Evening Star Newspaper, March 8, 1929, Page 37

THE THE RAGGED PRINCESS By Edgar Wallac CHAPTER XXII. (Continued from Yesterday's Star.) ! Gl il - 5 T was a bright wintry morning. A blue sky overhead and yellow sun-| light flooding Audrey's room— cheerful—such a day as says “Come out of doors” and lures the worker to idleness. Audrey surveyed her task with no great relish. A small pile of penciled notes, written on every variety of pa- er, had to be copied and returned y that evening. The work itself was practically nothing; it was the monot- ony, the seeming uselessness of the task, which distressed her. And she had an uncomfortable feeling, amount- ing to certainty, that her employer was merely _finding little jobs to occupy her time, and that the real service which he had in mind would be re- vealed in a more unpalatable light. She opened her window, looked down into the busy street, in a desire to find | some attraction that would give her an excuse for putting off a little longer her work. But interest failed and, with a | sigh, she went back to her desk, dipped the pen in the ink and began. She finished by lunch time, inclosed copies | and rough notes in a large envelope, and, addressing them to “A. Malpas, Esq., 551 Portman square,” dropped them in the hotel letter box. Who was Mr. Malpas, and what was | his business? she wondered. Youth hates the abnormal and Audrey was true to| her age. She was looking forward with | e, Copyright, 1925, by Chicago Daily News the penciled address told her that it was | she recognized Lacy Marshalt's flow- from Malpas. He had never before sent | ing hand. The letter began with an a message in the daytime and she had | abject apology for his boorishness of a little spasm of apprehension that|the previous night. He would never he wished to sec her. The note was|forgive himself, he said. but he prayed brief and puzzling. !that she would be more merciful. He EVENING STAR, WASHINGTO N.. D €, FRIDAY, evidently intended as a compliment. 1 have no regret in refusing to consider your offer. Sincerely, b “AUDREY BEDFORD.” “Send that by express messenger,” she said, and went back to her lunch- eon with a feeling that the day, so far, had been well spent. The offer had had an effect. It had | brought from the background of her thoughts a matter which she had partly | suppressed. She had a sudden impulse |and acted upon it. ‘The cab dropped her before the little | house in Curzon street, and her recep- ‘tlon was more pleasant than on her | previous visit. And for this, there was ‘; reason. The servant did not recognize er. Evidently the servant did not recog- nize the name either, for she showed her into the chill room where she had been received before. Audrey waited until the girl had gone upstairs and then followed her. She had no illusions about Dora's attitude. “Tell her I am not at home,” said Dora’s voice. “If she doesn't go, send for a policeman—-" “I'll not keep you long,” said Audrey, coming into the room at that moment. For a breathing space Dora stood motionless, her eyes blazing. With an effort she controlled herself and sent away the servant with a gesture. “Every second you are in my house is a second too long.” she said at last. “What do you want?” Audrey walked slowly to the fire- place and stood with her back to fit, her hands behind her. “Does Martin know about Lacy Mar- shalt?” she asked. Dora’s eyes narrowed until they were dark silts. “Oh, it's about Marshalt!"” «“I want you to give him up, Dora.” “To you? ‘The woman's voice was husky; Aud- rey saw the trembling lips and knew the symptoms. Not for the first time was she watching the gathering of a storm which would presently break in wild. tempestuous fury. A Sneeze Calls for HILL’S! A sneeze or a chill is the first sign of an oncoming cold! That’s the time to stop it. And the way to do it is with HILL'S CASCARA-QUININE. These well-known tabletsstopa coldintwenty- four hours because each tablet com- bines the four helps needed. MARCH | Dora,” you can't love him?” 82 1929 “No. I think he is despicable. I don't know any men that I like less. No answer, then: “That isn't all. I'm not going to preach at you, Dora, but Martin is your | husband, isn’t he?” The girl nodded. s, Martin is my husband. Is th:\l( al?” | The agony in her voice touched | Audrey for a second and she took a step toward her sister—but Dora drew back with an expression of such loathing and hatred that the girl was stricken | motionless. “Don't come near me—is that all? You want me to give up a man I love and who loves me. Give him up to you? today.” Audrey drew a breath. “It is useless,” she said. to be happy, Dolly—" “Call me Dora, you sneak! You jail- bird—you . . .! You've finished, haven't you? You came here for my good? I hate you! I have always hated you! good as told me once! Give up Mar- shalt! What do you mean? I'm going to marry him when I've got rid of— when the time comes. Get out of here!” She flew to the door and crashed it | “I want you ‘That is why you have come here | open. White as death, the rage in her eyes smoldered like live coals. “I'm going to fix you, Audrey Tor- rington—" “Torrington!” gasped the girl. Dora pointed to the open doorway, and, with a gesture of despair, Audrey walked through. She went down the stairs to the hall, her sister at her heels, and all the time the elder girl was muttering like one demented. ~Audrey heard snatches of her talk and shiv- ered. The mask was off—all restraint was thrown to the winds. “You spy, you smug, hypocritical thief! He's going to marry you, is he? Never, never, never!” Audrey heard the srape of steel and | swung around. On the walls of the | hallway hung two trophies of Scottish A steel buckler, a dirk and hand flashed a long steel dirk. She stood at the foot of the stirs, crouched like a wild beast about to spring. The woman was mad with jealousy Mother hated you, too—she as| Tuss with pile pipe, 75¢ Tin box, 60% 37 and hate. Audrey was conscious that behind her was the scared parlor maid, twittering in her fear. She grasped the handle of the little waiting room door, but before she could turn it Dora was on her. She struck savagely: instinct made the girl stoop and the dirk point buried itself in the wood of the door- post. Wrenching it free, she stabbed again, and Audrey in her panic stum- bled and fell. “I've got you mnow!" screamed the maddened woman, and the dirk went up. And then a hand gripped her wrist and she wrenched herself round to meet a pair of the most amused eyes that ever shone in a dimpled, dishonest face, “If I'm interrupting a cinema pic- ture, lady, I'm sorry,” said Slick Smith; “but I'm nervous of steel—I am, realiy!” (To Be Continued Tomorrow.) “Tonightrul ginal pure white etrateand relieve congestion. Rub s neck. Put a little u t woto The fames from the o ‘GOW ANS will open and soothe the he relieve the cough, make breathing cagier. GOWANS has been famous for conquer- ing colds for 25 years. Ask ir druggist | Rub ' GOWANS he our nose. Taike a laxative and some dread to the interview, which| might very well end embarrassingly ror‘ her: but all her thoughts and her spec- ulations were colored by one uncomfort- able undercurrent which she would not allow herself to put in shape. Not the least of the shocks of the previous | evening had been the discovery she had made of Dora’s friendship with Mar- shalt. She was more than shocked; she ‘was horrified. She had a new view of | her sister—the ugliest view yet. Had it been she whose sobs she heard? That \!i‘ss unl}:k:;ly. ?udrcy h‘;ad fwonden’d since whether that sound of weeping it's HILL'S you get. Yere noi, @ trick of her imagination, s i conjured by her own terror. enever Q - Druggis she allowed her mind to halt at the ! Sl Lol D L l seated and hurried on to a thought less | | HILL’S Stops a Cold in a Day 1. It breaks up the Cold 2. Checks the Fever 3. Opens the Bowels 4. Tones the System Only HILL'S gives you these four effects in one. So be sure is coming to , WASHINGTON, Watch Papers for Opening “‘I Want You to Give Marshalt up, Dora,’ Said Audrey.” “Mrs. Elton, miss? is in; what name?” “Say Miss Audrey. painful, Then it came to her, as it had come to her in prison, that Dora was almost | & stranger to her. She had always re- | garded their relations as an irrevocable something which gave them, auto- matically, identical interests. They ‘were two hands of the same body. Yet, if Dora had always belonged elsewhere, the estrangement so violently empha- sized had not produced so great a shock “I forbid your seeing Marshalt again.| had known her for longer than she | The offer he is making to you today |imagined and—— must be rejected.” “# * % TIchose the most awkward, | She gazed at the peremptory lines in | the most stupid way of meeting you. astonishment, resenting alike the tone | Audrey, I love you, sincerely and truly, and the calm assumption of authority.|and if you will consent to be my wifc ‘What offer was Marshalt making? It you will make me the happiest man mattered very little; without the order, | in the world.” | she would reject the most alluring| An offer of marriage! 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