| Show I VIDA By HURST S L A N D DE ERE E R E ED D TELEGRAM FICTION CHAPTER 23 Beas Bea's faith was justified Before 8 o'clock the next morning Chan came to her rescue Pale and worried worried wor wor- ried ned over the tragedy which had occurred so unexpectedly he appeared appeared ap ap- ap pea red to her lil like c a messenger sent from heaven Oh Chan she sobbed and ran Into his arms arm forgetting that he was to marr marry Alice Chan seemed to forget it it too Dont cry he murmured patting pat pat- ting her on the shoulder Its been a terrible mistake but well we'll get you OU out of It 11 make them release me right away wont won't you ou Just as soon as possible he promised Im sorry I didn't get your message last night Alice and I were at a dinner party part I The mention of Alice made h her r I remember that she was still in his arms but when she would have pulled away he drew her closer Chan Clu Loves Lo Her r This This may not not be be tho the time Ume or trio rhe place h he whispered whISp r d but butI butIc I c cant can't nt wait any longer I love e you darling I have alwa always s 's loved you The ecstasy y which hi h swept over her at these words blotted out everything e else From the most t hideous nightmare of oC her life liCe she was suddenly lifted into paradise It was unbelievable able It was a miracle Speechless with astonishment astonishment astonishment aston aston- and delighted she clasped both arms arms around his neck pressing her wet tear face to his Presently she he murmured Youre not just saing it To comfort me I mean 1 Chandler smiled I Hardly I have suspected it ever since you came back but I Iwas Iwas Iwas I was sure of it the night I kissed I you Oh darling she cried why couldn't you ou have said so then 1 I couldn't he confessed Not while I was still sUIl engaged to Alice But arent aren't you engaged to her now I Oil haven't ha been since then I told her the ver very next night that I 1 couldn't go on with it but she asked me mo not to s say ay anything to anyone about it until she had a chanco chance to mako make her plans Plans to get Beatrice Webster out of town Bea thought remembering remembering remembering bering that It had been the night after that Alice had come to her hel apartment begging her to go away vay vaya a again aln No wonder Alice had been so vindictive She knew what Beatrice did not suspect that suspect that had asked for his freedom Bewildered b by all aU that had happened happened happened hap hap- Beatrice said faintly I feel so weak Ill I'll have to sit down Chan brought her a glass glas of oC water and asked her anxiously Better now Yes ryes but how v soon can I leave this place I want to go ga go home It ma may take a little time darling darling dar dar- ling You must be patient and not get depressed I 1 cant can't right Do you mean go now she cried alarmed But how can they the hold mo mc when I had absolutely nothing to do with it Wo Vo have to provo prove that dearest You'll have to establish your alibi Didn't you oU see anyone at all who would remember you but I told Belinda I 1 No was goIng go- go Ing to work and walk home That wouldn't prove provo anything In the eyes of oC the law he reminded her ber gently You see the note with your namo name signed to It complicates things Alices Alice's Spelling I 1 didn't write It Chan Chani You believe belleve that dont don't you I Oil 1 know it it ho stated never spell tonight like that Like what you see it 1 Just the heading They read rend It to me mo but they wouldn't let m me hold It In my hands Tonight Is spelled t o ho explained Beatrice was thinking But Ive I've ve seen it spelled lIke liko that before Many times Who is it 1 Alice Allce she sho cried erred Alice Allee spells It like that She always did The mans man's face whitened Are Arc you sure Beatrice Beatri ef But Alice was with mo last night from rota G 6 o'clock until 1 1 She Sho could have hll left tho the no note to on I I I his desk when she went in to see him Beatrice suggested But why So that would find him himin himin himin in my thy apartment Alice was always alwa's insinuating that he was interested in me true he admitted When you first came back she mentioned it to me I asked you about It Jt Remember Yes She must have written the note hoping you'd find it there You may be right he agreed If II we can get her to admit she wrote it that will be a start to towards towards towards to- to wards solving the mystery I still dont don't see sec the tho connection Bet Belt said unless someone else followed followed fol fol- fol- fol lowed him but even if they did how would he know where to find my my ray l key ey He wouldn't have been apt to let himself In to my apartment apart apart- meat ment Some one else was there Chandler said A diamond bracelet bracelet bracelet brace brace- let was found between the tho cushions of or your davenport which I am quite sure did not b belong long to you Beatrice gasped Did It bave have havea a snake outlined in emeralds Yes Have you rou seen it bet before re On Shirley Weston Bea said slowly She was wearing it the night she came to my apartment looking for him Perhaps she dropped It then 1 No Nol It was on her arm when she went vent away avay The poor child was wan terribly upset because she thought he was stepping out on her But why should Shirley Weston Veston suspect you 1 Alice has a friend who is a friend of oC her best friend Chan nodded I see sec That makes a pretty clear case casc of it Id I'd better turn that information over to the police before beCore the lady makes her geta geta- way lI Happy in Jail After ACter he ho had gone Beatrice sat on the edge of her cot unable to concentrate on anything but the glorious fact that at last Chandler Peters had admitted he loved her No J matter atter what happened from now on she belonged to him He would protect her from any danger Life LICe Is funny tunny Bea thought Hero I am in jail b being ing held for murder and arid rye Ive never been so happy In my lift life But when Chan confronted Alice with a plea that she sho admit having written the misspelled note noto which had been found on Harry Fitzgeralds Fitzgerald's Fitsgerald's Fitzgerald's Fitzgeralds Fitz Fits geralds gerald's body she insisted that she knew nothing about It itt He returned to tell Bea about it adding that tho the case had been further further fur fur- ther that complicated by the fact tact th that t the bracelet found Cound between the cushions of ot Be Bests Best's 8 davenport did not belong to Shirley Weston When the police questioned her she had produced her bracelet it have o b been n a copy Beatrice asked No We had it examined by a jeweler Its It's tho the real thing Both Bothar ar arc real and they arc are identical Just tho same I have havo an idea Chan han said frowning What is it Theres only one other woman who cared enough about him to have killed him he reminded her You mean his wife Ho nodded Harry Barr had exactly the perverted sense of humor which would make him give tho the same some thing to both his women It would give him a kick to know knos that the two of them were wearing bracelets bracelet exactly alike Neither orto oio suspecting It Beatrice said Youre right He Ho would have loved It But why would his wife suspect me Why would she come to my apartment 1 The note which Alice Allee o written was to take him there It was undoubtedly Alice also who tipped Upped her off oft and told her where whereto to find your key So that she would be bc jealous and have me fired the girl said slowly She could understand it all now The anonymous letter which Shirley Shirley Shir Shir- ley Icy Weston insisted she did not write had been from the tho woman whoso frustrated love lave for Cor her faithless husband had driven her mad But Chan she asked soberly can you prove it If It takes every penny 1 I have he said passionately No jury in inthe inthe inthe the world will convict her when they know how Harr Harry treated her but even if the they did Oh my darling he cried It If you know how bow I 1 hate to see you here It nearly kills me to realize what you ou are going through To Be Continued Copyright for lor The Telegram |
