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THE NEWS AND THE HERALD. KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON
35est-3)mse() QYoman
BY HELEN VELSHIMER
CHAPTER XII
JJASIL ROGERS, Maria's di
vorced husband, itood In tht
doorway of the titttnf room where
Judith, Marta, and Phil sat
"Hello, my sweet," he greeted
Marta. He leered. "So this this
is the gentlemsn who's foinf to
give you an honest million. Con
gratulations, my dear, congratula
tions! Didnt think you could do
It! Better guTn I thought you." Ht
turned to Judith. "And you and
I get Jilted, eh? Dont you fret
She'll give him a devil's life
devil's own life."
Phil was on his feet "That's
about enough out of you!" Ha
grasped the man's arm, but Basil
Rogera pushed him back.
"Going, going soon," be said.
"Get out!" Phil commanded, but
the man only laughed.
"Patience, please, patience. I've
got to talk to this young lady
my wife she was. Might as well
say It In front of you good people.
She got rid of me didnt want to
stay In my racket not good
enough for her." His voice grew
uglier. He addressed Marta di
rectly. "But you took string of
pearls on your own, my dear!
Pretty pearls, I sow them."
"You're lying," Marta said, but
her face was as white as her hat
"I wont stand It"
Phil noticed it He began to
speak, then paused.
-Kick him out," Marta ordered
Phil.
e e
f T ETS hear nun through," Phil
answered. Judith saw Marta
clench her hands and look towards
the door. "I want to hear it"
"You bet you want to hear it!"
the man challenged. "The police
got on my trail because my ex
wife was at your house when the
pearls went I was innocent
Funny! I was innocent this time.
But I had an idea. So I've been
following Marta to find out Saw
her leave her house and come
here. So followed." He held up
a warning hand. "Didnt give you
away to the cops, Marta. Not at
all. Gentleman to the end. Just
gave them your address. But be
careful. Marta, be careful!"
Judith spoke quietly. "How did
the police happen to know I lost
my pearls?"
"Yes how?" Marta asked.
"It was the 'Jewel detectives
from the insurance agency," Phil
told them. 1 reported Judith's
loss, quite naturally. I wanted to
clear Marta completely and I also
wanted to regain the pearls."
The maid came in then to an
nounce other callers. It was Basil
Rogers who nodded to her. "Show
em in, show 'em in. The detec
tives, Marta, my love. They
talked to me a while ago and I
thought it would be sort of nice
for all of us to get together, so
I told him to come along. Have
a nice talk get things settled
and you can marry this gentle
man." "Detectives? Here?" Phil asked.
fHE next 10 minutes were a blur
to Judith a blur that would
come back with clarity later. She
knew that the detectives con
fronted Marta with evidence she
couldn't withstand. She had sold
the pearls, one here and one there,
thinking she ran no danger. She
admitted, sobbingly, that she had
needed the money to maintain her
apartment and wardrobe until she
and Phil were married. She had
been in constant fear that she
would be discovered.
"I did it because I love you so,"
she pleaded with PhiL "I was
going to redeem them every
pearl as soon as I was married
and had a bank account"
"IH call you later, Judith," Phil
said abruptly, and engineered the
group into the outer hall and the
elevator.
CHE went to the train alone next
day because she did not wish
to be surrounded by gaiety,
toasts for which she had no heart
tonight The creak of the wheels
CorvawHT. mi. ma ukvic. k.
eegan, smoothly and efficiently.
The train was rushing down the
station shed, now under the tun
nel. It emerged and she saw the
lights of the Jersey lowlands.
Then the train had passed the
Manhattan Transfer and was
swinging towards Philadelphia on
the first lap of its westward trek.
A shadow filled the doorway.
She supposed the conductor had
come for tickets no, she had
turned them in at the station. The
porter, with a message, perhaps.
She glanced up.
Phil!"
"May I come in, Judith?" he
asked.
"Yea, only" She gestured to
the passing landscape. "You cant
get ofl!
"I dont want to get off!1
Their eyes met the clear blue
and the shadowed gray.
"Oh. Judy," Phil said, and some
how his long arms were around
her and his lips were against her
hair. She yielded to him, not ask
ing explanations for a minute. He
needed her. He wanted her. For
the hour she would not question.
When he let her go. he did not
mention Marta. "Judith, that
actor Bruce Knight does he
matter?" he asked.
Judith banished the smile from
her lips. Her heart felt warm and
alive. She hadnt realized how
dead it was. It was like a man
to mention his rival, not yours.
If he could be afraid that he had
lost her, he still cared.
"No," aha answered. "He never
mattered."
Ha waited a second. Then he
said: -Marta will be all right I
settled everything for her. Judy,
I dont know what happened to
me. I've known for a long time
something was wrong with Marta
she got on my nerves. I loved
her for a while, though but I
didnt like her." He was being
honest "I compared her with you.
And then I thought you and Bruce
Knight" He hesitated. "I didnt
know if you could care for me
any more. I thought maybe you
loved him. Besides, I wasnt free
to win you back.
"Judith, can you love me
again?" PhQ went on eagerly, al
most pleading.
She never had stopped loving
him. She did not tell him so,
though. It was better tor him to
feel that he was winning his way
back.
'It wont be difficult PhiL my
dear," Judith answered.
THEN she was aware of the rush
nf train thmiiffh th niffht
"We needn't go west" she said.
"Now wa can get off at Newark."
His hands were holding hers
firmly. "We're going on," he said.
"Singapore, Rome, Bagdad. I hur
ried my Oriental trip and took a
chance on two reservations all
along the way. I thought you
might come." He grinned boyishly
at her astonishment "Honey,
we're off to see tha world!"
A long time later, when tha
Quaker City was vanishing down
the rails, he said: "How are you
fixed for clothes? You'll need
things, darling"
Judith's eyes smiled but her lips
were grave. Sha remembered the
boxes thst were following her
from New York. They mattered
little now. She would wire to have
them sent on to San Francisco,
and she would choose only a few
things for the trip, from among
the collection.
"Let's travel light my dearest"
she whispered. -Clothes can be
such a burden!"
(THE END)
If yon hare trouble In starting
your motor, turn on your lights
and step on the starter again. If
the lights grow weak, either your
battery is weak or there Is some
mechanical trouble In the starter
or motor.
The speed limit In Pennsylvania
is 40 miles so hour and the state
police are Issuing warnings thai
they will arrest anyone going 60
miles an honr or over.
Before the Italian occupation of
Addia Ababa, there were only 200
automobile In the city. Nov
there are ST1 registered trucks,
taxis and pleasure vehicles.
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