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H , 1930
T H K HPH1NOFU9LD N B W «
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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
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by Faunca's cabin.
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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
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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
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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.
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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."
" If you’re worried about your mnld.
then worry about me, too.”
"You mean to say that you've In-
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