Show T TELEGRAM M JUDITH TT T LANE J FICTION IL l By Jeanne Bowman SYNOPSIS Judith Dale has felt that her hus- hus band nd was siding against her in he her contest with the Bevins heirs Judith Judit h w w as left a a fortune and instructions instruction f completing r Big Tom Bevins Bevins' R Rio Diablo dam but aided by Morten L mp re Mr Mrs BevIns and arid her daughter daugh daugh- ter fer M plan to break the will B But t Judith has had a letter from Nor Nor- lIim and plans to fly t to him at t Gal Gal- vedon that night Now she is rid rid- a directors directors' rs' rs me meeting of a spy 1 IC CHAPTER 22 Again Alain Mathis Malhis Mathis just a minute said Judith as if It trying to tor r recall call the n name nime me Oh yes s now v I Irem Ire Ire- remember remember re re- m member he was the gentleman who left t town wn so hurri hurriedly when the thc last lag t election scandal Was Was- was vu being investigated Invest Invest- investigated gated lom something thing about Buying locks blocks of ot vot votes from om itinerant o oil il workers I Why Why why sputtered d You'll forgive me i If Im I'm wrong it seems seems' to me I heard something g uta matter of f passing be be- trees Mathis and some gentleman n f. f wn a name nam similar to yours your Lampert Lame Lam Lam- pert e X I believe ve provided th the money for the the the- Mrs Dale I didn't come here t to tobe tobe 0 be be- insulted snapped P. P There are nicer places arent aren't t I there Judith said Mid consolingly But Bu t I suggest to Mr Lampere that nex next t timm tune he send someone not labeled with a canceled check Are yoli 0 psychic demanded J Justin Jus- Jus us tin Cunard pl pleasantly in the silence silent which followed the slamming door P f No Judith laughed with th the others but I have a friend on a newspaper which is practically th the c thing She came to the door with me and recognized our departed guest However and now she ahe spoke seriously it means gentlemen that tha Lampere will kill not hesitate to plant plan t his hil men in our midst to say or t to lame cause dissension I to io Norman He was more subtle said one o of the thc new new members rs he tried to mini mini- take mite your importance in such a gentle gen gen- jUa tle wa way we scarcely recognized hi his intentions The rest of the afternoon passe passed d swiftly and shortly before tore sundown Judith drove to the airport where when Slim Sanford awaited d her Judith seeing the tall tau Texan thought h he seemed leaned slimmer and browner than that aver Even his smile which usually showed ed In sucha a brilliant flash teemed seemed d strained I t Hello HeU Jude small m ready to trust trus t your our ur heart n hand to me and m my r Any time any place lace Judith re re- r ended it I thought you OU meant that re re- f Id head hend west then a neat little spot near ors ICa ca where nere there are no fortunes Platinum blondes nor heartaches ch s. s you mention Oaxaca or ten hr queried Judith br breathlessly by his manner i Jt It would b be both hop In He sped her Into th the tiny liny cabin smiled ES LS s q 1 queer tr tired smile and slid slid- into the pilots pilot's seal icaL The motor roared mated sputtered then to the e rhythm hm of three thre motors taking the their beat the ship hIp taxied down the runway nosed up and out Judith was on her way to Norman She had no other thought save ave a subconscious sub conscious enjoyment of the flight As Ju a d child ld she had always had the highest mo most t dangerous swings in ner er r various neighborhoods and with i r father had delighted to spin across me onie chasm in a cable carriage sus ended above rocky gorges forges by a we web web- keline e line It Scene of Honeymoon Now her enjoyment was wag double for lor y w 4 i C 1 I 1 1 11 I IS f t. t i 1 IC r h i ci t fi s s. s fp she me was on her wa way to her husband She would dr drive e back with him They would stop atop at the white farmhouse on th the Houston highway high for th their ir dinner dinner din din- ner ncr as they had on their honeymoon and there would be old-fashioned old flowers stocks and cinnamon pinks along the paths and fireflies would hold their tiny lanterns against the screened windows Only of coume course it was too early for cinnamon pinks and hollyhocks Slim Sanford looked back saw the thc smile on her face lace and nd switched of off the motor so they seemed to float in inthe inthe the Small sunset Small Jude he said Im sore sore tempted tempted She wrinkled her nose at him anc and pointed below Calves Galveston ton lay there The long island thick at its eastern end and thin at the western looked like an exclamation point He nodded and a few moments later la la- ter they had come to a smooth land ing Ill wait here until 10 o'clock In case you Ou want waitt to go back he said as he helped her Into a cab Meeme Meet Mee me here or or telephone Well well all right Judith was positive she wouldn't need him but ut he looked as wistful as a tall sun bronzed sun man could look I She drove directly to the Galvez dismissed the cab and waved away the jo bellboys For a moment she stood looking at the dining terrace It was too oo early carly In the season for it to be bein bein ben in n use but she and Norman had had haduch such uch delightful times there on their honeymoon She started to turn and In turning her er eyes caught two caugh two figures seated at ata ata a window table in Ithe the dining room Shocked hocked sh she scurried along the foot foot- path jath to the point just juit below She looked in There sat her husband Norman talking and laughing with Mathile BevIns evins She had bad pushed a cherry parfait to one side and was leaning forward for him to light her The Th no flare of the lighter illuminated their leir faces Judith stood staring at the window too oo shocked to move There was something in the intimacy of Norman lighting Mathile's that lin lin- the flare had died lied away Mathile looked stunning in her ber mourning A severe black dinner gown own with loose sleeves s caught at atthe atthe the ic wrists with silver er bands flowing flooring shoulder drapes suggestive of ot veils veil caught aught at the shoulder with silver bars ars Judith knew that at the very moment moment moment mo mo- ment other diners in n the big room were remembering the news of ot the theay Dale day ay Dale may sue wife wile to re regain ain fortune for former sweetheart How could he pretend to love his wife yet yel dine ine dine publicly with Mathile l at a time like ike this She turned from the window and walked to the seawall but the sight of f the lighted area of oe the thc piers re re- called too many poignant memories of f her honeymoon She called a cab sank into the seat eat and nd felt again the queer numb feeing feel ing ng which ha had come with the shock ot of f Big Toms Tom's death She wouldn't be jc fooled this time She wouldn't think of ot what happened until she reached cached home She might as well go there at once Clia would send her there here il it she sought refuge any place else Sanford was waiting He helped her ler out of the cab took a R look at her face and suggested suggest d they fly Ily to Beaumont or Lake Charles CharIes for din din- ner er Judith gets an important message tomorrow |