining club. Later this
evening the whole house party
would move over to that club for
dancing, Natalie had said.
The walls of Barbara's room
were blue and the deep carpet
matched them. The chairs were
cushioned in rose-sprinkled chintz
that matched the draperies and
bed cover. Low shelves of books,
rose-sprigged lamp shades and
blue bowls of pink flowers added
charm. Downstairs the place was
masculine and athletic. Up here.