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PAGE SIX THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1929 THE LUXURY HUSBAND .fit? Chapter 16 AN UNEXPECTED VISITOat Three o'clock found Barbara and Henderaon attun in the back parlor pf the Blue Boar Inn. to which the last clue had led them. Both had the appearance of being somewhat dejected as they sat In the stiff up tight chairs of the siutly parlor. "Any of the others been here yet?" Henderson demanded of the ,fat, good-natured proprietor. "No air, ncne as yet, sir." He placed two triple gins before them and, at the same time, handed them the final ciue. -What Is It?" Barbara asked. Henderson was looking at U In amazement. "A crossword puzzle imagine having to work out a crossword puzzle at this hour of the morn lngl" He went on grumbling to himself as he bent over It, and Barbara, too tired to sit still, wandered around the little room, amazed at the col lection of stuffed birds and foxes and shell gaskets that were carefully preserved behind glass faced cases. Presently he threw his pencil down with a satisfied sigh. "It's done like to have a look at It?" And he showed her the puzzle and the following solution he had worked out. THE PUZZLE EZZ1Z 8 9 Horizontal 1. Her Christian name. 5 Regret. 6. Order of merit. 7. A sailor man. (English slang). 8. Oscar ? 10 Her surname. Vertical 1. The place. 2. Damp and heavy. 3. E. and . 4. The building. 7. Publicity, (abb.). . French article. THE SOLUTION T I H I O R A T UE H B O M EH A B w" J JL D E tl D I A V I Y "You see, knowing the country round here helped me a lot," he confessed. "Trow Abbey ts a famous old ruin In these parts and I hap pen to know the tombstone 01 Tho- ra Davy, I take It that the treasure la hidden there . . , Now for our drinks we've earned 'em.1 Barbara eyed hers distrustfully, "Hendy I don't think I better." "What rot. A good stiff drink will do you good." She fchrugged and picked up the glass, studying It absent-mindedly, What did It matter anyhow? A sense of depression had settled over her and she was furious with herself that this should be so. Hadn't she determined to be gay that night and lorget every thing ? The trouble, of course, was Ray, She had begun thinking of him a- galn, doubting, worrying. If only he Had written her, telephoned her . , . made her understand his absence. Bhe felt she could have forgiven him then. Bhe pulkd herself up sharply. II Ray cared as little as he appeared to, why should jhe mope around for him? Suddenly, with an air of res olution, she emptied the glass with a gulp. "Bravo," murmured Henderson. She grinned at him foolishly, con scious of a giddy feeling creeping up into her-brain. She saw a stuffed! bird in the corner wobbling peril ously on its pedestal as though It; contemplated taking flight. Her own i legs, seemed reluctant to obey the dictation of her mind. "Let's get out in the air," she ar ticulated with difficulty, and Hen derson smiled to himself as, with his arm through hers, he led her outside. The abbey was not far from the inn and as they came within sight of It, yellowed as it was by a float ing balloon of a moon, it made an eerie and inspiring picture. Barbara, her enthusiasm revived, scrambled eagerly out of the car. and together she and Henderson picked their way between the crum bling boulders that lay on the out skirts of tli ruin. This was the monks old dining hall," he told her as they tood within an enclosure, the four walls of which still remained standing. She nodded without speaking, mo mentarily carried away by the ro mance of a past that seemed very near at that moment. With her veneration for everything old she seemed under a spell, and Hender son remained silent, not wishing to break it. Moonlight and an old ruin can create romance even If the man you are with is not the right one. Bar bara was only human, and she was obsessed in that very early morning by a "nobody loves me" feeling that is eminently dangerous when there is a not unattractive man In the offing. She shivered, suddenly cold in the absurdly thin cloak she wore. Henderson took that little shiver for an invitation anyhow, she found his arms strangely comfort in?; they mide her feel a little lfss lonely, a little less neglected. She relaxed against him and was only vatjuely conscious that he was talk ing softly, his lips pressed close to her ear . . . Barbara, dear, dear girl, I enn't let you go tack home without tell ing you all the splendid, wonderlul things you've come to mean to me. I love you, Barbara, I've loved you right from the first moment I saw you on the boat." She knew that she should have stopped him before this, that she had been wrong in not doing so. But the pride in her, hurt by Ray's absence, rejoiced in what he was saying. What did it matter anyhow did any man honestly mean what he said to a girl when the mystery of a June night put dlsturoing thoughts into hut head? She doubted it. Nev ertheless she said: 'Please. Hendy remain the d?ar friend you've always been don t spoil it all now "But Barbara, I can't be Just friend much longer I can't believe you're happy as things are. I've watched you, my dear, and you have been worried and miserable won't you confess it to me?" His arms were very close around her. Her voice sounded very small, "Yes, I have been, H?ndy." A triumphant light kindled his eyes, but his tones were still pur posely tender. "I've known It and. Barbara dear, I've been terribly sorry for you, only I knew that you'd hate for me to say it ... It makes me mad to think of you thrown away on a brute who doesn't appreciate you." "Dont say that Hendy, please ..." her voice shook. "What makes you think Ray doesnt appreciate me?" 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