Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-04-14 | Page 19 | Good Penny

TELEGRAM FICTION GOOD PENNY 80 By BARBARA WEBB f Continued d from Page Seventeen ronzy had goaded Clio to write It was inhuman for one person tor tor to r r peak to another like Jike that Anger In Judith She stooped to ather up the sheets saw Ch Chesters Chester's nine iame No she sho ho could not destroy lose hose pages She had promised them themo o Ch Chester ter She picked them up carefully ar- ar them on the table lapping ne ae sheet over the tho other to make a ao o Bittern Pattern The word clung F a her mind People made patterns t f their lives Her life Judiths Judith's es to toll follow ow her mothers mother's pattern pe toe fie was to marry a man she did didLot didiot didlot lot love a man who loved her Clio pa wrong There were times sit sit- Judith slipped to the floor s nd ild d h her r head bead in her arms against chair if I More l Grief Griel She didn't cry ry She didn't suffer She waited there all suspended She saw nothing rd d nothing felt nothing for a a. ag ag g r long Jong time Then a a. sound intent intent in invent in- in tent vent not to be denied called her ek ck k Tho The t telephone Va was ringing over and over and andere ere er r. r She dragged herself to it k down the receiver Miss Judith 1 Yes es This his Is is' an official of the state son on calling Your father Is 18 very Thee The rho warden thinks you should no Ii a to see him at nt once He Ho Is in hospital We will admit you f time you can get here Do you your youir ir r me Yes I will come he She broke the connection lifted J rece receiver ver again called a n number Spencer This ThiB Is 18 Judith Willi Will u i loan me your car tonight Yes es 8 Do 00 you want me mo to drive some place 1 01 No I want to go alone Will you bring the car right away anay As UA soon as 83 I can get there Ju Ju- Ju- Ju She had never felt so clear of or head She put on hat and arid coat She sent Gilbert a telegram Wait Walt for me at the apartment I will willbe willbe be back by evening at the latest No one Is lJ with me Judith Spencer came He asked no ques ques- One look at her face lace told him she was far away She slid sUd under the wheel leaned out Spencer Y Yes Judith Sometimes later on think of this When I was in trouble terrible trouble you ou were the first person I thought of the person I asked to help me Will Vill you remember that Spencer Yes Judith Always She Sh smiled at him the strangest smile Always Alway she said what a along along along long long time always Is 13 Then she was gone none Spencer watched his car moving away from him He looked up at the apartment apartment apartment apart apart- ment house bouse its windows dark in her rooms His hands tightened His mouth was grim He didn't know what had happened He trusted her He knew without knowing knowing knowing know know- ing how he knew that this errand of at hers had nothing to todo do with Gilbert Gilbert Gilbert Gil Gil- bert Saunders Spencer turned away In Jn the morning ho had work of ot his own to do To be continued Wednesday Copyright 1936 for The Telegram I