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SATURDAY, MAY 21, 1933.
ly, with a horrible conviction that painfully, "you're making this un her tears would never stop. Why commonly difficult for me, but I was Molly so long in coming? El-must tell you." len needed her desparately.
After a while Fergus appeared and said that Symes would like to ace her. Ellon arose and went into the green and gold bath and dashed cold water on her face. She managed to atop crying,
Fergus was still waiting when she returned.
"Did you telephone my mother?
asked.
confident and strong, believing that Ellen Rossiter, beautiful 20-year-old, reits she could snatch him back from In love with Larry ferruwanie, you wrth death. Steven's heavy hand wa where the work. A hotra, farty te her hair; rested against her engaged to Elisabeth Bowen, debutante, but cheek. pays attentions for Ellen until his angling to speak and shook her head.
She knew he was strug-aho Believing Larry is lost to her, les mares She whispered that he must to matry Steven neelay, 8 years old quiet. The man's oyes turned wealthy, who kno paid himpitat prnare for her brother, Mike, injured In
retoras from Europr
bo
to:
The butler only looked at her a little strangely from his sunkon
Again Ellen felt herself in the grip of rising horror. Symes' eyes frightened her.
"Go on," she whispere
heart.
Hier bravery wring the man's;
He had not known it could
be so hard.
"There's a technicality about tho marriago," he muttered in an un-: Ícertain note in his voice. "I think it would be best for you to avold reporters for a few days."
street Symes and seemed to call the law. yes and hurried out the door, She) ing, "I told Steven and I told you
na kuwa such a marriage willyer to the bedside. Symes drew make it powell'e for her winter, Myra. closer.
provide for her mother, Multy Stoller, and
marry Berl Armstead.
Haretay have been married and dvorani.
of
Ellen did not see the faces Seandst acrempanied his force from the watching physicians. She did Gray, lancer, ami, fearing B talk may not know that no matter how pad- be revived. I and Ellen sano to keep theirnate Steven's marriage secret until they sail for Europe.
desire Harrley wants to settle fortune on Ellen might be he had no chance.
to live but elin paraundien him to walt sal after the overtaxed beart was beating more His ceremony. Barclay's lawyer, Hymes, regarde Etten a gold-ilggar.
and more slowly.
Con.
to double macringe neetiest town Instiny and Elben al Myrn and Armatend are married. They depart and minem immediately Hymes arrives, demanding
bor kupw where the
...
the relay. No couple have gehr.
Ellen and Narclay drive to 15 lang lalass-1
The gizli tre
her overings haw eers nake
reads in
ewapper that Intry's engement Ellabeth Bowen de broken, Barclay comes to Etten's bedroom. The girl faints fren terror, Buyers counelioness to that her hus
"Let him talk, Mrs. Barclay,"
Buid one of the watchers. do no harm now."
"It can
At that Ellen knew. She knelt on the floor, stroking Steven's hand as the slow, bitter tears she re- strained seemed. to drop one one on her heart.
"Symes," Steven's voice
by
barely
felt dull surprise at his
but that was all,
and
If it's about the money," Ellen said slowly, her pale cheeks flush- manner too that I don't care about it. He strode into the room her face wa want any more.
When Symes did so much for me before. I don't tears, but it wore a valiant smille. pale, ravaged with fatigue
I just want to be i with him till the--the end-
"It isn't about "Sit down, my dear," the lawyer Symes said, avoiding her eyes. His the money," told her.
"I know you've had a glance was on the tips of his trim, terrible orden!."
immaculate boots. The note of sympathy in his marriage."
"It's about the voice, the first she had heard that
Ellen's bewildered eyes morning, almost-blasted
Ellen's watching him. She wondered why self-control. she had thought once that who dis liked Symes:
"That's good of you," she said "I've been crying and forlornly. crying-oh, if only there wore something I could do for him!"
"There
is," Symes told her pleading, frightened glance.
Symes resisted with difficulty the "You can be brave.”
He felt the girl's cold, desperate fin-
werg
"I don't know what you mean,"
she said in a nervous effort, "but if it's something about the licence. we didn't get one. The minister was going to mall it later-"
• *
ha ha suffered a heart attack. She rails stirred the stillness. for help and down Kad ELTACO arrive. Hymen arrives, le bolleve her bb idyl And is nerwhelmed with uriet.
"Here I am. old man." Symea "I know," she said, raising helpgers tugging at his wrist. Haid heavlly. "It's all right," bofleas, childish eyes to him. "I'm told the dying man. "Don't worry I'm trying but if only my mother about the settlements. I'll take would get here~!" care of Mrs. Barclay. Everything shall be as you wished."
CHAPTER XXXVIII
It was in the morning when Ellen entered Steven's bedroom and looked dazedly about the cir- cle of white, exhausted faces, hop ing for reassurance. She found none. Then she sat down beside Steven, her small hands clasped, waiting for the opening of his eyes. He must know that if he would only live she would love him with all her heart.
"You might speak to him," some- one suggested.
Ellen was on her knoes bealde the bed. She was holding the cold slender hands and begging Steven 10 speak to her.
"Steven! Steven, cant you hear me? It's Ellen!"
She looked up at Symer.
"I think he stirred."
In passion of grief and fear Ellen watched Steven's grey, lined face. The beavy eyes opened. They were vacant as empty windows.
"It's-it's Ellen!" she whispered. This time she saw the shadow of a smile on the stricken man's face. The colourtena lips were forming words:
"My beloved-wife." Ellen bowed her head, sent up a silent and grateful prayer. She felt
from
The lawyer stepped back the pool of light circling the bed. Ellen was to have those last few minutes alone with Steven. clung to his hand more
She No one thought he would speak tightly. again. the darkness. Just before the end Slowly he was sinking into his lips moved again. The worda were barely above a whisper. "Smile my darling-smile
me."
Ellen smiled.
He
re-
ease.
"I tried to reach Steven yester day," he explained fumblingly, cursing himself for his lack of he wouldn't answer the telephone. "I tried all last evening but
Yesterday Leda Grayson had Ste- ven's divorce from her set aside. He didn't know what I wanted.
Ten days ago she slipped down, to the Mexican court that granted it, bribed someone and, well-that's
The man hesitated, cleared his throat, looked with infinite pity at drew her, unresisting, to the sofa the little figure before him. beside him, cleared his thoat and again fell silent. At last he spoke.
"Your mother isn't coming." "She's not coming?" Ellen heart. peated and felt a cold hand on her
I only heard the news yester- "What is it?" she cried in a loud, day afternoon but the papers last strange voice. "Is It my brother? night and this morning were full for Is he worse? Is that what you're
of it." keeping from me?"*
"That means--7′′ Ellen whis- Her hands trembled and her eyes can't mean
pered, whitening. "Oh, no-it were pits of horror as though she desperately.
that she cried out The could not bear this second calar-ried in "Why we were mar-
taken ity. She re-
"No, it it's not that," Symes was Steven quick
The rest was nightmare. girl remembered being away from the bedroom. membered crying because was dead and crying for her mother brother is in no danger. I asked to reassure her. "Your and that presently someone her her mother would come.
told Fergus not to carry out your re- remembered drinking something better if 1
She quest because I think it would be:
took you
to hot and refusing food brought to mother." her on a tray.
Th nuren came and went from!
your
Ellen shook her head as though!
the room where Ellen lay huddled she could not understand what he on the golden divan on which was saying. Steven had sat the night before. Outside the sky was of brass and band," she insisted, clasping and "My place is here with my hus- not a breath of wind stirred. El-unclasping her cold hands. les cried softly, steadily, endless-
"My dear child," Symes sold
all.
church, he and I, by a Continued on Page 13.)
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