Evening Star Newspaper, August 11, 1930, Page 16

YA Myslery Story | e Dagger =% By Mary Dahlberg Copyright, 1930, by Duffeld and Company. o (Continued From Yesterday's Star.) CHAPTER XV. STORM CLOUDS GATHER. AGGER'S mother - in -law and Jack had disappeared, evident- ly for a private talk, and she found difficulty in adjusting herself to the conversation of the other women. It was a relief when the men finally Joined them, and Kitty suggested bridge, for she had to concentrate on the game, and that diverted her thoughts from what Jack’s mother was saying to him upstairs. Mr. Vaneering escosted Dagger to her room after the party had broken -up. He was very quiet, and made no [ reference to his wife’s departure; but | his manner toward Dagger was unob- trusively affectionate. “Good night, Alix—or may I say| He stooped to Dagger? Thank you.” I am go- kiss her. “You are a treat. ing to enjoy you.” “Please do,” was all she could say for acknowledgment. For she was frightened. What had happened between Jack and his mother? Whai would happen? Jack was lounging in a big easy chair, a cigarette in his mouth. He rose at once and made a determined effort to erase the shadow which hung over his features. “Ah, sport!” he greeted her. Tuck?” She tossed a handful of checks to him, without comment. He whistled, riffing through them. “About a thousand, en? And I sup- pose the chumps thought they would show the little girl from Texas some high life!” He took her hands, his eyes scrutinizing her with a mixture of adoration concern. “Say——" he gulped— “you and mother haven't hit it off, have you?” Dagger choked her first indignant af- firmation of the question with an ef- fort. A still voice deep in her brain whispered that this man was her hus- band, who, in less than 24 hours, would have left her for the caldron of the war. Any humiliation or discomfort she suffered wouldn't be too steep a price to pay, if it made his going easier. “I_know, dear.” She nodded wisely. “And you musn't worry. We'll get m&wuy Just us soon as we know each ~* And your father and Kitty like me, already.” “They're wild about you. And so will mother be after she’s reconciled to the situation. She can’t help loving you— mobody could.” And he swept her bodily off her feet in an embrace that shook her with ecstasy. “Only tonight and tomorrow,” he ted. “Oh, Dagger! So short a time. ve me, dearest, love me.” “I love you with all my heart,” she murmured. § But when she closed her eyes it ‘wasn't Jack's face that swam mistily in " front of her. Could it be Howard's? Later, lying awake beside her sleeping husband, she conned the sequence of her life, the many unpremeditated steps by which she had come from Casa Blanca to this high-walled chamber through the windows of which beat the ulse of New York’s night life. So far so short a time! What might the future hold for her? And suddenly she was glad that the future was a closed book. The past had held its tragedy. Best let the future’s leaves unfold from day to day. So at lasi she slept, waking in a flood of gomen sunlight, with Jack bending over er. “Hi, little devil! Aren't you inter- ested inyme today? Come on. Break- fast is spread in the den.” Most of the day she spent with him, except for luncheon and an early din- ner with the whole family, and an in- terval she, herself, suggested, devoted by to & visit with his mother. When he ‘left for the ferry to Hoboken to ‘board his ship Dagger kissed him good- g};’l with a contentment that was bliss- “What “We ought to have gone with him,” sobbed Kitty. “It would only have been harder for him,” said Dagger. “Partings are best gotten over with. Nobody says any- thing particular on a flying fleld when & ship goes up. If they did—-" “I hope you are reconciled to aban- doning flying, Alexandra,” observed her mother-in-law. “Is it necessary?” asked er. “I was able to be of some assistance to war work in Texas—" “This is .not Texas. And flying is dangerous business. Also, you have a position to mainiain here, and at your age you must consider decorum above all things. These flying flelds——" An upward glance conveyed the worst. Dagger smiled. “They are tough places,” she admit- ted, “although a girl pilot would prob- ably be safer in a hangar than any- where—unless it was a ship. I won't bother you, Mrs. Vaneering. If you seriously object I'll stay on the ground.” | “That is my wish,” Mrs. Vaneering answered haughtily. 3 bother,” exclaimed Kitty, who had dried her eyes. “I was hoping Daggyr would take me up.” “Alexandra, if you please,” corrected her mother. “We shan't have to worry about Alex- andra’s responsibilif Mr. Vaneering intervened mildly. “Suppose we all go to the theater? We shall be better off “;‘:‘s evening with our thoughts occu- pied. “It would be impossible for me to| enjoy a theatrical entertainment while my Jack was sailing for France,” re- turned his wife. The days passed quicker than Dagger had expected. I1f her mother-in-law remained distant and hostile, Mr. Van- eering was at pains to be attentive, and Kitty gave her companionship and saw to it that she met people and had suf- ficient entertainment. But the bulk of the people she met had nothing in common with her. Always, 100, she had Jack upon her mind. The night Mr. Vaneering had knocked upon her door, unwontedly ex- cited — “Alix, Alix! Washington just calied me. gack’s convoy is safe,”"—she h-d buried her face in her pillow, bit- | tered kneecap.” ing the linen to restrain the sobs that struggled for utterance. Jack went to the front; he was as- signed to = pursuit group—down came the curtain! N St. Mihiel, and & brief announcément from 1st Army Headquarte: ‘In com- bat over the enemy lines, Capt. John F.C, D.8.C, shot down pl Next a letter from Jack—he'd received the Legion of Honor and a Belgian decoration. More weeks of strain. Thec Argonne. A sec- ond communique, terse and matter-of- fact: “Capt. John Vaneering yesterday and the day before shot down in flames his eleventh and twelfth enemy planes. Today he destroyed an ‘enemy observa- tion balloon over Mont Sec.” Like every other American, Dagger was swept off her feet by the rush of events that Fall, the steady thrusts of the Allied armies, which were chopping | the German resistance apart. Indeed, as the tide of victory swelled, and the daily communiques increased the totals of prisoners and guns taken and ground gained, she became super- stitious about her own investment in the titanic melee. With so many men dying, with millions grappling in & death battle from the Alps to the Chan- nel coast, with the skies constantly full of buzzing, man-driven killer-wasps, what right had she to expect especial safety for her Jack? And she wasn't surprised when doom struck, a telegram from the Red Cross: “Capt. John Van- eering is in Neuilly Hospital with shat- What a day that was in the Vaneer- ing household! Telephones Jjangled, telegraph messengers coming and go- ing in a steady stream. Mr. Vaneering pulled every wire he could reach, and the next morning brought a cable from Jack himself: “Don’t worry. Knee troublesome but safe. Nice blighty.” At least, as Kitty pointed out, Jack was safe now from worse harm. And that was something to be thankful for. But an inevitable reaction Dagger experienced from this incident was to lose most of her interest in the war, and she would have been quite miser- sble had it not been for an episode which occurred a couple of weeks after the news of Jack's misfortune. (Continued Tomorrow Twenty-eight vessels are under con- struction in Denmark. 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