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The OREGON STATESMAN. Sifem. Ornn W, Morning, January 8, 1930 PAGE SEVEN MAOTIR BY ROY of HONEY" VICKERS in order to give you a chance to blackmail Alan by threatening di vorce." "My dear, you stress the word blackmail because you are out of temper, that's all. With a little carefulness you can prove that any form of pressure put upon one human being by another is a form of blackmail. But need we quarrel over a metaphysical subtlety?" vve need not quarrel aver anything, Roger. But nor need we talk about anything. I was go ing to keep an appointment when you stopped me." Her words produced an unex pected effect. "Shirley!" His voice broke and he caught her convulsively by the arm. "Shirley, you aren't going to desert me? You won't let Brennaway oh, you couldn't! 'Buty my dear girl surely it cannot be that you took my letter at its face value?" CHAPTER XXVII. IT the sight of Roger had sur prised Shirley, his first words astounded her. "It's quite all right." he said assuringly. "We don't run the slightest risk by meeting, but it would be just as well not to enter any building together. If we ro ahead we can take a bench in the park. We can talk there." "Why haye you come why what is there to talk about? Ob viously you will not take my word about anything.'-' faltered Shirley. "Fine!" said Kelton and chuck led.f It was the first time she had ever heard him chuckle. "Bat there's no need really, I am pretty sure Brennaway is not having me watched. And we don't want to make ourselves the center of Idle attention. Let us just talk about the weather until we're sure we're alone." To Shirley bis words were meaningless, though she knew they meant something. Roger's very presence was meaningless, bis - strange air of contentment when by everything that was sane believing her to be another man's mistress he should be an gry or at least contemptuous. Through sheer inanition she walked by his side while he hoped that she had had a pleasant jour iney and revealed that he himself had been on the same train. He was giving her details of how he had managed to follow her taxi. The details made no impres sion, but the tone in which he re counted them made a deep im pression. He had the air of wait ing for her congratulations of his cleverness. Presently they had turned to a quiet corner of the Square, and sat down. "Roger, please stop talking!" he exclaimed. "I don't know whether you have been talking for mere talking's sake. But I'm still waiting to know why you have spoken to me." Wee JJOt to-u-l , nTer "teamed for a moment you would fall to read between the lines of that letter. As you read it, I've Insulted you and I'm most des perately sorry." Shirley looked at him with a contempt not far removed from pity. She disengaged her arm. "Roger, I've given you all the money I had. I can't do any more for you. I want the few things I had that were of any value and I will send for them. If I can help you in any way I would still do so. but I cannot. If I had another fifty thousand dollars or could borrow it, I would give it to you. As It is I can do nothing." "But Brennaway you don't mean to say he's going to let the action come into court? Don't you see he'll take steps to prevent It in his own way if he thinks you are Indifferent. Tou must beg him not to let your name be dragged through the mire, then I can make terms with him I'm not going to blackmail him I don't want to extort anything from him I only want safety in all con science it's little enough to ask." "You needn't be so frightened, Roger," she said, really wishing that she could comfort him a lit tle as well as save herself from the degrading spectacle of his fear. "Alan isn't at all spiteful. He won't take any steps against you." That calmed him considerably. "I, don't want to parade my own misfortunes and please don't thick I'm 'nursing a grievance against you, Shirley, he said. "Bat you gave me the wrong cue by staying the night there. All this has so upset me that I find it very difficult to concentrate my attention." Shirley groaned at the oft repeated formula. "Tou must give me a lead. Do you think the best thing would be to write to Brennaway and say that I have seen you and accepted your expla nation and withdraw the threat of an action?" Shirley felt 'as If her heart had missed a beat. Here was her cris is, she must tread with the ut most care. If she were to advise him to withdraw from the action in hi9 present state of mind, he would almost certainly accept the advice. On the other hand, she could never look Alan in the face again It at this stage of their relation ship she were deliberately to strive for divorce. "I can't advise you one way or the other about the action," she said shortly. "That is your own affair." '''Tou can at least tell me this. If you really wish to help me does Brennaway Intend to content himself with an ordinary defense in court?" "No. He does not intend to de fend It at alll." she told him. "Ah!" He clutched at his chin. "Why not?" There was a short silence and then: "Just a minute, Shirley. I feel as if mists were clearing and, as it were, revealing fresh mists. When you stayed tht night at the cottage you did not apparently ex pect me to take steps for a di vorce. Why, then, did you stay the night at the cottage?" Shirley hesitated. It would be easy enough to say that the mag neto was broken and leave it at that. She could lie if the need arose but It would have to be to a man like Alan, someone strong er than herself who was crushing her. She could not condescend to lie to Roger. "I told you why I went to the cottage," she answered. "I went to pay your debts. Knowing that my nerve would probably fail. I smashed the magneto so that I could not get baek in the car. He did not want to debt paid like that that is all." "He didnt want to be made co respondent," said Kelton, with a smile that showed his teeth and made him look like an animal. "I know well enough what he want ed. He thought he had got me un der his thumb the prince of commerce wanted a morganatic wife, he's going to have a fully legal wife when the decree Is made absolute. "I always suspected you two in tended to fool me." he continued, his voice high-pitched and angry, "but I'm not quite so brainless as you imagine. He can put me in prison tomorrow but he can't stop my carrying on with the ac tion and if he does put me in prison he'll declare to the world that he bought his wife. "Thanks for our little talk, my dear. It's probably the last we shall ever have, and I feel sure you will be gratified to know that it has been of such assistance to me. I think you said you had an appointment." He was walking away and she watched his retreating figure without the faintest flicker ef emotion. - "He is vulgar at best I won der I have never recognised that. Sb SlTiiei yrltU y&st relief, theli "hurried off to see ler law yer. It took Shirley two days to put her financial affairs in order. During that time she felt the first definite need of Alan's society. But the lawyer had proved ade quate and there was no point up on which she could legitimately ask Alan's advice. Business apart, it would be for htm to seek her out if he wished to see her. She was disappointed when the first day passed on and no mes sage came from him, but was wholly convinced that it was in no sense a personal disappoint ment. She needed an antidote to her interview with Roger. By the last post on the second day there came a letter in his handwriting. "Dear Shirley," she read. "I have taken a furnished flat, ad dress as above, and if you are still Interested in Macedonian Devel opments I should be glad to go in to the Question with you at any time you care to come. Alan." (To be continued tomorrow.) "TELLING TOMMY By PIM He stopped shor tand stared at her. "But, my dear girl surely it cannot be that you took my letter at Its face value?" There was no doubt about the genuineness of his surprise. "I don't know what you mean. lour letter seemed perfectly clear. I know you have a good case legally and I don't ask you to believe my statement that ac tually 'there was no reason at all w4y you should divorce me." "But of course I believe there's no reason!" he almost shouted at her. "Oh I" It was a tiny moan and he had not heard it. It was drawn from her by nothing other than the sudden dread that the new life that was opening up before her should be cut off. At that moment of self-revelation she could admit to herself that she did mot want to be "forgiven" by Roger, above all, did not want to resuscitate their married life. "I still don't understand." she said firmly. "If you believe that there is nothing between Alan and me that there ought not to be why are you bringing this action for divorce?" He drew his fingertips across his forehead It was his gesture of exasperation. "I must confess Shirley, that I thought yon would take your cue from that letter. As it is, you have rather shaken me up. I don't know that It, I'm not quite sure how I stand. I had touch of suspicion when Carter Came back and said that your magneto was broken." "Suspicion of what?" she asked desperately., "That your spending 'the night there was an accident. I thought at first that it was the most bril liant piece of finesse imaginable. But in view of " "I understand now, thank you," snapped Shirley. "You need not go on explaining. 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