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JiEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, BEDFORD, OREGON-. SUNDAY, JUNE "12, "1932.
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HYNuyaiH. 'ilre. Towneendt"
Oeorgle Revell Towneend te aeked
abruptly, and ehe reullxee that
danger threatene her effort! to
keep her recent marriage to Eddie
Towneend a eecret. She recognizee
her questioner ae the doctor who
Dave firet old to Eddie before he
wae taken unconecloue to the hoe
Vital, alter the car In vhlch he
u'ae driving Oeorgle and her
eouetn Jenny had been craehed.
Oeorale plane to eay that Jenny
viae married and not hereelf. ae
they have the eame name, to keep
her employer from carrying out
hie threat of Jlrlng Oeorgle it ehe
enarrtee. But thle doctor may
have learned the truth. He telle
Oeorgle that Eddie got a ecvere
nervoue ehock in the emaeh, at
though he te a lamoue plane pilot.
Eddle'e nerve hae eo completely
Sone that he uilll have to take a
ollday from flying, the doctor
eaye. "what happenedf" Oeorgle
aeke, not admitting ehe te Ure.
Towneend.
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A SPY CALLS
T"HB doctor sat down. Hl6 bright,
bold eyea held her ruthlessly.
"What happened wa that the
trafflo made him o hysterical that
the driver turned and brought blm
back to the hospital. And as they
were helping him out o( the cab
some planes went over and he
tainted."
"He taintedr
"Afterwards he begged the nurses
to hide him, because It be was sent
up again he would crash. He'a been
apartment, but 1 auppuae I yoaie.t
wbon will Eddie be able to leave
tbe hospital?"
"You'd have to talk to Dalllng
about that, but I don't Imiglne he'll
see any sense In keeping tbo poor
chap there for long. It's not a suit
able place for a nerve-case, you see,
anyway." He hesitated and again
Georgia's Intuition warned her of a
trap being prepared. "By tbe way,"
he went on, "Is your cousin's mar
riage to Townsend a secret?"
"Why should It be?"
"Because while we were waiting
for that ambulance I was wonder
ing Idly whether either of you were
married; and I noticed that your
cousin wasn't wearing a wedding
ring. Doctors do notice such things,
you know. . . . I'll push off now. Miss
Revell, and tell Mrs. Townsend
how I wish I could have brought bet
ter news. Don't trouble to see me
out. Goodbye."
The door had shut behind him
before Oeorgle thought of saying,
uoooDye.
She raised her left hand
though It belonged to someone alsa
and looked at 1L The ring was
locked away In her new dressing.
table now. She had taken It off
when? She couldn't remember. She
naa a recollection of putting It for
saie-iceeping in her bag. And, sure
ly, at the time of the accident she
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Georgia's Intuition warned har
of a trap.
"Is your ooualn'e marriage to
Townsend a secret?" he asked.
. siren a sleeDlnar-draua-ht and nn
doubt he'll gat over tbls particular
phase of terror. But Dalllng thought
It only fair to warn you that he
won t be fit to fly again tor a lona
time. If ever. ... 1 was coming up
10 town, so 1 said I d call."
There was a Inner. H manful nam
Oeorgle put out her cigarette.
rresentiy sue heard her own voice.
11 was snnu ana a little roughened
"It's bad luck. Isn't It? On on
nis wedding day."
Another pause. She forced her
self to look up. The doctor's calcu
lating, 100-iamlllar glance was wan
dering round tbe room, taking In
the new , leather chair, the new
phonograph, the elaborate radio.
"It's good of you to have both
ered to look In." Her voles wan mill
little uneven but she spoke very
alowly and carefully. "I'm extreme
ly grateful and and Eddie's wife
win De grateful; when she has got
over the shock ot hearing about
Kddle."
"His wife?" The doctor aban
doned his scrutiny of the rnom. Ha.
too, seemed to speak very slowly
ana caremny. Then you are not
Mrs. Townsend? I've made a mis
take?" Oeorgle moistened her Hps.
"Yes, you've made a mistake," she
aald. "It waa my cousin tbe other
Miss Rovell that Eddie Townsend
married."
"The young lady who went with
him and me In the ambulance?'-'
Oeorgle nodded. Her lips felt
very stiff; they were steadily smil
ing. "1 ought to have told you at
, eoce," ehe added, "but I thought It
might be better If I were the flrat
to bear any bad news tbere might
be. Jenny la well, she's very Inex
perienced. Very easily alarmed."
She aat stralghter on the big
chair. Her voice was becoming
more natural with every word. But
he wished the man would not stare
at her ao keenly. He looked as
: though he were setting some trap.
Why ehould he, though? What
were her affairs to him?
"Where la Mrs. Townsend? May
I see her?"
"She's not here Just now. She's
at the hotel where where she ex
pects Eddie to Join her tomorrow."
She gave the new curtain material
a little push with her tooL Then
ahe got up, slowly. "1 was Just put
ting the finishing touches to this
had been wearing glovesl Or 01
bad she taken them off when she
and this doctor-man tore her silk
cape Into .'.zips to bandage Eddie's
bead? "Doctors do notice these
things, you know."
Furious indignation mounted In
her. The -cad, coming here to spy
on her and bait hor and walking
off without oven telling her his
beastly name!
Deliberately, she whipped up her
anger. So lone aa aha was anerv.
she could nretend that aha waa nnt
afraid. She could keep fear at the
nack of ner mind ...
The anger fell from her. Better
face tlilnars. She wmiM nnt at
twenty-eight have been private sec
retary to Orattnn Matnhlna- at a anl.
ary of five thousand a vear. If aha
hadn't always faced things.
Eddies marrlaae was nnhllr,
knowledge. It waa reported In the
Record already. The Old Man read
the Record. Anyway, all the papers
would have It tomorrow.
She must tell him. of course, that
the Miss Revell mentioned was
Jenny. Jenny had already consent
ed to that manoeuvre. It necessary.
Loyal little aoul, Jennyl
suppose the Old Man didn't be.
Here It?
It he didn't believe It. ha tennis
dismiss her. Ha would nnt Amnlnv
a married woman worker. She would
get a month's salary and she would
go.
A month's aalarv wntiMn't A
more than pay her bank-overdraft.
What about all the rest ot the bills?
What about the trousseau?
Eddie's savlnaa ware there hut
they would not sunnort tha tan nt
them for very long. They would not
even support Eddie alone for very
long. And who was to know, who
was to say how lona Eddie mnat.
somehow, be supported?
one nung up her chin. Take
events by the throat, alwaya the
best wayl She went to tha 'nhnna
and got the number ot the house
In Rochester Gate.
"Revell speaklna." aba M
mechanically. Thla waa the signal
for her to be awltched through to
the Old Man, In whichever room he
might be. She waited tensely tor the
first grating rasp of hla "Well, what
d'you want?" But
(CopvHaM Julia Clett-Jiddame)
But another voice enewere, to
ner eurprlte. Oeorgle etarte her
attempt, tomorrow, te convince
Matching aha la not married.
SAYS WAR LIKELY
WKST POINT, N. J.. Jun II (AP)
Major General J. a, Herbord, retired,
aid In the commencement sdereaa at
the United states military academy
today that It eeemcd "all too likely"
that during tha lifetime of tha grad
uating cadets "our atreet may again
be filled with marching men."
"No one who has known war carta
to look on He ugly lace again." he
aald. "But while envy, malice, deceit
and the btaer qualities of human na
ture remain: while nations atrtve for
commercial eupremacy; with popula
tloiw Increasing In lrrttorlM that re
main unchanged: end with homo
geneous race divided by artificial
boundaries In continental Europe;
wars will etui come,"
PORTLAND, Ore., June tt. (AP)
H. H. Stall. rd haa announced hla 1
candidacy for rrpreaentetlve In con
greee from the third district. He will
run on the Farmer-Labor ticket.
Stallard In hla announcement aald
he oppoaea Interference with the 18th
amendment but that he would mod
ify the Volstead act to permit aals,
tinder government aupervialo n, of
light wlnea and beer.
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