Evening Star Newspaper, March 6, 1933, Page 21

) THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, MARCH 6, 1933. onmmt ™ LOVES ‘63 Vernie Connelly INSTALLMENT XIL S June suggested, her compan- ion was less seli-conscious relat- ing the climax of his story in the dimness of the car than there in the grill. Hart did | not resume until they were well into Central Park. Then June reminded him of the ~nint at which he had been | ed. . “This girl you v :o speaking of? You liked her? She was sympathetic, you yes, quite. That was how she trapped me. 1 was a fool because I had too much to drink. As I told you, | 1 intended to tell my story. But I was ashamed of myself vard, because I went too far. 't want to talk about it. the werst mistake of all through a This girl, Frar thro me on the party, time, 5o I couldn't locate fore anything could be done, my wife found out. “T confessed what had happened, but by that time she didn't believe me thought T'd been stepipng out in New York all the time. She left me and| took the baby. Ive never seen her| since. She got her divorce two weeks | %go. And that's why I've decided to exit. But I thought it might be a | My friend, who had invited | was abroad by that him. And be- | restaurant. She looked at the man, resentfully, her clear blue eyes holding steady, aloof. He smiled at her, and it was then that the man's personality shone forth “I'm afraid I've annoyed you a bit, Miss Varick. But I think you are going to forgive me. I'm not a bad sort, and if there is anything I can do to make your stay in New York Elelslnt I'm at_your service. And I'd like to add that I ad- mire you for the way you've come he gets drunk, perhaps he'll forget— mu;{unmukmmoutolmn pocket.” It was getting on toward 11 o'clock. Terror seized her. He seemed to have forgotten the time, however, concen- trating on his drink and inaumerable cigarettes. He stumbled a little as he went to replenish his glass. th relief, she decided on a plan. She'd let him keep on drinking until he was far enough gone to be handled. Then she would telephone down and ask Detective O'Brien to come up and get him to his room. She relaxed into watchful waiting, noting the man's un- steady fingers lift the glass and put it down again. Once more he succeeded in making his way to the serving pantry and back through this Bishop girl publicity. It's not been easy.” He went away, leaving June vaguely disturbed, though she could not put her finger on the reason. She thought about wife the whole | Hart, and did not doubt his story. TO| men act like that? He was gasping a the public, who had read the scandal 1| impersonally, he was, doubtless, just an- | But there | other philendering husband 'Who got | “Aren't you feeling well?" caught. But June was sure this wasn't confcderate in San | true, though she did think him s little | ¢ ; fseo, blackmailed me, and I came | weak and melodramatic. e chalr, struggled briefly, and lurched He_telephoned at 6 and suggested that he take her to a certain very good He thought she would like from hotel food and en- | vironment. His voice held the same toneless quality of last night. June thought quickly. A public restaurant Wwes not ideal under the circumstances “T have a headache,” she said, if you don't mind, I'd rather stay have dinner here in my apartment. Do you mind?” “Not in the least—{'d prefer it,” he the change Warhing to a nice girl like yourself not | agreed. to be taking up with strangers.” June was silent for a few moments. June opened the door for him, a little | frightened suddenly. But she did not “Why don't you be patient for a | betray it. He looked better, but his de- ittle while? She 1 :lsho s almost certain to, if she loves ’w‘“l'[t might happen that way. But I'd rather be dead and get it over with in a hur ke “Don’t _you You ought to go and talk Mter. .. 5 “No, T'm sorry I can't “It’s getting late. T go back to the hotel.” the order and ;at silent, lexed thoughts. i m‘:gook here,"sHart said. “You won't be embarrassed because you spoke to e. ¢ ge news»in the paper you needn't re- ber you even knew me. y me"ralor{'l) you put it off a little while? TN tell you what you do—sleep on it another night and tomorrow evening we'll have dinner together again. It will be a favor to me, for I'm lonesome, too, you see. You go to you”r. office dur- ing the day, don’t you?” fi‘g{"g, it’s not so bad, then. But when I face the evening—that's what gets ll""1"l'wn it’s settled, isn't it—we' n dme‘ together tomorTow e\'en{ng? v “Why do you bother? I told you I come from a small| town where we do bother about people New York isn't any different, so lll" T am concerned.” b “"You're a nice girl, you win,” he re- wrapped in after a few moments. ke | some dope to make me sleep. You'll| hear from me around 6. And "Lhank you—I appreciate your kindness. | The following morning the phone | plied, rang. asking if he might minutes. Wwith her about so urgently? Howard Linder was a man of 40. 1nv. clined to overweight, and he sat down may change her mind. | meanor was on a low key. believe n & hereatter? | to & min- | had had sent up, and ordered. Tl check out and when you read | say. | they talked impersonally. He took a couple of bottles from his pocket. “Do you mind if we have a drink?” he asked. “My nerves are pretty jumpy.” “No, I don’t mind,” she said. “But not any for me, please.” ‘They consulted over the menu she He | mixed his drink in the serving pentry, and settled himself in a comfortable think we'd better | chair, his glass on the end table beside She gave Jenks | him. He lit a cigarette, and June no- ticed that his hands still shook. She sat opposite him on the divan, a little prim. wide-eyed, puzzled. Now that she had him here she didn't know what to It was she who had become self- conscious. 'You are nice to look at.” he said. | “Why don’t you lecture me? I'll give | you until 11 o'clock to argue me out of | my resolution to take myself off.” | " "He slipped his hand into his pocket and drew out a vial which was the duplicate of the one she had taken from him last night. Calmly, he returned it to his pocket, and took & sip from his glass. June stared at him in horror. The thing was fantastic. She must find a way. He was so young—maybe 33 or 34—and he had plenty of money. What a waste to take his life. | _Dinner came up. and during the meal Then she asked him his business. “I'm an architect,” he sald. “My own firm in San Francisco, with an of- Tl take| fice in Los Angeles and here.” “But you must know people here! And you said you were lonel; | _ “I do, in a business way. Sometimes take out business acquaintances, or It was the manager of the hotel| they take me out. But that's for lunch- come up for & feW | eon. I don't know a soul socially except What could he want to talk|that friend I told you about, and he spends half his time abroas After dinner he waited a little, then mixed himself 2nother drink. He settled Bieavily in the chair opposite June. He | back in we comfortable chair, as if was bald and had shrewd dark eyes, set in a smooth, unlined face. “How do} you like suite, Miss Varick?” he| E Pretty comfortable, eh?” t is lovely. “That's good. Now. this is what I| anted to ask you—O'Brien, one of our cers, told me about this chap ving to commit suicide down- night. He says if you hadn't been in the nick of time he would have | been successful. It seems erward you tock over the job of jolly- ing him out of his crazy notion. Did you make any headway? “He is still here, isn’t he?” “Yes. But this is the idea—it doesn’t do a hotel any good to have people committing suicide in it. If the man hasn't got his reason back we want him to leave. At the same time he is well to do and we might let him stay if you say so. “Well, of course, I don't like to take the responsibility, Mr. Linder. As you know, I never saw him before last night, and even yet I don't know who he is. I persuaded him to put off killing him- self for another day. He is going to have dinner with me tonight.” g “It's none of my business, Miss Warick, but I don’t see that you are exactly called upon to befriend a chap like that. According to the papers and the testimony in his wife's divorce case. | he is a bad actor with the women. If| he's been up to some fresh entangle- ment, which makes him want to com- it suicide, it's bound to come out ter, and you would be involved.” “But you don't understand—it isn't that! He is just desperately unhappy because he lost his wife and baby. Yoy've been in the hotel business & long time and you ought to know some- thing about loneliness. I'm beginning to learn that myself, and my experience is of the briefest.” “My dear young woman, I could sit here for hours telling you the goofy things lonesome people do. But I'm frank to say that it seems strange to me for a girl like you to be lonely. Mr. Bishop is away, I take it?” “Yes, he is away. As to my being ?Aly, I am a stranger here in New ork. 1 came for medict tention.” | WAS CLEANING FOR MRS.R., THE OTHER DAY. SHE'S PRETTY LONESOME . SEEMS AS IF SHE CANT GET TO KNOW THE LADIES ‘ROUND HERE | MUST CALL ON WER AGAIN SOON A FAVORITE . since LIFEBUOY ended "B.O” WY, OF COURSE, NAVE THE CLUB MEET AT MY HOUSE NEXT TIME % OH, MRS.R,,' HOSPITABLE, MAVE SUCH A GOOD TIME WITH You | she safd. I like it very much” _|out her. waiting for 11 o'clock to come. It made June nervous. “Why don’t you call up your wife?” “Tell her you can't live with- You can at least try to make up before . . .” “I did that today, and she refused to talk when she found out who it was.” He brought back another drink from the serving pantry. June thought, “If “Perhaps you don’t know what it is to have two babies cough until they almost choke. Nothing seemed to relieve them. One eve- ning T went to the drug store and asked about cough syrups. It's Cough Syrup NEXT DAY she calls MRS. R. IS 5O ATTRACTIVE . 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She brought her at- | tention back to this stra guest of | hers—what had happened? Did drunken little, sagging in his chair. “What is the matter?” she asked. ‘With an effort he drew himself up in | over the end table beside him, u | the glass and breaking it. dnslzled musq\;‘el‘ykto’the floor. une gave a shriek of comprehe: . She rushed to the utvlnxmp’;nl.ryl,ml:nd sure enough, beside the empty whisky bottles lay the empty poison vial. (To be continued tomorrow.) ting | arms DRY LEADERS MEET HERE NEXT FRIDAY | Independent Political Action to Be Discussed at Committee Luncheon. | By the Associated Press. | Some of the leaders of the dry forces | of the Nation will meet next Priday to | discuss independent political action at | ® luncheon at the Raleigh Hotel. The | luncheon will be under the auspices of the Woman's National Committee for Education Against Alcohol. Dr. Arthur J. Barton of Wilmington, N. 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