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CHAPTER 52
“MY DEAR," soothed Mrs.
Smith as Jacqueline pointed a ques
tioning finger at Lutman, “that’s
Colonel Lutman, You remember
him, don’t you? Come and sit
down, dear, and . .
• “Remember him!” exclaimed
J&cqueline wildly. “I shall never
forget him, mother —never as long
as I live. You think he’s your
friend, don’t you? You think he’s
all that’s kind an : generous and
honest, don’t you? But he isn’t.’’
“Jacqueline!” exclaimed her
mother sharply. “If you’re going
to talk like that. . .
“I’m going to tell you, mother.
He isn’t kind and generous and
honest. I always knew he wasn’t,
only you wouldn’t believe me. He’s
just a dirty, crooked swindler!”
“Jacqueline!”
“It’s true. I can prove it’s
true.”
“Before you say another word,
Jacqueline, listen to me. Colonel
Lutman has just asked me to mar
ry him, and I have consented.”
Jacqueline flinched as though
someone had struck her.
“Marry him ? Marry Colonel
Lutman ? Bor heaven’s sake,
mother! You can’t really mean
that?”
“I certainly do mean it, and un
less you are prepared to treat
Colonel Lutman with the respect
that is due to him. . . .”
*‘R espe c t ? Listen, mother.
You’ve got to listen. You don’t
Understand. He’s soul —vile. The
very fact that he has asked you to
marry him shows how utterly vile
he is.”
Lutman was standing by the
mantelpiece, resting an elbow on
it, his face expressionless except
for the suggestion of amused in
difference in his eyes.
“Look at him, mother!” ex
claimed the girl. “If you don’t be
lieve me, look at him! Do you
think th£it if he had a spark of
decency in him he could stand
there like that and hear me say all
I have said, and never utter a
word ? There’s nothing he can say,
because he knows it’s true, because
he realizes the game’s up. He
didn’t count on my turning up. He
thought it was all plain sailing
now.” She strode across to Lut
man and > faced him. “Hadn’t you
better go?”
Lutman removed his elbow from
Ihe mantelpiece and glanced at
Mrs. Smith.
“In the circumstances, Milli
cent,” he said calmly, “it would
perhaps be wiser for me to leave
you. Jacqueline is obviously very
much overwrought and hysterical,
and as my presence seems to ex
cite her. . . .”
“No!” exclaimed Mrs. Smith.
“Stay where you are, Colonel,
please.” She turned to Jacqueline.
“You have behaved outrageously,
Jacqueline. Bursting into the room
like that and insulting the Colonel
—l’m ashamed of you. Either you
will apologize to Colonel Lut
man. . .
“I’ll apologize for nothing,
mother,” said Jacqueline more
calmly. “When you've heard all I
have to 5ay..,.”
“If you’ve nothing better to say
than the wicked things you have
been saying, you had better be
silent. Something has evidently
happened to upset you, and Tm
sure both the Colonel and I are
willing to make allowances. But
you really must try to control
yourself and tell us calmly what
is the matter.”
“All right, mother, I'll try to be
calm,” said Jacqu line. “Colonel
Lutman has askec. you to marry
him, has he? And has he asked
you to sign a deed like the one I
signed?” She saw her mother’s
quick glance at Lutman, and
smiled. “All right, you needn’t an
swer: I can see that he has. And
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of course ycu’ve agreed. You can
take it from me, mother, that if
you hadn’t agreed. .. .”
“Really, Millicent,” interrupted
Lutman, “I feel it would be much
easier for me to go. Until Jacque
line has recovered her composure.”
Mrs. Smith laid a hand on his
arm.
“Listen to me, Jacqueline,” she
said. “I’m not going to allow you
to say another word. Don’t think
I don’t understand what you’re try
ing to do. You don’t like Colonel
Lutman; you never have liked him.
You don’t like the idea of my
marrying him, and you’re hoping
that if you’re rude enough and say
enough atrocious things he will
take offense and walk out and
never come near us again. But I’m
not going to allow it. After all the
Colonel’s goodness to me. . . .”
“My dear Millicent please!”
said the Colonel.
“I’m not going to allow it,” re
peated Mrs. Smith angrily. “I’m
not going to let you spoil my life
again, Jacqueline. You’ve done it
once —more than once —and I’ve
never complained. But this time,
now that I really have the chance
of a little happiness, you’re not go
ing to rob me of it, Jacqueline. I
won’t let you.”
“If you’ll just listen to me for a
minute, mother. . . .”
“I won’t listen to you,” exclaimed
her mother passionately. “I won’t
listen to another word. You’re
telling lies—cruel, wicked lies—be
cause you hate Colonel Lutman,
because you hate me, because you
don’t want me to be happy, be
cause you’re ungrateful and selfish
and . . .”
“Mother, for my sake, listen!”
begged Jacqueline. “You see
this?” She held up her bandaged
hand. “Colonel Lutman did that—
smashed my fingers with his foot
—stamped on them when I was
clinging to his boat, because he
didn’t want me to get into it. Don’t
you see ? He didn’t want me alive,
he wanted me dead, he wanted me
to drown. So he stamped on my
fingers and left me to drown, and
came along here and got you to
promise to sign the deed and mar
ry him.”
“Jacqueline, you’re crazy! You’re
mad. You must be mad. I won’t
listen to you. I won’t listen to
another word. Either you apolo
gize here and now . . .”
“I will not apologize, Every
word is true.”
“Then you can go!” interrupted
her mother furiously. She crossed
to the door and flung it open. “Go
—do you hear? You can get out
of my house and take your wicked,
lying tongue with you, and never
let me see you again.”
Jacqueline hesitated.
“For heaven’s sake, mother., <
“Go! Go! Go!” exclaimed Mrs.
Smith, stamping her foot, “Go
away and stay away!”
With a shrug the girl strode
from the room, down the stairs,
and out into ;he street.
Outside on the pavement Jacque
line stood still, undecided what to
do. It was useless to try to make
her mother listen to her, and the
only thing was to leave, as she had
done. Her thoughts turned to
Charles, and a few moments later
she was in a taxi traveling to his
flat in Grayford street.
But Charles was not at his flat.
Ten precious minutes she wasted
ringing the bell and hammering on
the door without getting a reply.
Then she returned to the taxi, di
rected the driver to Charles’ office
in Rotherhithe, and got in. Charles,
perhaps, would be still at his office,
working late, as she knew he often
did. It was her only chance of
finding him, anyway, and there
was no one else to whom she could
turn. Besides, she reflected, as the
taxi sped along, she didn’t want to
turn to anyone else.
But the door of Messrs. Stuckev
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& Stuckey’s office was locked and
there was no glimmer of light on
the other side of the glass panel.
Charles, evidently, was not work
ing late tonight. Jacqueline stood
for some moments in the dark
passage. Now what? She didn’t
know, and quite suddenly she didn’t
seem to care. She felt weak and
faint, her hand wa& - throbbing
abominably, and all that mattered
for the moment was that she
should find something to which she
could cling and prevent herself
from falling. She leaned against
the door, pressing a hand against
her forehead and closing her eyes,
struggling to regain control of
herself. And as she did so she
heard a quick step in the passage,
and a moment later she heard the
sound of a match being struck,
was aware of a light held close to
her eyes, and then of a voice that
was unmistakably the voice of
Charles.
“Jacqueline! Thank heavens!”
She felt his arm around her
shoulders, heard the door un
locked, forced her eyes open, and
managed to walk, with the support
of his arm, into his private office.
There, sinking into his chair, she
glanced up at his anxious face and
forced a smile.
“Hullo, Mouthpiece!”
“You’re just about all in, Jac
queline.”
“Just about,” she admitted.
“Silly, isn’t it? But I thought
every respectable lawyer kept
something good and strong hidden
behind his lawbooks. Perhaps
you’re not a respectable lawyer,
though.”
“I’m not,” said Charles, “But
I’ve got some whiskey.”
Jacqueline nodded, and Charles,
opening the safe, produced a bottle
of whiskey and a glass. He poured
out a stiff tot and handed it to her.:
“Put that down,” he ordered. '
Jacqueline emptied the glass and;
handed it back to him. *
“Better?”
She nodded.
“Listen, Charles. I’ve been swim-;
ming in the river—no, that comes,
later. The fact is, Charles, that II
know everything. At least, what I!
don’t know for certain I can,
guess.”
“Well?”
“I found it all out when I went!
to see Colonel Lutman—at his*
flat.”
“So you did go to Lutman’*
flat?”
“Shouldn’t I have?”
“I called him a liar for saying
you’d been there, that’s all.”
“I had to go. It wasn’t a pleas
ant experience. I was afraid it
wouldn’t be, but I had to risk that.
I wanted that check—the one he
cashed for mother at Cobenzil. He
was threatening her with it—and:
me—trying to frighten me into
marrying Jim Asson.”
“Yes, that’s Lutman,” said!
Charles.
“So I went to get it. And I got
it—picked the lock of his desk like
one of your professional clients,
Charles, found the check and made,
a bonfire of it in the Colonel’s ash
tray. And then I found something
else. Can you guess ?”
Charles shook his head.
“A copy of Uncle Alan’s wilL
Am I really worth $1,500,000,
Charles ?”
“You are.” j
“There’s no ‘if’ or ‘perhaps’ or
maybe’ about it?”
“None at all, Jacqueline. The!
money’s yours—now.”
Jacqueline smiled.
“I’m beginning to feel better and
better, Charles. As far as I re
member, I’ve never had $1,500,000
before. You’re sure it’s mine and
not mother’s?”
"Yours, Jacqueline absolutely.
It was to go to your mother only
if you weren’t alive.”
(To Be Continued)
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HIGHWAY HAZARDS
GREATER ON TRIPS
Motor Club Head Cites Dangers Due
To Fatigue and Other Threats
While Touring
Charlotte, May 18—Normal highway
hazards encountered by every motor
ist are greatly multiplied when the
driver is making an extended tour,
Coleman W. Roberts, President of the
Carolina Motor Club, declared today
in urging that motor vacationists
take every precaution while on the
road.
“Unknown roads, varying laws and
regulations, unfamiliar traffic signs
and signalling, together with the fati
gue of long hours at the wheel, all
combine to create a condition of un
usual hazard,” the A. A. A. executive
said.
“There are certain safety princi
ples that should be observed by the
motorists when touring more than at
any other time. In the first place, he
should remember to stop and relax
every once in a while. He should be
constantly on guard against fatigue
and not try to cover too many miles
a day.
“Moderate speed is very important
for the tourist; in addition to mak
ing for increased safety, a normal
driving speed also works a greiat
saving in gasoline, oil and tires.
“The tourist should always be on the
lookout for traffic signs and signals.
Hand signals are a frequent source of
confusion when traveling because
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some states do not require them and
in others various signals are requir
ed for the same maneuvers. Whether
or not hand signals are required in
the state through which you are pass
ing, it is wise for you to give ade
quate manual warning when stopping
or turning. Also, in states where sig
nals are not required, you should be
on guard against vehicles changing
their course without the hand signal
to which you may be accustomed in
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“Summing it all up, the best way in
which ta tourist can assure hjmself
of returning safe from a journey is to
he a ‘road sportsman.’ It costs so
little, is so much appreciated and re
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MAKES HOGS GAIN
TWO POUNDS DAILY
Columbia, May 18 —“When you can
make a hog gain more thjan two
pounds a day, you are ready for the
title, doctor of swine production,” said
H. H. Harris, Tyrrell county farm
agent of the State College extension
service.
C. J. Cahoon, Tyrrell county farmer
has done better than tfyat, Harris
stated. He made 22 pigs gain an
average of 2.1 G pounds each per day
ever a period of 50 days.
The combined weight of the pigs at
the start 4if the feeding demonstra
tion was 2,362 pounds. Fifty lat
er they weighed, 4,743 pounds.
Cahoon attributes this success to
two main reasons; First, he has an
exceptionally good purebred Duroc
Jersey boar. Second, the pigs had
access to a field of crimson clover.
You're Telling Me!
1- —- I
By WILLIAM RTTT
Joe DUG OUT his old hay skim
mer today and, after looking at the
alfalfa museum piece decided to
weu’d make it do another year. Only
Joe could have come to this con
clusion.
The summer suns of no fewer than
six seasons have fried Joe’s dried
grass derby, and to say that each has
left its mark is a masterpiece of un
derstatement. That limpid lid is noth
ing but memories from sweat hand to
brim.
Joe’s veteran straw hat, once a
thing of golden beauty, is now an in
different tan—that is, in the rare
spots that are not hidden by grass
stain, dust and the dried drippings
from countless carelessly held soda
pop bottles.
The crown of the hat caves in at
the center like a bride’s first cake.
The dent is the reason Joe clings to
this piece of prehistoric weaver’s art,
as you will see.
The dent was put there by a base
ball bounding homerunward from the
bat of Babe Ruth a half dozen years
ago. The blow knocked Joe dizzy, but
he awoke happy despite a headache.
When the club medico examined
Joe’s skull he found no broken hones,
but discovered that the mighty Bam
bino had autographed Joe’s topknot
with a bump with reared up through
his pompadour like Mount McKinley
piercing the clouds.
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In cutting out the dead wood it i.
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Shrubs that flower in Ihe earlv
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years ago.
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