New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 8, 1929, Page 17

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8 1929. A ILH'BY. MAY.SIE GR opsis: Barbara, determined to"hc‘ur of 4" v the truth of Henderson's| As he spoke he thr rges, goes to the building in|down into the only rocking-ehair. ich Rita has her apartment. Dn\»i nam “It's like this. Yesterday a fellow, THE LUXURY HUSB w himself | ever make much money at that com- by desperation, she crawls up a of Freeman, called into my | re-escape to a window of Rita's | office—he arranges loans for tho: lite, A few minutes lat Ln 1 !in need of financial assistance. Aft omes lome and with her tay. | he’d hemmed and hawed for se Mrbara is dazed by her discovery l:ml minutes he inquired, as dis- 4 leaves her hiding place. When | creetly as possible, what truth there | eturns to her taxi, however, she cides to wait in the confi- tiently expecting that Ray will soon e building. For two hours | ps her lonely vigil and finally s home in ir. Ten minutes 110r. Ray leaves the building, Ji worked longer than was in the rumor that my niece tended to divorce band to marry boozled him into it, on that “You { borrowing mon unde mean—that hav- | usual on a standing.” Hendy's her present hus Ralph Henderson. Then he told me, after T had bam- that the fellow | had been obtaining loans from him | in- been 24 AMERICAN COAXES M WATER TO DESER Hopes to Convert Turkestan BAND business and I can't that he'li posing of his. I hear he's playing in | orchestra now.” | T| | some night-club S I G Field e DS tree e henea | 0t0PES 0t0 Cotton Fields the tobacco ash off his waistcoat | e and rose to his feet. Tashkent, Turkestan, Nov, 8 (F)— “Sorry, my dear, but I must be |1y the lifeless plains of Turkestan, g0ing. Business, you know. Cheer | yhere water is even more precious up. You're young yet and remem- |than gold, an American engineer ber that line out of the Mikado, |seeks to convert 1,100,00 acres into There are lots of good fish in the |fertile cotton fields sea.’ But I'd give that man Hender- | Arthur Powell Davis, noted irri son a wide berth in future, it I were |gation engineer of Oakland, Cal has been engaged by the Soviet gov- hat precisely, was what Barbara | ernment to make tillable the vast did. She was not at home when he | sandy wastes which Tartar Tam- | tion, referred him to Mr. Landon |signed Davis. The American will himself. supervise the work of 30 American | The next she heard of Henderson |irrigation engine: a darly difficult tune y on the strength of — arrying me?” Barbara's voice was Chapter 35 one zasp of amazement. EXIT—AN ENGLISHMAN Her uncle nodded. Ou the drive home from the ironi- | Barbara didn't feel she could b Hy futile vigil hefo! Rita Gil- | lieve it first. Too absurd it was ore’s apartment, Barbara definite- | —ludicrous almost. Henderson of all | ‘:wmm to marry Henderson, | men! How contemptible to borrow y sense of bitterly hurt pride | money with the intention of even- rove her to this decision. She de- lly paying it back out of hers! wul on telephoning him the first | remembered how repeatedly g in the morning. For the re- ad sneered at Ray for the ainder of the night s | method he chose to make his lives would try sleep. lihood. She did try. She tried in a persist- How, under i t, determined fashion. But, in spite | had he dared criti that, she lay awake first time Ray's desire for | | i il aawn. | I inde | il v. when she did sleep, a | pendence appeared commendable I iz tormented her. Sudden- | instead of annoying in her eyes, | ned her eyes, immediate- Mr. Landon awkwardly patted her | mscious that her telephone was | shoulder 3 ng. “There, there, my dear must 1T she picked up the receiver have been a nasty shock to you,” his | That you, Barbara? It's your|voice was purpos gruff to dis- cle Henry. T'm coming right up to | guise the tenderness behind it Must “Damnably unpltasant busine “But uncle, surely they You immedi- | | wouldn't She was beginning to rec from the great Syr Daria river which that her liking for him lad the natives call “The Strewer of 1i more than the gratification of | Gold.” of more than 10.000 cubic her own vanity. Slowly she was be- | feet of water a second, To install coming, in sonie measure, to realize |the necessary machinery will take | the colossal selfishness of her out. |nhearly five years. [look in the past—and the guilty | In all. the development inclu thought occurred to her. Might Ray | 3:000.000 acres. a territory larger | have been justified in leaving her as | Mtan Massachusetts. Millions of dol- felt more than surprised. Mr. | advance money on such a flimsy | nidaveer Landon was an exception- | proposition 2" | iy busy man. Tt was most unusual | seem_to have. And I've no [ or him to honor his niece by a visit | he made out a good case. ng an hour usually reserved | There are always gamblers willing to tly for business. So intent w ¢ money on the chance of some | iic upon not keeping him waiting | presentable fellow carrying off some she completely forgot to 1 heiress with whom he is known to hone decision to Henderson be frequ associated.” Mr. Landon was pacing the sit-| Her anger had passed. Her chief foom when she finally came | emotion was amazement at the ef- | i frontery of the an. Suddenly, no- an't say that | ticing a vase of mauve orchid he e looking wel burst into a mirthless laugh. rbara smiled wanly “I suppose even thosc orchids " she explained were eventually to he paid for out S ith that fellow Hen- | of my money!” Then, a moment later, “Why did he do it? Ray would Yes, Why ™" have died rather than have donc lier uncle cleared his throat. Then, | such a thing!” i characteristic manner, came di- | The last remark had slipped out 3 ety to the point of her unconsciously. Tmmediately ts all this I'm hearing about | she regretted it, hoping that her ou and him?” uncle would let it pass without uring r usua ' Morning Barbara. ( arhara, st d and comment. But he didn't turned y to face him Teaning that we've he , brings me t a good deal together which 1 have been meaning You'vs just heard t £ Ray in order to mar- speak to you. getting a divorce? t you in- | to iention of your husband, | to & point about | ecided upon | straight é She nodded, staring widened. Mr. Lan- | ahead of her down at the carpet, as | a . whatever she in- | though there was some mystic writ- | ‘ didn't 1Lk too ing on it she was trying to decipher. | | “On what grounds?’ Who told you that?” Barbara| ‘“Incompatibility, I think.” 1 wonderingly. “I only decided | Not even to her uncle could she | yself last night.” bring herself to tell of Ray's seem- ] That 02" Mr. Landon paced fhe | ing unfaithfulness. ¥ carpet once mor “Then there’s| “Well, tI up to you, Barbara. | fist iness going on. | Can't I thought much of | and T think you'd better | Ray myself. 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See Our Windows AVER CLOTHES inc. 352 telephoned; neither was she at home | erlane subdued six centuries when he called. most daily he reconnoiters the linally, when he wrote begging ren golodnaya steppes of Asia planation, she told him can- | Russia by airplan what she had learned fi oviet officials spent ne uncle and, for further informa- lessly on the project, tl as was his name on a passenger lis crnment expect among those returning to England. [is completed the She was surprised to find that she |lands will yield was only mildly interested in this |to the acre. item; indeed what amazed her most t, in time, would make the whole affair was how little the | Soviet union independent of the | discovery of the worthlessness ot |United States and Egypt in cotton. kestan's present yield is 50 per cent of Russia's need. > project requires the {enderson had hurt showed how little she him her. It only had cared for lar used, {ods will be employed throughout. he had? in American machinery will Some weeks later, upon idly tu ng the pages of the London Sketch, | she came upon Hendergon's photo SR with that of the fat and smiling Miss | Maidstone. Miss Cora Maidstone,” she read, “only daughter of Coloncl Robert | Maidstone of Morehar Park, Surrey, whose marria Ralpi | Tow nd Henderson nephew and heir apparent of Duke of . . Townsend. will be celcirated in | BIEWEIES Uneasy in Face of 111- She put the muga down with d d | g a quict smike., Kemembering Miss tended Investigation Maidstone, she was sudd y a little B e s sorry for Henderson. London. Nov. 8, (-—A notice- (Copyright, Dial P'ress) able slump in brewery shares and | s a slight rise in the temperature A lonely girl watches the gaiety | discussions on the drink question of the Golden Dol nue the | have been manlfest here, story tomorrow. | And the uncasin follows the == ilakor government's intention to ap- USE HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS | poin a royal commision for the in- tic | 500 pounds of cotton | only diversion be and American irrigation meth- npn\!g.flmn of the liquor traffic. t!f‘”(. which up to the present time | There is little fear that the com-|has enabled licensing magistrates | mli:mn will be “packed with pro-|to abolish 4,000 licenses in Eng- hibitionists,” and it is dsflum('d land and ales, have not been | Betiaies =1\l Teve el fopnortartiv| Beneeilyno e et N arsna T ced Take advantage of the |io pr(‘fi(nl their case. 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