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Show $ SOUTH CACHE COURIER ncy EEmmnOn ELdDirniing 3AXMHEBTRS SYNOPSTS former wife working been warned that Ive been taking chances with my heart that perhaps youd like to buy us off. With $20,000 we could go abroad and stay for a time. Dont stand there like a bronze Nemesis ready to swoop. Nothing shameful about any kind of a job these days, is there? Mark Trent laughed. It was not an especially merry burst of sound, but it would serve. Do you call extortion a job? Nothing doing, Lola. Your heart! Youve used your weak heart as an excuse to get what you wanted for years.. Why should I deprive the town of Hunts business ability and so charming an assistant? She slid to her feet. Her face, which had been blank with amazement at his laugh, went white with to have your Ive Brooke Reyburn visits the office of Jed Stewart, a lawyer, to discuss the terms of an estate she has inherited from Mrs. Mary Armanda Dane. Unwittingly she overhears Jed talking to Mark Trent, nephew of Mrs. Dane who has been disinherited Mrs. Dane had lived at Lookout House, a huge structure by the sea, built by her father and divided into two, for her and Marks father. Brooke had been a fashion expert, and Mrs. Dane, a shut-in,- " hearing her on the radio, had invited her to call and developed a deep affection for her. Mark discloses that Mrs. Dane had threatened to disinherit him if he married Lola, from whom he is now divorced. He says he does not trust Henri and Clotilde Jacques. Mrs. Danes servant.. He says he is not interested in an offer of Brookes to share the estate with him. Leaving her department store job, Brooke refuses an offer to go stepping with Jerry Field, a carefree young man who wants to marry her. At a family conference she learns she must live at Lookout House alone, since Lucette, her younger sister who is taking her Job, her brother, Sam, a young playwright, and her mother plan to stay in the city. Jed and Mark are anger. You mean that you dont mind astounded whe they hear from Mrs. Gregory, a ' .imily friend, that she had witmy working here? nessed a hitherto unknown will with Henri what you like, why should If and Clotilde two weeks before Mrs. Dane died. Brooke had arrived just as she was I? But, his face was as colorless if you j do stay in this leaving. Jed suggests that Mark open his as hers, part of Lookout House, get friendly with town, the allowance I am making Brooke and try to find out about the will. Jed agrees to stay with him. Mark accepts you which, you may remember, is Brooke's invitation for a family Thankspurely voluntary will stop. Mrs. Reyburn Are you threatening me? giving dinner at Lookout. announces on Thanksgiving eve that she Not for a minute. merely has been invited to England. Sam and Lucette decide to move in with Brooke and reminding you Then remind you that it Sam plans to produce a new play locally. After the Thanksgiving dinner Brooke tells may cost you more Mark that little of Mrs. Danes silver colMrs. Gregory, Miss Reyburn, lection is left. Jerry Field and his sister Daphne drop in and announce they will murmured Kowa at the door. Mrs. Gregory registered amazebe neighbors for the winter. Sam adds them to the cast of his play. Later Inspector ment and anger when she saw Lola. Harrison of the local police visits Mark and is informed about the missing will and silver. As Harrison leaves, Lola arrives. its Im Ill CHAPTER IV Continued 8 I dont like the twist you gave that lady, Jed Stewart. Dont shake your head at the Jap, Mark. Why shouldnt I have a cup of tea with you? Im famished. Place it here. The servant looked at Mark Trent before he pressed the springs which released the iegs of the tray, he was carrying and set it before the woman. He brought in a muffin stand with sandwiches and cakes. You neednt wait, she dismissed the man as if she were the mistress of the house. Mark nodded confirmation as the Japs eyes sought his. Did he know that the woman so dictatorially giving orders had been his wife? Side by side the two men watched her, watched her restless hands. Once she had been told by a stag that her hands were like pale butterflies, Mark remembered, and they had fluttered ever since. In the silence the tick of the clock set the air vibrating; the fire snapped and blazed cheerily; the tide against the ledges boomed a dull undertone. Lola Hunt flung a crumpled doily to the table. Now a cigarette, Mark, and I shall be ready to proceed with my story. Sorry, havent any. She raised brows which had been plucked to a thin arch. You do want to get rid of me, dont you. Well, I strive to please. She rose aiw crossed to the desk. With a glance over her shoulder, she opened a box of Chinese lacquer. You see I still know my way around. Oh, by the way, your aunts legatee is living at Lookout House, I hear. Henri wrote me Henri! Yes. I always got on with Henri, perhaps because he knew that I detested your aunt as much as he did. He wrote that Miss Reyburn evidently didnt like his wife and himself, asked if I would give him a reference in case they lost the position. Was that all Henri Jacques had written, Mark wondered. There was a hint of mockery in Lolas voice and eyes. What was behind that letter? He watched her thoughtfully as he perched on the corner of the desk, crossed her knees and lighted a cigarette. She blew a ring of smoke toward the two men standing back to the fire. Forgot these were in the box, didnt you, Mark? You really should do something about your memory; its slipping. Her eyes and voice Well, heres my news. sharpened. Bert Hunt hes my present husband, in case youve forgotten is planning to go into business in the residential part of this town, has gone, in fact. I shall help when hes rushed or indisposed. When I heard that youd opened this house, I thought perhaps you wouldnt care Emilie luring. WNU Service. out the girl who came there to live. She didnt freeze, did she? She burned up a few of the husbands and all the lads. Is it any more shocking for me to go into business than for some of your pet socialites to sponsor cigarettes, soap, or bedding in every magazine in the country? She turned to Brooke. You are Miss Reyburn, arent you? Ill give you a tip. Had I been left the late, not too lamented, Mary Amanda Danes money, I would be wondering why her rightful heir and his lawyer had camped down in the house next to mine, with Inwhy they were spector Bill Harrison. She looked back over her shoulder. Think over my proposition, Mark, darling. It may be cheaper for you in the end. hob-nobbi- CHAPTER V Lola Hunts malicious laugh lingered eerily in the silence which followed her theatrical exit from the room. Somewhere a door closed with a bang which clanged through the house. Her spiteful warning struck like an irritating burr in Brooke Rey-burmind. She glanced at the two men standing back to thj fire: Stewarts eyes, still on the doorway, smoldered with anger; the tortured look in Mark Trents hurt her unbearably; even with his pride knifed, his courtesy had beeq invincible. The woman had warned him also. Why think of him, she asked herself angrily. Better have her mind on what Mrs. Hunt had Had those two men insinuated. come to live in this house because they suspected her, Brooke Reyburn, of dishonestly influencing Mary Amanda Dane? If so, what could they do about it? Drag her into court? Was that why Inspector Harrison had been with them? It was fantastic, incredible, yet hadnt she wondered times without number why they, city men so obviously, should have come to this village for the winter? As if her thoughts had d.awn his eyes to her, Mark Trent regretted: Sorry, Miss Reyburn, that you should have been bored with a scene. He pressed a bell beside the fireplace. With a little snort of anger, Anne Gregory settled heavily into a chair and flung back her sable cape. The color of her face suggested a red-hballoon. Temper and voice blew up. How about me, Mark? Do you think I liked meeting that shameless woman here? Shameless! Perhaps Im too hard on Lola. She was right. We old residents did our best to snub her when she came here to live, and she did have every man in the place parking on her doorstep sooner or later. And what did Lola mean, she hoped Id patronize the business she and her husband were about to start? She didnt say what sort of business, did she? Lets forget her. Let me take your coat, Miss Reyburn. Trent stood behind Brooke as the servant appeared in the doorway. Kowa, take out the tray and bring fresh tea. Mrs. Gregory removed her gloves and resumed Did Lola really mean that she ns ot You Do Want to Get Rid of Me, Dont You? Her skin mottled, her eyes flashed as she thumped her cane on the rug and went into action. What are you doing in this house, Lola? I might ask you that. Lola Hunts eyes moved insolently from her to the girl beside her. Matchmaking mayhap? As I remember it was one of your passions. Her glance brought color to Brooke Reybums face. Just as cheap in your answers as ever, arent you, Lola? Wisecracking, I believe they call it now. Dont tell me you have taken her back, Mark. Taken me back! Thats the joke of the week. He couldnt get me back. Lola Hunt pulled the silver fox cape about her shoulders and drew on the fabric gloves. So glad to have met you here, Mrs. Gregory. It will save sending you a card. Anne Gregorys face took on, a purple tint. She thumped her cane on the rug. A card! A card to what, you brazen hussy? Lola Hunt shrugged. Dont try to stop her, Mark. She would call a woman who chose to live her life according to modern ideas of marriage, a hussy. Youd know that from her clothes, theyre so deliciously Victorian. I really must cross-examinatio- n. Darling, madam. Drive on, Tom. and her present husband are going into business in this village? Whats strange in that? Its being done every day. Mark Trent that cudgel into court? crossed his arms on the mantel Prisoner-W- ell, they said I had and stared at the fire. to provide my own defense. In spite of her suspicion of his motive in coming to live next door COME AGAIN to Lookout House, Brookes sympathy surged out to him. Why didnt Mrs. Gregory drop the subject of the Hunts? Couldnt she see that he was sick at heart over the whole sordid situation? With more kindness than finesse, Jed Stewart plunged into the breach. Has that pair of Japanese goldfish I ordered for. you arrived yet, Mrs. Gregory? Anne Gregory looked up at him with eyes made shrewd by years of living, by joys, by uprooted affections, by hopes unrealized. She Percy I have half a mind to kiss shook her head. you. You cant sidetrack me, young Roberta If you had a whole man, even with goldfish. I mean to mind youd have done it an hour not at Lola is what after get merely customers, I am sure of ago. that, she was here to hound Mark, I know her. Ill see that she doesnt get a license to carry on business on this, point. I still have influence. Miss Reyburn will pour the tea, she directed, as Kowa approached her with the replenished tray. Involuntarily Brooke looked at Mark Trent. He smiled. Please. Stewart and I have given up cocktails, theyre too effeminate. We have become since we came here. The cup that cheers offsets to a degree the pound of the surf outside. Have a sandwich. Empress? You havent forgotten that nickname, have you, Mark? I like it from you. You use your mother's silver, dont you? By the way, what Modem doctors now say that constipation became of that gorgeous antique swells up digestive organs causing pressure nerves in this region. This nerve pres on service of your aunts? I havent Bure causes frequent biliouB spells, dizziness, feeseen any of it at Lookout House, headaches, sour stomach, dull, ling, sleepless nights, coated tongue, bad taste Brooke. and loss of appetite. The girl felt as if the eyes of both Dont fool with laxatives that give slow action, overnight relief, or are timed to act men were regarding her with susin 12 to 24 hours. What you want is QUICK results. GET THAT PRESSURE OFF THE picious attention. She finished fillNERVES. Flush the intestinal system. When ing a cup, added a slice of lemon offending wastes are gone, the bowels return to normal size and nerve pressure stops. Atwo and lumps of sugar. lmost at once you feel marvelously refreshed, For Mrs. Gregory, Mr. Stewart. blues vanish, and life looks bright again. That is why so many doctors are now Will you have yours the same sisting on gentle but QUICK ACTION. That is why YOU should insist on Adlerika. This strength? Oh, about Mrs. Danes efficient intestinal evacuant contains SEVEN silver. There isnt any. carminative and cathartic ingredients. Adlerika acts on the stomach as well as the Isnt any! You say there isnt entire Adlerika relieves intestinal tract. any silver? Where is it, then? Did stomach distress at once and often removes No violent aunt hour. bowel half in an and relent congestion your give it to you, action, no after effects, just QUICK results. Mark? Recommended by many doctors and druggist for 35 years. No. Miss Reyburn and I were wondering about it on Thanksgiving day. Glad you brought up the subject. Aunt Mary Amanda didnt speak of having disposed of it, the day you wit the last day you saw her, did she? Why had Mark Trent floundered in his question? What had he meant by The day you Why change the end of the sentence? Witness was the word he had startOLD COINS ed to use. What had Mrs. Gregory J paid for certain Indian Head Cents, witnessed? cents $2000. Half dollars S1500. etc. . tea-mind- ed tired-o- in- wit? ge Even while she was driving Mrs. Gregory home, under a sky already freckled with stars, making what REAL ESTATE she hoped were intelligent responses to her monologue of question and YOU can sell, or trade your farm or ranch apartment in Salt naae. answer, Brooke was weighing and for a home orWrite or wire disposing of conjectures as to the C. Palmer Bert meaning of the Hunt womans warnSalt Lake City West 2nd So. " Always as Represented ing. It was with a sense of strain lifted that she helped the older woman out of the car. Mrs. GregLIVE STOCK ory laid her hand on her arm. X (TO BE CONTINUED) Census Finds No Change in Frances Population During Frances population remained virpetually stationary in the five-yeriod between the 1930 and 1935 censuses, according to the results of the latter, completed three months before statisticians were expected to finish it, states a Paris United Press correspondent. There were in France on March 8, 5 1935, 41,834,923 inhabitants, only more than in 1930. However, the increase of the native population was about half a million, for the number of foreigners in France diminished in that period by 437,416, making the increase of French citizens 508,461. go. She stopped on the threshold. 8 In a separate category were Dear Mrs. Gregory, I didnt ansoldiers, sailors and colonial swer your question, did I? The card civil servants whose duties kept to which I referred is an invitation them out of reach of the census to patronize the business which we takers, have started in my old home on Eleven j duly registered French the point. 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