Evening Star Newspaper, July 21, 1926, Page 18

The Misty Pathway By FLORENCE RIDDELL (Copyright. Richenda Peterson, a London office girl, wins '25.0( a * newspaper con 4" decidos b apend” her Torbans in seavel: 1824, by Flerence Riddell.) turned ashen to the lips, and Rich- enda had distinctly heard her say un- der her breath: “The brute! Oh, the brute!” Then she had suddenly left the table with a choked excuse and ko3t | gone up to her bedraom, and when ted | Richenda knocked at her door a while By a native, who frightens her. ~Ang dfe. one of her fellow passengers, rescues her from the man's unpleasant attentions. Arrized 5t Mombasa, the first ' person Richenda sess is Brett Fairways, a noted ex- lorer, whose face has haunted her dreas 13 introduced to Fairwavs by Luc A widow who has ue\-mnmy ”u:m the acquaintance of the wirl. Mrs. avenant and Fairwave invite Richenda to foin ‘them on a huntine expedition. They start the journcy into the interior together. _(Continued from: Yesterd INSTALLMENT XV. Suspicions. FTER all, Lucille had been very good to her. Richends had no real foundation for such ideas. It wasn't loyal to’ let her mind run along lines like thesc. She wouldn't judge Mrs. Davennnt's character on such slight evidences. And yet and vet those eyes were oo close together. Now Brett's eyes? enough apart—frank—a little bold, . His mouth was laughter- , though Richenda had seen it fall into serious lines. She liked it best then. She could never really understand Brett Fairways. There was about him a careless tendency to chose the line of least resistance. Yet there must be greater depths in this man. He had done some rather wonderful things. That dash across central Australla, for instance. It had called for grit, doggedness, force of will. The papers had been enthusiastic. But when she put tentative questions to him, he laughed them away with an idle: “Not half so bad as it sounded. Great fun we had! Of course, the newspapers made a noise—the poor devils have to get exciting copy somehow, and I've never met an ex- | plorer vet who didn't lay it on thic if he got the chance. Tricks of the trade, Miss Richenda! You've got to do it if you waft financial support for vour next trip!” But Richenda felt he was not being frank with her. This man, toc a laughing masi And an cdd o that mask seized h know Brett Fairwa: he real Brett Fairways, not the , debonair fel- low who presented himself to Lucille and to her. | She was possessed, too, of an odd conviction that Mrs. Davenant had no idea that this man might possess a dual personality. Indeed, once in_a fit of pique, Lucille had burst forth: “'Oh—Brett! | Any woman with two good eyes in | her head and a decent figure can lead Brett by the nose!” Then she had suddenly bitten back her anger with an unconvincing: “But that applies to all men, of | course, Dickie.” And Richenda knew Mrs. Davenant was so! she had spoken. But the ®irl realized, too. that the oldgr wom- an did not really know Brett Fair- ways. Something else, too. had \aguel\l disturbed Richenda Peterson these days. More than once lately she had caught his eyes upon her with a qlleer expression in their blue depths, S Something infinitely sad . half-yearning. Something that made her feel 1l at ease, per- turbed . a little thrilled. She couldn’t undersmnd it. \It wasn't as it she felt angry at surprising his gaze upon her in that way. She dlan’t. Yet she half suspected that she ought to feel annoyed. It cer- talnly was very strange. Other things that were strange had happened lately. For Instance, that very afternoon, when the English mail had arrived, Lucille had gone pale un- They were wide she suspected wore sity to get behind She wanted to {letter cut me up frightfully. later Lucille had not asked her to ¢ome in, but had mereiy called out tpat she was I¥ing down. Buf Rich- enda kne v that her voice was muffied with crying. It was an hour later when Richenda saw Brett Fairways go into that room. She was not at all surprised at this. Brett had been in Lucille’s room be: fore; in Richendi's room, us well. More than once she and Lucille had Sometimes they had played cards there. These things meant nothing evil to the wide minds of Africa. If Lucille were in trouble, surely it was quite natural she would want Fairways’ advice. He came down to the lounge a little later. “Lucille’s had bad home,” he sald simply. *“Oh,” began Richenda. anything?” “No. Best leave her alone” he an- swered shortly. Mrs. Davenant rose for dinher that night as sparkling as ever. Perhaps her frequent‘’laugh was a tritle hys- terical. Certainly her tcuch with the rouge had been heavier and less deft than usual. She wore her most dar- ing dress—a thing of silver tissue shot with jade lights. Richenda de- cided it looked out of place in the dusty precincts of the east African holel. “My dear,” news from “Can I do Lucille told her, My poo darling Auntie Joan—she died of healt failure—suddenly in her sleep. There are papers for me to sign. 1 don't understand them. Brett will have to talk it over with me tonight to explain things, you know."” Richenda took the hint and excused herself later. *“I'm going to bed " she said. I love reading in She parted from Lucille at the lat- ter's door. Lucille had come up to don her squirrel coat. “Brett must take me out in a car afterward,” she said. “I feel o dread- fully blue. That poor dnrling-—-the sweetest thing that ever liv But somehow to Richenda’ words did not ring true. Whatever had been hidden in that big square envelope, she wds sure that it was no notice of bereavement. “My poor, darling Auntie Joan! How could Lucille possibly read news der her rouge as she had ripped open & big, square envelope. Then she had A TELEPHONE of a tragic death with her mouth com- pressed in that odd, cruel grimace? sat with Brett in his own room, t0o.«could not be in want of money! 'lhal | ‘@MY EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. ©. WEDNESDAY. JULY / I The Julius Lanisburgh Furnitare Co., 909 F St. , | And would she say, ‘“The brute! Oh, the brute” “Well ichenda decided with a shrug, not my business, anyway. If Lucille wanted to give false expla- nations——" Anyway, she needn’t have explained at all. That would have been better than telling unhecessary lies. Rich- enda Peterson had a healthy scorn for lies. Perhaps this mads her a shade more brusque next morning than she other- \wise would have been when Mrs. venant approached her on a strange, new topic. Richenda did not at first realize in which direction the various hints and innuendoes were progressing until suddenly the full truth burst upon her. 'he woman : wanted to borrow money. The discovery jhocked Rich- enca. [n all her life she hod never dreamed of horrowing from any one. Neither had she ever been asked to lend. The fdea nauseated her. surely. Lucille Davenant, owner of mink coats, jade "tissue gowns and pearls that at any rate look'd“l';ul A “THE BRUTE! OH, THE BRUTE!" had she not admitted that that big emerald ring she wore was valued at £400? And now she was trying to dip into a little London typist's tiny windfall! Goodness knows that was already dis- appearing fast enough without other people’s fingers to help it along Richenda felt a rising anger. She had pald her own way all the time since she had been with these people. In- deed, there had been moments when she shrewdly suspected she had paid a good deal of Mrs. Davenant's way as well. Lucille had an odd habit cf leaving her purse behind her in the hotel, which usually meant that, if Fairways were not with them, Rich- enda had to settle for a dozen. little purchases, rickshaw fares, morning teas (Lucille usually had a cochtail, too) and cigarettes. These amounts were small, it is true, but even small sums mounted up in time. (Continued tomorrow) e BOY SACRIFICES LIFE. Believed to Have Died Trying to Save Chum From Drowning. CHARLOTTE, N. C,, July 21 (®).— Lee Bumgardner, 14 years old, lost his life apparently in an ineffectual attempt to save his companion, Allen Campbell, 16, from drowning in the Catawba River near here. Both youths lived in Moresville. The fathers of the boys went up the river to fish, and when they returned thelr sons had disap- peared. After several hours had been spent in diving into the river the bodies were located. 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