Evening star., 1941-02-07

And you fully expect to do that,

And you fully expect to do that,
Of course7"
Naturally" admitted Verify. "1
could If you would tell me where
to find him. That's the hardest
part Of the job"
Don't you know what he looks
likep"
Haven't the slightest idea, have
you?"
Michael knocked his pipe out on
his heel. Tall, handsome, dark,
just the kind Of man to turn
pretty head"
I'm not pretty" said Verify,
meaning 1t.
Not in a Peggy kind of way"
said Michael, looking at her quietly.
"But you have your own particular
attractions"
Michael Declines Aid.
I'm not interestd in using them
on him." said Verify quietly. She
swung slowly in the hammock feel
ing In her blood that she must make
these moments stretch out into eter-
nifty, stretch out into something she
would never forget even If she never
saw him again after these few days.
so you are not interested in
catching rich heir?"
I'D rather have a poor man who
did something like this"
The words slipped out of Verity's
mouth before she had time to stop
them. Michael laughed.
I'm sorry" said Verify. II didn't
quite mean to say that. But tell me.
can you help me to find -"
He interrupted her. "The missing
heir? Why should II"
That reply surprised Verify. "Why
not?" she asked.
Every reason. have q lot OF re-
spect for Danforth, very little for his
father Because he chooses to turn
two charming but husband-seeking
young ladies on his sons track, why
should I reveal his whereabouts?
The boy has made his own life, inde-
pendent of his father, and the things
he values are not the things his
father values. He has managed to
forget that part of his past. Why on
earth should I help to spoil it all
for him?"
He waited for Verity's reply, but
there was none. His remark about
two misunderstanding young ladies
had cut deep. Suddeny she realized
that that had been all the time in
the back Of her mind. She had, all
those day. been envisaging . ro-
nance that would roll to an inevita-
BILE and happy conclusion. The bot
tom had fallen out Of that dream
when she had first seen Michael
OByrne. But he would never know
how much he had hurt her by
wrenching 1t to the surface with
those few words.
Michael Reveals Truth.
"I1l tell you some more" con-
tinued Michael, in cold calm voice.
llC OlG 10 AOO41l6 yods LAC oSiiO
you out like a bait on hook. He
knows he can't get his son back by
his money, so he tries to send out
some girl who will presumably first
try to hook the innocent fish and
then haul it home to the man who
grub -staked her"
But Verify was on her feet, white
with anger.
How dare you say such things?
What right have you to =. to drag
it all through the mud? I tell you
he's a lonely old man who has moth
ing left now but the son he has
hardly seen. I tell you he has never
forgiven himself for what he did to
him, and I tell you this also, I may
be stupid girl, but honestly tried
to help him. Now you've spoiled It
all. What right have you to say
such hateful things?"
You keep your pretense up
WE'LL" smiled Michael with hard
look in his eyes that foretold rising
temper. Don't tell me you didn't
know all the time"
II don't know what you are talk.
ing about"
He laughed. Then I'll tell you,'
he said. MY mothers name was