New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 24, 1922, Page 10

& Louls JOSEPH ©0M by Louis loserh Vance (Continne! From Our Last Issure) | “1 only wanted to help you, if 1T eould,” Lucinda explained, getting to her feet, “If unhappy-—1'm §0 sorry The movement misinterpreted, for the girl up like a threatened “T don't want stormed throatily 1 thing to do with you-—only to hef left alone!' She herself .M‘ T.uecinda as if to force. “Gol go! go!" she Then the window ‘Poor thing." self-—""she must have XX There was at this time little tn Tucinda's inner lif@for other peo ple's troubles, she was much too agreeably engrossed in doting on this radlant Linda lLee, vietress in a form of duel of which Summerlad was reputed a master who had never known defeat, Rumors current of his success with women had found her credulous and lenient; mortal vanity 8aW to that. It feeds on strange foods, vanity. Think as well as you will of yourself, you shall not find unaccept- able the belief that one well loved by many has been laid low by love of you alone * ¢ * That morning, as every morning now, she woke with a smile respon- sive to the smiling promise of the day, called for her car and sailed forth. y Her rooms were so situated that to reach the main entrance she had to pass the corner room now occi- pled by Nellie Marquis: and n cious luck would have it that the two should meet. The Marquis girl had been out and was returning with a small packet gripped in a shabbily gloved nd A weli-made woman with a graceful carriage, her face held elements of beauty of a wild, sweet sort, but dimmed and wasted by despondency and impaired heaith Today the dark rings under her eyes were deep er, the eyes themselves more desper- ate than when their look had first a pealed to Lucinda's sympathies. And seeing her so, Lucinda with a solicit- ous ery—"Why, Miss Marquis!'- paused and extended an impulsive hand. The girl swerved hand, shrinking to the wall: her scant natural color ebbing till the rouge was livid on cheeks and lips, while her eyes grew hard and hot “Well” she said sullenly—"what do you want?” Confounded by this proof of a hos- tility as pertinacious as it was per- verse, Lucinda faltered: “But—you are ill—" “Well: and if T am, what's that to you?” The words uttered in a level tone nevertheless seemed to force ex- plosively past the tremulous, waxen iips. “Oh, don't worry your head about me: think about yourself. Don't forget you can be contaminated by a creature like me, don't forget'— she accomplished a singularly true re- production of Summerlad's tone “I'm ‘really not the sort you can af- ford to get mixed up with'!"” “I'm so sorry you heard, Miss Marquis. Of course neither of us had any idea you were—" “Eavesdropping! why don’t you sa: I'm not ashamed.” “But are you fair to me? I meant no harm, I didn't say—what you re- sent—you know."” The girl gave a grima of pure hate. “No,” she snarled—"you didn't say anything unkind, you were too busy posing as L.ady Bountiful to pass uncharitable remarks! But he—he said enough—enough for me. Oh, I'm not saying he didn’t tell the truth! I'm ‘a bad lot,’ all right rotten bad lot, if you want to know—and I'll be| worse before I'm better. So you watch | out and keep away from me—d'you | hear?” “Yes,” said Lucinda coolly—"clear- ly"'—and went her way | Her car brought her to the Zinn| studios. | Neither Lynn nor Joseph Jacques, | his director, was in evidence, but the cameraman said the two of them had retired to the director’s office for a conference. | To the office Lucinda and Fanny Lontaine repaired and—their knock being answered by a morose growl there discovered Summerlad, in| elaborate evening clothes, a thought-| ful scowl on his handsome, painted face, with Jacques, a mild-mannered young cinema sultan, in riding breeches, and boots, sitting on the desk itself, and moodily drumming its side with his heels. “We were wondering if you'd care to be an angel to us, Linda,” said Summerlad. | “Hilep us out of the worst sort of | a hole, Miss Lee,” Jacques adde “But what is it?" “Oh, nothing at all!" you're must have hec nl sprang | inimal your help!" shef lon't want any flung thrust her out hy slammed Luecinda told her heard * * room away from the Summerlad | 0. UAMN CARNIVAL | Thursday Friday Saturday May 25th May 26th May 27th 0. U. A. M. HALL 277 Main St. Dancing Every Evening Admission 25 Cents including tax. \ VANC assured ber with a laugh that depre cated the very idea-—"all we wanti you to do is forget you're a star, or little part e doing gaing to be, and play & with me in this picture we now." “1'd love to Knew she'd do it Jacques crowed You are a brick, Linda, and no mistihe You'sve no ldea what a loid you'se taken oft our minds, You see, this part, while nothing to speak of in ftself, is awfuly important to the picture in one way; it absolutely demands somebody who's got every- thing you've got “We had Gloria Glory engaged; but this morning she sent round word she had ptomaine poisoning.” “Gloria Glory?" Fanny comment- ed, “Why, | saw her down at Sun- set last night.' “Too much party,” inter- preted. 1 had the hunch, all right. Jacques IR “WHEN I WANT A DOCTOR . CALL. HIM MYSELF. GOOD NIGHT.” Gloria sure do crook a mean elbow when she gets it unlimbered.” “Then you'll do it, Linda?" ‘d love doing it. What do you want me to wear?' ' “Cross-saddie costume, Miss Lee, Jacques explained. “White breeches and a pair of swell boots—you know -like the socie dames wear when they go ho vacking in Central Park, New York, if you've ever seen ‘em." es," said Lucinda soberly— “one or twice. I daresay 1 can pick one up in Los Angeles this afternoon.” Lucinda experienced no difficulty in fitting herself acceptably with a ready-made costume of white linen for cross-saddle riding, and light tan boots of soft leather, The prospect of al last doing real work hafore a camera, after her long wait since faling in with Lontaine's scheme, inspired a quict elation, She had already heen elaborately tested and re-tested, of course, by the cameraman under contract - with Linda Lee (Inc); she had ceased to fell self-conscience in the fierce white light of the Kleigs. It wasn't till she found herself in the corridor leading to her suite that Lucinda remembered Nelly Marqu she hadn't given the girl two thoughts since morning. As she passed Miss Marquis' room, she noticed that the door was slightly ajar, and where the light from the corridor struck in acros the thresh- old, a white hand at rest upon the floor, a woman's hand, paim up, the fingers slightly contracted, absolutely stil. A startling thing to see * * * TAKE A SWIM IN THE “Y” POOL SUMMER MEMBERSHIP 4 Months $5.00 NEW BRITAIN For a few seconds Lucinda entranced horror, and rapped on it gently, There was no response, the hand didn't stir, 8he called guardedly: "Miss Marquis'" and when nobody answered lald hold | of the knob, | Nelly Marquis lay supine, ing, If at all, movement of her bhosom, benecuth the ragged lace of a pink silk negligec was imperceptible, Her lids, half lowered, showed only the whites of rolled up eyes, her lips were parted and discolored, her painted pallor was more ghastly even than it had| been fn the morning. On the evi-! dence of her body's posture in rela- tion to the partly opened door, she had heen taken sudenly il11; had rush- ed to call for assistance, and had fall- en in the act of turning the knob, Lucinda shut the door, Kknelt, touched the girl's wrist, apd found it fey cold. But when she placed her hand upon the bosom she found it warm, and that the heart in it was faintly but unmistakably fluttering. | In reiief and pity, she essayed, to take the girl up in her arms and carry her to the bed, but found the dead welght too *great Casting round at random for some- thing in the nature of a restorative, she found in the bathroom a bottle of aggressive tollet water and a pint flask of whisky, half emptied, Alternately moistening the pale lips with the whiskey and bathing the brows and temples with toilet water, she observed for the first time a red- dish bruise under the left eye, the mark of a blow, possibly sustained in falling. But there was nothing nearby that the girl could have struck, to: inflict such a hurt, except the door- Knob, and if she had struck this with such force she must, one would think, have slammed the door. It was puzzling * * * Her ministrations eventually be- gan to take effect. The bleached lips quivered, closed, then opened and closed several times. The woman's lashes trembled and curtained her eyes, “Do you think you're strong enough now to get to bed, if T help?” The girl nodded: * * * * try," she whispered. Using all her strength Lucing succeeded in getting Nelly Marec on her feet. About this time the clouded faculties began to clear. Clinging to Lucinda’s arm, the girl started as if in a spasm of fear, darted swift glances of terror round the room then turned a look of per- plexity to Lucinda. “Wher2 is he?" the whisper de- manded. “Has he—h with . he gone? “There is no one else here, nothing to be afraid of. Come: let me help you to bed.” Recognition dawned as she spoke, with a movement of feeble fury the girl threw lLucinda's arm away, but deprived of its support staggered to the foot of the bed, to wihch she clung, quaking. “You!" she cried—"what you doing| ing senseless on the floor. You'd have done as much for me."” “Oh, would I? A lot you Kkno Her knees seemed about to buckle; will-power alone kept Nelly Marquis from sinking, yet she persisted: *I suppose 1 ought to thank you. Well: much obliged, I'm sure. Is that enough?"” “Quite enough. I've, no wish to annoy you. Only, Jet me suggest vou need a doctor. May 1 ask the office to call one?” “When 1 want a doctor, I'll call him myself. Good night."” “I'm sorry,” said Lucinda * simply. With no choice other than to go, she went. But the vision she carried away, of Nelly Marquis glaring at her with eyes malevolent, her frail body vibrating so that it shook the bed. (Continued in Our Next Issue) The dark period, the long ‘“night” of the far north, is reserved by the Eskimo for his holiday. Out of 6,000 members of the Ac- tresses’ Union in England, more than 4,000 are out of work. vestigate the uing the services of Thomas J. Lin- fmously voted to recommend to the cammon council at its next meeting, that Mr. Linder be given a two years' | contract with no increase Mr. Linder is paid 34 DAILY HERALD. WEDN | Mr, Lirden Mr. DAY, MAY 24, 1922, stood | 1 . Hateh, chairman of the spe- premonitions nr;FAvnR E TI N letal committee on land valu Then she moved to the door in favor of retaining | Hateh said that working on , npoke ) serviees of | ¢ rk. his Bdward A the | the Iy how much land beionged to a single / owner untll Mr. Linder be- MoCarthy, ehairman of board of assessors, sald that the pleted and inasmuch as his services | committee has been i [1and values all wiifter with the aid of | work of Mr, Linder 18 not nearly com- Mr, Linden, and ihe members of that At a meeting of the special common ouncil committee, advisability of contin- | it er, assessment expert, it Was unan- 10 a year, ARRARARAAAMAARRARARARAR A AR breath- | ' . s | has an expert o ety wat e SPECIal Common Gouncil Commit- | sessmen . that he; should be He nlso suid that | ussessing n pie Ing to Its slze and depth one and was Into the city treasury by taxatiop. In appointed to in- |concludfng, Mr. Hateh thoughl that would be a with the services of Other speakers in favor of retaining the expert's services pointed out how My. Linder had found property in the outlying districts of the city on which Dr, J. E. Conger, mall assessment n- asmuch as ‘t was never known rxact- | ered question in salary. | there was only a committee have found that Mr knowledge and retained bringing mistake 18- | the man should be kept thought dispense Linder | have proven satisfactory he felt that Others who spoke for Mr, Linder were John A Abrahamson, Willlam Dunn and Carl of | Neumann » of property necord- was a fair money ARRANGE BANQUET who heads the committee on the banquet being tend- by Everyman's Rev. Dr. O, F. 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