THE NEWS AND THE HERALD, KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON
SERIAL STORY
BLACKOUT
BY RUTH AYERS
COPVRISHT. 1SSB,
NBA BHVICB. INC.
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CHAPTER XVII
CTILL breathless after acceptlnl
, Lady Ponce-Townsend's sur
prising offer, Mary sat down at
the desk befort the cosy coal Are
and poured out her thought In
letter to Gilbert
Dear Gilbert:
- Your long alienee li hard to
understand. I do hop you are
well and that tome day toon I'll
find a letter from you.
rm writing today because I
have newt that's lure to please
you. I have lust had a visitor.
Lady Ponce-Townsend, remem
ber? She Is very active In war
. . relief work, at you know. She
heard in tome way about the
sketches I've been doing and is
anxious to give an exhibit of
them at her Mayfair home. She
intends to charge outrageous
1 prices tor admission to raise
funds for war refugees.
She wanted me to be at the
exhibit, but that, as I emphati
cally told her, is quite out of the
question. I will not face any
one, as you well know, while I
am still disfigured. Her lady
ship Anally understood and has
tome notion now of making a
mystery of me to lend zest to
the exhibit
Having been to kindly treated
as a refugee myself, I'm only
too glad if I can repay the debt
in a small way. In addition, as
Lady Ponce-Townsend pointed
out, the exhibit may lead to
additional offers for me.
So now, enough about me.
You are on my mind constantly.
1 I wonder how you are and if all
goes well. A letter would be to
welcome. As ever,
,. . Anna.
Winter held Its grip on London.
- on the Alaginot Line, a temporary
lull teemed like an ominous dark
Hafore blasting dawn. Enemy
Wf and submarines struck re
Uessly at British ships. The
mourned behind its barricades
Se heroic dead. Espionage
wd like some evil fungus
dark and spy rings were
. ty tracked down by a
11 Jand Yard.
v. v v-,.3..ii a
"'M;- ..-jf.-aaide, Miss. Passage,
,: please!"-,.,. . .
middle-aged Tommy brushed
pan mary narrow at Laay
iPonca-Townsend'i exhibit of the
sketches. Mary had felt an urge
(to go to Mayfair and stand unseen
somewhere near the mansion.
: "Yes, sir," she answered meekly.
i"Quite a crowd. Isn't it?'
The Tommy laushed and an
swered, "There's many a one that
, would never get into her -lady.
ship's 'ouse at all if It wasn't far
a benefit like this."
; Mary didn't hear him. Her eyes
draw to the door and a fminr
. figure step from the car. Carla
iMarchetta!
On sudden Impulse, Mary joined
ttn the crowd that surged around
the glamorous Carla. Marv nulled
the veil on her toque across her
' lace and, unnoticed, walked up
:lhe steps..
i "Two shillings, Miss," an Im-
fierturbable butler demanded.
Mary heard the coins click on the
silver tray, but kept her eyes
lasienea on (Jar la. For all her
alertness, Carla managed to van.
;lsh temporarily, sweeping into
Lady ' Ponce-Townsend's drawing
loam wiia almost insolent hau
Drawing into tha hltn-
cloakroom, Mary waited until
A-arja would reappear. Then she
neara voices. Someone was say'
ing, "Shocking, that Marchetta
woman's coming here!"
A brittle voice nnnf hi..
'dainfully, "If that woman isn't
Jbeing watched, she should be. AU
, kinds of strange stories are1 told
. aDout ner." .
itie first voice cut in, "After
. au, noDooy knows very much
, aoout ner except that she set her.
self up in great lavishness in May-
fair."
aiarr arrainea ner Mm m.
ashamed at eavesdropping. The
woman wiui the brittle, clipped
accent was going on, "It's odd that
. one of her young admirers isn't
tagging along today. I hear that
-lormer apanish war flyer, Vincent
Gregg, Is completely gone on her."
a .
JT couldn't be, Mary thought,
. drawing back faintly into the
. protecting gloom of the room.
. :Now, she wanted to shut out the
'doom of these words. Vincent a
. Wave to this worldly Carla! The
ivolces wont on mercilessly. :
"Carla Marchetta, as she calls
herself, has never explained why
that young count who was so
much In love with her tailed on
the Moravia. Why was he aboard
ship in the first place? My hus
band taw him at tha rlnh tha rf..
before and, seemingly, he had no
inwnnon 01 going to New York
then."
"Yes, and that awful story about
Ma suicide. In the admiralty rec
ord It was quite definitely estab
' lished that ha jumped from the
deck needlessly."
The woman with the clipped ac
cent broke In again: "If you
looked into that woman's past, I
dan tay you'd find a trail of sui
cides of men she has ensnared and
then tossed aside."
. Mary was drained of all con
ciousnesa of tha . t.
memory, the was back on the
Moravia. She remembered the
haunted eyes that had followed
er the night of the tinklng. The
Jnith who had returned her beret
uJiad he.been shadowing her that
night? Perhaps to warn her of
Carla? What had happened that
had made him prefer to throw
himself into the tea than to be
saved?
With sudden clarity, Mary Car
roll recalled the first night she
had teen Carla Marchetta in the
restaurant That strange feeling
of foreboding when the woman's
eyes had held Vincent's. That
strange note: "At midnight" She
was convinced now, beyond doubt,
the not was from Carla and be
hind it lay the explanation of why
Vincent hadn't been on the Mo
ravia. She wanted to crawl from the
cloakroom and out of the Mayfair
mansion in shame and horror,
a a a
TOUT something made her lift her
head in new hope when one
of the women spoke again. Dis
tinctly, Mary heard her say, "I
feel sorry for Vincent Gregg.
They say he was almost crazy
when the girl he was engaged to
marry went down on the Mo
ravia." A slow sigh escaped her lips.
That was it, of course. Carla was
making a fool of Vincent only be
cause Vincent was so shocked and
shattered after the Moravia dis
aster that he was easy prey. Mary
stepped from the room but re
mained close to group of women
nearby, anonymous among them.
She had a job to do now and
she was going to do it There was
something entirely questionable
about Carla, and Carta's activities.
When Carla emerged, Mary fol
lowed her cut the door and to the
street where Carta's car awaited.
She was close enough to see the
chauffeur whisper something to
Carla as he helped her into the
limousine. A startled, ugly ex
pression crossed the flawless face.
"Why did you wait, you fool?" she
hissed.
The chauffeur shrugged and got
di ma tne wneel. Mary stood un
certainly and then taw another
car pull out of the waiting lin
and follow tha limousine.
Mary walked back to her Soho
rooms, mapping quick, perhaps
foolish, plans.
But when she reached home,
everything else In her mind was
swept suddenly away.
A message had come from Dr,
fj cannon.
(To B Continued)
Id this warlike season, steam'
ship companies are ottering bar
gain aatla to South American
tourists.
Lashly Nominated
to Head Lawyers
OUT OUR WAY BY J. R. WILLIAMS
OUR BOARDING HOUSE With MAJOR HOOPLE
Jacob M. Lashly, St Louis attor
ney, was nominated at Chicago
convention to be president of
American Bar Association, and
will b elected to the offlc next
fall.
FLAPPER FANNY
By Sylvia
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"Just wait "till I get too big to wear pajamas with feet on
erra then we'll see who shuts the window every mornin'."
INVENTIVE GENIUS
HORIZONTAL
I, ( Great
inventor
pictured here.
11 Browned
bread.
12 Tam-o'-shanter,
14 Spar crane.
1 6 Formerly.
17 He invented
electric light
19 Plateau.
20 To drink dog
fashion. 21 To dine. -
22 To mock.
24 Nothing.
25 One that
immigrates.
28 Rubber tree.
29 Mail.
30 Church title.
32 To rescind.
35 He invented a
picture
machine. -
37 Measure ol
area.
38 Seed covering.
40 Promises.
41 King of
Answer to Previous Paxil e
Bashan.
42 Fowl disease.
44 Those who
snipe.
48 Flock.
48 To rub out,
49 Lubricant.
51 Social insect.
53 Faculties of
sensation.
56 Chaos.
57 He was an,
by.
training.
VERTICAL
1 Precept.
2 Yarn spindle.
3 Hops kiln.
4 Mountain.
5 Very dull of
mind.
6 To go aboard
a vessel.
7 Idant.
8 To soften
leather.
9 Kiln.
10 Unless.
11 As a youth he 52 Pistol.
phonograph or
machine,
17 Vagabond.
18 Mineral .
spring.
21 Daubs.
23 Enriches, , .
25 Virginia
willow.
26 Aperture,
27 Children.
28 Above.
31 Musical note.
33 Great lake.
34 Row.
35 Greater
amount
36 Yellow bird.
39 Italian coin.
40 Waistcoat
43 Prostrate.
45 Overpowering
fright
47 Flat circular
plate.
50 To rent
Was a
operator.
13 Dye.
15 He invented
the
53 Southeast,
54 Ell.
55 Senior. .
56 North
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