The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-11


Mas hoping You'd ee here vsa
afraid YOU might have gene OF
70 the hills
NO. said Ranaams. I never SO
away any more
Mrs. nannetlef said good eve.
ninE AMI went On chewing bet
hetrl Leaf ~ Il impatient fef him
u lsase her in peace Ms Nnft
eatroya vent On gushing until
Ransoms. IN desperation. uaafs
INJURED something ahont cocktail
and left thenl n hin Fdwlna. Nhu +
seemed 70 have withdrawn little /
from the others and Ia ~ vali. f
ing for him.
How i youf husband = hs aid
n EdWinA
The same aellrieuH. sup.
noae | should have stayed n horne
hy his bedside. only the malef for
hade me- that. Anyway. cant
begin doing that now II ws'rs SO
ing 10 hc kept here for weeks
Now suddenly he felt Ne might
rlsh asking what he had wanted
10 ask from the beginning. Vie
said, do YOU care very much
Deflly she avoided the snssef
about having 10 ntsy on herr
No. I've made un my mind 10 u,
III be good alory n tell bach
IN London can dine out on u
when everything elsc fail~,
lie was aware that she was
eVadlng him and he wa deter
mined that she should not alp
ont as she always slipped on, Of
everything No | didn't mean
that" he said. I mean do YOU
mind very much about your hus.
band
No. don't
Il didn't think you id
4 never -rotended, did -
lie laughed. M. II might have
made you ssem more human If
ynn had
Whats wrong With you Why
the evil temper ,"
Through their talk he could hear
the voices of Mr., Bsnnrrles and
Mien MaeDald and tho major talk.
ing about IN. cholera about the
terrifying speed With which The
river had riscn. and beyond that
the girgles Of Mrs Hanner1ee and
Miss Murgatroyd, apart, aloof. ~
II they had nothing 10 do win
the dinner party. and above every,
thing the dull roar Of the rnir
| and the sound Of the river itael
and the persistent coughing roa
of one OF the lions In the roo on
the other side of the bridge
And the doctor hr said
lie seems 10 know his bllni
ness
Neither her eyes nor her poie'
betrayed her. 40 he raid. Are ynt
finding out about india instead 81
| reading about II -
she did mol answer him n once
and when IN. did. she spoke look
l Ing him directly IN th4 eye SIN
said. Why arc ypa doing This =
| what -
| Everything that's nasty N yes
/ IL coming out
| 4 apologize.
/ anu DHfA TT AAHfR ff4 11HasA
| II isn't because you're jealous
| No -. yes perhaps u -
No not directly jealous
It's very complicated
| Yes. I suppose so
| II know anything. its about
j things like this
His only answer was grin, shs
..s.s A.. hatA 90 Btx 20, aHH "a III
Listen. Tom. We've double
, crossed nearly everybody IN tbs
world. We mustn't turn on eaef
other And he Vas aware thai
she Was appealing IL him, that sl
the trivial hardness had slipped
away from her fof moment lie
thought. .E.dwina the glittetins
| EdvlBa The fortunate. Edwlns ths
/ hearileaa ths self sufficient
| Bdwins. is frightened
4 Aloud hs aald NO. Nd beitsi
stick IL each other. Neither II va
has any one slss
She started 10 speak quickly
and then checked herself ~.
waited. and when sns rsmaines
4 NHfHA NJ AFEf3 - FAA WIZ ~
| going 10 say -
| NO. couldn't ssy a Yo'
wouldn't understand me. You,
only make = eFsek and I think
WAS sentimental don't under
I stand u myself
/ And nov the ma lot loinsd thru
l ard he saU ~ once that eiths
4 a eli
he had upon her Or u sas pusslbl
that no oae bot himself could fsai
the signs No one else could na
/ tlce that the blood seemed asssi
denly 10 course a little faster be-
II meath the iogelY pale skin that
naW fichueaa came into hrf voice
, There Nas no eEeapinK H. 4
ihe END ibey we're closer 10 sae
other than he would ever De - an
! one IN RanehipUr. % % any on
i la all ths world. for that mattel
j They we're hound together bey0a
4 escape He MAS afraid for N
tna J0f whom he loved ana -
= speete1 and JEALOUS - him ~
4 cause Until nos It seemed 70 hif
that ths ma jof Was tns only ma
4 he had eyer known NBo had 10
disappointed him. Nevertheless,
ne must always. IN spite 81 every
thing. BE- On Edwlna'A SIDE. ~
thought. III | were no, drunk.
would never have understood sud
denly that look IN her syea"
And then he noticed Miss Mac
Dsld. gne Was talking u Mr. Ban
usrlee. but clearly shs Was 30
I hearing anything ne wss saying
! she Was looking straight pest HI
dapper little figure al Edssina an
M the me- Tor and az he watched -