| Show 4 lEAP i PV YEAR JL GIRL J It GIN GIS HERE JRE TODAY S very cry told lold her year old dUh that she was a sap to toto toto toto to Toby Locke but Judith ht t ahead and did it Hadn't d he loved her She thought lack of money moncy that kept xi proposing to her But lack lacky lacka a y 1 didn't keep him from pro- pro i Donna Herriot and spending SOO 00 savings on rings and a ion oon fter the wedding he had let uy a car he couldn't pay for at she the didn't need and run runar ar r into debt that he had finalS final- final S his ils head and md borrowed a dollars from the bank Where slant stant teller He thought he het t It back In fri a da day or so sC and de enough on the market to normous bills But the stock lunge and the thousand was ut e taking a train to New York Yorke ge e his name and start over overe e C cornel comes to the Medical build build- re Judith if lr working to say They arc are talking on the theO go GO O ON WITH THE STORY RAFTER APTE SEVENTEEN E TEEN Locke r drew a deep breath breathed ked ed cd up at the darkening sky i few stars were ere beginning to toSi Si months ago ago even even two weeks anyone had told him he was 0 steal money deliberately e Guarantee National bank he heave heave have ave ave lau laughed hed And yet now lone one He was a thief and he sd KI 1 thieves He had known of Df f course course years years ears ago at the bank one of biers had been short in his ac- ac cand c- c and arrested The man was hadn't thought about i sat at the time except to condemn i was the mans man's name sIns gas bad as Rollins he be craz crazy Was there some- some he matter with ith him He wasn't r. r He knew that He hadn't for months since months since he Donna The Toby Locke known from childhood never have stolen It was a new ocke that had been horn boTi reA reIA reiA re- re IA iA A Tob Toby Locke who stole day at the bank when he had he hc money he had fingered it for lor a long time and had finally put it aside in a pile by itself It had hild been there in his cage when the phone girl gir had given him Judiths Judith's message and he had called her back New bills He remembered how the bills had hac rustled when he counted them TOBYS TOBY'S FAULT At that moment nothing had seemed so great in his life as the need of ol mone money The furious aching need had been growing on him since his marriage marriage marriage mar mar- with Donna Money had never bothered him be be- fore lore If It he didn't have it he didn't spend it and that was as that Simple But money after he had known Donna became c essential She wanted so man many things and he wanted her herto herto herto to have them of course Those pleading teasing ways she had when he was scolding her It was after liter the honeymoon when thc they were together in their own apartment that he discovered he was just plain weak and had tried to fight tight so o hard against that weakness He had lad had no right to give in so completely completely com corn to Donna In the that followed their violent It was his fault I If he had been strong Toby had always alwa's been honest In Inthe Inthe the he seven years he had worked for the bank sank even when he was handling money all the time he had never thought of stealing As a messenger he had carried j large sums to and from the bank dozens of times a day Even as lS an assistant teller when there was a mistake mistake mistake mis mis- take of two or three cents in his balance balance balance bal bal- ance he had taken ken the matter person person- ally He loved to have his accounts balance IT WAS SAS MADNESS IAD ESS This madness that had entered his life with Donna had frightened him I more snore and md more It was madness he decided It could be nothing else He was ashamed of himself now that he was normal again At first he had been happy with her then not so happy then miserable and last week desperate It was as if il he were a hunted being He had never had much money When his father was alive and he was In school he worked selling papers papers papers pa pa- pers to get a little spending money After Alter the death of at his father who had been more than a father to him a companion a chum he had gone Into the bank and through the principal of ot his high school where he had been popular had obtained the necessary references for a bond Tobias Sr had left nothing except a small lodge I burial policy At first Toby had been amused then frantic nt at the way Donna spent money At night this last month he couldn't sleep Through sleepless hours he was thinking about the debts that were his Even at the bank durIng dur- dur Jog Ing the thc day they were constantly in his thoughts Deb Debts were piling u up that he couldn't pa pay Credit which was almost sacred to him as a 1 banker flitting away And no end to It Th The The debts going on and on He had tried to stop worrying about abou them last week weck when he and Donna Donn had gone dancing twice but he hadn't hadn succeeded I II ADORE CLOTHES The bills bUls were in his pocket now now now- he had been carrying them aroun around lately The car overdue for a month store bills millinery bills grocery bills bUls gasoline bills A neat stack o of at them It did no good showing them to Donna She laughed at him and said that was as his job paying them When he asked her why she bought bough new things she always alwa'S had the same sam answer You wouldn't have me look shabby shab shab- b by would you Tob Toby I adore clothes You know that At first he had rma Imagined Ined he could reason with her but he soon found he couldn't What Donna wanted sh she got ot regardless of what he hc said o odid or did Sometimes s he wondered how h he could have loved her so so when he hated her now now Blind hed he'd been anc anca and anda a fool Well Ill I'll be g going he said ab ab- ab I Im going to lo catch the 73 train out of town He glan glanced ed a at Judiths Judith's face staring at him in th the thc darkness and the sight of ot it white drawn her lips open brought a l lump mp to his throat Toby you Toby you arent aren't I wont won't let you OU go She spoke in a low harsh whisper ILL CHANGE GE MY IY NAME Im going Ive I've made up my mindI mind I cant can't stay stay Ill Ill I'll change chance my name and start over again some place place place- Its Ils m madness to go goWell go- go Well it it would be worse madness to stay and have to go to jail You wouldn't want to see me in jail would you Judith gasped and closed her eyes ces Her answer came ver very slowly I Id rather see rather see you OU in jail than have you leave now now now- now now-IJ You dont don't understand Judith The shortage is bound to be discovered ered soon Any day the bank examiners exam mess iners may be here You know enough about banks to know that they never let you know when they're coming I cant can't make up the shortage and J 1 cant can't stay here to be arrested pu pun put in n jail Judith I cant can't I haven't the nerve How How hoc how much will it take A thousand dollars Its It's a for tune une to me now when hen I have only my fare to New York in my pocket Cant you borrow a thousand dollars dol lars ars from somebody and put the mone money back Oh Toby you can She clutched his arm wildly Where can I borrow the money I h haven't any relatives You know that hat and I haven't any friends vho who have lave a thousand dollars lying loosed loose Id I'd d have to explain too why I want the money and I cant can't do that Id I'd rather go co away YOURE A COWARD The girl drew her coat tighter lighter around her throat for a cold wind was vas racing over the roof garden carden Her ler bare barc hands were like ice as she wrung them I I vent Ha you rou anyone my ne you could go to to Nobody Would Mr Sandling be generous if f you went vent to him and explained A fleeting wisp of hope I couldn't go to him Judith You understand that Hes He's been too good goodo to o me I couldn't bear to tell him the he truth You are a coward Toby you OU be in my place Wouldn't you be afraid to face the thein in music usie But it'll be worse vorse Tab Toby if It after youve you've run away they find you OU and bring you back Have you OU thought of that Wasn't there something she could say to persuade him to stay It wasn't like the Toby she loved to run away from trouble LISTEN TO ME Ive thought of everything and they're not going to find me Ill I'll see seeto seeto seeto to that he said grimly And Donna Shell have to manage as best she can Shell She'll thank me for running running run ning away when she knows about the shortage Wait until tomorrow anyway I Imay Imay Imay may be able to think of some wa way to help you in the meantime Ju pleaded He had to walt wait He couldn't go co She must do something for or him I Tomorrow the thc bank examiners may come in I tell you Judith I 1 haven't a moment to lose loc I should have gone to the train straight from the bank bank I I shouldn't have come up to see sec you Judith took his arm and spun him around Listen to me Toby Locke Her tense voice oice frightened him You are not going coing away tonight Do you hear that Youre You're not I wont won't let you Somehow Im I'm going to get the money for lor you and youre you're going to put it back Do you hear me I cant can't take anything from you you you- YOURE A BRICK You can and youre you're going to If youre you're afraid to borrow the thc mone money Im I'm not Ill I'll get gel it some place Im I'm not going to see sec you ou disgraced run ning away when your our place Is here And I tell you ou youre you're not riot going away way tonight Youre You're going home and nd Ill I'll see you in the morning at 8 o'clock on the corner of Pine street and maybe Ill I'll have a thousand dol dol- lars ars for or you ou I hope so Her voice volee broke and she sobbed aloud Tob Toby said aid nothing but he stood facin facing acing her looking down at her shaking shoulders Youre a brick Judith Judith Judith- wait until morning Ill wait until wall until morning Theres no time to lose Ive I've got goto gotto gotto to o get home Jud Judith th hurried away from rom him to the stairs When she left eft him at the front entrance of the Medical building a few minutes later she he had no Idea where she was gong go ing ng to get a thousand dollars There was vas a slim chance that R Rita ta might lend end it to her if she had it but she didn't know You couldn't tell about Rita To Be Continued |
