Show I 6 Ul HER FLING 9 By ELENORE Who Wrote W-ote and Sandy II Ii I 1111 III I III U 1111 II I The Astounding Story of a Society Girl Continued from yesterday rest t aY He fe will succeed anyway he lie c counting on oil Ills nis profits profits profits prof prof- its from this oil til il Investment to go goon goon goon on with the work Yes he was Now he cant can't do It What i Is Ig to me at this stage of the game arame Gall Gail Other doctors would have charged me about aboul half th that t. t You can help me to square th the debt debt with him He doesn't think you owe oe it to him father Father Father I I sat on on on- the sto stool l where Marian Kid had been laid m my myland land hand on his It was most cold cola You are nervous You let ever everything everything every every- thing trouble you You have offered offered of ot him the money muney and he doesn t t twant want it Why liy do you k keep ep thinkIng thinking think think- ing of or It You wont won't let It me ni m lake k It up to you Gail Gall I am not sorry for anything that has happened father This Tills would not help me an any It U Would help heli me How v lather father I r wish It IL Th The man saved my life lite But he thinks a great deal of ot you ou now He lie doesn't want his money It would lower lowel him to tal take c It He fe snatched the h hand nd from mine sat up suddenly shaking In every pulse leaned forward till his eyes held mine rover Lower him Good Lord it Its Ifa his CHAPTER 77 Within the Law What do you mean father His Ills Yes hIs Ha Ho pressed his palms palm together Suddenly he whipped out outa a n handkerchief and wiped his face The money Is his Gall Gail Because you think you owe It to him f father th r Because it belongs to tn him lila His teeth clamped ov over r the words and he repeated with low quiet as though to r me I as speaking speak ing log literally Gall Gail It Is his own money I have sent Beut him What are you saying father How does this money belong to Dr Benders It IL does The Fortun tU fields Vere were partly Dartly hI his hU I J took them You father I sprang n to my feet gripped his bart hands s. s Not you father I I. I He met my eyes eres Perspiration stood out above his Ills eyebrows and his lips tips The blood chilled hl led and then ros rose in a s suffocating wave through h me I c dropped roPP d his hla hands but he reached re out and anel tou touched h d me Oh father Not you OU I I loaned the money en when ten no bank bans would They sl signed ned the agreement m nt and couldn't keep It Then It Is yours YOUrn father r. and does not belong to Dr Benders Gall you Gall you will viii do this He TIe rubbed his hands handa to liI neck Ho lIe saved my life Could I foresee this Could I know that you were in love with th tM man I thou thought ht it was Lacey I asked you then Oh what difference do does s this make father lather i I 1 turned t to go trembling In fn a halt fainting te recoil oll My fy fath father r seem seemed to grow row dim dim before me You will not ot s speak eak to me Gall Gail What Is th the use father rather You will not a ak k him to taRe it And nd b become com an tn accomplice t to t the Why should huld I ask Grant B Benders nd rs to to- acc accept pt as aa a gift gilt what Is ishi hi his as a right You dont don't understand Gall Gail Th The terms were made mad and signed I loaned the money y at a time when no oil had yet been ben found The land tAnd might h have ve been worthless ss You knew Here was oil there No one knew that when wI I took the risk riak What are ou HAying father rather In one breath you tell me this thi j 2 belongs to Dr Benders and In the next you tou say it is Js rightly yours I What do you m mean an ah Either r th the II Lacey y land I Is I absolutely ly yours or It It Is mine Then Thea wh why are you troubled I Why do you sit lIt up till tilt midnight Why dd do you race pace nce the floor ant and fp speak ak savagely to moth mother r Why do y you u wish me nie to b beguile gUlle this man into acc accepting this princely ly sup sop I dont don't w want mt to profit oh on him G Gail He haunts me I dream Jr Df him sitting at my bed dragging m mb me b back ck from death It Is horrible I IC C cant can't nt stand It You could do this for tOr tOrme me If ju Dr u Benders nd Is I's knew th these se things father would he acc accept pt this money H He fe sat u upright rl ht with a quiver Are you OU going to tell him Gail Gall Would he bl be your partner against Clem L Lacey cey If It he knew It itt f He Wouldn't answer And you think father th that t I will betray him You think I Would cajole him Into such a fraud No I wilt not Where are ale y you u going Gail Gall I dont don't know You are ate not leaving the house hous Why do you ask that Walt Wait Va wait It-wait wait The rhe words cost him torture were torture were but hut dry gasps gasp Come back a moment I cant can't father You know what I think I want to do lo something for him I want h be Y oU U to happy Oh father I 1 want to se you 3 setU settled d. d 1 If you wont won't ask him hini to take the money y I will give it to you you you- ouNo No I What Gail Galt Return th the land s sIs Is that your opinion It Jt yours your father Why ar are you b beside YOurs yourself about it if It you think it belon belongs g to you Why did uld you tell me the money belongs to Dr Dt BenderS Bonders D Because causo it does And you are honest enough h to know it Father unconsciously I began o o plead coming close to him putting my thy hands on his lila arm arni you dont don't want that money muncy do you You will never have It a a moments moment's p peace ace if It You keep it We Vc have hae more than enough Why Its It's only brought you agony agony agony- you are worn to a skeleton k l ton brooding over it it- it r rIt It hIt is mine Gill Gail I am not pot broodIng brood brood- Ing over ever It I told you that I met mere merely ly want to make return to you and to this doctor Suppose I were to tell teB him this fath father r Suppose he ha were to l learn arn arnof of It it could you ever er face tace him Dull red cr crept pt over r his face He was as about to open th the door let door let me rue go I stepped d b before bre him Would you want him to know you are the one that h has robbed him of or opportunity He Is not going to be robbed You ou dare not give him this money Dont Don't try it again f father ther Are Ar you threatening ale me Gail GaU I 1 am b begging you Why cant can't you do this father Clem Lac Lacey y doesn't even know who backs this corporation No one ever dyer v r needs to know kno Father you Father vou wished yoU ou Had listened ned before Didn't t you say that You dont don't need this money do you That has nothing to do with It But it has everything to do with the p people ople who ought to be getting it It means life to them It is worse than robbery to keep It You Youcan Youcan Youcan can easily give it back l You I It lt is is mine and I will vill ke keep P It Swiftly he o opened ened the door re reeled led unsteadily dilY against the wall flung himself Into his study turned the thel l lock c CHAPT CHAPTER R 78 The Fight My father had stol stolen n the Lacey lands It W was s he that had cheated Jean out of f her In savings he that had crushed ClemIn Clem- Clem In the next hect room he heV V was vaa moving about his steps step coming with a ominous sound fh The I chair at his desk was pulled briskly then si silence si- si l lence ence Purposely I reached home late the first night Both mother and father lathor fath lath er or r awaited in the dining room for me Do you ou feel W well B father 1 asked V f Quite well welt But his face was haggard his eyes cold straight cold straight before fore him Mother l asked aked me to read to him later but he said Thank you I 1 Iam Iam am tir tired d. d V He grew thinner grayer When our e eyes ees es met he would raise his hand press r ss it against his mouth Th The moments I spent with him throbbed with eX expectance drummed d dully with fear Tod Today Y he wilt will speak I kept hoping Each night I thought thought- Surely tomorrow O One e eV evening I came caine in l late te What kept you he asked edThe ed The sate sale I 1 told you about it it father Did you do well weB Wonderful Everyone did The Th gowns were sold at tremendous re reductions re- re So you told me How was the store able abl to do that G Gail ll Why you see Jocelyn bought at ata a 0 special purchase from Boxby He tailed failed you ou know He smiled w wearily arU The sal sale was a great success Gall daB Did you ou consider It it wrong to participate in it Did you go to Jocelyn and tell him he had de defrauded defrauded de- de Boxby Did you tell teU him he had no right to bu buy gowns for less t than an th they Y w were r Worth Father I reached over laid my hand on l ills his Is It was like a fire ite At the sudden touch he flushed When you felt that Dr Benders had sa saed saved ed your life did it seem soen right Frith- Frith er do et-do do you want to be the be-the the one to rob tob him For or a long time he said nothing He Ic stood up quietly the strong jaws clenched clench d. d held my thy e eyes es grimly Th The words were almost Inaudible They struck through me like a tumult What hat you OU u have me inn do G Gail GaU i In an tm oV overpowering tumult and tenderness feeling reeling rushed Upon me t I put out Vu my hand My Mv father lathel took It ft N Neither of f us spoke Both of us might have Wept You have won Gail Gait he said simply You have beaten m roe me meNo No fath father r it is you that has Ms Jl triumphed l it nt was sas the greatness In you that i wouldn't let you do this H He shook his h head ad i j have haVo d done dOtie ne a thousand hd things like this Gail GaII YoU never vel saw Mw theIr effects tt That Is why father I 1 h have V reaped th them m. m Gall Gail r reaped ap d bitterly The strong face Was impassive H He ue added quietly 1 would like to know Jt it you are h happy n now W Ha l l' l than I vel Was oven evert In th the happiest moment of or my life Can YOU remaIn In ln my house I Then h n st stay y et What 7 Vh t are y yOU u E going ln to do fath- fath What you viii consider right As Aa As h he spoke he put his hands on my shoulders h hesitated then he sail said hO hoarsely I am proud of you yo Gall T Tears ars 11 flew W Into toy my eyes I looked u up laughing Thanks father tather This is us Gall Gail Between lie lie- tween y You U arid me Yes Yes Continued tomorrow |