Evening Star Newspaper, April 7, 1931, Page 28

MYSTERIOUS WAYE By Percival Christopher Wren, Author of “Beau Geste” | (Copyright by Prederick A. Stokes Co.) 1@ chat. SYNOPSIS: Dr. Charters has on to resret the bresence of every John hims “Spider’ of Charters' confederates in a big dia- 1 1 ca. Waye repulses man. Detween Charters and his’ associate. bigzer n the Lauderdell business. de- mands the source of his information. CHAPTER XIIIL TEN THOUSANDS REASONS. R. CHARTERS, bending over his seated par.ner, heavily pressed Dr. MacAdoo backward into the chair with the ruler and Stared into his eyes. “Who told you about the 10,000— | reasons?” Dr. MacAdoo blinked, the pressure of the end of the ruler increased against his heart and he tried to withdraw his eves from the hypnotic gaze that held them. Do I get my share?” You do.” How_much?” “Er—half.” “On_your word of honor?” “Half. On my word of honor. Who told you the fee was ten thousand?” “This man Waye." “What?" “This man Waye. And he told me to tell you I ought to get my share . . " Dr. Charters sat down in his chair, passed his hand across his face, and then rested his brow upon the hand as | he stared in fear and amazement at Dr. Manoel Machado. Marjorie Lauderdell, sitting at her window. listless, unhappy, _resentful, pondered the implications of the pe- - LANSBURGH’S 7th, 8th and E Sts.—NAtional 9800 No Connection With Any Other Washington Store culiar conduct of this strange person, | Mr. Waye. For his conduct had been | peculiar with regard to herself, quite | apart from the amazing eccentricity | |of his general behavior. |~ On first catching sight of her, he had |it seemed as though he were going to | come—and kiss her; greet her by her own name—as if he already knew | her. . . . Or was it as though she reminded him of somebody? | And that second time, when she had been sitting on the seat in the garden {and he had come and spoken to her. How his burning, deep-set eyes had seemed to search her thoughts and {mind and soul. There had bcen noth- ing mad about his conversation then Nothing curious whatever, except that | he had again called her “Rosemary.” Why hadn't she followed her impulse | |and trusted him? What a little fool she had been to | snub him and declare that she was perfectly well and happy, and not in the least in need of his help and ad- | vice, nor of that of anybody else. | Of course, she wasn't either well or happy, and, of course, she wanted help |and_adviee—more than anything else in the world. | And yet what else could one say or do when a perfect stranger, supposed 0 |be mad. came and uttered m warnings against taking the medicine that was prescribed for one in an ex- cellent and famous nursing home? | "But then, again, her medicine did {not agree with her. Not even | the medicine she was having now from Dr. Charters, although it was quite dif- | ferent from the stuff she had had from that beastly Dr. MacAdco. | | She did want help and advice. That horrible James man! What she wantes thing, was to get away from the place, | for there was not a soul in it that she | like or trusted. Not even the head si: i more than any- ter, Nurse Weldon, though she liked her brother. Would Sister Weldon take her | that she believed her letters were with- | THE to see him, and would the doctor let her go? Matron was all right, of course, but | one only saw her at meals, and now that they were keeping one upstairs so much, one hardly saw her at all. How foolishly she had behaved when Mr. Waye came and walked up and down on the lawn beneath her window and looked up at her from time to time. Why had she withdrawn in that childish y? If he would only come along now— she would call out to him and have EVENING But how could two people “chat” at the tops of their voices—one standing with his head bent back and the other hanging over a windowsill? Still it would be nice to see him. His face was o strong and he looked s0 forceful and firm and reliable. She had been a goat not to jump at the friendship he had tried to offer. A real friend was exactly what she needed. Suppose he went away, and she was left here alone, without a single per- son—whom she liked and trusted—to talk to. to tell that she velieved that her “iliness” was actually due to the medicine that was being given to her, held from her and that she did not be- lieve that the letters she posted down- siairs were ever sent out of the house. If she did get a _chance to speak to Pbim again, and told him all this, would ke laugh at her, refuse to take her | seclously, and say he could not help her—simply use there was no oc- casion or need for any help? ' No. He had been sane enough when | he had said: “Never take any medicine | here. None whatever—no matter what it is—unless Dr. Studley gives it {o you Insist on having him as your doctor He always looked at her so kindly. so understandingly, so meaningly, as though he had something he wished to | say to her. Or was she becoming sentimental and imagining things about the man? Be- ing kept here was enough to make the most sensible person sloppy and un- strung. If only she _would he would come along now, | signal_to him. _And_then | Hygienie Towels and Toilet Tissues Prevent Contagious Diseases Spread- ing in Schools, Factorics and Homes Beginning Tomorrow—9:15 A Remarkable Sale Summer Silk Dresses T hey Copy Expensive Dresses ai-d Look Like Tlem in Man; Details For $5 you may buy lovely chiffon dresses with cute little printed crepe jackets . .. a fashion that’s been selling at two and three times $5! And short- sleeved Sunday night frocks in large flowered prints, unbelievable at $5! Lingerie trimmings least a dollar to put on! Washable Silk Frocks in This Sale Washable all-silk shantung, plain or printed, and washable flat crepe in soft pastel colorings! scarf ties, lace vestees, and skirts with beautiful details. that cost at With double cape collars, All colors and all sizes for misses 14 to 20, women 36 to 48, and little women 141/, to 281/ Nile greem wash crepe dress with em- broidered batiste trimming, $5. Sunday night froc| in lovely orchid pi with double cape sleeve, k Flesh crepe t, wash silk frock with double cape stitched collar, $s. A charming peach color chiffon dress with atching flat crepe iacket, $5. what? Ask him to wait while she wrote a note that she would throw down to him. She would write it now and have it ready. “Dear Mr. Waye wrote Marjorie, “I ‘am very sorry that I was so rude when you wished to be helpful; and as I ridiculed the idea of needing any help, T want to apologize and to say exactly the opposite. 1 do want help, for 1 am getting frightened. I believe I was deliberately made at home and am being kept ‘ill’ though I refused to have anything more | to do with Dr. MacAdoo and his medi- cine. I believe Dr. Charters’ medicine is just as bad, for I have felt worse each time I've taken it. I'm going to take your advice. I shall pretend to take it, but throw it away instead. But what shall I do if -Nurse Jones or Sis- ter Weldon stands over me? “I can’t understand why I've had no answers from my uncle. my letters have been posted—or else that his letters Other letters, too, that I know should have come in answer to mine. It sounds absurd and ridiculous, I know, but T can't help thinking it. I'm per- fectly certain that Uncle Will would come her at once and kick up a fright- ful Tow if he knew how I feel. “He's weak, and he’s under aunt's thumb, but he is quite kind alway What is most likely is that he has had my letter in which I begged him to come and fetch me, but has also had one from Dr. Charters saying that he mustn't take any notice of my nonsense Aunt Maud could easily. persuade him |that it would be very foolish to take me out of Dr. Charters' hands. “Will you please forgive my rude- and help me if you can? ‘Yours very sincerel “MARJORIE LAUDERDELI “Oh, Mr. Waye, I'd give anything to get away from here. I do so loathe Nurse Jones—and that man James.” Marjorie sat at the window, hoping for sight of John Waye: but it was not until_the following _morning_that,_on Telephone National 5000 For immedigte delivery of The Star to your home every evening and Sunday morning. The Route Agent will collect at the end of each month, at the rate of 114 cents per days and 5 cents Sunday. TUESDAY one of her many excursions from bed to the window, she saw him strolling on_the turf. Snatching her letter from its place of concealment, she waited until Waye glanced up at her window as he passed. Beckoning, she dropped the letter to the grass, some 20 feet below her win- |dow, and watched while John Waye auntered to the spot. Subtle, killing quickly— painlessly; others that bring death agonies. In tomorrow’'s instaliment Dr. MacAdoo is revealed as one at home ill’ | among them. JAPAN ANSWERS SOVIET | | Denies Shooting of Russian Coun- selor Has Political Tinge. TOKIO, April 7 (#).—Japan's reply to the protest of the Russian government regarding the shooting and wounding I don't belleve | of” paul Anikelef?, Soviet counselor to|ago. | Tapan, on March 16, was handed today Troyanovsky. The Japanese again expressed regret nd stated that Nobukatsu Sato, who is awaiting trial for the attempted murder, would be dealt with by the courts in | due course. The note insisted the shoot- |ing was purely a personal matter, having nothing to do with the so-called anti- Soviet movement in Japan, as charged | by Moscow. APRIL 15 APRIL ... 1981 MWLEAN MAN NAMED SPECIAL AIDE TO DOAK | W. W. King to Help in Establi: ing Federal Employment Agen- cies in U. S. William Walter King of McLean, Va., has been appointed special representa- tive of Secretary Willlam R. Doak, it was announced at the Department of Labor yesterday. Mr. King will assume | his new dutles at once. Mr. King has been acting in the ca- pacity of secretary to G. Wallace W. | Hanger, a member of the United States | Board of Mediation, since the establish- ment of that organization five years | He also served, previous to the | war, as the American secretary to the to me are stopped.| (5 the Soviet Ambassador, Alexander Russian embassy in Washington and | was an attache of the diplomatic mis- sion of the United States to Russia | headed by Senator Elihu Root. For | meritorious services rendered while in that country Mr. King was awarded the | Cross of St. Stanislau by the Russian government. He is a World War member of the Federal Employes’ Union. | welfare circles in Virginia d in the District. Mr. King will aid Secretary Doak in establishing employment agencies throughout the country. e SHOUSE IS ON WAY WEST T0 OPEN 1932 CAMPAIGN Des Moines Speech Tonight to Be First of Five by Democatic Chairman. By the Associated Press. Chairman Shouse of the Democratic National Executive Committee left yes- terday for a speaking tour of the west hich will open his party’s 1932 cam- The first stop will be at Des Moines, where he will speak tonight under auspices of the Democratic State Com- mittee and city organizations. Other addresses will be made at Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland and Seattle. The date for the San Francisco 16, to April 15, to permit him to be at Portland April 17, to address a lunch- eon under auspices of the Democratic tate Committee. veteran and l! In one session of a London court recently Justice Langton granted 128 He and his wife are well known in social | divorces. Steamship | AMERICA MAY 13* | *Last Sailing ot Low Season Fares OUTSTANDING VALUES ON FAMOUS CABIN LINERS to Plymouth, Cherbourg, Hamburg. Minimum fares, $13250 10 $155 one way; $24550 1o $29430 round trip. Goo. Washington Apr. 11 May & Pres. Roosevelt Apr. 29 May 27 Pres. Harding . . Apr. 22 Moy 27 Republic . . 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