THE HUSBAND HUNTER
CHAPTER XXXVII.
BY
RUTH DEWEY GROVES
Alan read the letter and frowned over it. "Funny," she heard him
mutter.
is it? She asked lightly...
"It Isn't really a very good stock,
Alan did not call at Phillipa's partment that night. She wait- en up until long past midnight thinking that he might at least "I wouldn't let her touch it with telephone her. She grew feverish
out a hot tip." Alan replied, more with fear that he had gone to Nat-as though he spoke to himself than alie.
addressed to Phillipa.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, JULY 2, 1930.
NANKING OFFER
TO MUKDEN.
TWO. MAYORS' TRIP TO
·MANCHURIA.
Shanghai, July 1, It is understood that Mr. Chang Chun, the Mayor of Greater Shanghai, and General Wu Chu- yu, the Mayor of Tsingtao, left Tsingtao on June 28th for Mukden Genera! Chang Hsueh-liang," head to invoke the assistance of of the Manchurian Government, against Marshal Yen Hsi-ghan. Reuter,
Reuter, message,
"[In confirmation of the above Chinese tele- grams state that Marshal Chiang Kai-shek is making some extra- ordinary concession to the Man- She thought about what she Phillipa's heart bounded. Appar-churian Government, fully realis- would do if he had. She would ently he suspected nothing wrong Ing that an expedition by the let the faked order to buy stock with the letter. She was glad to Manchurian Army against the for Bernadine go through just the have it so-to see the order go Shansi and Kuominchun strong- Jame. There would be trouble. It through-for she always had been holds at this juncture would might be possible to convict Nata-a bit resentful of Alan's buying so greatly shake the foundation of le of the guilt even if she had many presents for little Bobby Lathe anti-Nanking combination in effected a reconciliation with Alan. mont. This would cost Bernadine North China.]
When Phillips reached this point all of that, and more foo.. in her summing up of the situation, she became less worried, and "soon went to bed to fall promptly asleep,
But when Alan looked up at her
- *.
and asked her to get Bernadine SALT LOAN PROBLEM. on the telephone, her clation van- Alan was, at that time,, up Inished. She tried to intervene. “Do Hilshire, pacing up and down you really think you ought to dis- before his residence, torn between turb her so early in the day ?" she a desire to enter and an equally asked. "You know she has to go to strong determination to stay out. the club even if she is "
He had it. The thought of going among people, to a theatre, or a club, was repugnant to him. His room at the hotel was impossible; he wanted to move about, to do something.
"I think I'd better talk with her." Alan answered decisively.
Phillipa did not dare say more. Alan was showing good judgment in consulting Bernadine. It would be
FUNDS HELD UP BY YEN HSI-SHAN.
a
Nanking, July 1. He was there because there, was
The Finance Minister in no other place where he wanted to
statement to-day declared: be. He was still too angry with
"Up to the present the Natalie to want Phillipa's sympathy,
Government has made the Salt He would have liked to drive, but
Loan
payments According to he wanted his own car, and Nata-stränge for his secretary to urge the plan adopted in September him to do otherwise. And what last year, but the making of future did it matter except that Berna-payments has been. placed in dine might not lose a goddly sum jeopardy because Yen Hsi-shan so of money.
far has not released over a million dollars of salt revenue, loan quotas collected in the districts under his control. The Salt Administration is continuing to make every effort to procure the release of these funds, in order to be in a position to continue to give effect to the programme of loan payments".— Reuter,
it
Her main object was to fix the crime of tampering with the letter upon Natalie. Alan's telephoning Bernadine now would reveal that it had been tampered with sooner than she had hoped, but Phillipa was satisfied.
He was glad that it was a dark, moonless night, and that his house stood well away from the nearest street light. He did not wish to be observed by friend or neighbour in his foolishness he called
Alan had to wait for Bernadine foolishness.. And anyone else sce- to answer his call, She was asleep ing him there so suspiciously, go-and the faithful Nellie would not ing nowhere and doing nothing, awaken her suddenly. Her voice might have notified the police, he was very sleepy when she spoke told himself.
to him, and perhaps, she was too drowsy to, think, else she might have notice that Alan did not mention the name of the stock she had asked him to buy for her.
He was glad, too, that Natalie hnd not lighted the door lamps, although the black void where they usually shone ao goldenly, gave him a feeling of facing an abyss.
over and over, was intolerably con vincing.
"Miss West, please get me Mra. Lamont's latest letter," he snapped at Phillips, when she came in.
"The one I took to Mr. Wellson
this morning?" she asked innocent-
He merely said "this stock," in ly. very doubtful tone. "I don't
added gratuituously.
Alan glared at her. "Yes, of
For relief from the feeling-hea could not long keep his eyes away think it's worth the gamble." he course," he answered impatiently. from the house he stared at the She. windows of Natalie's room. was at home-someone was at home, in her room or she had left the lights burning, The rest of the house was in darkness.
When he saw the light there, he was reassured. He knew he had been afraid that Natalie might have goge back to her parents. And he had been too stubborn to give in. to his fear and try to stop her until the idea had driven him des- perate.
He walked until he was tired, but he did not leave until he saw the light go out,
Phillipa knew she was exasper-| "It's all right," Bernadine as-atig him and it delighted her. She sured him. "You know, I told you, didn't I who gave me the tip?"
"That's all that kept me from thinking your letter was a joke," Alan replied. "But did you get it straight from him?**
"Yes, and not too late in the eve nink, either," Bernadine answered. And, "How are you feeling?" he added as an afterthought. "How's Bobby?"
His unflagging interest in her Loy pleased Bernadine. She an awered happily that Bobby was in perfect health. Alan could not Natalie had pressed the Lutton avoid being subconsciously influ near the head of her hed, beenced by the free-from-care tonus of cause the light, soft as it was, had her voice. grown intolerable. Her temples
He credited too much her cer- throbbed like trip hammers and tainty of winning on the market, myraid of pinpoints of dazzling without realizing that his mention. brightness-jiggled and danced be-of her young son was more respon fore her burning eyes..
sible for her cheerful goodbye and They remained there when the way "see you soon." light was out. Natalie knew she
was ill. But self-pity found no Phillipa had listened to the break in her armour of humble conversation, with her heart pal- pride. She would ask Alon for-pitating up in her throat, waiting give her, if he would come to her. for Alan to make the momentous She knew she could not go to him; discovery regarding the letter 'not soon. She would send for him when he hung up the receiver, she -perhaps she shouldn't wait until could scarcely credit the fact that morning but then she didn't know it had not yet been made.
where to find him-unless he had
gone back to the hotel where he lived while she was away.
She reached out a hot hand for the extension telephone on a stand by the bed. She was lifting it toward her, when suddenly she put it back. She mustn't send for Alan now. He would think she had used her illness as an appeal to his pity.
He gave her the letter, with his 0. K. on it to take out to Mr. Well- son. who would put to through the routine of the office.
Phillipa said to herself: “And that's that!"
Several times during the time that intervened between Mr. Well- son's receiving the letter and Ber- nadine's late afternoon visit to the
money.
office. Alan looked at the stock- But in the morning-in the morn- ticker with growing apprehension. ing-perhaps he would. telephone.
Had Bernadine intended to buy She closed her eyes, vainly trying on a falling market, or hnd some. to shut out the torturous pinpoints thing gone wrong? He had other that pricked at her brain with dev-details of his business to worry ish persistency. Her thoughts grew him, but his mind, was chiefly on confused, and she spent the
Berandine's affairs. He knew she mainder of the night.in a mental could not afford to lose any more state that bordered on delirium.
Ethel came the next morning to wake her, and wanted to call a doctor. But Natalie had recovered sufficiently to prevent it, und got up, though the maid had to as sist her with her bath. The girl worried, over her mistress' appar ent weakness, but Natalie thoughtnance was frankly a happy one. that a doctor could not help her."
She dressed, and waited, a pray er in her heart that Alan, would relent and come to her.
Ethel brought her a light break fast and Natalie, sipped the fruit juice to please her. The rest she left untouched.
Alan, about the same time, was breakfasting Just as sparingly, though not leisurely, for he was concerned about his neglected busi ness. He arrived at the office be- tween nine and tea, and immo- diately called Phillipa into his room."
When she came in, he was over-. whelmingly relieved to see. her. Philipa showed. her into his pri vate office without delay, knowing that he was alone. She, not Ber-. nadine, wore an inscrutable smile. The one on Bernadine's counte
But it changed to an expression of complete dismay a few moments after she entered Alan's presence. He had told her he thought she was a fool to buy that particular stock at that time..
Bernadine listened to him with her eyes growing wider Alan caught the meaning of her uncom prehending expression. Then it came out. Alun declared, when Bernadine told him the name of the stock she wanted him to buy for her, that she must have been mistaken. He read the letter, he A said, several times. He couldn't They first attended to some mat have made much an error. ters that were more pressing than He said it with increasing con- Bernadine's, and then Phillipasternation, his hand on the bell that brought it up. There had been summoned Phillipa to this room. no, mention of anything other than Bernadine's insistence that she had business made between them. not made a mistake, reiterated
felt she owed him many uneasy mo- ments. She went out with a delib- eration that made Alan want to shout after her to hurry,
Instead, he turned to Bernadine. "We'll see in just 'a' moment," he said, "but I'm sure I'm right."
"but Alan,. I know you're not!"
"Its terrible," Bernadine cried;)
(To Be Continued).
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