Evening Star Newspaper, July 12, 1925, Page 52

12 THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. ¢, JULY 12, 1925—PART D e e e e e e e e ’Nm"““rllmllm\lflr and the acquaintance had No. no, no!" she cried. “Leave me | standing over Hammond with the re- | said. “Hammond. What have vou|speak to you, sir, is delicate and con- never ripened into friendship. For |alone. I won't. volver still in her hand, and Hammond | done?” fidential.” 2 One of a series of best short stories He tried to rape and I shot him."” “Fire away published dur- the last two or three years they had| She grew confused about what """’lllfelmm_ 8o Jooked st them for ai Zys \G086T sap. you'd better come)| - Mr, Joyce met his clerks shrewd BY W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM. ing_theipast ened then. Al tha been said : - Ly st Hian moment without speaking. They [out here. You must tell me exactly |eyes. As usual Ong Chi Seng was vear, | seen little of him. Now and then he | paet UL L ered accurately, | | me over to y tennis, now and|but now his words assailed her ears | stood in a frightened, huddled bunch. | what happened.” ; FEUshag Hi e MalgRt of docks faabion |then they met him at some planter's |through a mist of horror and fear.)She let the revolver fall fiom her o I‘:"WPN':“"“I cant. }b"""'.'_’l‘;"""“. Eive i::.,,:‘"’:‘ ;:"\‘“I“k‘""‘ e aatiiex who was gIving a-party, but it often | He seemed to plead for her love. He | pyng and without s word turned and | ™ Withers was a voung man and he | tle wax a by and diamond pin. and Rappened (hat they did not set exes on | broke out into violent protestations | went ‘inio ‘the. drawing room. THEY | aid ot Know exactry wht t6 4o In &n | om (he foutth fnker of mix lert hard o | him for a month at a time. of passion. And all the time he held | a¢ched her go into her bedroom and | emergency which was %o out of the |Japanese pearl. From the pocker of | 'Now he took another whisky and|her in his tempestuous embrace. He | jose the door; they heard her turn|iun of hix duties. Leslie refused to his neat white coat protruded a go | soda. Leslie wondered if he had been | Was a strong, powerful man; Was | the key in the lock. They dared not |y anything till at last Robert ar ntain pen ‘and gold pencil. He et eeereeeeetetereteressesrtsetetersssterstsssesetetsesessssesseoresssssseseed IINKINE before. There was something helpless, her arms were pinioned (0 |touch ihe dead body. They looked 8t | rived. Then she tpld the two men the e a rolled gold wrist watch and odd about him and It made her a|her sides so that her struggles were | ;" \ith terrified eyes, (AIKINE ex- | story from wRich since then, fhough | the bridge of his nose invisible. pinee (Continued from Yesterday's Star.) | She did not even recognize the voice. | your gr v = worl {trifie uneasy. She watched him help | ineffectual. She felt herself growing | jtedly to one another in undertones. 8 e v Cave (Continued " S eabafull i mpetty: Bart iniimorkie [ ne anoth she had fepelted it over and over nez He gave a litile « v.ssesessenss (Copyright, by the Ridgway Co.y R I le pince “Who is it?"" she asked away.” | himself with disapproval. weaker, s s afraid she would |, hen the head boy collected himself: | again, she had never in the slightest “The matter has to q,.”\‘.“‘f‘,‘ e ass The story she had told him the| She worked with spectacles and she| She was a trifle taken aback at this| T wouldnt drink any more i 1 th on her face made | o haq heen with them for many |degree diverged R. vs. Crosbie, sir, i§ first time he saw her she had méver | took thens off ks she spoke. | remark. He had never used that tone | Were you,” she said good humoredly { her feel desperately sick. He kissed |y oqps: he was Chinese and a level n Yes? 4 veried in the smallest detail. She | “Geoff Hammond.’ | with her before. She thought the best | Still + |her mouth, her eves, her cheeks, her heqqed fellow. Itobert had gone into f told it as cooly then, a few hours| “Of course. Come in and have a|thing was to make light of it | He emptied his glass and put it|hair. The pressre of his arms was | Singapore on his motor bicycle and after the tragedy, as she told it now. drink.” | “T have no pretentions to being a|%0%N 3 killing her. He lifted her off her {eel | the car stood in the garage. He told She fold 1t connectedly, in a level, | She rose and shook hands with him raving beauty, you know, and if you |10 you think T'm talking to veu $he tried to kick him, but he onty held | the .chaliffeur to get'it out, they even volce, and her only sign of con. | cordially. She was a little surprised |ask me pointblank I'm bound to tell {\ke this because I'm drunk?" he |her more closely. kfe go at once to the assistant dis tusion was when a slight color came |10 see him, for though he was a nelgh- | you that I don't care if you think me |* 35 abruptly s ol st e da.ombsr and all” Him -whst had into her cheeks as she described one | bor neither she nor Robert had heen |piain or not.” | E3a the: mogh: abvioun expliaia. IS, R b w1tk do. | pened. He gicked up.the revolver gnd or two of its incidents. She was the [lately on very intimate terms with| I don't think you're plain. I think |2y i1 1" B R e o s (s as | Pt X i his pogkst.. The 4. D. 0. & Jast woman to whom one would have him and she had not seen him for | you're pretty Sl v i e oy e e | e Ploniak o “Aisniedy D maCelipd 'Wikniers, Hlvedon, the out: expected such a thing (0 happen. |some weeks. He was (he manager of | “Suwaet of you." she answered ironl-| tonsue an lang na T vould and mow | man, but a savage. And ax he ran | Ao of Uhe nearest towh, Wh e an | She was in the early thirties, a fragile |a plantation nearly 20 miles from |caliy. ~But in ihat case I can only | gl to come out 1 tova Y o [ e stumbled againat a. table “which | apollt 35 miles auay . e i rreny | memory, o accurate for all that had b creature, neither short nor tall, and ' theirs, and she wondered why he had}think vou half-witted. ke IR S e e s Y thatiw His SUIE krion anads | - oo & NAIE to ceacltiie Every | | eceded, failed her here he ad T e graceful rather than pretty. She chosen this late hour to coms and sea He chuckled. But he rose from his| She rose and cavefully put aside the |him a little awkward on his feet and {je Al D Yiithers came | mitted that her mind was K. 1t | pad oceasion to write was thin and the bones of her hands ) them |chair and sat down in another by her | pillow. | with the burden of the woman in his | 4 duthey. told hiv iHets erpand |Pointed ta an unconsrolisble € mond were visible through the white skin ‘Robert’s away,” she said. “He had | side Y “Good night,” she said arme he fell. In a moment she had | he Head hey shgwed him th |- | umcontroliable fury was the last thing |~y the veins were large and blue. Her | (o go to Singapore for the night.” You're not going to have the face| “I'm not going now." anatched herself away from him. She | oo Bead B0y P oot he. said, Ane |You would have expected from thix | g, wrists and ankles were very delicate. Perhaps he thought his visit called |{o deny that you have the. prettiest |- At Inst ahe began to Jose her temper,|Fan around the sofa. He was up in | A 'p 0 went Into his reom to dress, | duiet and demure woman. Mr. Jovce | \ere devis Her face was colorless, slightly sal |for some explanation, for he sald: :hands in the world,” he said But. you peor fool. don't you|a flash and flung himself toward her. | son”ror hin car and In a little while | Pad known her a good many years f low, and her lps were pale. You I'm sorry. 1 felt rather lonely.to-| He made a gesture as (hough to|know that I've never loved any one|There was' a revolver on the desk.|wiy following them back along the |27 he had alwavs thought heran in 4id not notice the color of her eyves. night. so I thought I'd just come|take one of them. She gave his a|but Robert, and even if 1 didn't love She was not a nervous woman, but | SAtroRd. < e GANEL Wke' Juat | otional gerkan. Guging the weeky She had a great deal of light brown along and see how you wers getting |little tap. Robert vou're the last man I should| Robert was to be away for the night eaking as he reached the Crosbies’ | LNt had passed since the tragedy her |, gine with her, for e hair and it had a slight natural on. Don't be an idiot. Sit down where and she had meant to take it into her | p ¥4 ran-upithe staps Of thei} SPmpesire had fesn amazing propose a tewmis game. wave: It was the sort of hair that How on earth did vou come? 1|You were before and talk sensibly, or 1 care? Robert's away." | room when she went to hed. That was . a4 fnped 0K Fning v Jovce shrugged his shoulders. | first thought when ihe with a little touchihg up would have else 1 shail send vou home.” I 1. o away this minuie]| why 4t hapnened: to: be. there. :Bhe | ta mmond’s body Iviog where. he had he fact is, I suppose,” he said to hrought to my notice been very preity. but you could not 1 left it down the road. 1 thought| He did not move. - . P’ the boys and have vou |Was frantic with terror now. She did | fajlen, He touched his face. It was (himself, “that you can never tell what however, was written or imagine that Mrs. Crosbie would | (' pofh (€SO0 the pard. L e~ | “Don't vou know that I'm awfully in wn out not know as doing. She | et oy hidden possibilities of savagery there |the late Mr. Hammond's think of resorting to any such device. | ¥q 8T O I8 o B gD, The love with you?" he said. “They're out of earshot.” L b AELTTT Where's missy?’ he asked the |are in the most respeciable of women Mr. Joyce ald not ficker an e She was a quiet. pleasant, unassum- | plonier gets up at dawn in order to, She remained quite cool She was very angry now. She made 5 gave a cry. He said|jguge boy. | There was a knock at his door. He continued 10 look at Ong Chi Seng ing woman. Her manner was engag- | ake the. ol ool ot e workers ang| "1 don't. T don't believe it for a|a moyement as though to g0 on to the | Something, she didn’t know what. He | “The Chinese pointed to the bed Come in with the smile of faint amuseme ing. and if she was not very DODAIAr | goon after dinner he is glad 1o go to|MiNUte. and even if it were true Ijveranda from which the house boy ched g of the room on to the | ,,om. Withers went to the door and | The Chinese clerk entered and closed With which he gener alked it was because she suffered from a | pod” Jiammond's car was In point of G0Nt Want you to sav i would certainly hear her, but he seized | Yeranda 10 was in a frenzv now. |ynocked. There was no answer. He the door behind him. He closed it Yho told you thi certain shyness. This was compre- | g o BRRORS S T4 A0 N rer of a |, She was the more surprised at what |her arm she was heside herself. She followed | kpocked again gently, with deliberation, but decid The 1 hensible enough. for the planter's oo o/ F E5 N he was saving since during the seven | “Let me go,” she cried furiously. him out, ves, that was it, she must Mrs. Crosbie,” he called edly, and advanced to the table ai MY knowledge, i life 1s lonely, and in her own house, | el R vears she had known him he had ot much. I've got you now have followed him out, though she Who is it? which Mr. Joyce was sitting mine with people she knew, she was in| Since Robert was away there was! never pald her any particular atten-| She opened her mouth and called, rémembered nothing of it she fol “Withers. May I trouble vou, sir, for a few | Mr. Joyce knew her quier way eharming. Mrs. Joyce | N0 whisky and soda in the voom.|tion. When he came back from the | “Boy, boy.” but with a quick gesture | lowed, firing automatically, shot after | here was another pause. Then the | words private conversation?” he said. | Sist Arter e fortniEhi s Siax had tolq Leslie did not call the boy to bring It, | war they had seen a good deal of one [he put his hand over it. Then before | 8hot, ~till X chambers were | g, unlocked and slowly opened. | The elaborate accuracy with which You w a P umand i Leslie was a very.|he was probably aslesp. but fetched il |another. and once when he was ill|she knew what he was about he had |empty. —llammond fell down on the | [ogjie stood before him. She had not |the clerk expressed himseif alwavs Mrs. Cro as st Agreeable hostess. There was more herself. Her guest mixed himself a |Robert had gone over and brought |taken her in his arms and was kissing | floor of the veranda. He crumpled heen to bed and wore the tea gown in | faintly amused Mr. Joyce, and now he | fatal night she in her. she said. than people thought: | drink and filled his pipe. him back fo thefr bungalow in his car. | her passionately. She struggled, turn. | WP into a bloody heap. | which she had dined. She stood and | smiled cation with the He had staved with them then for |ing her lips away from his birning | When the hoys, startled by the re- |looked silently at A. D. O | 7It's no trouble. Ong.” he said weeks & fortnight. But their interests were ! mouth ports, rushed up, they found her Your hotiseboy fefched me,” he! “The matter upon which I desire tc (Cont point to which Mr. Jovce re curred wax the shooting. As a law A circumstance has come to m ver he was hothered that Leslie had knowledge which seems to me to fired not once, but six times, and the put a differ ® complexion on it examination of the dead man showed What circumstance?” Mr. Joyes that four of the shots had been fired demanded i crose to the body. One might almost It have thought that when the man had |y, | fallen she had stood over him and {emptied the contents of the revolver | (i uf ihe into him. She confessed that her el S inaa, ot has come to my k ledge, mir, there is a letter In existence from the defendant to the unfortunate vic Jovee had a clerk’s intellige Crosbie must have comir the deceased frequentl never heard a car.’ when you came to know her you Geoff Hammond had a host of were surprised how much she had friends in the colony He wsas at this read and how entertaining she ' time in the late thirties. but had come 14 he. out as a boy. He had been one of the he was the last woman in the|ArSt to volunteer on the outbreak of world to commit murder. Mr. Joyce |the war and had done very well. A dismissed Robert (roshie’ with sach | wound in the knee caused him to be n - s . . . 3 Bistuiesc SRovert Grgpay N e Houln (s i i o Monday, The Hecht Co. offers at the Lowest Price in Washington! and. once more alone in his office, | Years, but he had returned to the o - turned over the pages of the brief. | Federated Malay States with a D. But it was a mechanical action, for |S. O. and a M. C. He was one of all its details were familiar to him. the best billilard plavers in the col The case was the sensation of the|ony. He had been a beautiful day and it was discussed in all the |dancer and a fine lawn tennis player clubs, at all the dinner tables, up | but though he could no longer - w and down the Malay states from dance and his tennis, with a Singapore to Penang. The facts that | SUf knee, was not so good as it Mre. Crosbie were simple. Her | had been. he had the gift of popu husband had gone fo SNingapore on |larity and was universally liked. He ¢ business and she was alone for the Was a tall, good-looking fellow, with night. She dined by herself, late, at Attractive blue eyes and a fine head of a quarter to 9, and after dinner sat black. curling hair. Old stagers said in the drawing room working at her his only fault was that he was too lace. The windows opening on to the |fond of the girls, and after the catas veranda were open. There was no | trophe they shook their heads and one in the bungalow, for the servants | Vowed thai they had always known had retired to their own quarters at | this would get him into trouble. the back of the compound. She was| He hegan now to ialk to Leslie surprised 1o hear a step on the gravel |about the local affairs, the forthcom path in the garden, a hooted step, Ing races in Singapore, the price of which suggested a white man rather rubher and his chance of killing a than a native, for she had not heard tiger which had been lately seen in [ a motor drive up and she could not the neighborhood. She was anxious to imagine who could be coming to see finish the piece of lace on which she her at that time of night. -Seme one | was working by a certain date, for she ascended the few stairs that led up | wanted to send it home for her moth to the bungalow. walked across the er's birthday anniversary. and so she veranda and appeared at the window |put on her spectacles again and drew of the room in which she sat toward her chair the little table on At the first moment she did not|which stood the pillow recognize the visitor. She sat with a| I don’t know whether it distresses shaded lamp and he stood with- his| me more to see vou disfigure yourseif back to the darkness with those great horn spectacles.” he May I come in?" he said than it pleases me 1o watch Wonday—the first time for almost a year—a DOLLAR DAY | at The Hecht Co. Read these 16 concrete ex- amples of the savings---and see today’s Post for full page Dollar ad. 2 Pairs of Women's Keds, $1. Women's Smart Low Shoes, §1. : 1 N ; ' specifications of higher-priced play- Boys' Wash Suits, 2 for $1. ; : - Boys’ Wash Straight Pants, 2 for $1. = : Huck ond Turbish Tosoels, 28 for 31, . ; 4 full keyboard, playing all standard Crex, Matting and Rag Rugs, §1. I . cut rolls. And only $2.50 weekly. Men’s Straw Hats, §1. : Men’s Woven Madras Shirts, §1. v 2 o Y/ ) o W Every Washingtonian knows about 'some of the big sales that have been put over by The Hecht Co. Here is Men's Union Suits, 2 for §1. 3 5 Fabiionid Bosses Ban it e s a sale equal in importance to anything we ever did! 5 entire carloads of wonderful new players (bought with Windoto Bovows. 300, our Baltimore store) from a manufacturer whose good reputation is established with every piano dealer. Admirable instruments, with many ers. Full size— feet 8 inches high, Extra Size Muslin Sheets, §1. Even in the good old days when 50c went as far as §1 goes now, we were seldom able to offer new plavers at $2 and $3 Printed Silk Scarfs, $1. $l99: E\'en used instruments often bring more than that! Every improvement known in modern piano build- Gl L Bk, $1- | ing is incorporated—and, frankly, the only reason we are selling these pianos at $199 is to stimulate business at Moa's Blighily - Tnperiont Shi a time when it is naturally very dull. Pairs, §1. Men's Summer Weight Golf Hosé, 2 || Another Special in a Full § Solid Mahogany Player- § P Size Guaranteed Player, 269 Piano, for This Sale Only, 359 See Today's Post---Front | For Your C ¢ Our Baltimore Store has sold over 50 of these pianos since the sale or Xour (onvenience sgarted. That spe_:aks for itselfl Indeed, this is the logical time to buy a piano for next Christmas—they are likely not to reach this level again. Washington's Fastest Growing Store : Until 9 O’Clock _ ’ ThellechtCo. ||| Monday Night The Hecht Co. 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