Show Y S I WE 1 R v 1 r J un fuAI sERVICE I She had worked herself herselt Into t a t thoroughly bad had temper by the time s she he got to London it was raining a l little mUe and Dora hated rain She t took ook a taxi the whole way home a and nd Kept the man waiting while she went into the house and demanded t the he fare from Mont Monty H Ho lie had just finished his dinner a and nd rose from the table smiling with pleasure at sight of her J JWell Well dear He genuinely IY loyed a and nd admired his sister He bent to 0 k kiss iss her but she sho turned him a cool c cheek heek V Have you ou any money The taxi man Is waiting I i His Ills hand went at t once to his pocket I How much She told him and was quick to notice his frown It was was raining and ard I hate rain s she he complained petulantly You might ht have taken the tube half way you we really cant can't afford to have taxis everywhere Dont be so mean She took t the he money without a word of ot thanks and ga gave vo It to the maid then she came back tossing her hat and gloves on on onto to the sofa soCa I sup suppose ose the he dinner isn't fit to eat and Im I'm so so to hungry t I L Ol didn't expect you ou or I would have kept it back Tell TeIl the maid to bring you jou something I thought you might not be home till the last train I 1 should have come to Euston to meet it it ft V They didn't ask me inc to stay and Im I'm sure T I didn't want to Did you see David Yes he seems engrossed with Nigel's wife they'd been out in the car together all the afternoon I V V IV dont don't know what In the world you V meant by calling her pretty I think i c was was was-in in a a. V aV sort of style J V not not oi any sort of oC V stYle stylo I Pasty thing Monty laughed Dont be a cat old girl youre you're too good looking looking- looking your fl pl ci- i grudge anyone else a small share Well VeIl I hate hei het- het i V the wa way V she's got in with David and andIss Miss Iss Varney arney I h hate te her ways ways ways-oh- oh I She broke brok off exasperatedly I Monty lit a a. He lie knew hi his I sister very well Indeed In this mood I I and always took refuge in silence Dora broke out again sudden suddenly j I I thought you said she had red red- brown hair 1 So she had Has she changed the color then or what She Shed She'd never trouble enough about herself to want to change the color Its It's just ordinary mouse brown 1 Humph Then she has changed It or else It cant can't be the right girl Irl you saw saw he chaffed her Dont be such an idiot She dropped into a chair turning V i I I I I j 1 h her er back to him As a rule she was q quite good tempered but the afternoon after after- n noon oon had thoroughly upset her Monty smoked on Imperturbably Once he ventured to whistle a s snatch natch of oC song Dora Dorn rounded on him instantly Oh do shut up A lot YO you care what happens to me A lot you care i If it f Im I'm happy or miserable She began beg to cry shallowly Tears of oC sheer temper they were ere but Monty thought she was really unhappy Ho was fond of David Bretherton himself to be believe believe be- be l lieve that he was Wall the tp type of or man mana mani a a. woman could adore He Ho came round to where Dora sat eat with her face tace hidden in a a. lace handkerchief and nd put his arm round her ders My dear girl dont don't I h hate e to see you so upset What In the hc world has happened Can I help at atall atall atall all You know Id I'd do anything in I my say power She pushed him Impatiently aside Oh leave me alone She looked up at him with re resentful resentful re- re eyes You ought to have persuaded D David not to have that wife wiCe of oC NIgel's Ni Nigel's Nigel's NI- NI gels gel's down there You ought to haVe guessed what would happen She's just worming her way in with everybody and already they are beginning to wonder how they managed managed man man- managed aged before beCore she came came U ily My Iy dear child Isn't that Just what I did try to do Didn't I tell David Didn't I do everything In my power V You ought to have Insisted that some other arrangement was m made deNow de Now youre you're talking sheer rubbish rubbish rubbish rub rub- bish Im I'm not Davids David's keeper Surely he has a right to please himself 2 Dora began to cry again but this time Monty was unmoved He had had enough of it H. He got up and ansi walked ed out of the room CHAPTER Time the tho Healer When David got bask bak to the Red V Grange he found Miss Varney alone in the drawing room She I Ithe i I the quick way in which his eyes roamed round the room as if It in search of or someone one else Wheres Mary lar he asked ab ab- ab- ab I really dont don't know dear she was here a a moment ago Mary y- y had slipped away w when she I heard the sound of oC the car In n the drive she did not feel as J if it she could fave David al again in Just then Whenever she thought of oC her own impulsive words she sho felt fell as If JC her whole body were blushing What must he have thought of her What moment of ot madness had made her say such a a. thing She had bad loved Nigel Nigel and and David id was Nigel's brother But though as yet jet et she did not realize It it It was strange how lately Nigel had begun to fade Into the background of oC memory She would V V denied it it h had ht d v. v any any- nave have Indignantly ly m i v i S i r- r j nave have Indignantly ly m i v i S any any- i r- r j o one ne told her that it was BO so but the fact act f remained nevertheless Perhaps she had never loved him himas hims' himas' himas a as as' s' s deeply as it was waa In her nature to l love ove but he had been her ier one and o only romance and the tragedy of oC ofis h his is death had lent a halo of beauty t to o his whole life Married to him she would always h s ha ays adored him but in spite of herself her her- s self elf her whole feeling towards him had unconsciously changed his marriage V Even to the hearted broken Time Times i Is s a wonderful healer and there Is no truer saying of all the many penned by the Immortal bard hard than that Men have died and nd worms have eaten them but not for love I And Mar Mary was still joung young She V I IW W was S beginning already to lose the wan careworn look that had thinned her face when she first came to n Red lied d Grange The Tho quiet healthy life free free- from trouble had done wonders for her she slept well welland welland and dreamlessly and woke full tuIl o 0 energy looking forward with almost childish anticipation to the simple events of or the day Learning to Drive Davids David's car had given her tremendous pleasure it was something so different from ap anything thing she had ever experienced something so exciting David was speaking 1 of the tho car V when a little later she came into the room Dora only just cau caught ht her train V The engine was running badly it V would hardly take Deacons Deacon's hill bill at atall atall V all all all- He lie swung round sharply at atthe atthe V the soft sott sound of oC the opening door Many did not look at him as she came forwards but she was painfully painfully pain pain- V her heartbeats heartbeats heart heart- fully conscious of oC quick beats and flushing cheeks She sat down beside Miss Varney Varne and took up a book Well are you jou ready for tor another V lesson In Jn the David Davic I asked her He was determined that somehow P she would be made to look at him and speak to him he want wanted d t to meet her eyes eves again but Mary Ma did didn I not n fl t raise them I I think it will be wet tomorrow tomor tomor- row she said He 10 1 laug laughed h e d He 10 1 laug laughed h e d I What hat difference can that make I I There Is a hood to the car And I Iwas it it was raining yesterday when h he i went out Was Vas it t She felt strained and I unnatural with him hm she wished he would go away or sit down He I I I I i looked so eo tall taU and overpowering as I he stood there and she was so painfully pain pain- fully conscious of oC his gaze bent upon her V Suddenly Miss Fisher wants you ou to go and slay stay with her In town he said de de- de The words had the desired effect Mary raised her eyes at once V Oh I couldn't I dont don't want to be rude but Id I'd so much rather ratler not You dont don't like Uke her herShe her her- She flushed Oh its not that V I r think she's simply beautiful but but oh oh Im I'm such sucha a bad one a at t making new friends You made friends with us easily enough my dear said aid Miss l Varney Vari Varney Var Var- i ney affectionately I Mary could think of oC no rep reply The I I book bool had fallen from her knees I i she stooped and groped after aCter it at I j f the same moment in which David id i bent to pick it up for her and their hands bands touched V Mary drew hers away sharply and there was a little additional color in Davids David's face as he laid the book down on her hor lap V The silence was unbroken save for the click click of or Miss Varney's knitting needles V I X am going to show you ou over the theold theold theold old part of or the house after aCter dinner David said suddenly You said you would like to see It and there is a moon tonight I She looked up interestedly V It What What has that go So to do with I S 'S SV I V E Everything The The- The old old wings looks I j I on only b Us itS best by moonlight V Oh i And the ghost always alwa's walks by j moonlight said Varney I Mary clasped her hands rather tightly in the lap of oC her frock I j I V Perhaps we shall shaH see her then she laid ald with forced lightness Miss Varney shook her head nead I In my opinion she never existed j my dear Ive I've never ne seen her and I very much doubt if it anyone else has Dear me not me-not not dinner al already already al- al ready Continued Tomorrow to t 1 O C |