Evening Star Newspaper, August 3, 1925, Page 19

THE WRATH TO COME One of the Best Mystery Stories Ever Written | (Continued from Yesterd | = By E. Phillips Oppenheim. (Copyright. by Little Brown & Co.) o he replied. Arthur? s Star) | I am supplanted,’ “What do you mean? dasked with some she “I was not aware, Gertrude,” he ob. served, “that it your custom to¥ receive your friends in your salon at| “Worse! Her husband! The Prince an hotel of this description.” arrived twelve hours before he v expected. do as I think well in such mat- awkward." ters,” she answered calmly. “So you haven't dined with her? There was a moment's hectic silence. | “‘He refused to let me. Gertrude The Prince scemed about to speak,|did her best, but it was quite useless. but controlled himself with an effort. | You should see him, Susan. He's an “You are probably fatigued with |insufferable little bounder.” traveling,” she continued, “and would| “You would have dined with her, prefer to dine h In that case 1|then, if he had not arrived?” she can keep my engagement with Mr.|asked after a moment's pause. Slattery.” | turally. “On the contrary, I shall beg you to . good night.” break it,” the Prince declared em- minute,” he insisted. “If phatically. “It is a peculiarity of 1 und—" mine, but T do not permit my wife to |~ me tonight!” she inter- dine alone with any man so long & rupted. ther’'s going to bed in a | few minutes, and I'm going round to - | the Lancasters. They've some friends in to dance “Why _didn't “I will provide you with one they ask me?" Iy, Grant answered, grumbled Py : e supposed to be engaged,’ Gertrude laid her hand upon his | e raminded him. “Good-bye o arm : G0 trument whirred in his ear. nected ‘I do not allow my friends to quar- rel with my husband, 1 am very sorry, indeed, | Gri other of the composer series review EARLE ROOF- el (Grant Whenaril | irant shouted down an’ enticini \full of entertainment prizes, ranging i g 1 G ol Jiiae 2 7 pradl) | pe o |the instrument. But he was oo late. 5| trom a generous hit of snappy vaude. | "% ““‘f"";;“\,‘.’,‘e‘;‘,‘,’,;‘,’,‘f.,,.',.,’..‘:{“‘”’,‘.-,. s mestduitschimproduston, Sl “Whenever you choo | e e also is fine as the|ville to a motion fficture novelty = Al vioti o T e s oyest and tar Il haa “already. commenced to motens B ey 1,‘):"2"&::"@{‘{,} e ot s Antenducing T (B st e e vash |ing on the Earle Root this wesk end time when the sight of the moon through | 5 (50 husbind. Nita Naldi,| “Black Cyclone” is backgrounded | fney’ po XY v i Foiion, pol| o e I eaRen0ayinigh, gret our dinner, the porthole window brought him up [ M 8 L1€ £y METEr, St entirely on the Western plains and de- [ (b o5 dn - SRS DEA S OTR Dhar The o Damer Twlliagenie Grant was suddenly conscious of the U1 deck again. "He sank into a basket | }0" French dancer who finally | PiCts the life and traits of the herds | quo of youths who appear incognito. | Lo /ISHt showing. = “The Kiss Bar- ridiculous side of the situation. He | ¢l filled his pipe and sat smoking. | & in vamping the, husband |Of Wild horses that roam these sections | Miccha Guterson puts his Rialto Or. Leb Whic coming here for the pulled himself together and turned to gangway which connected the | J\(,\ from his young wife, much to|content in their freedom from the | hestra through the syncopating | /St time, b Edmund in the newcomer courteously stern of the yacht to the dock had |} gelicht of every one, including|Shackles of man. It is, indeed, an im- | girains of Victor Herbert's duumy‘”w lead. “Perhaps vou, as well as your wife, [ been pulled in and there was no sound | 1)e wife ict, the entire picture | Pressive and interesting animal pic- | Marietta” for the overture | RS would do me the hon board. suggested. “Dinner r of dining.” he any movement . on The ordered down- | Casino was in‘darkness, but the Sport- stairs. Half-an-hour's delay will be of | ing Club was still brilliantly illumi no consequence.” |nated, and here and there on the The Prince bowed coldly. | hillside lights shone out from the I thank you very much, he re-|villas. A sort of violet curtain of plied. “but tonight 1 shall prefer to |twilight seemed to brood over the dine tete-a-tete with my wife. I have place. An automobile with flashing affairs to attend to. W doubt megt again.” Grant dined alone in a distant cor shall without |lamps swung hed along | voiture came wround the corner and the road to Nice. A down the steep incline mer of the restaurant, somewhat to his | {owards the harbor. Momentarily oy t\!‘l‘;:ppnm(n\.mf’l‘up;mlh\”“:;\h‘ L0 curious, Grant watched it. It came @hotel to whom he had confided his | s of the aueme’ Tnen 1t mormed, '(';’,flf;‘rjx'dp*'“‘j‘sg — h‘L’];]m‘;;;‘m‘l""l‘\”]“‘“hu' woman descended and came swiftly room. The latter had changed his|21oN8 the jetty. ‘The light from an clothes, but appeared to be in no bet. | Sectric ter humor. He scowled at Grant and | standard flashed upon the wels in her hair as she passed, and et ‘f.xt)\! spran; to his feet tgnored his wife, both when he ordered : : > the dinper and the wine. She leaned He walked hast th.S(eln. back in_her chair. fanning herself | The woman had paused, I He eyes it antinnall ® Seutiit ‘um little chasm of e e e out of the shadows and he recognized a moment at their table. Shy Gertrude!” he cried a little grimace of apprehens but | 5 Grant only smiled. Please put down the gangway, “You have made a very greedy |She called out. “I want to come on man of me, Princess,” he confessed.|board A sailor on night duty hurried for- ward. Grant gave a brief order and a ank was lowered. “I have had to try and eat the dinner I had ordered for two. “I wish you'd sent me my share,” | KADE] = o wens e she said. have not been consulted | however, who made use of it. He m about our own, anyway, and T seem | Gertrud the shore end and gently | + to have heard the name of every dish fled her on one side T detest.’ Gertrude,” he told her firmly, “it Her husband spoke for the first|iS impossible for you to come on| tiine | board at this hour of the night. Tell “The marital feast cloys, I am|mMe what has happened. 3 | afraid,” he sneered. | 'She was looking very white and| “I have no doubt but that you are|Very determined. he put her arm, right,” Grant assented, with a little | through his and clung to him. I bow of farewell. “I'm not n\|r|mdi “Grant,” e said. He took me myself, but one seems to discover |2Way from you once, and he wasi these things.” | altogether honest about 1t He passed out into the hall and |like You can take me back again. stood €or a moment smiling to him.| My dear Gertrude!” he exclaimed self. Then prompted by a sudden im-| “I mean she went on. pulse, he opened one of the telephone | Know everything that is in your mind. boxes and rang up the Villa Miranda, |I don’t care. If I am worth having, In a minute or two Susan came to the | take me. Otto has brought it upon telephone. | himself. 1 think that I dislike him “What on earth do you want?" she|more than any human being upon inquired. “You ought to be in the|the eart middle of dinne (Continued in Tomorrow L w"’w.' CShe water-ser should know The time has comewhen your hot-water supply can be made certain and plentiful. The time has come when you can turn the hot-water faucet without fear and trembling. The time has come because Welsbach has produced a simple appliance for changing cold water into H-O-T, hot. The home where hot water is dependent upon shoveling coal or the striking of a match has become antiquated over- night. Welsbach has modernized the . method of getting hot water. Here is a sturdy appliance that keeps hot water ready at every faucet, twenty-four hours a day. 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