The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem. Oregon, Saturday Morning. February 8, 1930
PAGE SEVEN
I "MASTER of MONEY11
I BY ROY ViCKERS '
CHAPTKR L.IV
"I'm sorry," she continued. I
can glTe jto no Information at
all. I thing you had really go
back and wait until you can-see
'Alan." '
A footstep sounded in the clear
ing and Abra morel put his head
la the shack.
"Can yeu eame down to the
camp, Mr. Brennaway There's
a argument between the Serbi
ans and the laborers about their
piece work."
"All' right." ald Shirley. "I'll
come at oftce." To Roger she
dded: "If you like, you can hare
a meal before you go, Roger, but
I think it would be better for
you not to stay over night. I shall
probably be back In half an hour
or so If you'd like to rest here."
He 'made no answer and she
mounted the mare and rode off to
'Abramorel. She "had tried to be
polite to Roger, but had found it
n effort. By his presence he
had Irritated her, but for the
rest hia coming had been little
more than an Interruption. The
Sfe In which Roger had played
o large a part had shrunk- into
iothingnes.
By the time she had settled the
dispute among the workmen, she
3ia,l almopt forgotten him. Rid
ing back to the shack, she detr
aniued to force herselr to be as
considerate as. possible towards
tini.
When he entered the shack it
was empty and she thought with
a sigh of relief that he must have
fcone while she was dealing with
!ie workmen. Then she noticed
Jtrsat all the papers had disap
peared from her deBk.
So that was how Roger had
made use of her absence! She had
J-alf formed a plan for pursuing
him when Petros appeared, his
erms laden with papers.
"What have you there, Pe
tros?" she asked quickly.
"They are Madame's papers,"
answered Petros. "I chanced to
come in here after Madame had
g"ne and found a thief who was
t itting all the papers in his has."
There was something in the
Greek's manner that frightened
What did you do, Petros?"
"Madame, he took his pistol
and fired at me, so I killed him
vith my knife. Madame will see
the mark of the bullet on the wall
here. I?ut Madame need not be
distressed. There are now no pa-P-T5
in his bap."'
Petros was placing the papers
,cn the desk, utterly nnperurbed.
To Petros it was an everyday hap
pen in gsom cone tried to kill you
and you killed him first. Strug
gle as she would with all her
night, Shirley could not help
Bl aring something of the Greek's
view." Roger had hen killed, and
who-, in the end. was Rosier? She
l :id forgotten even the unhappi
Cv'ss he had caused her.
That nifiht she wrote to Aran
tiling him what had happened,
bu next Jay received a letter
crossing hers.
"Hear Shirley. My little trouble
1, over and at last they will allow
, ! to write. Three fellows I
;it for from England have arriv
e !.' One of them, Walters, will be
up tomorrow. You can hand ev
erything over to him. I shall not
try to tell you how grateful I
feel for all you hare been doing.
Alan."
vTuee
The next day Walters, arrived
and brought a French lawyer
with him. Shirley left him to deal
with the complications of Roger's
death and with aa odd feeling
of regret, got Into the car that
was to take her to Salonika. '
On the next day she went to
the hospital, feeling neither ex
citiment aor reluctance. If he
were to speak of themselves she
would Just tell him plainly that
fthe loved him.
When she saw him sitting on a
shady veranda in an invalid
chair, she was not so sure of her
self. He looked weak and part of
his bronze bad gone, but other
wise he seemed jione the worse.
"Hello Shirley!" he greeted
her, and they shook hands. A
nurse brought her 'a chair and
left them alone.
"I've been trying to think up
sometning to say to you Shirley,
but I decided that to say any
thing would be an impertinence."
"In any case it would be un
necessary," she said, laughing un
easily. "You had arranged every
thing pretty thoroughly, you
know. It was only a question of
being amiable to Abramovel and
the men."
He asked questions about the
camp and for a time they dis
cussed the details of what she
had been doing.
"You're getting tired," ehe
suggested. "I'd better buzz off."
There came a long pause.
"Not a hit" he answered vig
orously. "I shall he un and about
in a day or two. No, I was Just
minKtng . . . e must arrange
monev matters as soon as noasi-
ble. Your husband's death may
niake complications over the
shares. In any case, I don't want
the shares to come into the open
market. They're vonrs. vou know
and I'll take them from you at
a valuation. Legally, of course,
they're still his, but we shall be
able to work that out somehow."
"Need we talk about it now?"
she asked.
"I don't think so. Just leave it
at this. However we work it,
there will he a good income for
you that will leave you absolute
ly independent."
"Thank you," she said tone
lessly. She was tongue-tied, un
able to say any of the things she
had planned to say.
' "Let me know your plans as
soon as you know them your-.-eia'
he went on. "And if you're
going back to New York, don't
forget to send me your address."
"Of course!" she answered,
controlling her voire. "I'm goinK
hack at once." She got up. "But
it will he uite a rush and in
case we don't meet again good
bye, A Tan."
"Good-bye. Shirley." They
shook haryls lightly, formally.
' T!ie best luck!"
A month later, in a cottage on
Caie Cod, she received a letter
from Roger's firm in New York.
''Madame we have receiv
ed from Salonika proof of the
late Roer Kolton's death and
have' to inform you that by a
will executed on your wedding
day you Inherit all property of
We should perhaps add
the deceased.
that the bulk of the deceased's
property consists of shares of
doubtful value in a foreign la
dustrial enterprise, known as
Macedonian Developments. Wa
should be glad to receive In
structions in due course. We
are, yours faithfully. Keltton
& Rood."
So Roger had been prevented
by death and his own negligence)
from perpetrating his last act of
meanness on Alan, thought Shir
ley. Roger had left her his prop
erty if indeed it could be called
property. Out of that, she would,
ot course, make good the deficit
to the trust fund and then she
could forever forget Roger.
Forget Alan, too.
Ct - . ti. . 1 .
dreams out of nothing more sub
stantial than the delirious rav
ings of a sick man. Ia his delir
ium ha had talked noiuenge
and part ot the nonsense had
been the nonsense that he loved
her. sj
The sun was sinking when she
went out and climbed to a high,
grassy ledge that looked out over
the sea. She dropped into a deep
reverie of her life In Macedonia,
of Alan, so that It seemed but
part of her dream when she saw
him coming slowly up the wind
ing path towards her.
"Are ton real?" she asked as
ha stood over her.
"I think so," ha answered. "At
this moment, for the first time
in my life . . . Now I know that
I have dona well to came."
She did not look trp at him. He
still seemed part of her dream
ot him. She stood on the border
land of reality and was unwilling
to cross.
"Why?"
"Because you were thinking of
me and wanting me to come."
"Yes." she answered simply.
"Why were yon so long in com
ing? ... I know . . , "It Isn't
love it's Just honor."
"Funny! We read each other's
thoughts . . . Why do we talk?
I'm going to kiss you."
"I wanted to stay until yon
aid that stay here forever.
Now I want to' run away," she
aid quickly.
"But you do not move," he
said, then stooped and picked
her up.
In his kiss Shirley yet again
discovered man and this time it
was man the lover a strange
wonder utterly unlike anything
she had dreamed of. Gone from
her now was the instinct ot de
fensiveness, as the desire to run
away.
Darkness came and they wan
dered down the path to the vil
lage, then aimlessly into a lane,
now tlking, now keeping long si
lences. Now and again they, would
chatter ot Macedonia.
"A funny things is." said Al
an presently, "I can't remember
anything about that battle with
Stephanos. My recollection ends
Just as I was going to round np
the Serbians. You were in the
dugout, of course. I suppose you
heard everything that happen
ed?" "Oh, yes," she answered. "It
was all wonderful but not as
wonderful aa this, Alan. Let's
walk about all night and watch
the dawn."
The End.
Wheel of Saw
Flies 2 Blocks
Killing Woman
RICHMOND, Va., Feb. 7
(AP) Death, assuming the form
of a fly wheel to a saw. flew
through space for two blocks to
day, plunged through the roof of
a house, slashed a woman's head
from her shoulders and buried it
self deep in the ground nnder the
floor.
James Brke. a negro, was saw
ing wood In a vacant lot. The
balance wheel, an iron disc half
an inch thick, snapped as the saw
was turning at high speed. One
part tell to the ground and the
other sailed 'high in the air, clear
ing a two story church and two
small houses, and plunging
through the roof of a third.
Winnie Jones, negro woman,
was struck by the iron with ter
rific force. Her face and half
her head were severed.
KIDNAP PLOT PROBED
NEW HAVEN, Conn.. Feb. 7
(AP) Nine persons were in the
custody of New York and New
Haven police tonight In connec
tion with the kidnaping of Max
Price, 2 year old real estate op
erator, while the victim of 'the
ransom plot was recuperating in
a private sanitarium from the ef
fects of eight days in the hands
of kidnapers.
Survey Effected
For Fire Boxes
A survey of the city of Salem
preliminary to the mapping out
of the proposed fire alarm box
system on which bids have been
asked by the city council. Is being
made by F. D. Webber, chief
electrical engineer for the Oregon
insurance rating bureau, who ar
rived here Thursday from Port
land. Installation ot 60 alarm
boxes this year is planned, with
more to be added later.
HOOVERS GIVE DIXXER
WASHINGTON. Feb. 7 (AP)
One of the most colorful of the
series ot state dinners at the
White House was given tonight
by the president and Mrs. Hoover
in honor of the speaker and Mrs.
Longworth.
Dancer Finishes
Heart Balm Case
LOS ANGELES. Feb. 7 (AP)
The prosecution completed its
case today against Ferdinand
Pinney (affinity) Earle, artisC
defendant in a suit for $J0,t00
brought by Dolores Salazar, Span
sh dancer, for Breach of pre-nup-tial
contract.
The last witness called was the
plaintiff's mother. Mrs. Anrella
Salazar who, in broken English
and with many gestures, related
that Earle had won the good
graces of the Salazar family.
BILLIARD TITLE WON
SEATTLE. Feb. 7 (AP)
Wallace LindsTey ot Monnt Verh-'
on. Wash., won the Pacific north
west amateur three cushion bil
liard championship here tonight
from Jerry White ot Seattle SO to
48 in a playoff match. The con
test lasted 86 innings.
RIOTING KILLS THREE
BUCHAREST, Rumania, Feb.
7. (AP) Three persons were
killed during municipal elections
which ended today.
Cross -Word Puzzle
By EUGENE SIIEFFER
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