THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 1930.
LOVE TRAGEDY. IN ·
THE HUSBAND HUNTER
CHAPTER XXXII.
BY
RUTH DEWEY GROVES
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Incidents In what the coroner described as "a story of love and jealousy" were described at a West- Middlesex inquest.
It was held on Lewis West (27), of Woodlands-gardens, Isleworth, He had a kindly face, she per- who was found shot in the home of ceived, but he looked disconcert-his former sweetheart, Misa Ethel
Lingwood, also of Isleworth
"Was she scared?" Andrew re-ingly intelligent. She wondered peated. "Honey, I felt like how he knew Natalie. There was criminal. She was frantic. Want-a note of familiarity between them, ed to come right over."
Florence put a hand on her stomach and sighed. The sigh was not altogether for her sister. "Poor Natalie," she said. "I hope you didn't lay it on too thick."
"Nope. I said I'd get you home all right. Told her you were pret ty sick on the train, but we got you fixed up here in the drug store, so we could taxi home. Said I was just calling her up to let her know so she'd be prepared. That was right wasn't it?"
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she noticed.
Into his eyes, after a bit, came a quizzical expression. She had answered his questions as bast she could, but she worried over how much more truthful had been other answers that he might have found for himself.
And when he managed to get both Natalie and the maid out of the room and turned back to her with a preliminary Well, young lady?" she knew the fat was in
the fire.
"Doctor, wait a minute, please,"
West's mother, who said her son had recently been very depressed, had many times told Miss Lingwood that she could get someone else, as he was not in a position to marry.
Her son was only earning £2 a week, and he did not think that sufficient to keep a wife and bring children into the world.
The Coroner: He was wise.
Miss Lingwood, who was in great distress, said West and she had known each other for over Ava years.
They were to have married, but he had no means.
Miss Lingwood said that sinco
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you and my sister, just now. Was friends. I right?" exclaimed.. Dr. Wagnall smiled. "I had in-
tended questioning countered.
will take this emetic to work," she added with a wry face.
"Say, you know, we overlooked Andrew something," "She might call a doctor."
"Oh, lordy, I hope not," Florence groaned. She felt doubly upset now. "Tell him to drive faster," she urged desperately. "I don't want Natalie to do that."
Asked for his name, she replied, "Must I give it?".
The Coroner: No, I don't want you," he
to force it from you.
One evening, she went on, she heaven." Florence sighed happily. "Now tell me, domet West by arrangement. He beo- you know my brother-in-law, Mr. haved strangely, and produced a Converse?"
gun. Afterwards he went to her
"Thank
himself..
They sped along; it was not far. "Rather well," Dr. Wagnall an-home, and, in her presence, shot But she was vastly relieved to see swered: guardedly, remembering
The coroner, recording a verdict her brother-in-law's house come in-what he had learned of Alan from of suicide whilst of unsound mind. to sight. When they circled into Bernadine Lamont. "And I've at said there was no reflection on Miss the drive, she leaned weakly againsttended your sister through some Lingwood. her companion and made a queer minor illnesses. She was a charm- little hiccoughing sound. Andrewing patient. I knew her before patted her shoulder.
I met Mr. Converse." "Courage, kid," he whispered. "You like him, don't you?" "think of the parties."
Florence pressed. "But I'm sure the you do. Everyone likes
"Oh
..ugh
Alan.
doctor. I'm trying to, help them, but I see I'm licked if you tell on me.""
"Tell on you?"
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Natalie was at the door, to help Andrew assist her from the cab. Florence kept her eyes closed, or averted. She didn't want to look at Natalie: And she felt perved with Andrew. Gee, golly, he could have been a little more earnest in warning her about how she'd feel not that she wouldn't have done it, but gosh
She stole a glance at him and caught him almost grinning. She stepped hard on his foot,
"Ouch!" he cried. "O... oooh...ooo." accompanied him.
Florence
"Oh, do you feel 30 terrible, dear?" Natalie appealed to her. Florence moaned,
doctor."
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Florence groaned in earnest now.
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I'd hai sec. thought I could talk Natálic out of calling a physician, but the da... excuse ma that awful stuff worked too fast for me."
The doctor laughed. "It must be something pretty serious to cause you to resort to such dras- tic treatment as that," he com- mented. "Perhaps you'd better tell me all about it."
Florence told him, while he patted her hand and listened with "Please try to endure it just a
knitted brows. He recalled what little longer," Natalie entreated.
|Bernadine had said of Natalie's "It won't be long. I've called a visit to her family he remem- bered that she wondered about "Oh, no, no, no," she cried. "Iit, said she was afraid it meant be all right. I don't want a doctor. there might be a separation be- tween Alan and his wife. And Honestly I don't, Nat."
she was worried, naturally, be- cause she'd picked him to be Bobby's guardian should need one.
They had entered the house. Florence lagged as they approached the stairs. She was tempted to get suddenly better, but her condition was now almost beyond her control, and one glimpse of Natalie's white face served to remind her that she was not the sole cause of her sister's unhappy state.
"O
oooh. was in real distress.
Ugh!" She
Andrew let go of her. Ethel had come forward to help Natalie get
her upstairs and put her to bed.
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Florence had not reached end of her recital before he'd de- cided to help her play her little game that was designed to bring Alan back to his home.
"You're a very sick girl," he pronounced solemnly, when she showed she was waiting for his decision. " shall have to keep plot, to affect a laboured breath- you confined to your bed for. "ing and let her breast heave up
"Oh, not too long," Florence and down a bit.
The young man remained below interrupted. "Remember, there's Natalic stayed a while, looking and worried. No one came down to Andy. Think of him running at her and then went out, twist tell him anything before the doctor round loose in New York."
ing her handkerchief into a tight arrived, not even Ethel to answer "Think of him waiting down ball with her slender, shaking the bell. She had started, but Na- there to find out if you're got fingers. Florence longed to call talie told her there was someone emetitis-to coin a word-or been her back and comfort her, but she downstairs to open the door. "I put to bed on bread and milk dared not risk arousing Natalie's need you here," she added, her for having too many ideas." suspicions. hands cupping Florence's forehead. |
"Do
and
relieve him," Andrew never was so sorry to see Florence urged. "Tell him I'm anyone as he was that doctor. terribly sick and he can send me
The next day. Alan came home. ow do you do, sir?" flowers, and a bon voyage basket Driven desperate by a night
"H. he greeted him.
"Good evening. Where's
patient? Upstairs?""
Andrew stopped him. “Ju
my
go
of fruit-no, on second thought, of anxiety, feeling helpless and you'd better leave the bon voyage alone, in dread of unshared re- off and a stack of magazines sponsibility and because she and the lateat best seller and a thought it best to do as the doctor st a moment," he said, fidgeting box of French chocolates and two advised and keep the knowledge of Florence's illness from their parents, Natalie had turned to
nervously in the doctor's path. "I pairs of morning dew silk stock
I
I'm afraid
ings, number nine, and...”
that we may have called you an- necessarily, doctor," he blurted out, "You're delirious, my dear. I him. "You see, I brought Miss Jayhunter must inform your sister."
Andrew, telephoning that even-
home. She was a little upset on isn't necessary to disturb Mother almost spoiled the plot. Alan "Yes, but doctor, tell her it ing, and hearing Alan's voice, the train, and I called Mrs. Con- verse, and she called you, and I and Dad. Mother can't leave him, told him Florence was no better really don't think it's anything scri- and it would be fatal for me to and wondered why the young ous, sir." His voice had mounted be sent home--you know. Then man seemed so jubilant. excitedly.
The doctor stared at him, con- siderably perplexed. Then, "Young man," he said, "don't think," and passed on.
"Oh, Dr. Wagnall, I'm so glad you've come," Natalie exclaimed when he reached the head of the stairs. She had come out to greet him. "My sister's in here," she added, turning back to Florence's
room.
she'll be positively certain to feel she can't see it through without Alan, Gee, it's a slick scheme, up the isn't it?".
But he was too excited to follow questioning thought. Natalie's appeal to him to come "Yes, but not so novel, my dear, home had turned his world up. not so novel."
side down,
"I don't care, if it works. Per- haps you'd better advise her to have Alan here in case of emer. gcncy."
"Yes, I think I had. Well, good night, my dear. Delighted to have met you." His eyes twinkled.
"No nasty medicine," Florence appealed. He laughed and went
Down in the hall. Andrew stood. with mouth agape, thinking of what Florence was in for. Well, he'd done his best, he consoled himself. | out.
was
All the scenes he had with Phillips were as nothing com- pared with the one that ensued when she learned that he going back. He wondered after- ward where he got the courage to tell her.
Dire threats she made, and Alan feared she might start in
Florence could give it up and say Presently she heard the front and wreck the office. But with she had a slight pain-a touch of door close. He must have gone. Natalie's pleading voice oh yes, Indigestion, maybe.
She wondered what Andrew was she was natural for that moment, But Florence was not disposed to doing." Then the front door utterly oblivious to all but her give it up. Her plan meant too closed again. She supposed he'd great need-ringing in his ears, much to Natalle, and she already gone too. Shortly after that he was deaf to Phillippa's threats. had suffered the worst herself, so Natalie came up to her room. why' quit? Unless
She But Florence pretended to be "I promise you," she hissed at eyed the doctor searchingly as he asleep. She didn't want to see him at last.. "That I won't let took her pulse and asked her a few Natalie worried, though she felt her keep you." questions.
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