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SEVENTEENTH INSTALLMENT
"Don't touch me, Helena," Rich
ard said, not ungently, looking down
at her kindly, "It's diphtheria."
"I don't care!" she cried, "you're
worn out?where's the nurse? Who's
that? Why?Nancy Gordon!"
Nancy, facing them sullenly, felt
thot she looked a fright.
"I came in because of the storm,"
she said sharply, "I'm going now!"
"My car's up the road. Page, help
Nahcy over the hill; she's exhaust
ed, too," said Helena sweetly, "been
sick nursing all night. I suppose "
"No, she hasn't; she can't stay,
and you cant either, Helena," said
Richard sharply. "Roemer, can you
take a message for me Send my
man down here "
"Of course. I'll phone?I reckon
some wires are up. Mrs. Haddon,
you're coming with Nancy and me "
Nancy, at the door, looked back
full in their faces. She was outlined
against the sunshine, small and
slight and mightily , defiant.
"I'm not going In the car, I'm go
ing on foot," she said flatly. "Rich
ard, I'll send the nurse, if she can
leave her case."
"Nancy " Richard took a step
forward, but she never turned her
head. They could see her walking
straight and steadily across the wet
path to the road.
Page uttered an exclamation and
ran after her. Nancy was at the top
of the hill when he overtook her.
Unconsciously the other two stood
at the door and watched. They saw
Page reach her and Nancy turned,
said something and walked-On. But
the young man, nothing daunted,
pressed close behind her.
Helena, watching and listening
keenly, heard the fierce catch in
Richard's breath. Then she looked
up at him and stood still, her heart
beating heavily against her breast.
AU the life and the light had run
out of his look. "A lovers' quarrel,"
she said lightly, "they were together
yesterday at the inn. It was a quar
rel that made her run out?he's been
mad looking for her."
Richard stood rigid. Helena's hand
tightened on -his arm. She dared, it
ati in one toss of the dice!
"Page is a good fellow," she said
dreamily, "and?it's a pity?I dorft
think she's worth it, is she."
He turned and looked straight into
her face. "I love her!" he said with
magnificent simplicity. Then he
shook her hand off. "You'd better
go home at once, Helena. You'll get
diphtheria here."
She broke down wildly clenching,
her hands against her breast, hr/
long eyes blazing the anger at him.
"I wish I could," she panted, "I
wish I could."
But even her fury did not move
him now; he sent her home.
Helena was Ifte coming home that
day. Haddon had reutmed from the
bank, and was sitting In his study
when he heard his wile enter the
house.
I "How's Poles tar?" she asked lazily.
Haddon stopped smoking for a
moment. "He's going to get over it.
I sent for Arlou?first rate man,
you know. Hist confounded boy!"
, Helena laughed hysterically. "It
wasn't the boy's fault," she said. "I've
been out with Page Roemer search
ing for that girl?you know she ran
out of the Inn in the rain? Page Is
In love her, and I had to help him
'find Ikv. Where do you suppose she
was?"
j Haddon shrugged. "How the devil
do I know With Morgan I suppose."
I His wife started. A new and rend
'ing suspicion laid hold of her.
j "You look fagged out. Better get
j Johnson to make you a stiff cup of
coffee," he advised coolly. "You look
all in."
"She was with Morgan. She'd gone
into that wretched Kinney woman's
shack: The child's down with diph
theira. She and Morgan were there
all night, If you please, taking care
jof that child!"
Haddon threw his head back and
laughed heartily.
! "Mighty convenient to have diph
theria "sometimes, Isn't it?"
| His cool enjoyment of a thing
that was biting into her very soul
infuriated Helena.
| "You met Nancy Gordon in Wash
ington?I mean, you saw her there
| once, King," she said slowly, with
studied coolness. "I remember your
saying something?what was she do
ing there anyway?"
| He laughed shortly, a malicious!
light showing in the back of his eyes.
! "She was with Dick Morgan, that's
all," he answered her dryly. "They
left here together?the day I went to
the golf tournament. Afterwards, I
went to register at the hotel. I've!
never said a word about it?and. look I
here, Helena, you cant either. Mind
that, I won't be party to a scandal!"
"Why?" she asked in a smothered
| voice.
"They'd registered as man and
wife, that's all!"
t Helena drew a long breath. Before
his eyes she grew as white as a dy
ing woman. He half rose from his'
chair with an inarticulate exclam3-|
tion, but she rallied, straightened,
herself and stood erect. He sank;
back in his chair with a foolish j
laugh, like a man in sudden relief
from pain.
( His wife was summoning all her
strength to walk slowly to the door.
(She must be alone! Something in
i the suppressed fury of her look
warned him; he knew he had been
i rash. ;
"Helena!" he said sharply.
I "What is it?"
- "Mind not a word of this! " he said
sharply, "no scandal Involving me?
even In hearsay."
She looked over her shoulder at
him with an odd twisted smile.
"Do you really think I care?one
way or the other?about that girl?"
she asked scornfully. -v
"No," he said dryly, "but I'm
pretty damned sure now?that you
do?for the man."
She had her hand on the door and
she met his eyes with fire In her
look, and hatred. But she said noth
ing.
Up in her own room, Helena was
sitting on the edge of her bed, white
teeth set hard. She was going over
and over tho6e crazy moments when
she had made a fool of herself, and
lately?yes, lately she had been no
better than a mendicant begging the
alms of love!
And all the while it was Nancy
Gordon! He loved the girl! Yet the
tide of her hatred was turning?
not on him?but on Nancy. Nancy
was a woman, and Helena knew
where to strike a woman. Fury rose
in her like a tide.
Before she knew it, before she had
time to think of the Incredible
wickedness of what she did, she
went to the telephone "'V |
Old Major Lomax, just recovered
frcm his prolonged attack of gout,
got to his dsek and began to figure
on William Gordon's indebtedness
to him. Not even the house had quite
wiped out Gordon's initial plunge.
It wasn't like Gordon. Of course
there was a reason.
Lomax naa ms own suspicions,
fed up by letters from his cousin in
the trust company. Old man Beaver
had conceived a chronic distrust of
young Gordon. "Going on andthef
bat, I think," he wrote Lomax.
"something eating the boy?women
or wine or something, can't make,
it out. Don't lend the old man too l
much."
Major Lomax rubbed the end of i
his nose with his pen. He was think
ing of Nancy when he heard the
front door shut violently and the I
rush of feet in the hall. Angle came
in, dropped into a chair by his desk
and began to cry. The major eyed:
her for a moment, then laid down
his pen.
"What's the matter? Shut off the
water-works! What's wrong now,
child? Who's hurt your feelings?")
Angle dashed away her tears,
choking and gasping.
"I'm not hurt. I'm mad!" she said
fiercely. "Uncle Robert, they're say
ing things?perfectly awful things)
about Nancy Virginia."
The old man picked up his pen)
mechanically and added up two sets
of figures. His neice strangled an-)
other sob.
"It's about Richard Morgan?it's
?it's perfectly awful. Uncle Robert."
One thousand, nine hundred and
ninety-nine plus?" The major sus
pended his pen.
"Tell me the whole-huskiess, An
L bJ,
The girl's eyes fell before his.
"It's a horrid thing .uncle!"
"Humph! Where did you get it?"
Angle told him. The woman had
a good name, not much of a gossip
either, she had it on good authority.
"Everybody knows!" Angle sobbed.
"I?I'd like to kill Dr. Morgan!"
"You haven't told me what it is
yet," said her uncle dryly.
"I hate to soil my mouth with
such talk!." his niece cried, her face
aflame.
Little by little the old man drew
the story out of her. It had grown
since Helena started it, and it was
very reasonable. - ,
The major drummed on his desk
with his fingers, his eyes fixed on
the distant view from his windows.
He had known Richard from boy
hood. Not a usual boy, a good deal
of man always, the major thought.1
"It's a darned lie," Angle," he said'
Anally. 1 ' f
"Of course it Is!" she agreed, "and
you're got to stop It, Uncle Robert."
The major patted her hand
"That's right! I like to hear you. but;
you can't stop women's tongues,
child. You'd better get Nancy to
come out with the truth. That's the
way to meet It."
| "As If she had anything to tell?
she can't have!'* Angle turned in- i
dignant eyes upon him.
He shook his head. "No! But
there's something at the bottom of
it,! too much smoke. Angle."
It was ten days before Haddon
heard the story, a garbled story, but
lie came home white with rage.
"By God, Helena, if I thought
-you'd started this!" he stormed
fiercely, finding her alone In her
room. .
She looked him over from head to
foot, beautiful and Insolent,
i "Do you Imagine you were the on- j
|ly one to read that register?" she
asked cuttingly. ,
He recoiled In spite of himself.
Of course he had been a fool and
flown off the handle about nothing, j
"No," he answered coldly;'
"Lord! "he said, "women are the
devil!" and he heard his wife's
laugh, as he shut the door.
At first. Nancy suspected nothing, j
but she felt a change, subtle, com- |
plete, chilling. The old friendly at- \
mo^jhere seemed to recede and
leave her marooned. She fancied that
It had something to do with Pole
star. Haddon had made a great deal j
of that Incident, he had discharged
Henry and told the whole story.
Major Lomax overtook her one day
on her way home.
"Going down to Warrenton to
morrow to spend the day with Angie
and her cousin?" he asked pleasant
ly.
Nancy smiled. "Why, yes. Angle
asked me?she says her cousin told
her she might bring a friend. There's
a cross country race, isn't there?"
The old man nodded. "Angie wont
ride, I've forbidden her. She can't
keep her seat on one of Jack Pul
ler's horses. I believe you're a reck
less young devil, Nancy. I suppose
you'll go H strong?"
The girl's face brightened per
ceptibly. "I love to ride, major, and
?I love horses."
"Hum. didn't think about sparing i
race horses though?" he observed ,
dryly. -
Nancy's cheeks blazed red. "Ma-;,
jor, they've made such a fuss about ]
that?I can see It, the very- way j
people stare at me!" '
The old man stopped short, lean- i
ing on his cane, and peered at her. ]
"That isn't the reason people
stare at you, my child," he said i
gravely.
Nancy lifted startled eyes to his,
face; what she saw there frighten-'
ed her.
The major drew a pattern on the ]
ground with his cane.
CONTINUED NEXT WE^K
Timely Farm
Questioned Answer'd
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Question: When will Farm and
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Question: What causes limbemeck
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