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Show fawerite Mulder jf : S Bis liotiiirrl that Traverse is in Hjth A.'-niK- hospital Installment No. 66 "We-Xfi DARK BUSINESS "Je stood nuit" riumfounrlcd be pie riVeiiy littlo nurse "fU mean 1 ciiunor o into Ins 'IKrhile- while he i.- : Iff ning"" H to may wait In the parlor," the jfcaid jii a tone ihal Jane :as 4fc enough to consider quite con- jSBhe asked for me he sent for Ejie argued SSwas o iirhMi- . i; night Vir-Wj Vir-Wj you 'his mm nnu Ilii now ho Kep. The docior' orders not km kno El Mr. Traverse's fian-.-.' Jan. Kfxed rather ridiculously. Bed. When Mr Traverse, H shall s.'iid for you." Bbegai crumble Sho could mbe with thN ch-ar-ov i-d ,mrl who pfjuR the vitalizing force of a jsEBfcersonul't y living under hy- Clean she looked how pur.' JVF thought th. color in ilia:' Kumh cheek wa? not tie' only sirrn "B bounding health In contrast. 'jPjBlt the languor of a girl who fcked tor months and months in "B Office (InWLllu'Vn rt1ffva,s beautiful, hut she was not ti hi She realized it .lane's was fajttUtY. with i.:u; :. .-.rmiii ci -rllr to save In r inmi ,n- plain Jprless. Tl going : bt Jkflisteii fcur3i stood TTBprry. n:.--. in I am . nl. lot the dm: ; or'-' o-d' . Mr Tim JrB a vi y sii k mar. You il.m't Jp risk lite, no mii'" rt sjlife?" Jan.' Dtiifcand of ti e n use was clapped Bwsjpf- mom. i. and before Jane 'eallio It, sue v. a I., i hu-tlcd ele a tor. dov n, iluv, n aj his life 1 1 v;i- ih.' ill d jJlll her fault Again and a S-3jber lan 1 1 weni - -h- sank into a wicker gta the parlor a. ml i : foBftlf as si waited. Waited for Hfcbe ndmiu gse to 1" permiited just to go Rook at him head nurse canu d i iai'; p. Then w. s J. n-.-i hv r. nori feondit ion , a blow nth. head locked inm o.-. I H had g-jfclirious m spell.- and desperuie- jJped. H, "'Wanted to commit suicide : hihjmit of the wind.:-- ki p Ji.li.' I " ' a , v. i lit las been raving about you, and f dj usslnn e. i i - I i le r he , . fled about he. . , ;r " H Kfloivd under 'he direct gaze C04 nur5( I "I am engaged to marry Mr. Tra-; i -he .-.(id primly "Ho has noj 'love affairs, as jrou call them He was! Inveigled into n fiht last night at the' : ball des artistes and a crazy French- 'man is responsible ror his injuries." I, Jam 9TH8 cold with fear when she was finally summoned to go to the bedside of he.- lo f r. I The nurse cautioned her not to talk too much, and it was a very wilted and humble Jane who knelt at the side of Norman Traverse in his white little hfd and sobbed "Sweetheart, what what has happened?" hap-pened?" , He touched her hair and looked into ' her eyes. He did not kls-- lfr?r. Don't ou know me, dear?" Jane pleaded. "Y.-s You won the golden app e," : he said dully. Jane flunc her arms about hiB neck land wept: "What does it matter about i the golden apple All 1 wrnl Is you you." I He looked lit her sadl ' Are you j sure, little Jane, that you know yourj own mind?' I love you " Jane protested. Then why" I know i know You wonder why I went off with Marchaad I wa jealous, I : oil you 1 was mad I saw : on watching Madame NaramOva, and wanted to get way from that dance It was drivinj m crazy, ou watching her." 11 smiled at her rather helplessly. Voi! never Mtopped to think I might) have another reason for keeping m , eye upon 'Madame Naramova," "Xo why should you?" "Because she is the woman, 1 have' just learned, whom my brother Cfer-' aid intends to marry " "Gerald?" "Yes. I thought we had hiui on blfl feet, through with the drugs 'he drink and the rest. Cut it seeim that While yu and I were busying ourselves with plans lor a hon'.ymoon. lerald ' has . Bt-ized his first opportunity to take the old fling. He had an ap-pointment ap-pointment at her studio last nlgiit; j went th re to see him. 1 know that Marchaud tried to make yen think what he poisoned your mind with. But Jane, dear, if yo:i do pot trust me and Know that I love enl you, what is the use oi going through with II all? Marriage la net a trick it's' terrific fact. II our love cannot stand ' a test, what can we hope tor the m-ture?" m-ture?" Jano was weeping in hi.; arms. AM her fault all her faillt. As usual Norman was Imposed upon by his brother to bear the burden of his iina. Jane remembered f lie first, time she saw Norman in the country; ' he had been pacifying Gerald's wife, kef ping the peace. Now Bess was , dead, and Gerald was straightway headed for another foolish marfiago, a marriage with a notorious moving picture acrtess, a marriage that coulci be only a catastrophe, (Copyright, 1942i by the Bell Syndicate Syn-dicate Inc.) Another ftae installment of this stor tomorrow |