Evening Star Newspaper, July 27, 1926, Page 18

The Misty Pathway THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. -| votce strident and harsh with anger: By FLORENCE RIDDELL (Copyright, 1024, SYNOPSIS. Richenda Peterson. a London office sirl, des 10" spend el « 1 Africa holds the greatest promise ‘nture to her. and she books passage for ort Monibasa. _When the boat stops at «ibraltar, Richenda woes off alone to inspect w old fown and is accosted by a native, o frightens ber. Anzus Brodie, ome of “r fellow passengers, rescues her {rom the 1an. Arrived at Mombasa. the first person iichenda eees is Brett Fairways. a noted by Flcrence Riddell) | ways was asleep. And in less than 15 minutes she was awake again! She didn't know what roused her. 4% | Perhaps it was Jeroge rattling his cooking apparatus- a short distance away, she decided. She sat up rubbing her eyes. She had been dreaming—extraordipary drcams all about ships and stormy seas and miles of weary travel. She ¢ | must surely have been asleep for a » | long, long time! lavenant. & wi ought her acq ad Fairways in expedition. ‘o the interiol clous of Lucille it Brett teiis Richenda he loves her. He s el hut Richenda t 4 ETOWS BUSDI- W ou've got to MArry me at . Richenda. fe2ling she is & crea- ire ‘of destiny. consents. Angus Brodia pays & surprise visit and autions the girl 10 Ko RlOWY. 10 promise to come to him if she ever needs ze 1s performed in the district ommissio: office and seems strangely ‘Aike & Wedding to the bride _(Continued from Yesterda INSTALLMENT XXIL Richenda Hears the Truth. HE wedding party was back in camp mnow. The boys had lunch ready — lobster mayon- naise, champagne. After all, it was a wedding breakfast! It was after the meal had ended that the extraordinary thing hap- pened. “Richenda,"” are looking very tired. ( other tent and rest a whil She paused uncertainly. he said, gently. She moved, unspeaking, across the grass with Fairways benind her. Once inside he halted, placed both hands on her shoulders, gazed steadily into Fairways sald, “you nto the My tent,” he sald. “Why, she began. “I'll explain things a bit better later | Meanwhile, don't question | on, dear. me. Dickie, I want you to stay here and rest the whole of the afternoon— alone. Will you promise?” “But, Brett, this is all very mys. us. Why on earth should I—" -ause it's the first thing in our married life I ask you to do. Rich- enda, darling, just to please me— won't you?" He could be very persuasive, this man of hers. “Why, Brett, of course I will if you really wish i grudgingly. ing to do?"” “I shall go for a walk.” He turned tothe door. “Now, sweetheart, I hold you to your promise.” The flap of the tent came down with a thud and Rimenda was alone in the cool gloom. She sat on the little camp bedstead deep in thought. It was all so strange o mysterious. What an extraordi- nary wedding day! The camp -was very quiet. She half expected to hear Lucllle’s voice outside ner tent. But no Lucille came. She wondered what explanation Brett had made for her own solftude. Well, -anyway—if this queer hus- band wanted her to rest, she would rest. And she was a little tired, too. This getting married was a fatiguing busi- ness. The tent was cool and quiet; she stretchéd herselt on the little bed Five minutes later Richenda Fal But—what are you go- She glanced at her wrist watch. It Ho asks her | | | had stopped. Funny! She must have | forgotten to wind it last night. What s no clock in Brett’s tent, Anyway, she must have slept jat least two hours. and see if Brett were back yet. She undid the tent flap and wént out into the sunshine. “Wapi bwana boy?" she inqulred of Jeroge. The bwana, he told her, had gone into the bamboos, and he pointed to a Lillside. She paused uncertainly. It would . the big, silly husband . .. o dering her about so early in their married life! ‘The boy was speaking again now— slowly, with laboring English. “And the memsahib ‘Divnan’ she go wit’ m. That decided Richenda. Barely a quarter of an houn after Fairways and Mrs, Davenagt had left lowing in their path. She caught a glimpse of the two forms before they disappeared into the shade of the bamboo forest. She sped quickly down the mountain side, half angry, half amused, and wholly puzzled. paused for a moment to recover her breath. | Then ddenly she heard Lucille's “You fool,” she was saying, “do you think you are going to get rid of me ‘[ as easily as that, Brett Fairways?" Amazed, Richenda drew closer into the forest. She could see them through tlie green screen now, She moved on, then halted again, uncer- tain whether to approach them or to go back. | Brett's brows were drawn together in an angry frown.. She saw that his hands were clenched till the knuckles shone white through the tightened skin, and Lucille’s lips were drawn back from her teeth in a snarling grin that had - something oddly feline about it., It dawrned upon her suddenly that these two were at bitter enmity. Mrs. Davenant was speaking again s weddings were, 10| She'd peep out | | clump of forest a short way down the | | be rather fun to run and meet him | the encampment, Richenda was fol-| On reaching the trees she| shrilly, scornfully: “Five hundred pounds! Bought off for five hundred “BUT, BRETT"—THE WOMAN'S VOICE pounds! Why, the girl alone has five | thousand™ Richenda turned white. She moved a step forward. She could no longer play the eavesdropper. “Leave my wife out of this!” she | heard him say. 7 A ripple of mocking laughter came | upon his words: “Your wife! Since when has that trusting, brainless fdiot been your wife? She—" But_something in his face startled even Lucille Davenant then. She left | her words unfinished. The world whirled suddenly about | Richenda’s cars. She was incapable “TRUCK O%ERVICE” “TAXI SYSTEM” el v o Cogaberised """ Frederick, él:" “T"-'v;n. :“"lnellnh For Furniture, Freight and Bags: JACOBS TRANSFER COMPANY, INC.- 113 FLA. AVE. N.E. NE NORTH 9500-01-02 of movement. Some strange force held her silent, motionless, listening. “‘And if I say she is . . . my wife”’ ‘!‘:l‘hen I could tell her that she is not!" “And you would happen to be wrong, Lucille! By heaven, woman,’ he flamed into sudden rage—"did you think I was as evil as yourself? 8o you imagine I haven't seen through your hell-woven plots (from the very first moment you started to weave them? You knew well enough that I loved Richenda. You threw us to- gether deliberately. Then, by and by, you whispered: ‘She's not the sort to countenance love intrigues. She'd be shocked to the soul. If she knows you are not free to marry her she'll be off like a shot and you'll lose her forever. Take her, you said—'marry her. Richenda need never know the marriage isn’t legal’ Oh yes, you told me all that in sweetest sympathy. But I didn't trust you, Lucille. I know now that more than once you must haye found blackmail a paying game. Bigamy i a nasty word, fsn't ft? Most people would pay a big sum rather than hear it applied to them! And you thought you could inveigle me so easily into a bigamous mar- riage which would nrovide you an in- come for innumerable years to come, didn’t you? Lucille, T've been t- ter, but I'm not a blithering fool “But Brett-—-" the woman's volce was puzzled. ‘That marriage stands, and neither you nor any one else o this earth can upset it!" Nairobl. | Its cheaper to buy the best! TEA brews stronger and goes farther ““What utter rubbish!"” “Not at all,”” his tones were meas- ured now. “You see, dear lady, Monica died quite a while ago. True enough, the information only reached me in Nevertheless——"" She broke in, choking with flerce rag “And you never told m (Continued tomorrow. WOMEN SOON TO STOP | _APING MEN'S STYLES Convention of Cosmeticians Also Told Homely Girls Have Gone to Join the Extinct Dodo. | ssociated Press. i 30, July 27.—The homely woman has gone to join the extinet dodo, Mrs. Ruth J. Mauer, beauty ex- pert, yesterday told the convention of the National School of Cosmeticlans. “American women are the best dressed and best groomed in the world,” she said. “Ol tenographers are smarter in appearance than many titled persons. Modern aids to beauty, the cultiva. | tion of good taste, proper dlet and exercise and busy minds ve dis- posed of the homely woman. | Aping men’s styles is soon to utnp,‘ she sald, adding that the boyish bob, | mannish clothes and rolled stockings | have tended to standardize woman's garb | | PUKSDAY, JULY 27, 1926. 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