Show If T TELEGRAM M FICTION O JUD JUDITH ITH LANE I i By Jeanne Bowman SYNOPSIS I Judith Dale has reorganized the old Bevins Construction company act Jn nj nI is u her former employer the late Tom Bevins But she must lace face the enmity of Morton Lampere formerly Bevins' Bevins attorney and of rs Bevins and her treacherous B Mathile Judiths Judith's deter deter- allon to carry out ot Bev Bevans' Bevans ms' ms plan B build the Rio Diablo dam may alto JM wr wreck k her her domestic happiness s I lot fot she is the wife o of 01 Norman Dale and nd Norman is Lampere's law part part- r. r J CHAPTER 19 t TRAGIC INCIDENT T Thc sloping green roof the slim pillars mars the green shutters the tiny jutting out above the en en- ance each had been dreamed out y 1 the two wo of them sketched rough lyon lon letter backs then turned overto over ilo to the architect Slowly she entered and stood inthe in th the hall pulling off olf tight gloves Delphy phy came in from the kitchen ee LaW e you is late late- late What arc all the lights on for De hyt Mss Miss Norman he say theres there's a 3 aJ aa J ite t a company comin l and aid Mis Mir Bevin and Dale and ista Lamps ar- ar Norman Judith turned to her husband who h had d come into the hall hail from his den Is Lc Lampere coming tore tiara i Yes I invited those immediately concerned with the Bevins will wilt Judith ludith I hope we can settle this Quietly among ourselves you mean you are bringing brining them in here to my home Its m my home too Jud Judy For Business s Reasons But my ray only sanctuary We cant can't fr Iser tf I tr erase what might happen here night t lIt too late now note Better Belter have your Inner er r. r Judith JudIth straightened You may ring In them here Norman but as my relations with them are purely busi- busi IMS us I can refuse to see them out out- le ilde my office I do refuse refuse refuse- lady udy There was pleading in is voice his face wore a harrowed Dont you see what ere era doing to each other Judith gave one tiny cry startled urt at then flew into his arms ormy tormy wh why must this happen to us she whispered I III cant can't go back backon word and I 1 love on my you ou Then you will see Lampere he asked They walked ups upstairs Judith removed re re- removed moved her smart little hat and tossed it to the counterpane Norman she asked cant you see sec how useless it would be for tor meto meto me meto to talk to Lampere It is impossible for us to meet on any common ground it would only cause heartache heartache heart heartache ache for you as for tor me Im I'm so trembly trembly trembly trem trem- bly from this afternoon I dont don't believe be lieve have I could stand anything more Judith if I thought you yeu understood understood under under- stood everything about the case if 11 I thought I could present it to you as Lam Lam Lam-as as every other minded keen man sees it then Id I'd do it and let you judge their views and the antiquated antiquated anti anti- ones of our old friend impartially Prostrated After Ordeal Judith shook her head wearily Big Tom had even cven known Normans Norman's reaction Lampere was his senior partner his fathers father's friend Norman its it's useless Judith slapped kid gloves to the dressing table to emphasize the statement Either you love me enough to carry car ry on through this or she held out her hands pink palms up The doorbell shrilled through the thc house and in a moment Lige came up up Mas Mas Lampere he say hed he'd like to talk to Dale alone Tell him Mrs Dale has retired said Judith She shrugged out of at jacket and skirt went to the wardrobe reached in and drew out the first robe She had slipped sUpped into it before she real it was the ermine trimmed peach glow she had worn the night of ot Tom Torn Bevins Bevins' death Norman was it Lampere's idea they meet here she he asked as she stood before him t tying the folds of belt Yes but he came at my tio tion n. n Judith stood on tiptoe slipped her white while arms about his neck and brought his head down to hers hers hers- Normy I understand so much more than you ou think I do Id I'd like to tell you ou my side of the story but its it's useless youre you're too prejudiced t to un un- Kiss me goodnight and tell teU them down there that Im I'm oh I know a nice Lampere effusion prostrated from the ordeal of the theater ater afternoon oon Comforting Delphy But when he had kissed her lin and had left her she was no longer poised cool and self self con con tamed She trembled with a nervous s chill and Delphy Delph coming up snuggled snuggled snug snug- Sled her into a blanket in a deep chair and brought a pot of hot cho chocolate choco choco- o I late her panacea for all ills and a hot hot brick After the old colored woman had left eft her kindness hung about Judith like an aura a comforting aura She looked out of the window on the swale and be beyond ond to the grove of at trees stretching cast She loved it all this home and Norman She drowsed a little then sat up alert as Mathile's MathUes laugh sounded from Crom the hall Judith thought of at the sob scene in the office that afternoon after after- noon The sound of ot motors came from the driveway ewa meshing gears then silence Soon Norman would come I up and they would discuss things and perhaps find a way to compromise The moon was topping the grove as it had topped the gulf horizon that ni night ht cons eons ago it seemed to Judith She had stood on the trawler dc deck k and watched the shad shad- Same Old Triangle There had been a triangle and she with the strange premonition ol oJ women kind had sensed the shadow as more than a filament of fancy One black bar had dissolved one life lie had faded and yet the tr triangle trio tri angle seemed to hold its iu place in her life lUe Word by word she recalled her conversation with Norman that night She had asked him if she he must make a choice between her work and md her marriage and he had said no He had prophesied that she would be con tented She had been She would have been stronger in her fight against Lampere had she not been able to see sec the whole affair af at fair tair from Normans Norman's viewpoint She was a wife girl a stenographer devoted devoted de de- de voted to the memory of a a. man who had stood by at her fathers father's death then as soon as he was able had given her a fine line p position He had suffered sunstroke softening softening soften soften- ing of or the brain something which had given him peculiar ideas ideas why c else e would a man leave the building of at a dam to a stenographer He had worked out a cunning plan and b by playing on the girls girl's emotional emotion al loyalty was literally forcing her herto herto herto to c carry rry th them m out Copyright 1934 1939 by Jeanne Bowman Bowman Bowman Bow Bow- I man t Tomorrow Tomorrow- Tomorrow Norman Norman goes over to the enemy |