The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 12, 1931, Page 6

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She also wiches to marry Ab- bott because she is in finan- cial straits. Her hali-brother, Nelson, has taken with him money for payment of interest cn a mortgage. Money has been soaree in the family since her aristoeratic stepfather, Fourth, lost the family fortur Fourth has set out for Elkten, hopi to catch the runaways and prevent the marriage. Sam is <t bittcrly unhappy be actually leves Freddy reperter ¢n the Expro use Munson, , where Sam works, agress to publish Sam the engagement notice. tells him to hurry. Chapter 11 MASTER STROKE He looked at her dou studying her face. "I to me. This business has hit you pretty T “It's been sort of 2 of Nelson's I'm all right. You go al and I'll make for bed Sam watched Peak put on his coat, and realized how 1 thought of him throughot whole miserable busine She her hand on his arm. “I know this is a queer way for us to be getting engaged Peak,” she put said; “I'm sorry “Don't be s " He patted her hand. “I'm more than satisfied.” Sam looked up at him. “T'll make it up to you, Peak,” she said ear- nestly, “and I'll do the best T can to make you happy. Please beliey that.” “I believe it,” said Peak simply. Sam was not finished. “I you to know that from now am going to try t for the way you deserve He tried to i Wt but she would not heed. “There’s something elsee. T want you to understand that this arrangement of ours isn't shaky and uncerfain in any wa So far as I'm concerned, it's fi al” “TI know it,” said Peak. “And nc let's talk of my side of the bar- Tk W ! ko gain. Is there anything I can do him again some time.” ¥ talented, nig! T/ | ter-In-law? / / W!@ he may not be so bad as you y think, Fourth.” =y J, He took half a step toward the | ‘bedv “Do you know what it is to| sidering his words. “How about | hate someone, Joan?" he asked that money that Nelson borrowed |slowly. “If you do, you know how when he went away? Was it—T I feel aboui that—woman. I hate | mean, do you—?" Sam took her hand from his arm |in standing by, some time, just and stepped away. “Thanks just the | Watch her suffer.” same,” she said formally, “put 1| ~Don't, Fourth” begged Sam. don't need any money.” “Well, why shouldn't I talk that | . She has degraded ly He frowned. “Youre sure? I'm sb‘i hasbdlsggmoed hx:nn); (::131 {engaged to you now, you knew, and a ',1 you Fourth e’!—#.‘]ll-,x—‘d T have the right to ask.” | . nt. you jus + S 7 an effert. “Can’t. ‘you just ! “I'm sure.” She nodded abruptly. people talking behind our LINCOLN to | way? son. W hear |“The money Nelson tcok was some |p,, he demanded bitterly. that I had for househdld purposes.i-cant you jusi see the papers It didn't amount to anybhmq." when this gets out?” | Peak was not satisfied, bub f!herel “Fourth, there’l be scmething seemed fo be nothing more thab | he could say. He turned toward the | __ |door. “All right, then, Sam: T'll be of tne 2. Good night.” { son.” ! “Cood night, Peak.” Sam was| He stared. “What else will there grave. “Don’t you want to kiss me k> about us in today's papers? |belcre you go? Ii's part of the Isn't the one thing enough?” ‘ba‘;‘a.xm you know.” | “Tnis is different. At least I hope you'll think it's different.” | “Is it?” He turned and smiled at py | her frem the open door. “Then juszi “Go on,” said Fourth heavily. 1“Tell me whatl it is.” Icredit it to my account, will -¥ou? 1 may collect it some day—with jn-| Sam locked at him sympatheti- | terest.” |cally. “I'm afraid you're in for an- ! He left her then, and Sam im- |other shock.” mediately went up to her room. In' “Don’t worry about me. {bed, with the lights out, she ¢an-|most shock-proof.” |centrated on mental arithmetic.| “All right”.She drew a long |She might think of Nelson, or|breath. “If you look in the morn- Freddy. ing papers, Fourth, you'll find an “Thirteen times seventy-six,”|announcement of my engagement :said Sam, firmly, aloud, and closed{t,a Peak Abbott.” bout us in the papers today hing that may taks some ntion away from Nel- T'm al- her eyes. Fourth may have been shcck- When Sam woke it was broadpro but he was stunned by daylight. A sound caused her to|Sam’s news. sit upright in bed and she saw| “I'm sorry 1 nad to do 1. with- that Fourth Aldersea was standing,'out warning you,” Sam apologizad, sed, his back to thel«1 had to hurry. The point was to! window. Fou: s face was ‘drawnl!go; it in this morning’s papers. in the morninz light and there was| you understand, don’t you, Fourth? a noticeable droop to his shoulders you aren't angry?” He nodded and spoke as though| “No.” He shook his white head hr-' were continuing n m"“’rs““o"‘\slowly. «Of course I am not an- only momentarily interrupted. ‘HU'YA I'm just slightly dazed. | “Well, Joan, I arrived several Things happen so quickly.” {hours too late. I found that Nelson| “They do, don’t they?” « Sam was married yesterday afternoon in!smiled. “I don't blame you for be- Elkton, about five o'clock.” ling dizzy. I'm dizzy myself. And “Oh,” Sam shrugged. “Well, that now if you'll just trot along while is what I expected.” She looked at'T get myself into some clothes, her stepfather. “Did you se2 them?”|well have a look at what the “No.” Fourth laughed shortly. press of the nation has to say “Luckily for_everybody concernad, about your talented and beautiful 1 didn't see them. They left EIkton, | daughter.” apparently, very shortly after the! (yp.n Sam came dewn to the happy event.” 'lving room twenty mnutes later “Have you any idea where they|pourth was much more cheerful. e 'He waved the morning Expross “I haven't” said Fourth quietly, triumphantly in her direction and and to be perfectly frank with'exclai: “You're on the front you, I'm not interested.” | page, Joan, picture and all!” Sam shook ner nead. “You don't Peak’s mewspaper had done all mean that, Fourth. Nelson is your that had been expected of it, and son, after all. You'll want to see more. It had treated the enzage- iment as though it were news cf the | QUITS :m Juneau on the steamship ‘ ' dition o Seattle lan, Alleged Beaten up by Police, Is Said to Be Critical Now)| | ner so that I'd take great pleasure “and I don't see how you over| thought of it. I suppo: you and | Peak were going to do it in a Mi-| tle while anyhow.” | Sam nodded. “We were thinking about it, and the new son settled the quest about Nel- | Fourth sighed. B wond: 1 i how little a person can ¥ even abcut 'those closest to v I've always hoped that some day| ycu might do this, but at the same | time I had an idea in the back ¢! my head that you werent so| keen. It just shows how litile a! man can teil.” “Yes,” said Sam. “It just shows.”, “You are both lucky people,”| Fourth went on. “Peak is lucky, but | so are you. I hope you know, Sam, | how lucky you are.” | “Of course, Fourth,” Sam nodded. | “Of course I know.” Fourth’s good spirits lasted| through breakfast. After that he went away in the roadster. | Sam was conscious of a growing | feeling of nervousness and excite- | ment. At any moment Freddy might | come to the house, or telephone. She wondered whether he had seen the papers, and what he would| say. He would be furiously angry, of course, and would argue with her for as long as she would per- mit. She knew that in the end she! must send him away for good, but that idea, strangely, did not seem to matter. The important thing was to see him once more; o hear the sound of his voice. She could begin | being unhappy after that. There | was plenty of ‘time in the future| for being unhappy. She telephoned the employment ! agency, and told them to send| her a maid. That done, she sat| down to wait. The telephone rang, and Sam's heart almost stopped beating. (Copyright, Freeman Lincoln) San: iearns tomorrow what Freddy thinks of her engage- | ment te Peak Abbott. Is Fred- dy sincere? MISS LOUISE KEMP COMES FOR WINTER Miss Louise Kemp, whose home | in Moosejaw, Canada, arrived rin- cess Louise, last evening, to spend the winter in this city. She is ing with her sister, Mrs. R L. 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