Evening Star Newspaper, April 22, 1940, Page 26

CHAPTER XXXYV. It was a sober faced group which waited fo rthe famous psychiatrist's verdict the following day. Gail's mother had not seen her sister as it was thought best not to excite her. Anna sat in the hospital wait- ing room nervously twisting her gloved hands which Gail occasion- ally reached over to pat. Christo- pher was there, also. He had insisted upon coming and Gail was grateful. The shock of discovering that her aunt was the mysterious blond woman had upset her until she felt incapable of making a decision. “Just to think,” she kept saying to herself, “that al lthe timel was suspecting everybody else in the store it was my own aunt.” . She wondered how John Reid was going to take this new development. ‘Would he hold it against Gail for al! the trouble she had caused him? “But she had no chance to discuss it with Chris. It was Anna who asked, “How did Belle get the keys that night?” “She must have taken them out | of my overcoat pocket,” Chris re-| plied. “It was in the hall you know while Gail and I were in the| ¢ kitchen.” Gail remembered that her aunt had left the apartment when they returned from foraging in the ice- box. It didn't seem possible that Aunt Belle would have had nerve enought to go through Christo- pher’s pockets but from the begin- ning he had insisted that he had ‘ put them there. Daring Woman. Gall was utterly unable to rec- oncile her nagging petulant aunt with the daring woman who wore a blond wig and frequented gam- bling places at all hours of the night. “It is not at all unusual” the doctor explained to them. “In fact it is a rather common form of in- sanity with women of a certain tvpe. The patient has been the victim of years of repressions and inhibitions. It just happens that her complexes have taken this particular form. It will be neces- sary to send her to a sanitarium. The fear of discovery has led to a complete collapse. She'll be more comfortable in a private institution if you can afford it but confine- ment is necessary. Anna shuddered. “Do you mean that she'll never be any better?” “She may after a number of years. But it is absolutely essential at this point that she should not see any one or anything which will remind her of the past.” | Chris said, “Naturally we prefer 8 private sanitarium. My father| will be responsible for the bills. He | asked me to specify that she is to | have the best possible care.” | Anna glanced at him for a mo- ment then looked away but did not object. Later when they were on their way home Chris con- tinued, “I don't know whether this | is the time to mention it but father would like to come to see you. He is very anxious to do whatever he can to exonerate your husband but | he doesn’t want to cause you any fresh embarrassment.” Lips Move. Anna's eyes were closed. Her lips moved as if in prayer as she | said, “My husband’s name must be | cleared.” | “It's for you to decide,” Chris said. He left them promising to re- | that when he needed me most I let New Story. “Not if you drag this new story into the papers. Oh Mother, can't you see that the only way you can do justice to Father is not to stir the whole case up again? It would be different if we could help him. If he were still in prison. But as it is Mr. Reid and a few people at the store are probably the only ones who remember anything about it. It isn't as if it weren't your own s'ster who is guilty. Wouldn't it be wiser just to drop the whole thing?” I've waited five years,” Anna insisted stubbornly. “No matter who has to suffer Robert Trenton’s name must be oleared.” She repeated it again that night when John Reid came to-the apart- ment with his son. Gail thought he looked years older than when she had seen him last. He had told her not to return to the store until after the week end and it was a shock to see him so nervous and troubled. Trust Fund. “Mrs. Trenton,” he said, “I am not going to ask you forgiveness for an injustice which can never be repaired. I do want to tell you however that I have established a trust fund in your name which will pay you half of your husband’s former salary for as long as you live. - It isn't a great deal but it will make you independent.” “I cvan't accept it,” Anna said proudly. “Youll have to,” he assured her. “Because it's already been taken care of and the bank will mail you the cheeks®the first of every month. I feel sure your husband would want you to use this money. Do it for his sake if not for your own.” “It’s kind of you,” Anna admitted, “but after all it was my own sister who took the jewelry from your store and tried to kill your son. It makes a great deal of difference to me but it couldn’t possibly to you that it was Belle Meadows and not my husband.” Let Him Down. “On the contrary it matters a great deal to me, too,” he contra- dicted her. “Robert Trenton was one of the most loyal employes I ever had. I would be happy over having my own faith in him re- stored if T didn't have to realize him down.” They faced each other sadly and Gail watched anxiously to see what her mother was going to do. But Chris said, “I've something of my | own to suggest. As soon as Gail | and I are married I should like to send you to Califorina. It may be a bit unusual but I should like to make that my wedding present to my wife’s mother.” “But I'm not sure there’s going to be any wedding,” Gail uid; faintly. “Oh, yes there is,” Chris retorted. | “Youre going to marry me if I| have to knock you in the head and | drag you to the altar. There’s been all the delay I'm going to stand for.” “But if it came out in the papers about Aunt Belle . ..M “Even if your name {s plastered all over the front page of every paper in town,” Chris insisted, for LATEST NEWS The Night Final Star, turn that evening. Anna looked exhausted but she sat in the living room refusing to go to bed. | “After all.” she announced, “I| don't owe Belle anything. After | the way she has treated me. Even in her condition she can't begin to| suffer as much as I have.” | “And what about me?” asked. Anna stared at her as if she had | not known she was there. “You're going to marry Chris, Galil containing the latest news of the day during. these dramatic times, is de- livered every evening throughout the city and suburbs between 6 P.M. and 7 P.M. Telephone National 5000 for immediate delivery. aren’t you?” JFRESHING - SATISFYI PEPSI-COLA BOTTLING CO. OF WASHINGTON 901 17th St. N.E. A Tune in! “Pepsi-Cols News,” WOL 12:15 P.M., Mos, Thrs Fri. Phone ATlantic 6600 THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTO “you'rt going to become Mrs. Christopher Reld.” Before Gail could reply Anna rose to her feet. Holding her hand to her heart in an unconsciously dramatic gesture she said, “Chris is right. He's proved that he loves you. But Robert wouldn't want me to do anything to spoil it. I've waited a long time to prove him in- nocent and now,” she turned away ;:hoklng with tears, “I just can’t do £ “You don't have to,” John Reid assured her. “I've already taken care of it.” He unfolded the paper he carried and showed her a small item on an inside page. “Robert Trenton who was con- victed five years ago for the theft of an emerald ring from the Reid Jewelry store where he worked as manager has been completely ex- onerated of any connection with the case by the confession of a woman whose name is being with- held. Mr John Reid, owner of the store, says he will not prosecute the guilty party as she is now ill and confined in a sanitarium.” Anna read it over twice. Buy Coples. “May I keep this?” she inquired. “But no, it won't be necessary. We must buy a lot of copies so that I can send them to all his old friends.” She turned to the older man and the tears sparkled in her dark eyes. “Yoif've done everything a person could do,” she admitted. “I'm sure Robert would not want me to hold anything more against you." “Thank you,” he said and turning walked abruptly from the room. (To be continued.) Insured Home Loans Gain in Maryland Insured savings and loan associ- ations in Maryland made 887 loans on homes amounting to $3,206,590 during the first quarter of 1940, Nugent Fallon, general manager of the Federal Savings & Loan In- surance Corp., announced today. During the same period in 1939, Mr. Fallon said, the same 42 associ- ations made 599 loans totaling $1,- 829,646. 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