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TH U R S D A Y , KK» H , 1930 T H K HPH1NOFU9LD N B W « P A O r TM «W P I the bridge* across It My clients loving couple. Isn't It. claim they bare an option on the CHAPTER VI land east of tbe creek, Hterens claims __ Are (learned _ A by Faunca's cabin. * “ t ' L B“ ‘ W #" d M ,rr” ’lD« and there’ In Its light, sat Fanne OPTWIISTIC FORECAST FOR 1930 BY BREWER C. M. Brewer, vies president sag the bridges across tbe creek, and to and Tim . Engaged, they seemed to general manager of Mountain Stated morrow morning, bright and early be. In amicable discourse over pipe Power Company In his annual re v is * we're beginning work on a dam that and cigar This sms an amazing and forecast, says: w ill reflect the creek, farther Inland. thing; the I-ord knew these two had so th a t It w ill now through our prop- no raaaun to ,,u M cb otber But „ “▲ resume of the asUvltlas 0< erty, give us a waterw ay, and deprive Mountain States Power Company fad was not to be pondered on now, him of his. It means that our prop- What's ilo n e on Before vested— F erg u s !“ that you care for m e f "Leeson . , . C lary going to pall Ike» indicates a substantial Incraasd e rty back from the ocean, w ill be T t at party In Palm Beach given 'I had a lease on this Island which "Im a g in e!" he said angrily. .down bridges over Hemlnole Creek over the preceding year. Throughout by M r. Cooper C lary. I-aeson. an at could not be cancelled by sale. Ho worth treble what It commands to- Hhe nodded. f-y I^eeson told me . . . Just saw Clary tbe territory served, which torney, meets Lacy Harkness, known <>sy. and that Htevens' land w ill de when Htevens pul the situation before "T hat's sll It Is—Im agination ' , . . .trackful o f men . . H in d er your OTer on* hundred communities locat* Now, as Dsvti-May-Care because of her ad- crease proportionately.” venturous lift In a gams In which me. I relinquished my lease for a cer let’s be friends.“ work . . . make you sell out . . . " statas. a steady and consist» "Hut why destroy the bridgesT~ she H e smiled wanly and took her hand partners are chosen for the evening, tain amount of stock.** "Bless you! you don't need to tell eBt »w>»th has bees In evidence. A * asked. Lucy Is won by T im Htevens. who has "And that's why you apeak so kind ricu ltu ral conditions hare been good, “I'll try ," he said. me w h y !" cried Htevens. a reputation as a heart breaker ly of him Because business—Oh, Per- "Because the bridges give him sc p articu larly In the Oregon districts, He stared at her. Lesson la a bit jealous. T im Htevens He came upon Lucy one evening at cess, by m otor car. to the property tells Lucy they are going aboard Ills ,u a I ,h a t you ■houl<l P«< money be "But why do you . , . what do you and give promise of satisfactory re* the Everglades Hhe'd dined Inside east of the creek, and we want boat, the M inerva, and she acceden ! fore ■ • . . m e!" turns for the earning year. care . . . " In order not to be a q uilter. Asked It ' "That lnn*t fair, loicy Money means with the lairs Petersens, and was now delay hla development. It will take "Damn tt," she shrilled. “ I can she Is sorry that h . won her com- l a t t i l e to me "In review ing the growth and defat* 1*11 adm it I'm willing to one of the gay p arly seated outside him weeks to replace the bridges want to see fa ir play without being of t h T t a M t o iy '^ v M h y ’ t tM peny. Lucy says she Is not and thal In Is O rangerle. as the loyely dancing I even If the court decides against us make some. Hui putting you aecond ' Place named. evidently fall- arranged It. T im psycho analyzed, can't I? I want a v ,mpany d url„ ,t , and says that we don't own them and thereupon tells her lo stop looking ""Xtblng. »«»e fa ir play . . . . | “ Your husband Is the main person . . .. “ J * ’ T ' h * lth “ feellng ° f optimism th rt ws reg retfu lly a fte r Leeson I haven't Lucy I want to talk lo you “ Jn the L u c y -1 , tt Ht L u c ie ’ - d e v e lo p * n<* n° ‘ ,h e r , , h l tO <’ e" ,ro ’r “ ” m * 80 Htevens laughed hoomlngly. 1 look forw ard to l»30 which It Is coe* | you see while he's rebuilding bridges Aboard Htevens boat, Htevens tells Hut she shook her head and rose ment. (loess I've said enough." "A ll rig ht Lucy! You'll see a Aght tem plated w ill bring at least a norm al Lucy he loves her, to which she re from the camp-chair. we'll be laving our development, can Hhe shrugged carelessly. Come on." plies with contempt He becomes an Increase In connected load and nuua* offer It to the public so much earlier *'l don't want to Daten. I*1eaae. “ I f you don't wish to tell m e; If He looked at Dr. Faunce. He spoke her of customers served." gry. and she becomes afraid of him It licks Lucy— Ht. Lucie. Is It?— and you think It's not to be repeated. Per Wteveus tells l.ucy that he w ill not Fergus let me go." Ith a rap idity and assurance that ______ ___________ makes C larytow n.“ let her go until she has promised to I>«nson did not lake dismissal ao haps you've gathered I'm not parilcu- dazed hla wife. He seemed to grasp m arry bun To escape him she leaps easily as she had hoped When she ,a r|Jr ,onrt ot T im . haven't you?” " 1>oea M r ‘ ’’“ O' * n o » abont »hit all angles of a situation In a moment. D R A M A T IC C LUB O F F E R S Into the w ater from her cablu window. , . Hhe could not have told, had her and asked Lucy, swimm ing a short distance under the h*» ,h lr <* Invitation to lunch "Eve C la ry — and Lord knowa he’s d0" ’* know how mueh M rs. Clary wster. f eon he telephoned and asked her If he life depended on It. why she made COMEDY ON WEDNESDAY pulled plenty raw deals— wouldn’t this rem ark. It was a vulgar rem ark knowa- hut r «“ bet that Copper Lucy reaches land and meets Dr. drop In for lea. Hhe granted start anythin g lik e this without old "M is and B tlr _____ W ell is the name of »bout It. W h y, I t ’a mostly _______ Ferugus Faunce on an Island He permission, and as they sipped ihe sneering at one's own husband, and know" John Law behind him Probably has th, play wh|c„ h>R takes cars of her and takes her home I tea and nibbled the cakes, she told no one save Fergus Faunce and T im I h,a * rh ',n” “ He said that the public Everyone Is worried about her. and | h)m the d ra m a ,lr club of the high school him self- had ever heard her state woul,’ n 't bile at two developments when she masts Htevens he Is Ira n i c I " ’ 1 Ifenlly hut nevertheless wrong. Doctor. But th e y 'll get a «ray reg retfu l and all) ardent In his love. I nrm ly that she was a m arried woman since m arriage, that she disliked T im . both so grandiose, so n ear together, w ith anything over try dead carcass, to be presented during the assembly hour on February 1». nest Wednesday, Lseson Informs Lucy that Htevens and even If she w eren't she'd not be H e r actions may have Inform ed peo- I ao - - - <’*• our" ready first and no way else. Ho how about I The play ,a w rltten by K atherin e M av- must raise a q uarter of a m illion at all Interested In him. pie. but not her tongue. “But the courts may say the bridges you?" dollars or ge to Jail at five o'clock. Hand T a y lo r and la being directed by "W h y don't you m arry Elsie Dar- " I always wondered. . . . you know- are T im s , eh? T he Arellght gleamed on Faunce’s Mrs. W illia m Baker. Lucy goes to her bank and raises the It la a very ra g h ’ " she asked , Ing what you knew . . . well, you '•ughed sum. whimsical mouth humorous comedy. Lucy goes 'n Htevens to help him Young Leeson'. face was miserable won't mind learning that he’s going to -A nd w e'll pay him damages for I . . A R T H U R SOMERS RO CH6 (J b è L L U iT fU r iD BT DC NA LD R lL t T ( hut hs refuses to take money from a “Shouldn't I be a line cad to marry learn a little lesson tonight." woman to whom ha Is not m arried. a g irl I didn't love! “ How?" she asked. B” Lucy m arries the man she hates, Caution that had been unleashed Hhe laughed b itterly. and promptly runs away from him. going to her friend Fergus Faunce, by a combination of circumstances, "1 m arried a man I didn't love.” and tails him what she has dons. “And a re you happy? C ertainly not. came hack to him. Htevens seta out In search of Lucy. "Oh, well you w ill know tom orrow." M eanw hile. Dr. Faunce and Lucy Hood Ixird. Mrs Htevens > I .............. launch s new bast A hurricane I know yon're a way above me. hut . . She shrugged Ind ifferen tly. Then wrecks them on th e ir first th lp l.ucy well. I could never understand why she laughed cynically. Is saved, end finds herself on hoard . . . a fte r what I'd told you . . "W h y do yon laugh?” he Inquired. the M inerva, wondering what has hap "And yon w ere certain o f your Hhe was tremendously, overw helm pened to Dr. Faunce. Dr. Faunce la aboard the M inerva ground?" she asked. ingly tolerant as she replied: H e shrugged. also. Htevena threatens lo k ill Faunce "A fte r a ll. M r. I^eeaon, you're a t'ti’ess Lucy atlrka to him To aavu "O ur client's case was unlmpesch ; very bright man, and all that, but . . . Faunce she arredea. but eapresaee hate for Htevens A few minutes lat able O f course. I shouldn't talk to T im Stevens . . . But I m ustn't hurt he startles her by saying he doesn't ?<>u way, but your feelings.” want her. and never trill t ' " I shouldn't have let you come “You don't thin k I could out m an Now go on w ith the story. _____ hers, shouldn't have put Into words euver him ?” he demanded. Hhe shrugged again. And. once they h .d been reduced to “ “ T ‘“ <lD ‘ ,o “ •* b“ 1 “ H a rd ly ." words they became something which you're a nice boy. and I could see Caution gnawed rig h t throngh It« study. And observation and study I wasn't conceited, was I.? You see. If told her that those motives were I thought you really loved me, I'-l leash now and fled yelping away. "W e ll, I have! His Lucy— o r Ht. things that could not be carried out not have mentioned II. But you are'nt I In love w ith me. You're piqued, about Lucie— city Isn't worth a hoot unless Into deeds. that race In the swim m ing pool, you he has a w aterw ay. There's a cloud She knew now that hod not the don't like T im . and so you Imagine upon the title to Seminole Creek, and Storm lifted her Into the arm s of Faunce Into the cabin of the M inerva she would have returned, herself, w ithin tw enty-four hours, to w herever her husband might be For she would have realised, without Stevens' analy sis of her Intent, that In Inju rin g him she must Inevitably do dishonor to herself. Not the mere p lrture of dis honor which public scandal would evoke, but that real dishonor which Is of one's own soul. Itevenge must In evitably mean dishonor, for re»enge Is Ignoble In Itself. destroying his property. They may even make us destroy our dam to d return the creek to him. But we’ll "W hy spoil w hat promises to be a cheery party, by talk of Illegality? " he laughed. "I've alw ays disliked the taw. anyway. Let's slap It on the face tonight. , The caa, chararterll , , M follow, . n ,; , G r>n, by „y. . . . . . g ,^ r a a ; Jane, his wife. Ruth B ettis; P eter empIoyer M orrison; M rs Peter Doake, Jula have been selling our property to the public and getting In some cash re turns on our Investment. Htevens. Htevena great arm e described a Pollard; Jim Doake. th e ir son. Job» Bryce Kennedy, Ralph who’s up to his neck this m inute and sem icircle and his palm thwtacked Lynch; Hughes; Lola Kennedy, his arlfe, Dor who must get In some public money, resoundingly on the surgeon's back. w ill be out In the cold. W e 'll buy him A tta k id ! A ny one w ith nerve othy R o llin s; A lice W illiam s, Lo»> In on our own terms." enough to dig out an appendix has delle W illiam s;; Mrs. Perkins. F a y Let's go Got a gun’ *' P *™ 00 ’ : Gentleman Joe. the burglar, plenty heart. “I see," she said. Hhe smiled b rl-h t- Lloyd M attison? Slick Dick. Joa*» ly. "Lucky that T im and I aren 't a (Continued Next W eek.) partner, Hersey Tomseth. I No more thought of revenge, then would enter her head. Rnlher, she would scheme to discover a way out o f thia blind alley Into which desire for revenge had led her. T im would j not divorcer he; he would not permit her to divorce him. But there must be some way out. Alan, there must be some answer to this putsle created by T im ’s sudden business energy. T here was only one person who could possibly advise her and that was Fergus Faunce. On these occasions, since her return to Italtn Beach, when she had seen Faunce, they had kept th e ir conversation on the sale middle ground of Im personalities. T hey had enjoyed each other, but only as casual acquaintances enjoy one another; there had been none of the soul-reve lation which had chararterlaed th eir previous friendship. W e ll, she would try to return to that ground which they had occupied together before. She didn't know Just what she wanted from Faunce, but w hatever It was, he could supply It. W asn't he the kindest and wlset man In the world? And didn’t she need kindness and wlsrom? W e ll, then. . . . . Lucy came upon Faunce, stretched luxuriously before an open Are— there was the faintest h int of chill In the a ir,— smoking his pipe and reading from a small volume. H e rose a t her cheery hall, took her hand, and led her to camp chair. "Is this your Island? O r, rather, doesn't m y husband own It?" H e thoughtfully knocked the ashes fro m his pipe and slowly reAlled It. "Curlouslty. my dear, Is sometimes the beginning ot wisdom." "Just w hat do you mean by that?” she asked. "Just whnt do you mean by wanting to know w hether or not your hushnnd owns Mongo K ey?" he countered. "Oh, Fergus! I have a rig h t to know ! Is he swindling his friends? Even m.v mold has Invested all her saving« w ith him ! Is he robbing her and everybody else? I wRnt to know." 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